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As an aside, Typhoon Mangkhut has passed through the country and has made landfall in the south, and I hope that all the people in the typhoon area will pay attention to safety.

I talked about this topic in the book friend group today, and a book friend actually replied to me like this: It's okay, I'm used to it. Come once every two or three years. It's good to catch fish at the door on vacation。。。。。。

Am I rare and weird???

Well, I'd rather I'm less and weirder. After all, as northerners, the impact of the typhoon on us is still very small. Anyway----- God bless。。。。。。

Xiao Peng took the magazine and looked at the contents, and suddenly felt unable to cry or laugh.

There are so many introductions to Chinese cuisine in it, and Xiao Peng knows two of them: Gu Yu Meat and Fortune Biscuits, that is, the so-called signature cakes that appeared in China N years ago, a hollow biscuit is stuffed with a small note, which has chicken soup text written in it, which was known as the Xingtian National Snack at that time, but according to the food book given to her by Mrs. Martin, it is a famous authentic Chinese food!

Xiao Peng swears, this thing really came to our Huaxia from your Stars and Stripes Country, and we really don't have this thing in Huaxia!

After reading the introduction of the rest of the Chinese dishes, Xiao Peng couldn't laugh even more.

In fact, it has nothing to do with Zuo Zongtang, that is, the large pieces of chicken are hammered loose and fried, seasoned with Western-style sweet sauce, this is a very authentic Stars and Stripes national dish, it is said that because Kissinger, the former secretary of state of the Stars and Stripes, likes to eat this dish very much, so this dish is very popular in the Stars and Stripes. But what does this have to do with Zuo Zongtang? What does it have to do with Chinese food?

As for the so-called 'Li Hongzhang's chops,' this turned out to be a famous dish in the history of the Stars and Stripes! This dish, which sounds like a curse, was related to Li Hongzhang when he visited the Stars and Stripes. The practice is different in different parts of the Stars and Stripes, but it is all simple and crude------ that is, all kinds of shredded meat and vegetables are fried together, and such a perfunctory dish has been popular here for more than a hundred years, which is a miracle.

Crab meat wontons are not strange in China, fried wontons are not very strange, the strange thing is that all kinds of star-striped Chinese fried wontons are not only crab meat, but also cream! When eating, it is also dipped in jam or honey to eat, I really don't know what kind of taste it will be, but just like that, people here like this dish, don't want it!

The 'baby plate' is actually an appetizer, a bit like a snack platter, with items like egg rolls, pork cutlets, fried chicken wings, and more.

It's not surprising to see Gollum Meat here, the first batch of Chinese to work hard in the Stars and Stripes Country are many Cantonese, so it is normal for Gollum Meat to be promoted as a Cantonese dish, but what is not normal is the practice of Gollum Meat here, and the sauce used is Stars and Stripes Mandarin BB sauce, which can be regarded as a unique flavor. However, since the people of the Stars and Stripes don't seem to be very cold to pork, there is a sweet and sour chicken。。。。。。

As for the so-called egg rolls and hibiscus eggs, they are all egg food, and the egg rolls look very much like spring rolls, but the skin is huge, and they are so badly fried, Xiao Peng thinks he looks like a failed version of spring rolls, and hibiscus eggs, isn't that just an omelette? It's just a vegetable.

Xiao Peng couldn't cry or laugh at the food magazine, but he can also understand why this happens, after all, different races and cultures have different tastes, Chinese people think it is delicious, in the eyes of the Stars and Stripes people, they think it is shit, and if you want to stand in the Stars and Stripes China Restaurant, the taste must be localized, if there is no localization, then the restaurant can only close the door and go one way, which is all the experience of blood and tears left by the predecessors who went to the Stars and Stripes Restaurant.

And as for what is the taste that the people of the Stars and Stripes like? To make a spicy chicken, you have to put jam.

Well, speaking of which, Xiao Peng suddenly thought of the dark cuisine in the university cafeteria, known as the 'ninth largest cuisine in China', which will definitely be very popular in the Stars and Stripes Country!

