As a Fisherman, My Fish Can Level Up
Chapter 293 - Chapter 293 Chapter 248 Delicious Emperor Crab

Chapter 293: Chapter 248 Delicious Emperor Crab Chapter 293: Chapter 248 Delicious Emperor Crab Unable to leave the cockpit and bored with idle sitting, the ship didn’t have a small mobile base station, so Chu Mingcheng couldn’t browse on his phone either.

He had no choice but to grab his laptop and started playing some single-player games he had downloaded before.

Most men, after all, can hardly resist the allure of video games.

Chu Mingcheng had once suited up to save Sailia, but upon discovering Sailia’s harem of eight million, he quickly made himself scarce to study the language of Zaun.

Then he enjoyed triumphant victories every day and played various popular games, including some single-player ones.

However, due to work, he no longer had time to play games, which led to many newly purchased games lying untouched on his computer.

Chu Mingcheng never expected that after earning money from fishing and getting a beautiful girlfriend, he would actually find time to play single-player games.

Indeed, life as a wage slave for capital really sucked!

Looking at the diverse collection of single-player games on his computer, after some thought, Chu Mingcheng chose a cultivation sandbox game to play.

The main reason was that this game lacked a mandatory main storyline, allowing him to engage with it as he pleased.

He could reach the max level to bully the weak or grind through challenges as a newbie.

If he didn’t feel like doing the main quests, he could just cultivate, fight monsters, and woo women, even achieving dual cultivation with them.

This game wouldn’t interrupt Chu Mingcheng’s work; he could stop at any time without the plot lingering in his mind.

After playing for a while, a fragrant breeze wafted over, and his back was suddenly assaulted by two soft mounds, more comforting than a massage.

“Playing what…”

Before she could finish, Jiang Luoluo spotted the coupling couple on the computer screen and immediately scoffed, “Why are you… playing such a game?”

Chu Mingcheng felt a bit embarrassed; he had just directed the protagonist to woo a partner and tried out the dual cultivation feature.

Who would have thought this cultivation game would be so risque? It was neither highbrow nor lowbrow, and Jiang Luoluo had caught him at just the right moment; no wonder the game had been sold so discretely–it really couldn’t go through normal channels!

Chu Mingcheng quickly explained, “It was an accident, purely an accident. I was just sitting in the cockpit bored, playing a game to kill some time.”

“This is originally a cultivation game. I had them dual cultivate to boost their stats–that makes sense in a cultivation context, doesn’t it?”

Jiang Luoluo gave him a ‘do you think I’d believe that’ look and then immediately ran away.

She was scared, scared that Chu Mingcheng, ignited by lust, would administer ‘justice’ right there in the cockpit!

She was still weak-kneed from getting up in the morning; she didn’t want to be limp all day long.

Seeing that she had left, Chu Mingcheng looked at the game and hesitated for a moment… then continued playing.

It wasn’t until almost eleven in the morning, when he started feeling hungry, that he reluctantly closed the laptop and put the boat on hold for a while.

Upon exiting the cockpit and entering the kitchen, he found Jiang Luoluo lounging on the living room sofa, absorbed in a book.

The sunlight streaming through the window caressed her, and in that moment, Chu Mingcheng understood what the term ‘goddess’ truly meant–yet this goddess was now his girlfriend, the kind who had been thoroughly cherished and would bear his children in the future.

“Luoluo, how about we have an Emperor Crab for lunch?”

“Oh~” Jiang Luoluo put down her book, immediately excited, “Sure, I’ve never had Emperor Crab before!”

Perhaps influenced by Chu Mingcheng, she was now very interested in seafood delicacies she hadn’t tried before, eager to taste them.

“I haven’t had it before either, let’s indulge today!”

Seeing her enthusiasm, Chu Mingcheng took her to select a crab from the live water tank.

Taking into account their eating capacities, he asked Jiang Luoluo to choose one that weighed about ten pounds.

Five pounds would be enough for a normal meal for two, but considering the thick and heavy shell of an Emperor Crab, a five-pound crab would only yield about two to three pounds of meat.

A ten-pound crab would probably yield at most five to six pounds of meat, which he could easily finish.

Jiang Luoluo looked curiously at the Emperor Crabs in the live tank and asked, “By the way, aren’t female crabs usually tastier? Which one of these is female? They aren’t flipped over so it’s not easy to tell!”

Chu Mingcheng explained with a smile, “Generally, it’s true that female crabs with roe are tastier, but with Emperor Crabs, we usually eat the males for higher meat yield, and they don’t skimp on the roe.”

“All the Emperor Crabs here are male; you can tell by looking at their claws. Males have one large and one small claw, while females have more symmetrical claws.”

“So that’s how it is!” Jiang Luoluo exclaimed, enlightened, and then picked a roughly ten-pound Emperor Crab as he requested.

Chu Mingcheng scooped up the chosen Emperor Crab with a net and carried it to the kitchen.

“Let me handle this crab, you go rest for a bit, I’ll call you when it’s ready!”

“Don’t you need me to assist you?”

“No need, it’s just one Emperor Crab, I can take care of it.”

“Then I’ll go! Mua, that’s your reward!”

Chu Mingcheng touched his kissed lips, watching Jiang Luoluo leave the kitchen with bouncy steps, feeling very pleased.

He then started to disassemble the Emperor Crab.

For almost all sea crabs, the first step before cooking is to bleed them, similar to how lobsters are urinated.

Crabs have bodily fluids, which appear as a clear liquid when they bleed out.

Many food bloggers, having got their hands on a crab, merely rinse it briefly before steaming or grilling it.

