【Chapter 1204】 Thanksgiving (Subscription Requested!)
As the calendar turns over day by day, the atmosphere of Thanksgiving in the air in Los Angeles is getting stronger and stronger, and all stores are also playing the sign of "Thanksgiving Feedback", which is quite important for Americans. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
If you have to compare, Thanksgiving in the United States is similar to the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, which is a day for family reunion.
When he was in China, influenced by some film and television works and literary works, Xiao Feng always believed that the American family concept was very weak, and it was a society that emphasized more individuality and individuality.
After all, children in the United States have to work in exchange for pocket money from an early age, move out of the house when they grow up, work and study in college, and do not live with the elderly in the family after they get married,,......。
However, after living in the United States for a few years, Xiao Feng realized that everything was just an illusion, and only by going deep into the lives of ordinary people in the United States did he know that the United States is actually a very traditional country, especially in more backward areas such as Montana.
Parents in the United States generally give their children the funds to go to college, after all, most colleges in the United States are expensive, and scholarships and loans alone cannot afford to complete their education.
Some Catholic families will also prepare a dowry for their daughters, and the women are responsible for the cost of preparing for the wedding, which is very different from that in China.
Because of some film and television works, many young people in China think that the United States is a chaotic and free world, but they don't know that it is more conservative, and only super cities such as Los Angeles and New York will become more open.
In contrast, the lives of many young people in the country are even more chaotic!
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The concept of family in the United States is not as weak as people think, Thanksgiving Day is a day for the whole family reunion of Americans, major enterprises and government agencies, and schools will have a few days off before and after Thanksgiving, which is also the origin of the "Thanksgiving holiday".
Because half of the employees of 'Jinghu International' are Americans, Xiao Feng also follows the local customs, announcing that the various industries of 'Jinghu International' will have a five-day holiday during Thanksgiving.
Of course, the so-called vacation is just for American employees, and Chinese employees also need to take turns off to ensure the normal operation of the enterprise.
The day before Thanksgiving, the school officially declared a holiday, and when the dolls returned from school in the afternoon, they were like wild horses on the manor.
For children, the holiday is the happiest thing, and as for why the holiday is closed, it is not their concern!
Although they only have a few days off and have just returned from their vacation on Highway 1 some time ago, it is unlikely that the Xiao family will continue to travel, but it is also a pleasure to be able to play at home.
The children are happy, and Xiao Feng, who is a father, is naturally happy, he is busy preparing all kinds of food for tomorrow night's Thanksgiving banquet!
In fact, this is also a tradition of the Xiao family, even if they are usually busy, during the holidays, they must be the Xiao family members who cook themselves and cook all kinds of delicacies for the family.
In the past, Xiao Feng also cooked in the Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Midyear Festival and other festivals, but after coming to the United States, he also kept pace with the times and began to make traditional food for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
This Thanksgiving Day is also the fifth Thanksgiving Day after the Xiao family came to the United States, everything in the family is in the best state, and Xiao Feng's mood for making food is much better!
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Thanksgiving food, the first recommendation is the roast turkey, which is a symbol of Thanksgiving, if there is no roast turkey, this Thanksgiving is incomplete.
When Xiao Feng and his entourage returned to Los Angeles from Napa Valley a few days ago, they were accompanied by two vans, one a refrigerated transport truck and the other a live poultry transport truck.
In addition to the various ingredients that the "Miracle Farm" has replenished to the "Dream Manor", there will be 12 carefully selected turkeys, which will be the main course of the "Dream Manor" Dream Dinner.
When developing its business in the United States, Jinghu International will naturally keep pace with the times, adjust the structure of planting and breeding varieties according to the living habits of the American people, and will not stick to the rules.
For example, Chinese people prefer to eat leafy vegetables, whether it is oily wheat cabbage, body, chrysanthemum or bok choy, which are very popular in the market and in short supply. Therefore, in the vegetable base of 'Xiaojia Farm', the planting area of leafy vegetables has reached about half of the entire base, and it has not changed much in ten years.
In the United States, people are more accustomed to eating vegetables to make vegetable salads, so in addition to a few leafy vegetables such as lettuce, Lao Mei prefers to eat some vegetables that are more suitable for making salads, such as broccoli, tomatoes, purple cabbage, onions, and so on.
