After eating and drinking, several people sat on their chairs, drinking beer, reminiscing about the meal, and it was a happy smile.

At this time, there was a sound of someone whistling from outside.

Barton's face turned happy after hearing this: "Xiao, you have a good mouth today." With that, he got up and walked outside.

Xiao Peng was puzzled, and George looked at him confused and explained, "It's a Navajo." ”

Xiao Peng suddenly realized.

The Navajo are the most populous Indian tribe in the southwestern part of the Stars and Stripes, and have the largest Indian reservation spanning Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is a semi-nomadic people, and although they are mainly herdsmen and have a tradition of long-distance migration, they also have seasonal relatively fixed dwellings for raising livestock and growing crops.

Two things about the Navajo Nation are best known for being the famous 'Wind Talkers' during World War II. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are a minority who used their own language to change the pattern of world wars.

The Navajo language is an unwritten and extremely complex language that has survived by word of mouth from generation to generation. The grammar and pronunciation of Navajo are extremely strange, it sounds a bit like the strange cry of a beast, it expresses the meaning of the language in terms of the strength of the intonation, and the same sound is said in four different tones, which means four different meanings. Well, among all the languages in the world, I am afraid that the Chinese language can do this.

Don't believe it?' The word 'slot' has four pronunciations and four meanings。。。。。。

In the Pacific Theater at the beginning of World War II, the Japanese were always able to decipher the cipher code of the Stars and Stripes army in various ways, which made the Stars and Stripes suffer a lot on the battlefield, in order to change this situation, they recruited hundreds of Indians, because their language was not understood by foreigners, so the Stars and Stripes trained them into specialized translators, known as the 'Wind Whisperers'.

The movie "The Wind Whisperer", directed by John Woo and starring Nicolas Cage, tells this historical story, and it is because of this movie that Indiana Vajo is known to the world.

In those days, as a special weapon of the Stars and Stripes, each 'Wind Whisperer' shouldered the supreme secrets of their own country, and the status of the Indians had never been so high! Everyone was taken care of: each Navajo interpreter was closely protected by a naval soldier to ensure his personal safety, and on the other hand, in order to ensure that the password was not leaked, if the interpreter was about to be captured by the Japanese soldiers, the protector had to kill him!

(Because of this, the movie "Wind Whisperer" was a very bad failure at the box office in North America, and think about it, this film about minorities is not a theme of white supremacy, although there are stars like Nicolas Cage, but the role played is more like a villain, so many white people in North America are willing to watch this movie? So this film won word of mouth and lost at the box office.) ）

In addition to their great contributions to World War II, the Navajo people are also known for their art.

Although the word 'art' has never been used in the Navajo language, there is a tradition permeated every aspect of Navajo culture, and in a sense, Navajo art represents the entire North American Indian art, whose painting, weaving, and jewelry making are known all over the world.

In particular, a significant portion of their silver jewelry, which is currently visible as North American Indian silverware, was made by the Navajo Nation and other ethnic groups living in their vicinity. And the style is all Navajo Tribe's style: hammering and chiseling are the main methods of production, and the local turquoise and other semi-precious stones are inlaid.

In China, the price of turquoise can be speculated terrible over the years, jumping high and doubling the length, in fact, like garnet, turquoise is also a widely distributed semi-precious stone. Africa, America, South America, and Australia all have high yields, and because they are common, they are not expensive.

The largest production of turquoise in the Stars and Stripes is in Arizona, so most of the Indian ornaments made by the Navajo people are inlaid with turquoise items.

Just in Williamstown, there are several Native American shops, all owned by Navajo people, that specialize in Navajo memorabilia, and Emilia has bought several as souvenirs. So Xiao Peng also learned about the Navajo people. The Navajo people who came to Barton should have grazing through this place, and Barton said that he was blessed with a mouth, and he should have gone to buy Navajo livestock.

