Chapter 416

Actually, sometimes there really are many similarities between people, such as Zhang Shuya and Wang Shuai.

Before, when Wang Shuai encountered the winter mushrooms, he plucked a mushroom cap and stuffed it into his mouth.

And at this moment, after Zhang Shuya examined the winter mushrooms for a while, she actually plucked a mushroom cap and stuffed it directly into her mouth!

Before, Wang Shuai eating the winter mushrooms raw had already stunned Wang An and the other two.

Now Zhang Shuya was eating winter mushrooms raw again, and when Wang An and the other two saw this scene, they weren't just stunned anymore.

To be precise, they were stunned into a daze.

The main problem was, what the hell kind of habit was this?

Could it be that this "most primitive way of eating" had such great appeal?

The key is that there are many mushrooms that are delicious and non-toxic when cooked, but when eaten raw, they are toxic and can poison people until they faint!

Fortunately, before Wang An and the other two could recover, Zhang Shuya spat out the winter mushroom in her mouth.

Then, while spitting out the residue from her mouth, she said:

"These mushrooms are not bad; they will definitely be delicious when cooked."

At this time, Wang An, who had recovered, said to Zhang Shuya:

"Big sister, do you know that many mushrooms are toxic when eaten raw?"

One could see Zhang Shuya nodding very casually, with an expression that she understood everything, and saying:

"I know. Not just mushrooms; beans are toxic when eaten raw, I know that too."

Wang An blinked, not knowing what else to say.

Knowing it and still doing it, what can you say?

At this time, Wang Shuai said from the side:

"It's okay, your sister and I have both stayed in the south for a period of time, so we have a special fondness for mushrooms. Don't worry, okay? Hahaha."

Wang An thought to himself: I've lived in the south for half my life, and I've never been like you two.

However, Wang An only thought about it and didn't dare to say it out loud.

After Wang Shuai finished speaking, Zhang Shuya smiled and said:

"Actually, we can still tell whether a mushroom is toxic or not."

Hearing this, Wang An asked subconsciously:

"You can even tell that?"

Although Wang An had lived in the south for half his life in his past life, he truly had no research on mushrooms.

Wang An only knew that in the summer, as long as a mushroom had been eaten by insects and was fine, it would definitely be fine for humans to eat.

As for winter mushrooms, although no insects ate them, this was something the locals all knew, which is why Wang An felt safe picking them.

Hearing Wang An's question, Zhang Shuya began to explain.

It turns out that non-toxic mushrooms generally have flatter caps, are very smooth, have no outlines, and have no mushroom base underneath.

When you break the mushroom stem, the mushroom juice is generally white or just water, and if you smell it, there is a fragrant scent.

As for toxic mushrooms, the colors are generally very bright.

Like red, green, black, or blue-purple; as long as it is purple, it is not only toxic but often highly toxic!

And toxic mushrooms generally have uneven caps, look quite strange, and have thin, long, or thick, long stems that are very brittle and break easily.

If you break them, the juice is thick and reddish, and they have strange smells, such as sour, spicy, or a fishy, foul odor.

If these methods still cannot effectively distinguish whether it is a poisonous mushroom,

the simplest yet most practical method is to rub a green onion on the mushroom cap before picking it.

If the green onion changes color, then the mushroom is nine times out of ten problematic; if it doesn't change color, it is highly likely to be non-toxic.

Of course, when eating mushrooms, that is the most important part.

When stewing mushrooms, add some garlic or rice.

After stewing until cooked, if the garlic or rice changes color, then the mushroom is definitely toxic; if it doesn't change color, then there's no problem.

When Zhang Shuya was saying all this, except for Wang Shuai, everyone listened very carefully.

Especially Wang An and the other two, who listened even more carefully; using the word "engrossed" to describe the three of them would not be an exaggeration at all.

This was only because they didn't have a pen and paper on hand; otherwise, Wang An would have definitely written it down.

One must know that for people who live in the great mountains all year round, what Zhang Shuya said was all quite useful information.

Otherwise, although there are countless types of mushrooms in the great mountains, the ones people dare to pick are only those few known ones.

And these few known ones were passed down from generation to generation, knowing they were non-toxic.

Otherwise, even if they were starving to death, they wouldn't dare to eat mushrooms they didn't recognize!

The toxins in many of those mushrooms are quite vicious; saying that you will die after eating them is not a lie at all.

In the Northeast, there is a story passed down:

During the time of the Japanese invasion, a group of Japanese soldiers broke into a farmer's house. Except for an old man in the family, the Japanese beasts killed everyone else in the farmer's house.

Then, these beasts forced the old man to cook for them.

The old man was very obedient and cooked for them.

The meal was ordinary rice, and the dish was a famous Northeast dish—chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Of course, the chicken was raised by the old man, and it was also killed by the old man himself.

However, when cooking, the old man put a type of mushroom that the locals call "rolled-edge mushroom" into the dish, as well as another type of mushroom that the locals call "yellow umbrella cap."

These two types of mushrooms look very similar to pine mushrooms and winter mushrooms, or rather, they are somewhere in between; anyway, they all look about the same, and you can't tell they are toxic.

Then, the Japanese beasts asked the old man to eat with them, but in reality, they wanted to know if the food was poisoned.

The old man was very obedient and ate 3 big bowls of rice, and he didn't eat any less meat and mushrooms.

After the old man finished eating, the Japanese beasts ate.

The toxicity of these two types of mushrooms doesn't take effect quickly, but by the time a person realizes it, it's already too late to be saved.

So in the end, the old man and this group of beasts were all gone!

Although this is just a story, the locals all believe it is true!

Because this story was passed down from the Anti-Japanese United Army!

To be honest, this story is very sad, but it is also very satisfying.

The group talked while cleaning the meat, mainly cleaning the hazel grouse, the hazel grouse, and the rabbits.

As for the "silly half-jin," Wang An only plucked the feathers of 10 of them, then gave one to each dog, which was considered fair and just.

The remaining "silly half-jin" were all buried under the fire; eating them this way is both simple and delicious.

And the internal organs of the roasted "silly half-jin" can also be used to feed the dogs.

Washing half a pot of winter mushrooms took a full 3 pots of melted snow water, and even so, Wang An felt that the dirt on the winter mushrooms hadn't been washed clean.

Actually, normally speaking, people in the mountains eat mushrooms after soaking them in water for a very long time, and then washing them several more times.

Only in this way will the dirt in the crevices under the mushroom caps be thoroughly washed away.

However, the conditions in the mountains are just like this; burning snow to melt water is truly time-consuming, so they just had to make do.

The cleaned hazel grouse and rabbits were simply chopped into pieces and thrown into the pot; as for blanching, that was completely out of the question.

Actually, for delicious food, not blanching might affect the texture, but to be honest, it doesn't affect eating it at all.

All the internal organs naturally went into the dogs' stomachs; even the edible organs like the heart and liver, Wang An didn't keep any and fed them all to the dogs.

It was mainly because there were too many dogs, and the small amount of food wasn't enough to feed them.

(End of chapter)