"Hey, you drank a little too much!" The next morning, as Jiang Hai woke up from peeing, he opened his eyes weakly. Last night, he could no longer remember how much he drank. Of course, I didn’t drink too much directly, or drink in pieces.
But when he woke up this morning, his head still hurt a little. After going to the toilet, Jiang Hai glanced at his phone. It was already past nine o'clock and he was no longer sleeping. To be honest, he couldn't fall asleep anymore. That's it. Lying on the big bed, looking at the ceiling in front of you.
Suddenly, Jiang Hai felt that he was really... bored
"What's the matter with no one around during this big festival!" He sat up helplessly. After others got rich, they all had wives and concubines. I've been rich for half a year, although it hasn't been half a year. But it has been half a year, but he is still alone, and has not even called for paid services. It seems that he is really a good man.
"I feel embarrassed when I talk about it! I won't say it anymore. If I say it too much, I will shed tears." Jiang Hai shook his head helplessly, and sighed. He was really a lone star. Even though he was rich, he didn't even have a woman. , how ugly do you look
Of course, although Jiang Hai is definitely not handsome, he is not ugly either. He is 1.88 meters tall and has single eyelids, but his eyes are not too small. He used to be a little short-sighted, but since he got the True Dragon Essence, he is It's already healed. My body used to be a little fat and had a lot of fat, but since I got the True Dragon Essence, my body has become almost perfect, with well-developed muscles. It's not particularly bloated, but it's definitely not bad. Those muscles look like They are not like the traditional streamlined muscles of Easterners. They are the kind of muscles that are halfway between Easterners and Westerners. At first glance, you can tell that they are well developed and bulky, but they do not feel heavy.
Logically speaking, Jiang Hai, who is young and wealthy, good-looking and of a decent height, should be the darling of those beauties.
But what makes Jiang Hai a little depressed is that it seems that he doesn't receive much attention. Of course, this is also related to him being such a homebody.
Since he was no longer sleeping, Jiang Hai jumped out of bed, washed himself, and prepared to go downstairs.
When I walked to the first floor, I found that Burke-Dahler had already arrived first and was packing the turkeys there.
Turkey is similar to Chinese roast chicken, but it is much larger and more troublesome than roast chicken.
Yesterday, Jiang Hai heard them talking about the specific method. It was really troublesome. It seemed that Burke was not the first time he had made this thing, and he was still very skilled. Jiang Hai looked at the plate next to him with a lot of it. There were a large plate of things, including carrots, parsley, onions, chestnuts, butter, etc. This turkey was bought by Jiang Hai last time, with a net weight of 23 pounds, which was really not small.
The most important part of roasting a turkey is not the roasting, but the thawing method. So this turkey was already packed away by Burke-Dahle yesterday. It needs to be taken out first and kept at 2-4 degrees Celsius. Defrost the place first. After thawing, wash the turkey, hollow out the neck and internal organs, add two cups of salt to two gallons of water, soak the turkey in it, and put it in a cool place for more than four hours. Then take the turkey out of the brine, rinse it under tap water, dry it with paper towels, and put it in a shaded place to dry for eight hours before it can be used. So making a turkey is really a piece of cake. It's a very troublesome and thankless task.
Burke-Dahler came over early this morning. He preheated the oven first, then mixed the things he prepared with the butter, then put them into the turkey's belly, and tied the turkey legs with ropes. and secure the turkey wings.
Then take out some vegetables such as lettuce, put them on the baking tray that has been prepared, add a cup of water, the rack above should be made into a V shape, and smear the whole body of the turkey with butter. In order to prevent it from burning, Wrap it with tin foil, then put the turkey breast side down and bake it in the oven for 45 minutes. Then take out the baking pan and use the juices in the baking pan to smear all over the turkey.
Then turn the chicken upside down, side up, add half a cup of water, put it in the oven and bake for fifteen minutes, then take it out, smear the juice all over the body, turn it 180 degrees, and put it in on the other side. Bake in the oven for fifteen minutes.
Then take it out again, smear the juices all over the turkey, then let the turkey breast face up, and continue to bake for thirty to forty-five minutes. This depends on your preference. If you like it to be burnt, bake it for a longer time. For some, if you like them tender, bake them shorter.
If you want to know if this thing is cooked, you need to use a thermometer. If the chicken breast is cooked, it should be 74 degrees, and if the chicken legs are cooked, it should be 77 degrees or above. In this way, a turkey is ready. .
When eating, you can choose to eat it directly, or you can choose to cut it into slices and eat it with something. In the United States, someone has already come up with a sauce that is best for roasted turkey, which is made of sweet flour sauce and sesame oil. , peanut butter, Thai sweet sauce, and cherry (that is, big cherry) sauce, mixed together and eaten, the taste is quite good.
Mrs. Philemon had already made roast turkey sauce a few days ago. She kept some for herself and gave the rest to Jiang Hai.
