276 Look up at the stars
Richard is a horse trainer and works on a breeding farm?
It was definitely an unexpected surprise, but when you think about it, it's not so unexpected.
They met Catherine at the racecourse, and Catherine had a great deal of knowledge about the racetrack, and it could be surmised from Catherine's words that she used to go to the racecourse with her husband, the main place of their rendezvous, and that she continued to watch the races even when she was alone after his departure. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
If Kelly's family is a traditional horse trainer family, Richard inherited his father's mantle, or Catherine and her husband were particularly interested in horse racing because of Richard's work relationship, and then became half an expert. It all makes sense.
"You're here to breed?" Catherine also looked surprised, obviously not expecting such a situation.
Lu Li looks too young, Tony and Brandon are both less than thirty years old, and the three of them are not dressed as flamboyantly as those rich second generations, and they look like ordinary audiences. As for the middle class who like to ride horses, they don't need to raise horses at all, breed them, just foster their horses on the horse farm, and that's enough.
So, Catherine didn't think about it at all.
Lu Li was also stunned, and then laughed dumbly, "Yes, this is the main task we came here, and Brandon is the horse trainer of our horse farm." ”
It only then dawned on Catherine that it was no wonder that Brandon knew so well about horses, and could even say that he was professional, and now he had finally been answered.
"Catherine's understanding of horse racing is so professional, it's because ......" Lu Li turned his head to look at Richard, the words behind him didn't need to be spoken, Richard understood, he nodded in affirmation, "My father is a horse trainer, I have been with him since I was a child, I grew up on a horse farm, so naturally I took over his mantle. ”
"Actually, I've been busy at the racecourse for the past two days, and we have two horses in the racecourse. Richard's expression became visibly excited, and the excitement between his eyebrows jumped, "So if you breed, are you planning to train horses to compete? There are many kinds of horses in the United States, and there are many more tricks than we have here, which one are you going to play?"
Brandon happened to be sitting next to Richard and took the initiative to take over, "Just like today, speed." Horse racing in Texas is still dominated by racing, and there are also obstacle races, but obstacle courses require professional riders, and the popularity rate is still not so high. ”
In the United States, horse racing is a very popular aristocratic sport, and the middle and upper classes are very popular. On the East Coast in particular, horse racing is highly sought after.
However, the horse racing culture in the United States is relatively thin, and it is mainly based on gambling. In addition, horse racing is also a vassal activity, when someone wants to cater to the hobbies of their superiors, or imitate the life of the English aristocracy, or show off their wealth, horse racing is often the right choice, just like golf, whiskey clubs, tennis, etc.
Because of this, the highest rate of horse racing in the United States is not in Texas, but in urban lines with the highest average income levels, such as the East Coast. In Texas, most professional riders also head to the East Coast in search of work.
"But I've heard that there's a cowboy convention in Texas, isn't there a horse racing program at the convention?" Richard and Brandon chatted directly, and people like them who are dedicated to their professions once they find a common hobby, that enthusiasm is completely impossible for outsiders to intervene in.
Angel looked at Lu Li and nodded apologetically, "He's always like this, every time he mentions horses, he gets carried away." "Richard and Lu Li's conversation just now was halfway through, and then it was interrupted, and Lu Li was directly put aside, so Angel apologized.
Lu Li shook his head with a smile, "Brandon is the same, I've long been used to it. ”
"How's dinner going? Are you used to it?" said Angel with some concern, "I've read a Times article before, and they say that there are a lot of people in China who think British food is not delicious, is that true?"
Lu Li pondered seriously for a moment, "Isn't this the consensus of the whole world?" This made Catherine and Angel both laugh.
The same steak with potatoes, the British cooking method is not particularly different from the United States, and there is no obvious difference at all. It's no wonder that when people count the world's cuisines, the UK and the US are always on the list of dark cuisines.