For this reason, the varieties in the vegetable growing base of Miracle Farm have changed dramatically to adapt to the changes in the American market.
In fact, such a small detail reflects the profound skills of 'Jinghu Group' in management and marketing, and it is not blindly based on past experience for production guidance.
Since the vegetable market has changed, it is also necessary to adjust according to the actual situation in the field of poultry farming.
In China, people prefer poultry such as hemp ducks, black-bone chickens, and native chickens, and "Xiaojia Farm" as one of the earliest industries of "Jinghu Group", now the annual slaughter of poultry has reached the level of 10 million, with an annual revenue of more than 300 million US dollars!
But in the United States, Lao Mei's family rarely makes Chinese food such as white chopped chicken, chicken soup, and roast duck, and they are more accustomed to making chicken cutlets and chicken thighs, which are lackluster and do not taste very good.
For this reason, most of the poultry at Miracle Farm is sold to high-end Chinese restaurants and the Chinese American community, which is rarely available to ordinary Americans.
However, there is one species of poultry that is raised in large quantities every year by Miracle Farms, and that is the turkey.
This year, Miracle Farm raised 2 million turkeys, which cost an average of $200 each, but demand still outstripped!
This is also the glorious record set by Miracle Farm this fall, and with the good foundation and reputation laid over the past few years, Miracle Farm has become the best organic farm in the United States, and every product is highly sought after and extremely sought-after.
Compared with the turkeys raised in ordinary farms, the turkeys of 'Miracle Farm' have become more delicious because of the long-term immersion of the 'Space Spiritual Spring', and they can roast the most delicious roast turkeys regardless of their cooking skills!
To that end, in the week before Thanksgiving, two million turkeys were slaughtered, delivered to all corners of the United States, and appeared on the shelves of Walmart supermarkets in vacuum refrigerated packaging.
According to the information obtained by Xiao Qiang, although the retail price of these turkeys at Walmart was as high as 239 US dollars, they were still sold out in just two days.
In fact, Xiao Qiang already has a plan, and next year he will further expand the scale of turkey breeding in the 'Miracle Farm' to 5 million, which is a good project with a stable income.
Although the supply of 'miracle turkeys' on the market is in short supply, Xiao Feng, as the boss, naturally does not have to worry about not being able to eat them, so he brought a few from the farm early.
After these turkeys came to the chicken pen of the 'Fantasy Manor', they drank the high-concentration 'Space Spirit Spring' every day, and ate the space corn prepared for them by Xiao Feng.
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On Thanksgiving, in addition to Xiao Feng's family, the winery staff and restaurant staff who live in 'Dream Manor' will also spend the holiday with Xiao Feng and them, so Xiao Feng needs to prepare a lot of food.
You must know that the employees of various departments plus the 30 security personnel, gardeners, drivers and other housekeeping staff of the manor, the number of people in the entire 'Dream Manor' is more than 100 people!
Unconsciously, there are more and more people who are attached to the 'Xiao family' and live around, which is also a reflection of the Xiao family's wealth and influence!
For Xiao Feng, it is the hard work of these employees that enables him to get rid of trivial affairs and focus more time and energy on the 'Jinghu Group' and his family.
From this point of view, Xiao Feng needs to express his gratitude to these hard-working employees, and Thanksgiving has become more meaningful!
In addition to roast turkey and knowing the main dish, considering that most of the employees in the manor are Chinese, Xiao Feng also specially prepared a lot of Chinese delicacies.
'Nine Circles and Ten Tips' is the best season to eat hairy crabs, now it is the end of November of the new calendar, and the lunar calendar is also at the end of October, although it is not the best season to eat hairy crabs, but as the country's largest supplier of top hairy crabs, Xiao Feng in his manor to prepare a sumptuous hairy crab food is naturally a trivial matter.
The top hairy crabs that have been selected for a long time fly directly from 'Ginkgo Airport' to Los Angeles through the cargo plane of Boeing 737, which is the supply flight of the 'Wharton Group', just enough to bring some private goods to Xiao Feng.