Sure enough, not long after, Barton came back with a sheep, with black and white patterns on his body, looking like he could have about a hundred pounds, his physique was not big, with two sharp horns on his head, short back hair, and two protruding big eyes that were very conspicuous.

Xiao Peng recognized the sheep that Barton brought back, and his eyes widened: "Barton, you're too expensive, aren't you?"

Barton smiled, "Xiao, this is nothing compared to everything you have done for my family. Do you recognize this little guy?"

Xiao Peng smiled bitterly: "How can I not recognize it, isn't this a Tennessee sheep?

Barton motioned that it didn't matter, and tied the Tennessee sheep aside: "It's okay, I'm very familiar with Montezuma, so it's cheap to give me, this sheep only costs me four hundred dollars." ”

More than 100 pounds of lamb cost 400 US dollars, this price is really not cheap, but for Tennessee sheep, this price is not expensive, a good-looking Tennessee sheep on the market can be sold for thousands of dollars. Of course, the sheep was bought back at a high price, not for food, but for being a pet.

Because this kind of sheep is so interesting, you may not know much about the Tennessee sheep, but when you mention another name, it is famous. The Tennessee sheep are the legendary fainting sheep!

Usually they walk leisurely on the grassland, but as long as they are slightly frightened, they will be frightened to the ground with limp limbs, and some fainted sheep are even more exaggerated, directly with four legs stretched straight, unable to move, as if they have sheep epilepsy.

The reason why fainted sheep have this characteristic is related to the fact that they all suffer from congenital muscle tonia. This is a condition caused by a defect in genetic factors, in fact, there are people in humans who have this disease, and they usually look like ordinary people, but once they are excited and nervous, the muscles will be highly contracted, and the muscles will stiffen and fall to the ground。。。。。。

The nerves of fainting sheep are even more fragile, and even if no one scares them, each sheep will faint dozens of times a week.

Because of this characteristic, it turns out that the important role of farm-breeding fainted sheep is to protect the sheep herd: every time the beast attacks, the fainting sheep fall directly to the ground and become the prey of the beast, and the sheep in the flock can take the opportunity to escape.

Now fainted sheep as a kind of meat goat, very suitable for smaller production operations, although they are not large, but the meat rate is very high, and its cashmere quality is very high, in summer fainting sheep wool is very short, but in winter, it will produce a large number of high-quality cashmere, so it is very suitable for small farm breeding, and later it was listed by the local government as a 'threatened national breed of stars and stripes', the rarity has risen, so the price has become more expensive.

In its hometown of Marshall County, Tennessee, the 'Goat Ledo Festival' is held every October, with a variety of fainting sheep beauty pageants, fainting sheep frightened performance contests, as well as music, arts and crafts exhibitions, and a variety of foods, attracting tourists from all over the world.

Xiao Peng clapped his hands vigorously at the Tennessee sheep signed back by Barton, only to see that the Tennessee sheep was directly stiff and lying straight on the ground.

Barton said slightly apologetically: "Xiao, I know that you Chinese people like to eat pork, but it is really not convenient for us to buy pork here, do you Chinese people have mutton to eat?"

Xiao Peng had a speechless expression: "Patton, how much do you misunderstand our Huaxia? I don't even know what kind of image we Huaxia people are in your eyes." What do you mean by us eating mutton? When we Chinese people eat mutton, Europeans still eat leaves. In fact, the earliest meat of our Chinese people is mutton, you must know that in ancient times, cattle were used for farming, and pigs were not liked to eat, so they could only eat sheep. In our Huaxia, there are at least 10,000 kinds of mutton cooking methods. ”

"Ten thousand, that's too much of an exaggeration, isn't it?"

