Cheng Qian touched it with his hands.

He gestured with his fingers to the blue and black fish skin and said in surprise, "This whale skin is so thick!"

It is indeed very thick, almost as thick as the fingers of the last two sections, and the whale oil below is also very thick, a thick layer.

"Teacher, can this whale really be eaten raw?"

"Yeah, it's good to eat raw."

"Then get some food quickly." Cheng Qian said excitedly.

The queen was also a little suspicious, "Can I eat it raw? I ate it a little before, and it was fried, and it was not bad. I haven't eaten it raw."

Li Chao asked someone to take an apron, and then someone to bring a knife.

The eunuch brought two knives to cut flesh, looked at the knife like willow leaves, and then looked at the thick piece of whale meat, Li Chao shook his head.

"You go and get a bone-cutting butcher knife."

Waiting for him to get the knife, Li Chao entered the kitchen, found the seasonings, and began to prepare the dipping sauce.

Actually, you don’t need to be seasoned, you can make some soy sauce. Of course, it’s good if you make sesame paste.

After the knife was brought, Li Chao cut it directly.

Separate the meat and oil, but the whale skin is not taken, and it is still connected to the oil.

Cut the whale oil into small strips directly, just like ham strips.

Then some meat was taken and sliced.

Li Chao cut about two or three pounds of each, then stopped and put down the knife.

"Okay, you can try it."

Cheng Qian looked at the whale oil and meat on the chopping board and asked, "That's all?"

"Well, the most traditional way to eat is that in the extreme north, there is a snowy continent. The winter is very long, and basically more than half of the year is covered by snow. Even in some places in the northernmost part, there are polar day and polar night. Six months a year are day and six months a night. At extreme day, the sun never sets, and at extreme night, the night never passes. The winter in that place is very cold, so they like to catch whales, and the whales they catch are eaten raw. After eating raw whale oil, they are not afraid of the cold."

Li Chengqian looked disbelief, "Teacher, it's impossible. How could the sun not set for half a year? How could it be six months overnight?"

"It's not that I won't go down the mountain, but when the sun is about to go down, it rises again. At the extreme night, it is indeed dark every day, and there will be aurora, and the sky will have colorful brilliance."

Cheng Qian was half-believing and half-doubted, "Teacher, have you been to that pole?"

"I haven't been there, but my teacher, Master Sanzang, had been with his uncle when he was young. There are two such places in this world, one in the extreme north and the other in the extreme south. It is a world of ice and snow, with extreme day and extreme night."

"So there is really such a place. It's so magical when half a year is daytime and half a year is night. It's okay every day, but how can you live every night?"

"They will try to store food during extreme daytime. The weather is cold there, and the fish or birds you catch can be stored for a long time."

Cheng Qian picked up a piece of skinned whale oil and looked in front of him.

"It's OK to eat!" Li Chao said with a smile.

Cheng Qian hesitated a little, and Li Chao picked up a piece of it and put it in his mouth, then signaled him to do it. Cheng Qian put the skinned whale oil into his mouth and chewed it slowly. He found that the taste was better than he thought.

"The whale skin is chewy and tastes a bit jerky. Well, whale oil doesn't have any special taste, it just feels like a piece of lard with a bit of fishy smell."

When Empress Changsun heard Cheng Qian say this, she picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. She found that it was indeed as Cheng Qian said. The taste was not very good, and she didn't like it very much. It tasted much worse than the cooking dishes she learned from Li Chao.

She picked up another piece of whale meat and put it in her mouth.

After chewing for a few times, she felt that the whale meat was not as delicious as whale skin, and the taste was still like beef, but you were raw beef, and the whale meat had a heavier fishy smell than whale oil.

After tasting two pieces, the queen shook her head, "I found that the fried whale meat I ate yesterday was better. The one that tasted like cooked beef, and this one just looked like raw beef."

Cheng Qian also nodded. The whale meat was not as delicious as he thought, but it was pretty good.

"It's true that it's very similar to beef. A whale is hundreds of thousands of pounds, which is equivalent to thousands of cows. Teacher, I think whaling is really a good idea. If we can catch more whales, we don't have to worry about having no food."

Li Chao also chewed a piece of fish skin and smiled when he heard this, "That's not as simple as you imagined. Such a blue whale is in the sea, which is a rampant overlord. If we want to catch such a big whale, we may even be overturned by him. We need special whaling crossbows, which require skillful experience and skills. Under normal circumstances, we will not catch such giant whales. We will catch whales with hundreds or thousands of pounds. Such whales are better."

Whaling is of course a good way.

Especially in the sea today, it is not as many whales as in later generations. Nowadays, there are quite a lot of whales in the sea. It is easier to catch them, but the current equipment technology is also somewhat insufficient.

Grazing cattle and sheep on the grassland requires a lot of time to shepherd the whales in the sea. There is no need to worry about catching them all. People nowadays do not have the ability to do so.

Whales are still very nutritious. Whale skin can be used as scabbards, etc., and can also be eaten directly. Whale oil is a good thing for the people of the Tang Dynasty who lack oil. Oil is not only fat, but also can prevent constipation and other effects.

In addition to eating whale meat raw, there are many other ways to eat it.

In general, whale meat is actually rougher and not as delicate as fish meat, and it is indeed somewhat similar to beef. Therefore, whale meat can also be smoked, dried, marinated, and of course you can also fry whale steak directly, just like fried steak.

Fried whale meat is also OK, but it will be harder to chew.

It is okay to make a variety of tricks, such as fried whale steak, fried whale steak, steamed whale, smoked whale meat, raw whale fillets, burnt whale meat, grilled whale, whale soup, pickled whale skin, whale tongue slices, etc.

If you want to order it ordinary, then it’s like beef, stir-fry, cold-fry, braised, whatever you want.

If you have money, then you can use whale meat to wrap whale meat buns and whale meat dumplings, either.

The key is still difficult to deal with. After all, it is hard to find a beach like this unlucky big blue whale. Ordinary whales can't help but eat them.

"Teacher, then let's build your three-masted sailboat and install it with Eight-Nuo Birds. Isn't it much easier to catch whales?"

"If there are three-masted sailboats and crossbow guns, whaling should be much easier."
Chapter completed!