As a result of the blood, the taste turns bitter and a bit fishy, leading to a failed dish and complaints about the crab’s poor quality or feeling cheated, when the reality is just a lack of cooking skill.

Take the Green Crab, for instance, after washing and direct steaming, once opened, you’ll find some white substances inside, which are actually clotting from the crab’s blood.

In this case, the crab tastes somewhat salty and bitter.

The claws had lesser impact and might taste quite good when eaten.

Was it the same with the Emperor Crab, whose blood was more plentiful and therefore, more affected?

Chu Mingcheng placed the Emperor Crab on the cutting board but found that the board was a bit small for maneuvering.

So he took the Emperor Crab to the deck, turned on the water tap, and gave the crab a bath with a brush.

After washing, he took a chopstick and poked it into the crab’s tail to let the blood out, just like a lobster urinating.

Lifting the Emperor Crab, sea water gushed out as if it were free, making anyone unaware wonder why there was so much sea water inside the Emperor Crab.

Once the blood drained, Chu Mingcheng simply used his hands to disassemble the crab.

Normally, with crab processing, one would separate the crab shell from the body starting at the tail — it’s easy with a small crab, but such a large Emperor Crab…

Chu Mingcheng suddenly became like a warrior in an anti-Japanese war movie, able to tear apart the enemy bare-handed, and simply broke apart the Emperor Crab’s body from its shell.

The body of the Emperor Crab made a “crack crack crack” sound as if it was under great strain.

If his long-enhanced physical condition couldn’t even pry open an Emperor Crab, he might as well be a trainee, practicing for two and a half years to make his debut.

Jiang Luoluo had originally returned to the living room but couldn’t help but come over again, spurred by curiosity to watch Chu Mingcheng handle the crab.

Upon seeing him disassemble the crab with brute force, breaking off the legs and claws one by one, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “You’re so savage!”

“Do you like it?”

“Pah, I do not! I like gentle!”

“You don’t know who always wants me to use…”

Chu Mingcheng hadn’t finished his sentence when he was quickly silenced by Jiang Luoluo covering his mouth with her agile hands.

Her face blushed, and she stamped her foot in dissatisfaction, “Don’t say it!”

The image of the little woman was vividly displayed yet so adorable.

Chu Mingcheng laughed heartily but seeing that she indeed felt too ashamed, he didn’t continue to tease.

After removing the legs and claws, he took scissors to cut off the gills.

He also checked the flesh inside the crab’s body and found that the Emperor Crab was very plump; even the meat inside the body was full.

Therefore, after some thought he decided to steam the claws, braise the body in red sauce, and take out all the meat from the legs to make shell baking with crab butter.

This Emperor crab’s roe was really abundant; braising it with the crab’s body would be a bit of a waste.

“Luoluo, go get the charcoal grill, light some charcoal; we’re going to make shell baking!”

“Okay!”

Jiang Luoluo went off to work while Chu Mingcheng hurried to clean up as much of the crab’s internal liquid as possible — there was so much of it.

Next, he took the claws and legs for steaming, while he chopped the crab’s body into small pieces and began the red sauce braising.

As the red sauce crab bodies were ready, the steamed claws were also nearly done.

A little later, Jiang Luoluo came in, “Ah Cheng, the charcoal is ready, shall we start on the shell baking?”

“Yeah, bring the charcoal grill to the living room table and open the windows; I’m all set here!”

Afterward, Chu Mingcheng placed the braised crab bodies onto a plate and brought them into the dining room, alongside the steamed claws and legs.

He put the crab shell on the charcoal stove to cook, cracked a couple of eggs and stirred them in, then both he and Jiang Luoluo started to cut out the meat from the crab legs.

The shells of the legs were also thick, and Jiang Luoluo herself could not cut through them.

Seeing this, Chu Mingcheng decisively cut open the tough legs and handed them to her to extract the meat.

As the crab butter roasted, a rich fragrance wafted through the living room.

Although Jiang Luoluo had breakfast at nine o’clock and wasn’t very hungry, she was still tempted by the aroma.

She leaned over the roasting crab butter, fanning it lightly towards her nose with her hand, and then took a deep sniff.

“This crab butter has turned a nice red, and there’s a layer of oil on top; it smells amazing and looks so delicious.”

“Haha, don’t be in a hurry, you can eat it very soon!”

Chu Mingcheng stirred the crab butter with chopsticks and, seeing that it had thickened, poured in the extracted crab meat.

The crab meat wrapped in butter, sprinkled with chopped green onions, marked the completion of their lunch.

Jiang Luoluo couldn’t wait and scooped up a spoonful to taste. The unique flavor of the crab butter combined with the sweet freshness of the meat made her reveal a blissful smile.

After all, tasting good food is a joyful thing.

Chu Mingcheng didn’t hesitate either, taking out a large serving spoon and, under Jiang Luoluo’s bemused gaze, scooped a large piece that completely filled his mouth.

“Awesome!”

What’s the biggest joy of eating Emperor Crab compared to other crabs if not the satisfaction of a mouthful?

Jiang Luoluo, seeing a large portion of the shell baking gone, immediately panicked, “You’re supposed to eat, not cheat with a serving spoon!”

As she spoke, she promptly snatched the spoon from Chu Mingcheng’s hand and took a big bite for herself.

Squinting her eyes, she nodded contentedly, “You really know how to enjoy it; that bite was indeed satisfying.”

Then she took out two large claws, keeping the smaller one for herself and handing the larger to Chu Mingcheng, “I can’t handle the big one, it’s yours!”

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