But today he is a guest, and complaining about the host's food is not delicious is not the same as complaining about the host's poor hospitality? Lu Li would not be so rude, and then he explained, "I think it has something to do with the media publicity, and in our impression, British cuisine doesn't seem to have too many tricks, potatoes, beef, and lake fish." Then the cooking methods are all similar, frying, frying, and baking. We don't have much of an opportunity to get to know British cuisine in depth, just as your knowledge of Chinese/Chinese cuisine is limited to a lot of smoke. ”
"But that's all true. Angel's answer caught Lu Li off guard, and her expression was stunned for a while, but Angel shrugged her shoulders calmly, "I mean, our dishes are mainly those few things, and potatoes can be seen in almost every dish." For us, potatoes are your rice. So you can see that we make potatoes, mashed potatoes, potato salad, fried potatoes and so on in a variety of ways. ”
"Uh......" Lu Li thought that Angel was saying that "Chinese/Chinese cuisine is very smoky" is the truth, and then he wanted to accuse Chinese/Chinese cuisine of not being delicious, and he decided to roll up his sleeves and discuss with Angel, but Angel came to such a show, which made Lu Li stunned, which made Tony laugh out loud.
"Haha. You've even got stuck. "Tony is a little gloating, eloquence has always been one of Lu Li's strengths, in the face-to-face confrontation, it is rare to see Lu Li stuck, more often their thinking speed is thrown a few streets away by Lu Li, today's scene is really too rare.
Lu Li himself was also dumbfounded, probably because of the car accident just now, he first met four unreasonable young people, and then met two police/detectives who were suspected of treating foreigners differently, Lu Li was subconsciously a little wary of the British. Only now do I realize that he is simply thinking too much about himself.
"I'm even more curious, what does 'stargazing' taste like?" Lu Li finally had the opportunity to ask this question, this dish can be called the pinnacle of British dark cuisine for Chinese people, like thunder.
But Angel showed a confused expression, "What?"
This rhetorical question made Lu Li stunned, he turned his head to look at Catherine, but he didn't expect that Catherine was also full of incomprehension, and even Tony shook his head, "Is that British food? Why haven't I heard of it?
"British cuisine?" Angel frowned, "I haven't heard of it, what's the name?"
"Stargazy-Pie was introduced by the Guardian and The Times, so I only knew about it. Lu Li looked at everyone's expressions full of question marks, and immediately understood, this is the deviation of information exchange-
For example, the Chinese/Chinese called snow pea is called the Chinese bean in the Netherlands. In fact, this is often the case in cross-border cultural exchanges, and the "famous spots" that are highly sought after abroad may not be known in their home countries, and may just be concocted by travel agencies.
"Richard, have you ever heard of a dish? Look up at the stars. Angel simply interrupted Richard and Brandon's conversation and asked directly.
Confused, Richard asked, "What?"
"Look up at the stars. Angel repeated it again, and Richard shook his head, "I've never heard of it at all." What is this? Chinese/Chinese cuisine?"
Lu Li couldn't help choking, his head was full of black lines, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he took out his phone and searched for it, "Hey, this is actually a dish that Daniel Defoe came up with." It was the author of "Robinson Crusoe", and then Lu Li read out the recipe, what kneaded the dough, what put the fish on the dough, what ensured that the fish head could "look up at the starry sky", what put boiled eggs and bacon in the gaps, what oven time......
By the time Lu Li finished reading, the two little guys couldn't help but start retching, and even Catherine had a shocked expression on her face, "What kind of recipe is this, why is there such a thing?"
"What the hell is this? Can this be eaten?"
"It sounds terrible, who would do it?"
"Are you sure this was Daniel Defoe came up with? This is food?"
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Others also complained one after another, Lu Li saw that everyone didn't believe it, and directly showed the mobile phone screen to everyone - it was the official website page of the "Guardian", there was no fraud in the slightest, and the finished picture of the "Looking Up to the Stars School" that had been made was also attached below, looking at the dead fish, it was impossible to describe it in words, and everyone's brains were crashed.
Richard said categorically, "Believe me, there is no one in England!
"However, this is the ...... of the 'Guardian'," Lu Li's reporter Ben Neng began to launch and continued to search further, and then found the source of the dish, "This is Cornish cuisine, which is very popular in the local area. ”
"Oh. Richard leaned back in his chair and let out a meaningful exclamation with a "that makes sense" expression.
Lu Li couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter? Cornwall is also an English city!", and it is not Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, or it is also a city in England.
"Yes, geographically, it's a city in England. Catherine smiled, tucked her jaw, and relaxed, "But their culture is really too unique, and the inhabitants there are a little ......" Catherine paused, searched, but couldn't find the right words, and finally Lu Li said, "Strange?"
"Yes, blame. Catherine nodded in the affirmative.