Like stir-fried pork with green pepper and dragon fruit, stir-fried pork ribs with sugarcane, stir-fried crispy corners, stir-fried banana with watermelon, stir-fried mooncakes with tomatoes, braised glutinous rice balls。。。。。。 It's all sweet and sour, and it's definitely suitable for the taste buds of the people of the Stars and Stripes!

Mrs. Martin saw Xiao Peng's expression and asked curiously, "Xiao, what's the matter, aren't these Chinese feasts authentic?"

Xiao Peng replied with a wry smile: "Mrs. Martin, believe me, if any restaurant in Huaxia specializes in these dishes, it will be closed in a few days, I can only say that these are the stars and stripes of national dishes that look like Huaxia cuisine---- we don't have this thing in Chinese food at all, and we don't have an appetite when we look at it!"

"But the book says it's authentic Chinese food. Mrs. Martin said.

Xiao Peng shook his head: "Mrs. Martin, I think this is an insult to the words 'authentic' and 'Chinese food', but I want to 。。。。。。 Mrs. Martin, don't care too much about whether it's authentic or not, after all, the most important thing is whether you think it's delicious or not, as long as you think it's delicious, why bother whether it's authentic or not? Maybe authentic Chinese food is not to your taste?"

Mrs. Martin nodded thoughtfully.

Just then Martin said, "Our destination has arrived, a warehouse full of riches, and here comes your dear Martin father!"

Xiao Peng hurriedly looked at it and whistled: "What a beautiful town." ”

Martin parked the car in the public parking lot: "Xiao, we are going to the Taobao people gathering point, it is the iron man bar over there, will you go?"

Although he invited himself, Xiao Peng could see that Martin was not very enthusiastic about his invitation, and he could understand it when he thought about it, this was a place where his peers gathered, and it was not interesting to go by himself.

So Xiao Peng shook his head: "No, Martin, I want to go to the town to have a look, after all, fine wine is more attractive to me, and no scenery is more attractive to me." ”

Martin listened, and didn't insist: "Okay, in that case, then you can have fun, by the way, tomorrow the auction will be held at ten o'clock in the morning, if you earn that fifty dollars in handling fees, how about we see here at nine o'clock?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "Martin, the Chinese people attach importance to promises, I have promised you that you will come to work tomorrow and will not release the pigeons, meet here at nine o'clock tomorrow, okay Mr. Martin, I wish you and Mrs. Martin a good time today." Xiao Peng put his bags on his back and waved to the Martins.

"You're having fun, too!" said the Martins goodbye.

In this way, Xiao Peng arrived in Monterey, the place where the Stars and Stripes first encountered a major town battle.

It was here that the famous Battle of Monterrey began.

It was 1846, and the Stars and Stripes Army, under the leadership of Zachary Taylor, decided to march into the town of Monterrey, which at that time was still part of Mexican territory, not to mention Monterrey, and the whole of California was Mexican territory at that time.

Until then, the Stars and Stripes had not done any training related to town battles. The Mexicans, on the other hand, had a lot of combat experience, and all the soldiers hid on the rooftops or hid in hidden holes to attack the forces of the Stars and Stripes, and moved their artillery to the center of the town to provide effective fire support.

At the beginning of the battle, the Stars and Stripes were forced to halt their advance under the fire of the Mexican army, but the Stars and Stripes invented a peculiar tactic: they had people use pickaxes to dig passages directly into the walls of houses and houses to annihilate the Mexican troops inside the houses and on the roofs, or simply use ladders to move quickly on the roofs to deal with the enemies lying in ambush on the roofs.

A typical squad consists of a soldier with a hoe, who manages to dig a passage between the houses under the cover of fire, and when the walls are about to break, three or four soldiers will prepare for a possible indoor shootout with a left-wheel pistol in hand, through this tactic, the Stars and Stripes successfully captured the town of Monterey and set a record for the first town battle victory of the Stars and Stripes army.

