Chapter 139: Thanksgiving
"Let's go, buy a turkey!"
On Thanksgiving, the company actually didn't organize activities, but Mike suggested that Feng Yiping organize a party at home, and he didn't bother to bother with that! The boss enveloped his subordinates, and there were many means and methods, so there was no need to do this.
Thanksgiving, which is a holiday unique to the United States and Canada - although the date of Thanksgiving is not the same in these two countries, it is said that in some places, it is more important than Christmas, and generally speaking, it should be equivalent to our Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is also a day for family reunion and celebration.
However, this festival, which has a strong religious flavor from the name, actually has nothing to do with the two of them, but, combined, it has a four-day holiday, and besides, you can eat turkey!
He and Jingping are both carnivores.
Pushing a cart full of things from the supermarket, looking at the 16-pound turkey that Huang Jingping specially picked, Feng Yiping suggested, "Why don't you go to the restaurant on the street and ask the fat master what to do?"
The fat chef is the chef in the restaurant where Huang Jingping often went to order orders when she wanted to eat those unpopular hometown dishes before.
"It's so big, it's the first time I've done it, it's not good to bake, I can't taste it, I don't say it, the meat is still firewood, and the taste is the same as chewing wood,"
"You're right, this is our first Thanksgiving dinner in the United States, and we will tell our children in the future, we must do it well, let's go!" Huang Jingping happily pulled him to Chinatown.
In fact, it's not all about asking how to make a turkey, in such a lively festival, going to Chinatown and listening to those domestic dialects from all over the world is actually a comfort.
I had to ask, the chubby bald chef said. Unlike the turkey thighs we usually eat in restaurants, or the burgers with turkey meat, a whole turkey is really hard to bake to our taste.
"Lao Mei is different from us, she doesn't eat anything good. For example, they eat chicken and like chicken breasts, while we think chicken legs and wings are more delicious. ”
Looking at the style of the two of them, it doesn't look like they want to open a restaurant to steal business. The fat chef chattered while enthusiastically loading them with the restaurant's homemade sauces and fillings, and specially helped to adjust the sauce, "To bake it to our taste, marinating is the most important thing, go back and marinate it with this jar of sauce, put it in the refrigerator, and bake it tomorrow night before baking." Just thaw a few hours in advance,"
"It's our secret sauce. The taste is very good, as for these fillings, they are also adjusted, if you don't like it, you can make your own according to your taste. ham, onions, carrots, bread, celery, coriander, mushrooms...... , you can put it inward,"
"Thanks, I drool just thinking about it. Feng Yiping said with a smile.
"When you do it, if you don't understand something, call at any time," the fat master shouted in the back.
These two young people, whether it is from the dress or the car they drive, the family background must not be wrong, it is rare that there are no adults by their side, they do not have the bad temper of the other second generations, amiable, humble and polite, and usually generous - maybe the latter point is also more important, the people in this restaurant, for both of them, like more.
On such a grand festival, there are naturally activities in the community, and there are some housewives who organize to deliver food to those who are homeless, but this time, Feng Yiping and the two of them chose to refuse, on such a day, Huang Jingping is heavy, and the two of them want to stay lazy at home all day.
In addition to various games, such as the football game that most Americans like to watch, there are cities in the United States from the east to the center to the west from early in the morning to hold Thanksgiving day parades.
Lying lazily on a beach chair in the backyard basking in the sun, holding a large corn cob in both hands and gnawing, watching Feng Yiping's TV on the porch, where the Thanksgiving Day parades were broadcast live from all over the country.
"The cartoon images made of those balloons are so cute, Yiping, we must take the children to the scene to see it in the future, okay?"
"You want to see it," Feng Yiping put his hand on her bulging belly and stroked it gently.
"The child wants to see it, and the child's mother also wants to see it," these days, her coquettish ability has risen to another level.
"Okay, next year I'll fly the plane, take the child and the child's mother, and chase from the east to the west, okay?"
"Yes, Mom and Dad, I'll customize the plane the day after tomorrow!" Huang Jingping said with a tender face to her belly that already had green tendons.
"Dad, why do I think that such days don't seem real?"
"How is it unreal?" Feng Yiping took her hand.
"It seems that happiness is not real," Huang Jingping put his hand on his face.
"It is my responsibility to let you live a happy life,"
It seems that when pregnant, women are always a little more sentimental.
"Okay, go to the hot tub for a dip, and then let's take a beautiful nap," although the temperature is acceptable now, it naturally does not have the high temperature in summer, so Feng Yiping renovated the house for the first time and built a new hot tub by the pool.
"Boy, his dad hugged me," Huang Jingping smiled and held out her hands to him.
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Huang Jingping took a knife and fork, like a gluttonous child, and watched Feng Yiping go to get the turkey, "Be careful that it pecks you,"
"It's okay, I'm wearing jeans,"
On Thanksgiving, the White House also has a tradition that the day before Thanksgiving, the president will pardon a turkey on the South Lawn.
President George W. Bush, who had not had a good time, performed this duty for the first time yesterday by pardoning a turkey named "Freedom."
I don't know if "freedom" is not sold or too free, after being pardoned, he immediately pecked at the president, or the key place of the next three roads, the scene was in an uproar, and the president was so embarrassed!
This is probably the first president of the United States to be in public.
He roasted the bright and golden turkey in the center of the table, "It's so fragrant, hurry up, let's go!" Huang Jingping was already a little impatient.
Feng Yiping picked up a knife and cut a large piece of it for her, "Why do I think, it always seems to be a shortcoming?"
"Our level is really good, I will definitely say this to the children in the future," Huang Jingping took all the credit on herself, "I think it seems to be more delicious than the roast duck in the capital, because the taste is richer, you take a bite,"
It's really good, similar to roast duck, not firewood or dry, and rich in flavor.
Can it not be rich, it is filled with so many ingredients to bake.
"By the way, what did you just say was missing?" Huang Jingping was now thinking about Feng Yiping's question just now.
"On a day like this, it seems that firecrackers are set off to meet the occasion," Feng Yiping said seriously.
"I hate it, don't make me laugh when you're eating,"
"No, I want to make you happy, I want to make you happy!"
"If that's what you really think, then let's go shopping tomorrow?" Ms. Huang said.
"No," Feng Yiping rejected her request.
The advent of Thanksgiving also means the arrival of the year-end shopping season in the United States.
The first day after Thanksgiving, Friday, which is known as "Black Friday," although this is the same as the later Singles' Day, to a certain extent, is also a means for merchants to empty their inventory, but within three or four days after that, major shopping malls and specialty stores will launch a lot of amazing discounts.
So in the next few days, in major shopping malls, disputes, fights, and even bloodshed because of panic buying have long been common, Huang Jingping has a big belly, how dare she participate?
"What do you want to buy, I'll talk about it in a few days,"
"I didn't want to buy anything, but I just wanted to feel the atmosphere,"
Feng Yiping was surprised, well, this is probably a woman's nature.
"I'm really unhappy that I can't participate in such a grand event!"
The progress is so fast, I have actually learned to coerce.
"Then let's compromise, go to the entrance of the mall to see the excitement, emphasize again, just watch the excitement, don't participate!"
Feng Yiping had no choice but to give in again.
No way, many times, women are unreasonable creatures, let alone pregnant women?
"You're so good!" once again gained the upper hand, and Huang Jingping happily wanted to kiss Feng Yiping.
"Don't, oil on your mouth!"
………… (To be continued.) )
PS: ps: Happy New Year!