"Hey, Uncle Burke, is it just you? Where are the others?" After opening the door and letting the two dogs go to the toilet, Jiang Hai walked to the kitchen and asked Burke-Dale.
"They went to the cowshed first. Will the cowshed be fed today? Philemon took his two sons to inspect the manor. As for Mrs. Philemon and the others, they were preparing other food at home. You know, there are a lot of things tonight, but I can only do this." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Burke-Dahle smiled at Jiang Hai, and then shrugged casually, even though it was Christmas, People have a holiday, but cows don't have a holiday, and they can't starve for three days.
"Oh, that's it! Do you need my help?" Hearing Burke-Dahler's words, Jiang Hai chuckled and found these hard-working men. For Jiang Hai, it was really a good thing. .
"Cut the beef and let's grill it and eat it later." After hearing Jiang Hai's words, Burke-Dale here also said with a smile.
After hearing what he said, Jiang Hai responded, walked into the kitchen, and started to help.
It is said that one eats from the mountains and from the water. Jiang Hai is both a fishery and a ranch. Naturally, the main food to eat is beef and seafood. Of course, in addition to beef, fish, shrimp, and crabs, there is another dish today. Main course, lobster!
The main dish that Jiang Hai has been dreaming about for so long, but unfortunately, he did not catch this lobster, but he went to Winthrop to buy it.
In China, lobster has always been a nouveau riche, oh no, synonymous with luxury goods. Of course, the main people who eat this food are the nouveau riche, because domestic lobsters are really not big. Although they taste good, at least in terms of sales, they are not big. It’s incomparable to the ones here in the United States and Australia. In fact, a long time ago, people in the United States and Australia almost didn’t eat lobster because they thought it was not delicious. Not to mention the trouble, the meat was not available. How much, all in all not a tasty treat.
Therefore, lobster is basically a food for the poor. In fact, the prices of lobster and abalone in these two places have never been high.
It was not until China reappeared in front of the world that people all over the world suddenly discovered that the Chinese were so rich and loved to eat this food. In just a few years, Australian lobsters increased from a few Australian dollars per pound to more than three dollars per pound. A dozen Australian dollars is equivalent to nine taels and more than one hundred yuan. This is actually not too expensive in China. In any hotel, a two-kilogram lobster will not cost you more than a thousand dollars, but this is expensive in Australia. It’s already considered a sky-high price. Things are outrageously expensive.
The fishing companies here in Australia, including freight, oil costs, and customs taxes, sell it to China for more than double what they sell locally. No matter how stupid they are, they don't know where to sell it!
As for the American side, the most famous one is naturally the Maine lobster, also known as the legendary Boston lobster.
However, the main producing area of Boston lobster is Maine. Due to local policy suppression and the fact that this is on the East Coast, if you want to send it to China, there are two ways to go, one is to take the Atlantic Ocean, and then take the Indian Ocean. , we have just arrived in China, but everyone knows that if you want to take this waterway, you have to pass through Africa and Somalia. It is too dangerous to take this route. Although the benefits are high, you must have a life flower. The second way is to cross the American Empire, send it from the West Coast, and then send it from the Pacific to China. This is too troublesome. The freight cost of the land route is much higher than that of the water route.
And the most important thing is that people in China are not willing to eat dead or quick-frozen things. If the lobster is to be alive, it may have to be taken by plane. If the freight is divided equally, there is actually not much money to be made. It is precisely because of this , so although Maine lobsters are still sold to China, the quantity is not large. It is for this reason that the local price of this thing is not too expensive. In Winthrop's local aquatic products There are some for sale in the market.
The sizes vary, and the prices vary. Generally speaking, if they are about twenty centimeters long and weigh one pound, they cost twelve or three dollars per pound.
If it grows to 30 centimeters, it will cost thirty dollars per pound, and if it grows to 40 centimeters, it will cost about eighty dollars per pound.
A half-meter long one can be sold for $300 per pound. After all, this kind of lobster not only eats meat, but also serves as a symbol.
The ones Jiang Hai bought were naturally not too big. The ones he bought were about 30 centimeters. He bought ten of them in total, each costing about fifty dollars. He bought twenty in total and was waiting to eat them today.
Just when Jiang Hai's beef was almost finished, everyone else came back, and then Jiang Hai's villa became lively, especially after Philemon came with his two sons, the eldest son Louis It was a little better. I just looked around, then sat there and chatted, and occasionally helped these uncles and uncles get some beer and so on.
As for his youngest son, John's eyes were shining. After all, he had not formally entered society yet. He looked at everything with envy, including the two big dogs raised by Jiang Hai and Jiang Hai's latest game console. , 3D projection TV... Ever since he came to Jiang Hai's home, he found that his eyes were a bit unsatisfactory. This is where the top otaku lives!
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