"Here, dinner is ready!" Carrying a plate of big lobster, Jiang Hai walked to the table with a smile and said to the three girls who had been waiting here for a long time with a smile. After hearing Jiang Hai's words, this Sandy Clive, Darlene and Marianne all ran to the kitchen to help Jiang Hai carry things. After a while, the large table was filled with food.
Jiang Hai also knew how to cook before, otherwise he wouldn't have died of starvation during the year he stayed at home.
But because he got money later, and he was also very lazy, he didn't want to open the fire at home, so he gave Mrs. Philemon some money and went to her place to eat every day, but he still made breakfast by himself made.
But sometimes, it's not easy for him to go to Mrs. Philemon's house for dinner, such as this situation.
He took Darlene and Marianne with him, and that's okay, but if he took Sandy Clive with him, Mrs. Philemon might not feel any inconvenience, but Sandy Clive My husband may feel a little uncomfortable.
At this time, he was about to pick up his old, somewhat limited skills and cook a meal.
Fortunately, Western food is not too difficult in the first place. Well, of course, it means that the Western food made by Jiang Hai is not too difficult.
He cooked four dishes in total, baked lobster with cheese, steamed abalone with garlic vermicelli, braised sea cucumber, and pan-fried steak.
In fact, none of these four dishes are difficult to make. The cheese-baked lobster is very simple. First, take the lobster that Jiang Hai caught yesterday and insert a spindle into the tail. This is to **** it, and then put the lobster into it. Knocking it to death is almost like knocking a fish.
Then open the head and tail and throw away all the claws on the body. There is no meat in them.
Then cut the tail of the lobster with the most meat from the vertical line in the middle, and marinate it with salt, wine, ginger juice, etc.
Then put it in the oven and bake it until it is half cooked. After taking it out, spread it with cheese and bread crumbs, then sprinkle some pepper on top, put it in the oven, bake the cheese and melt it, and that’s it. Of course, Boston lobster Different from ordinary lobsters, there is also a lot of meat in its two large claws. This needs to be cracked open, but it can also be eaten.
Steamed abalone with garlic vermicelli is also very simple. First soak the vermicelli. These were all bought by Jiang Haihai at the old man's store. Otherwise, it is not easy to buy vermicelli in the United States. The emperor's people don't like this toy either.
Then wash the abalone, dig out the abalone meat with a knife, and throw away the internal organs.
Cut the meat on the abalone a few times, but don't cut it off. You can cut it into a pattern like kidney flowers. Then put the vermicelli into the abalone shell, put the abalone on top, and stir-fry the minced garlic over high heat until fragrant. Add some steamed fish and tempeh.
Then spread the fried ingredients on top of the abalone, put it in a steamer and steam it for five to six minutes, then sprinkle some chives, minced peppers and the like on top according to your own taste, and then pour it over Add oil and it's done.
The abalone after being made is fragrant and delicious, but the taste is not too strong. In fact, eating such a big abalone dug by Jiang Hai is a bit of a waste, but Jiang Hai doesn't care, because he has a lot of these things here. .
Braised sea cucumbers with green onions is a very common dish in China, but generally speaking, dried sea cucumbers are used. Jiang Hai does not use fresh sea cucumbers very much, but only Jiang Hai has this resource. After all, fresh sea cucumbers are exposed to It disappeared in the air for more than ten hours.
And Jiang Hai ate these things within a few hours of catching them, so he dared to use fresh sea cucumbers.
As for the final pan-fried steak, it is also relatively untechnical. The most important aspects of steak are two aspects, one is the heat, and the other is marinating. Jiang Hai’s steaks are all chilled, and Mrs. Philemon marinates them for him. Well, as for Huo Hou, he only eats well-cooked ones.
Darlene and Marianne didn't have any objections to this. They couldn't eat steak in the past, but now they don't care how rare it is. Sandy Clive doesn't care either. To be precise, she also likes it. Eat them well cooked.
The four dishes, although they don't seem to be many, are definitely large enough. The lobster weighs eight or nine kilograms. Jiang Hai used at least half a kilogram of sea cucumbers. The large abalone, which is half a kilogram each, was steamed by Jiang Hai. Eight, two for each person, and steaks. I really cared about it. They were about three taels a piece. He made ten pieces. It was not easy for him and three women to finish them all.
"Come, let's have dinner!" After putting everything on the table, Jiang Hai also shouted, let's have dinner.
Since they don’t believe in Christ, naturally they won’t pray before eating.
Following Jiang Hai's order, Darlene and Marian here immediately picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
Originally, these two girls didn't know how to use chopsticks, but with Jiang Hai here, they were able to use them even if they didn't know how to use them.
Facts have proved that these children are indeed quite smart. They have been using this method for several months and have become more mature. Maybe there is still some trouble in picking up some difficult things such as beans, but it is difficult to pick up ordinary things. , still not a problem.