Today, Monterrey is no longer the war town of the past, but a town full of art, the first choice for Hollywood stars to vacation, and the fishing industry here is also very famous. Since there is no direct flight to Monterrey in China, Monterrey is not very famous, but Xiao Peng came here to know how beautiful it is.

From seven dreamy sandy beaches to steep cliffs, it's a great place to watch seals and otters, it's a paradise for bird and whale watching, and it's also a popular area for surfing and kayaking. Because it is a natural habitat for many species of cetaceans, the entire Monterey Bay is a national marine sanctuary in the Stars and Stripes.

The most peculiar thing is that not only is the ocean beautiful, but also the Pacific Grove Monarch Forest Reserve on the shore, which is the preferred place for monarch butterflies to spend the winter, and countless butterflies gather here from October to February every year.

It's also a hotbed of arts and literature in the Stars and Stripes, as it's the hometown of Nobel laureate John Steinbel, where he was born and raised, and the museum displays his writings, old photographs, and materials, including even the truck he used to travel around the country when he wrote "Walking with Charlie."

Monterey was also once the capital of the state of California and is the historic center of all of California.

One of the interesting things about this is that when it comes to California, a lot of people know San Francisco, they know Los Angeles, and most of them think that the state government of California is in Los Angeles or San Francisco, well, that's actually wrong, the state government of California is located in Sacramento, which is where the NBA team Kings is located.

It's also quite embarrassing to say, just like the status of Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province in China----- is obviously the provincial capital, but the economy ranks third, and there is no confidence in speaking. The same is true of Sacramento, which is obviously the capital of California, but it is not as good as cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco in terms of economy and popularity.

This is also the characteristic of the Stars and Stripes, generally the capitals of each state are not in the big cities, their philosophy is ---- civil servants are in the big cities, how can they serve the people wholeheartedly?

A must-see on your trip to Monterrey is the famous Monterrey Aquarium, one of the best aquariums in the entire Stars and Stripes, home to nearly 350,000 aquatic creatures of all kinds! In the outer bay side hall of the museum, there is a fish pond with a capacity of 4.5 million liters, which completely simulates the marine environment, and a variety of marine life lives in it.

However, the tickets here are indeed not cheap, as high as 59.9 meters of gold, and Xiao Peng only has less than 2,000 US dollars in his pocket, but he still did not hesitate to buy tickets to visit. After all, if you miss it here and think about it, it will leave too many regrets.

Xiao Peng took a lot of beautiful scenery here, and it was really beautiful to watch the divers in the aquarium swimming around all kinds of fish. Many tourists sighed at the actions made by the divers in the water, and said that they wanted to go to the diving school in the town to learn diving, not to mention them, even Xiao Peng wanted to learn it.

But then I thought about it, damn, I'm a fart, I don't use diving equipment and it's better than him to dive, the sea is my home field, why do I envy these divers?

Well, it wasn't the diver's movements in the water that he envied, but the feeling of the diver's interaction with various aquatic animals。。。。。。

After shopping here, Xiao Peng came to Carmel Avenue again, where he took a lot of photos: this is a very classical street, from the signboard to the storefront, it is antique, and the most on this street is the restaurant!

This is another special feature of Monterrey: there are so many restaurants. From farm-based cuisine to ocean-friendly restaurants, there's nothing you can expect in Monterrey. Monterrey's unrivalled culinary tradition benefits from its unique natural geography and climatic conditions. In a town where less than 100,000 people live, there are thousands of restaurants. It's definitely a foodie's paradise. However, Xiao Peng only took pictures and didn't eat, so he had to come according to his own economy.

Xiao Peng posted the picture on the newly registered Weibo. He was afraid of losing his photos, so he registered a Weibo, and no one followed or followed others, just to store the photos taken along the way. After doing all this, the sky began to darken, Xiao Peng came to the beach with his luggage, set up his tent, nibbled on some bread and slept directly into it for a night, and now he is looking forward to the warehousing auction at dawn.

The hard work of earning fifty dollars is secondary, and for Xiao Peng, the most important thing is to open his eyes, which is what Xiao Peng is looking forward to the most.