Chapter 300: Food Culture
The overall style of Italian seafood risotto is very different from that of Spanish paella, which has a softer and mellow taste, unlike the hard feeling of Western style. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and the combination of milk and seafood is used in cooking, which is rich in nutrition and comprehensive.
The saor in vinegared sardines (Sardine in saor) means "taste" in the official language of Venice. Where this taste comes from, you need to enter the culture of this water city to explore.
From a linguistic point of view, although saor is derived from the Germanic language family, although it is a dialect, it is similar to the English word sour, so it is not difficult to literally guess the feeling of this dish. But if only the sour taste is not enough to make this dish a famous Venetian dish.
Exploring the affection and longevity of the Venetian fisherman's dish, the freezing technology was not very mature long ago, and at that time, canned products were not invented.
Every time you go to sea for a long time, the protein comes from Yu and meat, but if you take it on the boat, it will soon spoil; Rotten meat, on the other hand, can cause more troubles, such as disease and hygiene; Vegetarianism cannot satisfy the physical strength of fishermen. Therefore, the Venetian fishermen who live on the sea use vinegar to keep it fresh for consumption when they are drifting, which can be described as a work of wisdom.
Sardines are nutritious, relatively inexpensive, and can be seasoned and sterilized with vinegar; Coupled with onions, pine nuts, and raisins, the nutrients are harvested and the taste is outstanding.
Nowadays, the refrigerator is popularized, and the life of the Venetian is a little more comfortable and happy than before, but the delicacy of the vinegared sardine is still there, from its body, the Venetian is not only tasting the food, but also reminding themselves that it will take a day or two to make this dish alone, and you need to wait patiently, just like life, patience and calmness, the sour beets will blend into the scenery, and finally it will be successful.
There is also the Italian pizza ordered by Emily, which is also a world-famous Italian food.
"Pizza" is an Italian-inspired food made with a special crust, cheese, sauce and filling, but in fact, it has transcended language and cultural barriers and has become a popular drink around the world, loved by consumers from all over the world.
But when and where this delicacy originated is still unknown.
Today, when faced with the millions of pizzas baked every day in Pizza Hut's restaurants, the world's "pizza experts", it's natural to assume that it was pioneered by bakers in Naples, Italy, 400 years ago.
So who exactly invented pizza?
Some people believe that pizza originated in China: Marco Polo, a famous Italian traveler, liked to eat a popular scallion oil tart in the north when he traveled to China.
When he returned to Italy, he always wanted to be able to taste it again, but he couldn't bake it.
One Sunday, he was at home with friends, and one of them, a Neapolitan cook, Marco Polo, had the idea to call the chef to his side and paint a picture of the chive pie of northern China "like this."
The chef was also enthusiastic about making it in the way Marco Polo had described. But after a long time, I still can't put the filling into the dough. It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone was hungry.
So Marco Polo suggested that he eat the filling on top of the dough.
After everyone eats, they all call it "good".
When the chef returned to Naples, he made it a few more times, accompanied by Neapolitan cheese and toppings, which became so popular with diners that the "pizza" has been spreading ever since.
According to statistics, there are more than 20,000 pizzerias in Italy, including 1,200 in the Naples area.
Most Neapolitans eat at least one pizza a week, and some eat it almost every day for lunch and dinner.
Diners, rich and poor, are accustomed to folding pizza and eating it in their hands. This has become one of the bases for identifying the quality of pizza handiwork. The pizza must be moderately soft and hard, and even if it is folded like a wallet, the outer layer will not break.
At present, the world's most famous pizza franchise chain is Pizza Hut, which was founded in 1958 in Kansas, USA. The "Red Roof" is a prominent symbol of Pizza Hut's appearance.
With more than 12,300 locations in more than 90 countries and territories around the world, including nearly 40 in China, Pizza Hut serves more than 4 million customers and bakes more than 1.7 million pizzas every day.
It is understood that a good pizza must have four qualities: fresh crust, fine cheese, top pizza sauce, and fresh fillings.
The base of the cake must be made every day, and the flour is generally ground with Grade A wheat in spring and winter, so that the bottom will be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Pure cheese is the soul of pizza, and authentic pizza is usually made with low-calorie mozzarella cheese rich in protein, vitamins, minerals and calcium.
Production process: first weigh the flour with its own top-secret ingredients and mix well, oil the bottom basin, spread a layer of rich pizza sauce made of fresh tomatoes mixed with pure natural spices, then sprinkle with soft l00% Grade A mozzarella cheese, put seafood, Italian sausage, Canadian cured meat, ham, spiced meat, mushrooms, green peppers, pineapple and other carefully selected fresh fillings, and finally put it in the oven and bake at 260°C for 5 to 7 minutes.
Well, a delicious pizza is out of the oven, and one thing worth noting: it's ready to eat and flavors the best. Pizza is generally divided into three sizes according to size: 6 inches (cut into 4 pieces), 9 inches (cut into 6 pieces), and 12 inches (cut into 8 pieces), which are divided into two types according to thickness.
Pizza is loved not only because it is delicious in itself, but also because it is garnished with other snacks. For example, Pizza Hut's pizza is served with creamy chicken and mushroom soup, fragrant chicken wings, various grilled dumplings, fried small potato grids, a salad buffet and so on.
Ye Chao tasted a piece and felt that the pizza he ate in Venice was much more normal than the one he ate in a certain winner.
Also, he has tasted foie gras leaves in France, but he has not tasted pan-fried calf liver in Italy.
This dish is made by stir-frying onions in butter and then quickly pan-frying the tender calf liver cut into small pieces. The juicy meat is paired with authentic white corn cake and a glass of mellow red wine.
Needless to say, steak is almost a must-have "god dish" in Western food.
There is also red wine, which is also a must-have divine wine for Western food, Ye Chao tasted a few sips, and felt that if he wanted to find red wine, it was still the wine that Tang Ru, a female drunkard, was looking for.
Of course, if there is no comparison, the red wine in the Venetian restaurant still tastes good, and there is no harm if there is no comparison.
However, Ye Chao has drunk good ones, and if he drinks these poor quality, the taste will not be very good. Also, there is an exotic beauty on the opposite side that can be admired, otherwise, this Western food will be overshadowed.
Really, maybe in the eyes of others, this kind of Western-style meal is very high-grade, but Ye Chao always felt that the dishes made by Li Xiaoxi were the most delicious.