As for Sandy Clive, this is not her first time eating here, so she is naturally not reserved.
"By the way, have you read that notebook? What is it written in?" After finishing a large piece of steak in a few bites, picking up nearly a third of the lobster tail with one chopstick, and then eating a huge abalone, Jiang said Hai's stomach temporarily calmed down, so he turned his head, looked at Sandy Clive and asked, Sandy Clive also knew that Jiang Hai had such a temperament.
So she didn't care about her ladylike image and started talking while eating the lobster meat on her plate.
"You probably understand. The person who wrote this diary is called John Wiltord, and he is a British naval lieutenant commander. The things recorded in it should be from the Second War of Independence."
Hearing Sandy Clive's words were similar to what Jiang Hai thought, Jiang Hai couldn't help but ask: "Is it written in English?"
"Yes, but it's normal that you can't understand it, because this is not the English you are learning now, but traditional English, somewhat similar to ancient Chinese prose? Well, this description may not be correct, but it is almost the same." Look. Seeing Jiang Hai's confused look, Sandy Clive smiled and explained.
It turns out that English has not been what it is now since it appeared. English is also constantly evolving and evolving.
Up to now, English has two branches, one is British and the other is American.
In fact, it sounds to Jiang Hai that the words between the two are similar, but in fact, in some small grammar and details, British and American English have obvious branches to them, as if they are all Northeastern dialects, Liaoning dialects, etc. Province and Heilong Province are completely different.
They may look similar to outsiders, but locals can clearly tell them apart.
This notebook is written in English, but it is not current English, but British English that has not been simplified two hundred years ago. It is precisely because of this that most of the words are broken down. Jiang Hai I know them all, but I don't understand them consciously.
"This is what is written on it..." She roughly explained it to Jiang Hai. Sandy Clive also ate about the same, so she picked up her notebook and started talking to Jiang Hai. During her explanation, Jiang Hai also I probably understand the story.
Speaking of the War of Independence, most people will think of the eight-year war between 1775 and 1783 by the American Empire. It was precisely because of these eight years of war that they became an independent country in the world, getting rid of Britain, France and other countries. of colonial rule.
But what most people don't know is that the American imperialists actually fought once more, which was the Second War of Independence.
The time took place from 1812 to 1815. Speaking of this history, it is not very glorious, because there was no winner in the end.
The cause of the war was because Napoleon, the little dwarf in Europe, wanted to unify Europe when he was invincible. At that time, all European countries were withered, but only the old czarist Russia refused to accept it. When the little dwarf saw it, I will fuck you if you don't accept it. !
Then he went to find Lao Maozi, but was defeated miserably under the ice and snow of Lao Maozi. When the Europeans saw his defeat, they thought, oh, you are not that powerful! When the tree falls, the hozens scatter, and when the wall falls, everyone piles up.
Then Europe entered the stage of the Napoleonic Wars. People's brains were beaten into dog brains, and there was a smoke and smoke. Napoleon was surrounded by powerful enemies outside, and the French royal family and nobles inside were not giving up, and they always wanted restoration.
In the end, the little man lost, and the second war of independence of the American Empire broke out at this time. They also wanted a share of the pie, but they did not dare to go to Europe, so they set their sights on neighboring, more developed countries. On Canada, want to occupy Canada.
Canada is the territory of the United Kingdom, so naturally they would not agree, so the two sides started fighting like this. Originally, the Americans thought that Napoleon could hold power for a while longer in Europe. Who knew that Napoleon would be defeated so quickly, allowing the British to take more control? A large number of troops were put into the battlefield. As a result, on the northern front, the British sang triumphant songs all the way. The first place they occupied was Maine. Naturally, Massachusetts was not spared. It once attacked Washington, the capital of the American empire, and burned it with fire. .
However, because the battle line was stretched too long, the army that landed in the south was defeated by the US military in several battles.
Finally, in 1815, the two sides ceased fighting and the border was restored to its original state.
The protagonist of this notebook was a captain of a supply ship in the British Navy at that time. When he came this time, apart from basic supplies, there was only one thing on the ship, military pay, because at that time there was war in Europe. Money was naturally extremely confusing. Only hard currency, gold and silver coins, were collected by the soldiers, and there were too many silver coins.
So this time, he was ordered to escort a hundred boxes of gold coins to the American Empire and hand them over to these expeditionary soldiers. However, unexpectedly, the ship arrived, and the US military counterattacked. In order to keep these gold coins and escape for his life, he ordered these Gold coins were thrown into the ocean in boxes, and then he quickly escaped and fished them back later. But he must have never thought that his ship was sunk by the US military, and the US military found nothing on his ship. , and he disappeared forever with this secret.
It was not until two hundred years later that Jiang Hai, who wanted to eat abalone, got it.
"One hundred boxes! Gulu, you are rich this time." Listening to Sandy Clive's story, the corners of Jiang Hai's lips grew higher and higher...