Over the years, two non-stop flights have been flying from Ginkgo Airport to Los Angeles almost every week to serve the best ingredients from the West Coast of America, including foie gras, truffles, salmon, ham and steak, even if it's worth it by cargo plane!
In addition to hairy crabs, various top-notch ingredients, including 'Jinghu Green Shrimp', also arrived on the same plane, and in the face of a dazzling array of top-notch ingredients, Xiao Feng can finally show his skills.
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Knowing that Xiao Feng was going to cook the Thanksgiving feast himself, Xiao Qiang, who was originally in the 'No. 2 Winery', and Yang Yuanhang, who was in the 'Dream Ski Resort', almost invariably flew to Los Angeles by business plane, preparing to spend the holiday in the 'Dream Manor'.
Over the years, Yang Yuanhang has received no less than $5 million in salaries and dividends from the 'Jinghu Group' every year, and he has been a billionaire in ten years.
Because Yang Yuanhang owns 2% of the equity of 'Jinghu Scenic Area', in the next few months, the scenic spot will be listed as a whole, and his net worth will skyrocket to more than 3 billion RMB, which can be regarded as the pinnacle of professional managers!
Although Yang Yuanhang can't afford to buy a private jet now, there will still be no pressure to lease a G550 to travel.
In fact, the high salary of 'Jinghu Group' is also an important reason for the envy and jealousy of the group's executives.
In addition to the 'Nini' and 'Mengyao', Xiao Xiao also has a 'Xiao Xiao' under her name, which is a wedding gift from Xiao Feng, in addition to the 'Jinghu Group' There is also a public business jet, and the group's senior management can apply for a route on a business trip.
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Although he hasn't cooked in person for a long time, Xiao Feng's craftsmanship is not the slightest rusty, and cooking is like swimming and cycling, which will form instincts.
Besides, in the process of making food, Xiao Feng also has a chef from the 'Dream Restaurant', and the progress is quite fast.
The turkeys that were originally jumping around in the chicken pen were caught by Xiao Qiang and sent to the kitchen, where Xiao Feng slaughtered and bled with his own hands, and kept improving every detail.
For Xiao Feng, the main dish is naturally the most important, and there can be no mistakes.
After cleaning up, Xiao Feng stuffed the turkey with various accessories including breadcrumbs and pigeons, and smeared the turkey with honey from the 'Zizhu Space' before sending it to a special large oven.
Compared with 'Xiao's Roast Duck', roast turkey needs to pay more attention to the heat because of the huge individual turkey, if the heat is not enough, it is easy to get pinched, if the heat is exceeded, the roast will fail!
However, the roasting turkey did not put too much pressure on Xiao Feng, and after three hours, a rich aroma came out of the oven, and the atmosphere of the whole restaurant became lively.
The turkey is baking in the oven, and Xiao Feng is also seizing the time to make all kinds of food, whether it is Chinese or Western dishes, Xiao Feng is at his fingertips, calm and confident!
In the eyes of the chef of the 'Dream Restaurant', Xiao Feng is a top chef who combines the essence of Chinese and Western food, although he has a small number of shots, he still maintains a very high standard, this state is amazing!
Xiao Feng conquered these top chefs from all over the world with his performance, making them more dedicated when they started, and the preparation of the banquet became smoother.
Seeing these subtle changes, Xiao Feng nodded secretly in his heart, although these chefs are arrogant, they still have a low-key and humble heart, which is the spirit that the 'Dream Restaurant' needs.
In fact, Xiao Feng chose to make food on Thanksgiving, in addition to rewarding the staff, beating the restaurant chef is also one of the purposes.
From the current point of view, the effect is okay, and the future of the 'dream restaurant' is still reassuring!
As time goes by, when night falls, the red lanterns in all corners of the entire 'Dream Manor' are lit up one after another, which is also full of Chinese atmosphere.
The 'Dream Restaurant' was lit up brightly, and 10 tables were set up in the hall, and in addition to the necessary security patrol personnel who needed to be on duty, all the employees of the manor and members of the Xiao family appeared in the restaurant, ready to dine together and spend Thanksgiving.
I have to say that the Chinese people are the most popular race, although Thanksgiving and the Chinese people can't fight, but everyone gets together to eat, which is a pleasant thing in itself!
Thank you for the holidays!(To be continued.) )