Chapter 227: American Cooking
The students plan to play for a few days this time before leaving, after all, it is not easy to take the train once, and they can't just turn around and leave after a New Year's greeting.
It's still the same as last time, living in a familiar person's house.
And Zhou Heng's side also had an unexpected guest.
Edward brought a customer to Zhou Heng to discuss the matter of acting as a chicken.
It's something he's been thinking about for the last year, and he's had the idea since he first came here to taste "the best chicken in the world."
He believes that such a chicken will definitely have its market in the United States.
The businessman's sense of smell is keen, although he travels all year round, he is still a businessman at heart, and he used to be Zhou Heng's customer.
In the past six months, he has been thinking about this matter, but he can't be in a hurry, and the chickens have to grow up slowly.
During this time, he actively contacted a superfood buyer to discuss the matter of regional joint agents.
Seeing that the time was almost up, they had finished Christmas and New Year, and it had been so long since the New Year had been here, so they rushed over very actively.
When Zhou Heng told him that he was still celebrating the New Year and that he had come too early, Edward was shocked: "What?! When is this still the New Year?
Zhou Heng replied: Yes, the New Year started that day, but the New Year is not over yet, it's still early, the Lantern Festival has not arrived, how can it be counted as the end of the New Year?
Anyway, Zhou Heng still happily went to the airport to pick up the people.
During the Chinese New Year, customers will come to the door, which is a good thing.
received Edward and the customers he brought, and along the way, he told Zhou Heng some basic questions about customers.
This person's name is Peter, and he runs a food trading company in the United States, with a wide range of business, which can basically be said to be global procurement, and all of them are relatively high-end.
In most cases, he purchases directly, and in a few cases, he acts as a regional agent. For example, some commodities are very rare and special, such as cherries and crabs that are special in a certain place, and they are not of such good quality elsewhere, so he will directly sign a regional agency contract and buy them out exclusively.
Edward lobbied this person together, and if they negotiated a regional exclusive agent, they would invest together, share risks, and share profits together.
Why doesn't he act as an exclusive agent himself? Mainly because he is not familiar with the operation of the food industry, if there is a related industry player to invest together, he will be more confident - this is also a shrewd businessman.
Peter is actually more familiar with China, and has purchased some food, such as caviar from a certain origin, and truffles.
Many people may think that these things are super expensive, so they must be produced in foot basins, France, etc., but they are not.
In fact, many of our products have quietly gone abroad, and some of them are expensive, but many people don't know it.
The caviar that Peter is the exclusive regional agent has been built into a local mid-to-high-end price brand.
It's not as good as the top price, but it's also very impressive, which is the success of his business.
Now, he's probably trying to do the same again, and he's heard Edward describe how good the chickens here are more than once.
The car drove all the way in the direction of Longxi Village, and both sides of the road were planted with wheat, rape, and some places with broad beans.
Although it is winter, the fields are still green and vibrant.
Peter looked at it and smiled: "Very good, Chinese countryside pastoral, beautiful." ”
Edward didn't care about that, he was just happy to be able to eat the best chicken again.
When the car drove home, Zhou Heng's family happily greeted them at the door.
People in the village look at foreigners, and they are becoming more and more common, and they will no longer go to Zhou Heng's house to borrow salt and soy sauce to see foreigners.
After all, it's not the first or second time.
And they also know that these foreigners are Zhou Heng's foreign customers, and the chickens they haven't started breeding have already been paid for by the customers and placed orders.
There are customers who come to place orders directly, and they are also full of confidence.
When Edward got out of the car, many of the children gathered around him - not the first time they had dealt with him, they had invited him to eat fried grasshoppers at the beginning, and Edward had given them gifts.
When the old acquaintances met, the children warmly gathered around him and greeted him.
Now there is an English class in the third grade, and the children can say something simple like "hello, nice to see you, what's your name, thank you".
Edward happily boasted to Peter, "You see, they all like me. ”
This time he came prepared, brought some sweets, chocolates and other gifts, and distributed them casually.
Peter also smiled and greeted the children, this is the first time he has come to such a village.
Zhou Heng took them to see the chicken farm to visit, now it's amazing, more than 6,000 chickens are lively on the mountain, each with a gorgeous coat, smooth as brocade, flying up and down, and the cry is loud.
Edward raised an eyebrow at Peter, "Look, I didn't lie to you, did I? ”
Peter tried to catch one and look at it, but he chased it for a long time, but he couldn't catch one. It's like a pheasant, so he can still catch it.
When we first met, Peter felt good, and this chicken was indeed a bit outstanding.
At dinner time, Zhou Heng planned to let Peter taste it to convince him.
He asked, "Do you want to eat Chinese cooking, or do you want to eat American food?"