Xiao Peng shrugged: "Okay, what I said is a bit exaggerated, but five hundred ways can definitely be made." Don't underestimate the Chinese people's research on eating. ”

Barton nodded: "Just because this disgusting Asian carp can make you such a supreme delicacy, I believe everything you say." Xiao, how about I leave this sheep to you to take care of?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "You said so much, the last sentence is your thoughts, right? Okay, just according to what you said, this sheep will be handed over to me." ”

George volunteered, "I'll kill the sheep." ”

Barton looked at him speechlessly: "Is the sun coming out in the west today? ”

George scratched his head and said, "Who told Xiao to cook so deliciously? Linda and Emily may be back in the evening, and they missed this meal at noon, and they can't miss it again in the evening." After saying that, I went to slaughter the sheep.

Xiao Peng smiled: "The fish jelly in the refrigerator is already ready to eat." You can all taste it. "After that, I went to find George.

Tennessee sheep due to its peculiar coma characteristics, slaughtering sheep is very easy, George was just about to do it, Xiao Peng stopped him, ran to find a clean basin: "George, don't waste sheep's blood, pour it in this basin." ”

George looked at Xiao Peng puzzled: "What are you doing with the sheep's blood?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "Sheep are full of treasures, I'll tell you this, except for sheepskin and wool, you can't eat it anywhere else." Actually, you can eat the sheepskin food even if it's ready, but forget it. ”

George listened to Xiao Peng's words and froze in place. Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Just trust me." ”

George nodded, and directly began to slaughter sheep, such things are familiar to them: "Do you keep these internal organs?" Xiao Peng nodded.

George muttered, "You Chinese people are so frugal, how can you eat anything." ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "George, this is really not saving, believe me, after you taste it, you will know what kind of delicious food you throw away." ”

Indeed, Europeans and Americans, with the exception of a few countries such as France and Spain, hardly eat animal offal, and they can't imagine what kind of delicacy can be made from such dirty offal.

But one thing George said is right, Chinese people really eat offal just to save.

The history of several thousand years of Chinese history is almost a history of disaster! War and hunger, the history of the Chinese people, especially the history of the northerners, is to fight against hunger. In any era, there were people in China who starved to death, and when they were hungry, they could even eat things like 'Guanyin Tu' that would undoubtedly kill their own people after eating, not to mention the internal organs of these animals?

The reason why Chinese people can find a way to eat any ingredient is to fill their stomachs.

Because of this, as long as you can eat things that poison and don't kill people, almost all of them can make Chinese people into delicious food.

As a Chinese foodie, Xiao Peng is full of contempt for this Westerner's habit of not eating offal. Don't think the offal is delicious? Let's make you a Xinjiang lamb belly bun first, and let you eat it with crooked mouths!

George's craftsmanship was still very good, and after a while, the whole sheep was skinned and the entrails were set aside.

Jane walked over with a small bowl, and it was Xiao Peng's fish scale jelly: "Xiao, I must learn your cooking skills, your pudding is so good." There is no fishy smell at all, and it tastes really good. ”

Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Do you like to eat? That's great, I'm afraid it's not suitable for your taste." ”

"How can anyone not like such a delicious taste?" replied Jane with a smile, "It's the first time I've tasted such a good pudding." ”

In fact, when we talk about jelly and pudding, we refer to the same thing, pudding is the transliteration of English jelly, but although the name is the same, the two are different, especially in Western food.

The most fundamental difference between the two is the raw material, jelly is made of edible gelatin with water, sugar, and fruit juice, while the jelly raw material of pudding is corn starch or tapioca starch, and the two can also be used together. And Jane called this fish scale jelly pudding, which is not wrong at all, because the most primitive pudding is made of fish glue to make it solid.

Speaking of which, fish scale jelly is really a good thing, it is rich in collagen----- and the fish scales themselves are produced by collagen. Moreover, the collagen in fish scales is easier to be broken down, digested and absorbed by the human body than other collagen. So it's really good for the human body. Especially for women, this is definitely a beauty product! The bigger the fish, the better the effect!

But now Xiao Peng's concern is not about the frozen fish scales, how to take care of this fainted sheep is the problem he cares about.

Known as one of the most delicious mutton, Xiao Peng really hasn't eaten it!