American Ranch

Chapter 15 The Simpler The More Delicious
Returning to the pasture, Athor marinated wild boar.

It is similar to the method of marinating pork in Chen Mo's hometown, but it uses a lot of spices that Chen Mo can't name.

Canlby and his wife make the lunch by hand.

Chen Mo took Bai Xiaoou and the others to the forest to dig ginseng.

Undergrowth ginseng is artificially sown in a mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest composed of trees, shrubs, and weeds. It grows purely naturally without artificial intervention.

Undergrowth ginseng is planted not only in China, but also in the United States and Canada.As for other places, Chen Mo doesn't know much about them, but there are probably some.

Ginseng under the forest can be sold in five years.It usually takes 7 years to sell at a good price... American ginseng, ten years old can be sold as wild ginseng.Anyway, not many people can tell the difference between the understory American ginseng and the pure wild American ginseng... After sorting the ten-year-old understory American ginseng, the American ginseng with good quality can be bought for 500 US dollars per kilogram (dried ginseng), Shipping price.

Common-looking American ginseng can only be sold for about US$150 per kilogram (dried ginseng).

1 kilogram 1000 grams, 1 dollar 1 gram, it is not particularly expensive, but it is not cheap.

If it was the big American ginseng that Chen Mo gave to Bai Xiaoou before, the wet weight of that American ginseng was more than 1 kg, and its appearance was also very good.Such American ginseng will be selected and sold separately...

1 kilogram of wet American ginseng, 350 grams after drying, is a super large branch of American ginseng, the best American ginseng, and one can sell for two to three thousand dollars.Such American ginseng is rarely produced even in greenhouses, let alone grow naturally in mountains and forests.

There are very few large American ginseng.Chen Mo dug up more than 1000 ginsengs. Ginseng with a wet weight of 500 grams is rare, and they can be selected and sold individually.

The older the ginseng, the less water the ginseng contains.For example, 8-year-old ginseng has a wet weight of 500 grams and at least 150 grams after drying, which is also a super large ginseng.

Chen Mo didn't know about this when he first dug the ginseng. If he had known earlier, Chen Mo would have transplanted super-large ginseng into the space, harvested ginseng seeds and cultivated them with high quality.

"Thirty ginseng, is it enough?" Chen Mo asked after digging up ginseng for Bai Xiaoou and the others.

"Dig a few more. I used the largest ginseng you sent to make wine, and the other two ginseng to soak in goji berries and red dates. After eating for a few days, I felt very good, and I felt much more relaxed. .”

"Ginseng can't be eaten as dry rice." Chen Mo dug up a dozen more: "I'll call you after I'm done eating."

"Okay." Bai Xiaoou packed the ginseng: "I plan to send some ginseng back to my mother, and also send a few to Zhang Kun's parents. Domestic ginseng with guaranteed quality is too expensive, and cheap ginseng is too expensive." It's the problem ginseng."

"This is the disease of the rich, hypocritical. Wild ginseng, under-forest ginseng, and garden ginseng, even if there are differences in efficacy, are all ginseng, and the difference in efficacy should not be particularly large."

"You said that wrong, go ahead and don't say it outside..." Bai Xiaoou rolled his eyes: "You are a big ginseng grower, at least you must have a heart of awe. Even if the ginseng here is mediocre, you I also have to believe that this is the best ginseng...you get what you pay for, and if you want your ginseng to sell at a high price, at least you must think that the ginseng here is very good and cowhide."

"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you..." Chen Mo dug up more than [-] more with a hoe on his shoulder: "Dry them and send some to my home. The pasture is too remote, and the nearest post office is thirty miles away."

There are not many other things in the ranch, except ginseng.

Ginseng is really difficult to understand, and there are many ways in it.

Like the ginseng grown in Marathon County, the average price of dried ginseng is about 150 US dollars, 1 kg, wholesale price.Calculated, 1 kg of wet ginseng is about 35 US dollars, garden ginseng, 5 years old.

That's a high price.

In China, there are also American ginseng planted, and the cheap wet American ginseng costs about 40 yuan per kilogram, the wholesale price. 3-5 years old.

In addition, there are also expensive garden ginseng and forest ginseng.

It is also a science to sell ginseng at a high price.

Back to the ranch, where Cambi and the others live, this is the large pastoral area...

The large pastoral area is in the southeast direction of Xueshan Mountain, a trapezoid.The land is flat and slightly undulating, the vegetation in the semi-arid climate area is sparse, and the large pasture area is perennial pasture, such as fescue, alfalfa, and timothy grass.

There is not much pasture, and you can see bare brown sand and gravel everywhere, and even a large area of ​​desert without any vegetation.

The workers' residential area is 2 kilometers away from where Chen Mo lives.The nearest neighbor of Xueshan Ranch is Roger Falk Ranch. The two ranches are next to each other, but it is 5 kilometers away from the residential area of ​​Roger Falk Ranch...

Living in a pastoral area for ten days and a half months without seeing other people is very normal.

Backed by the Daxue Mountain and facing the desolate grassland, the most heard sound is the howling of the wind.Snow Mountain Ranch is not as beautiful as imagined, nor is it particularly bad...

The Ford pickup truck with excellent off-road performance is running in the wilderness, and the wheels are rolling up dust all over the sky. This scene really makes me want to scream.

Wild boar has a stinky smell, just like beef and mutton. The stinky smell is very special. People who have eaten it can easily distinguish it when they eat wild boar.

Chinese people like wild game, which is formed by China's special cooking methods and culture.Most Americans like to eat beef. The cooking method of beef is simple, and it can make delicious food casually.But wild boar is different, it is hard to swallow if it is not handled properly.

Every place handles food differently. For hunters, they have their own way of handling wild boar meat as a delicacy.

In the kitchen, Mary is stewing pork bone soup.There is marinated pork in the yard, with a lot of spices that Chen Mo doesn't know, ready to be used for barbecue...

A rack has been erected outside Athol's house, and the boar is still being processed.

The male wild boar is very large and weighs 48 kilograms after slaughter.The meat of the big wild boar is very fine and relatively old. It is delicious to make old bacon after marinating.And if you want to eat old bacon, Atsol said that you have to wait for at least three months. It has to be smoked, stored, and smoked again... Repeat this many times, and then put it in a cool and ventilated place to wait for natural fermentation.In this way, the smell of wild boar will fade away. Not only can it be eaten directly, but it can also be used for cooking, which is very fragrant.

Similar practices are very common in the old rural areas of China, that is, stove bacon.

The fresh and tender meat of the small wild boar is suitable for many methods. It is often used for barbecue and tastes very delicious.

Of course, they all heard what Asol said. Although Chen Mo lived in the mountains in the countryside, he had never eaten real wild boar.

The lunch at noon is not served until after three o'clock in the afternoon.

I drank a bowl of bone soup first, gnawed on the meat on the bone, and grilled it.

The broth does not have too much seasoning, just salt, pepper, and a small half of ginseng.Changbai Mountain ginseng, the stewed soup has a ginseng flavor (herbal flavor), which is very light and tastes good.

"This soup is good. It must be better if you drink it in winter." Chen Mo smiled, after drinking a bowl of soup, Chen Mo felt warm and comfortable.

"This is a new soup I learned. I read Chinese soup on the Internet, and it's probably stewed." Mary laughed.

Americans also drink soup.

Traditional Americans, their soup is thick soup, very thick, and some can stand up a chopstick in the soup without pouring it.

The meat is grilled directly on the wire, and there is not much sauce on it, just pepper and salt.Grill a few pieces of fat meat on top, and when the fat is oily, spread the oil from the fat meat on the lean meat.

(End of this chapter)