When Edward came, he proposed to eat Chinese-American snacks, and he didn't get tired of it. At that time, he made a chicken stew with mushrooms, and he thought it was so delicious, he had never eaten such delicious chicken.
Peter couldn't help but swallow several times just by listening to his description, and he was eager to try, but he still said that he wanted to try the American method.
The reason is very simple - after he returns as an agent, he has to face local customers, so he should try to have a better local taste, so as not to adapt to the soil and water.
Zhou Heng took Jiang Xiaoxuan's hand and said, "Chef, it's up to you today!"
In terms of American taste, only she does it well. If it's Chinese, then just give him some mushrooms or something to make sure he wants to eat it.
The group said, walked off the chicken farm, and prepared to make dinner.
Zhou Heng hugged Jiang Xiaoxuan's waist, feeling a little different, maybe it was a little thick and unreal when he was wearing a down jacket?
After all, Xiao Beisheng is newlywed, pinch a few more times.
Jiang Xiaoxuan was pinched and itchy, and hurriedly broke free from him, muttering in a low voice: "There are so many people, you are not reserved." What is there to pinch!"
Zhou Heng felt that her shyness in front of outsiders was really interesting.
He whispered to her, "What good things have you eaten when you go back?" Why do you seem to have gained weight? Tell you, I only need to pinch it to know that I have gained weight. ”
Then he felt that something was wrong, and there was a different smell in the air.
Jiang Xiaoxuan's willow eyebrows were raised, and she said to him, "I'll give you another chance to organize the language!"
It is said that fat is a woman's reverse scale!
This guy ...... Are you disgusted with yourself?
Talking to fans every day, saying that fans threaten him and photographers to take off their fans if they don't come, so that he will find a reason to come out on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, this guy dares to dislike himself for being fat during the New Year?
However, however......
Is it really fat? It can't be, right?
Ahh
Zhou Heng saw that her expression changed rapidly and she was very nervous, and he couldn't help but be happy, and said with a smile: "I'm playing with you, I haven't gained weight, I'm still the same slim." ”
Jiang Xiaoxuan also pinched his waist, took revenge, and then snorted fiercely.
After the bluff, she also pinched her waist, but her heart still didn't let go: Are you really fat? No, you have to lose it.
Zhou Heng thought to himself, it's over, he shouldn't mention this stubble, he really shouldn't say that women have become fat or something, this is a fatal blow to women, although he thinks she is actually fatter.
After going back, Zhou Heng told his mother that this foreigner wanted to eat American-style chicken, which had to let Jiang Xiaoxuan do it, she used to listen to her father's arrangement, went to the United States to study in a cooking school, and could cook orthodox American food.
The chickens are reserved in the morning and put in the coop, which is then taken out of the coop and ready to be processed.
In fact, there are really few cooking methods in the United States, and the production of chicken is very limited, and in terms of our taste, it is not delicious.
Their most common practice is to marinate for a while and then roast the whole chicken.
For example, like the roast turkey eaten at Easter, it is big, starting from more than ten pounds each, the meat is firewood, and it tastes all silk. And it's just baked to the surface with a beautiful color, but it's very unflavorful, which is really hard to describe.
If you eat a chicken like that, it is estimated that it will take half a day to pick your teeth with a toothpick.
It is said that there is a saying on the Internet: when they eat that kind of chicken during the festival, they are actually "remembering the bitter and sweet", eating something unpalatable to celebrate the festival and be grateful for the existing life. I don't know if it's true.
In addition to the roast chicken, the chicken pieces are cut and marinated, and then grilled. It sounds like the process is okay, but the condiments used are ......
It's still hard to put into words.
Then, it is estimated that KFC McDonald's method of fried chicken will remain.
There are only so many tricks, and it can be a bit difficult to make delicious chicken.
Jiang Xiaoxuan made a slightly distinctive flavor for Peter to taste.
Originally, he was going to use an oven, but Zhou Heng didn't have it at home, but a few months ago, he built an oven for the sake of shooting effects, and this can be replaced - this will only taste better than the oven.
Then make a simpler sauce, spread it on the whole chicken and place it on a plate.
At the bottom of the plate are some of America's favorite vegetables, such as onions, bell peppers, fresh cabbage, and so on. Cut these into slightly larger pieces and season with oil, salt, pepper, etc.
The chicken is placed on top of these, then some home-made wine is taken with some spices in it and poured into the belly of the whole chicken, ready to be roasted.
What to others looked like dark cuisine was so pleasing to Peter's eyes – it was American, innovative, and the wine was just what he wanted.
And this kind of cooking method is not difficult, and I don't worry about the market at all.
Peter was a little surprised, in such a remote mountain village, there are people who can completely authentic American cooking, too great, right?
Seeing the chef put the marinated chicken in an earthen oven also made him admire.
Before the use of ovens in the United States, it was also baked in various earthen ovens. This completely retro way of cooking couldn't be better.