Gourmet Notes: Hard Dishes in Hard Times-Sole Fish

From the beginning of the Lunar New Year, Xi 'an entered the mode of completely closing the city to fight the COVID-19 epidemic, and the time of closing the city was more than one month.

During the period of city closure, although residents in the residential area can go out every two days to buy daily food, the number and types of food, vegetables, fruits and vegetables that can be selected on the supermarket shelves are getting less and less, and the panic and anxiety in their hearts are getting stronger and stronger.

I was touched by plaice fish in a difficult time

At this difficult time, Mr. He Zuqi, a famous aquatic expert, miraculously sent me a novel fish dish-plaice fish. He specifically reminded me that different cooking methods can be used in different parts of this fish, and suggested that I try it separately.

At the moment I received the sole package, I was deeply grateful. There was a sentence of "after the war-fires of three months, one message from home is worth a ton of gold" in the ancient poem, but at this time, I clearly felt that when I was about to run out of ammunition and food on the battlefield, reinforcements suddenly sent me rations.

It's hard-won, and the grim situation comparable to the "wartime grain"

has not been lifted. Until now, we have not completely resumed work, and the company's office yard is still strictly controlled, limiting the flow of people and working hours.

because of the need of work, the magazine has to deliver goods to the ordering users all over the country as soon as possible in the past two days, but at this time, some express delivery companies have not gone to work normally, so it is necessary to find a logistics company that can deliver goods-this is not a normal thing, but now it takes a lot of effort.

According to Mr. He Zuqi, it is also very difficult for them to return to work. The raw materials are transported to the processing plant in Guangdong, and then processed. During the rolling process, countless kinds of passes have to be issued, which makes them look like thieves. The goods he sent me this time were not too many. Two kinds of fish were packed in two small packages, which were sent from Guangzhou to Chengdu, and then from Chengdu to Xi 'an. It took two courier companies to deliver them to me. It was not easy to say that it was a little "wartime food" obtained in difficult times.

Everything is a hard dish.

Open two packages sent by Mr. He Zuqi. One is a canned plaice fish that has been pickled and soaked in oil, which is Chaozhou-style. The oil is soaked in the fish very well, and the oil is clear and salty, which is suitable for next meal. Whether it is porridge or rice, it is a good and hard dish.

Another package was fillets and pieces of plaice fish, and two dishes were cooked with it at noon that day: one was steamed fish brisket with ginger and onion, because the fish arrived chilled soon after the new killing, which was very fresh, firm and chewy; The other is steamed fish with chopped pepper, which takes a larger body part of the fish. Although the meat is thicker and harder, the taste and taste formed after steamed chopped pepper are also very suitable for next meal.

Unforgettable memories of hard times

In the past, the main idea of eating fish was to taste it fresh, and we seldom cared about whether we were full or not. But today, on this special day when the whole family is fighting against the epidemic, eating Mr. He Zuqi's sole fish, whether steamed or steamed with chopped peppers, feels particularly solid. The fillets and fish pieces are big, a bit like sliced beef with sauce. It is a very hard dish to eat, a small fish.

I am very grateful to Mr. He Zuqi and his team for sending us the hard dishes of sole fish in such a difficult time. I also hope that more consumers will have the opportunity to get all kinds of seafood delicacies processed in their fresh nests and spend this difficult time with them. I believe these delicacies will also become unforgettable memories for us to witness this difficult time.

two kinds of flounder: steamed flounder with chopped pepper (left) and steamed flounder (right)

Red-billed flounder, pickled and oil-soaked, and made into bottled cans.