They quickly separated the jellyfish by hand into jellyfish blood, jellyfish brains, jellyfish heads, jellyfish skin, and so on. The baskets and washbasins beside them filled up with the various parts.
The villagers watching the bustle looked on with great interest too. This was their first time seeing how jellyfish were cut up.
"Once you've cut them up like this, are they ready? Can you just boil them and eat them?"
"No idea. Ask Dongzi. He taught us how to butcher them," they said without even looking up.
"Yaodong seems to know an awful lot..."
"He really does. He used to shirk everything and fool around, but now he seems to know about everything."
After a little discussion, someone walked straight over to ask him.
Ye Yaodong sliced deftly as he replied offhandedly, "You can eat the Jellyfish Brain after blanching it. It's good for soup. The Jellyfish Blood needs boiling, then you take it out and dry it. As for the heads and skin, they're poisonous and a real nuisance to process. I don't know how. They have to go to a specialized processing factory."
That required following the "three alum, two salt" method. Under the effects of salt and alum, fresh jellyfish would rapidly lose water, carrying the toxins out with it.
At the same time, soaking in large amounts of salt made the jellyfish easier to store and less prone to rotting and spoiling.
When processing jellyfish, the requirements for using alum and salt were actually very strict. Unless someone had professional knowledge of how to process jellyfish, it was best not to try it themselves.
If handled improperly, not only would the toxins remain, but the jellyfish might even end up as nothing more than a puddle of water.
Ye Yaodong knew about the three alum,