Although the day's fishing was interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a squirrel, Lu Li and Cole returned to the lake. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the end, Brandon caught a bumper harvest, catching a total of three fish, two of which were spectacular, two of which Randy also caught, and one each of Jessica and Lu Li.

As for Cole...... Yes, he ended up empty-handed, and was taunted by the rest of the group for a long time. For a period of time after that, Cole would sit on the lake every afternoon with a fishing rod, but unfortunately, after five days of continuous attempts, there was still no catch. His attempts will continue.

That night, Lu Li showed his cooking skills again and made a table of whole fish feast.

First of all, Lu Li made a pot of fish head soup with grass carp fish head, and the milky white fish soup made everyone exclaim incredible, but Lu Li was very disgusted - because there was no tofu! There was no tofu in the fish head soup, which was really unbearable, and there was no tofu in the town, so in the end it could only be replaced by RB tofu, but Lu Li still felt that this dish had failed.

Then, Lu Li made a sweet and sour fish with the carp he caught, originally he wanted to make a squirrel fish, but the difficulty was too high, he had never tried it before, and his knife skills were really not good, so in the end he could only settle for the second best thing and make a sweet and sour fish. Unexpectedly, according to Liu Xiaoyan's instructions, Lu Li bought the aged vinegar from the Chinese/Chinese supermarket of very good quality, with white sugar and tomato sauce, the color made is very satisfactory.

After that, I took out the huge sea bass, cleaned it, sprinkled with minced ginger and green onions, no tofu, and put ham slices underneath to make the simplest steamed sea bass on the steamer.

Immediately afterwards, looking at the grass carp left over after making the fish head soup, Lu Li originally planned to make a sauerkraut fish, but unfortunately there was no sauerkraut here, so he simply made a stewed fish piece with beer.

Finally, I pulled lettuce from the vegetable garden, stir-fried a green vegetable, neutralized my appetite, and the table was completed.

This is the first time Lu Li has cooked since Brandon and Randy joined Cloud Top Ranch, and they were too busy for a while before, so almost all of them ordered takeout, either pizza or sandwiches, or Chinese/Chinese food. Even the breakfast plan was suspended, and Lu Li just insisted on using fresh milk with toast, or making a simple sandwich.

In other words, Brandon and Randy haven't tasted any of Lu Li's dishes yet.

Watching Lu Li's cooking, Brandon and Randy both seemed a little hesitant, those strange things looked completely different from the things in Chinese/Chinese restaurants, full of indescribable mystery. Especially when Lu Li was making sweet and sour fish, the pungent vinegar smell really made people retreat, even if they retreated to the door, the sour taste was still unbearable, even Cole and Jessica couldn't bear it, and Randy even exclaimed that it was "bio/chemical/weapon", which made everyone laugh.

Looking at the table full of dishes, no pork and beef, no bread and no potatoes, even Cole and Jessica were a little unsure of what to do, in Jessica's words, "I haven't eaten so much fish since I was born." "Not to mention Brandon and Randy.

In fact, Americans don't like to eat fish very much, especially freshwater fish. First, the taste is not the type they like, they are not very good at dealing with fishy smells, and eating it naturally has an effect; second, freshwater fish has too many spines, which is troublesome to eat, which is why they like fried fish; third, they are still meat pie compared to seafood and river fresh. So, every year you see news reports that there is another carp rush in the United States -- carp that no one eats and clogs the rivers and everyone is helpless.

Strictly speaking, they are not only not disliked, but even disgusted. Therefore, today, Lu Li is cooking this table of whole fish feast, and each dish is also carefully conceived, avoiding the slots that Americans hate as much as possible, and bringing out the advantages of river freshness. In fact, after the food was served, Lu Li was still a little worried - what if everyone was hungry?

Two hours later, the mess at the table looked like a typhoon had passed.

The sweet and sour fish that everyone hated was left with a pitiful skeleton, and Brandon silently poured the soup into the white rice and ate it all in one gulp—it was his fourth bowl of rice, and later, Brandon actually took out a packet of raw toast from the refrigerator, tore it open and ate it with the juice.

The fish head soup was eaten completely, and there was not even a bit of scum left, and Randy almost licked the basin directly, holding his stomach and praising it, "I know for the first time how delicious the soup is!" Compared to the thick soup used as an appetizer in the West, the soup in Chinese cuisine is really too different. However, as a southerner, Lu Li is best at making soup at home.

Not to mention other dishes, the most rare thing is that even the stir-fried lettuce is eaten up - which is so unusual for them, many times, they have to remove the lettuce from the burger. "Train with you, and eating vegetables won't be a problem at all in the future. Jessica sighed.

As expected, the sea bass was left, and they still didn't like this kind of food after all, especially the fish bones were too troublesome, which made them extremely disgusted.

Looking at the empty dinner plate, Lu Li felt satisfied for a while, but he couldn't cry or laugh, especially when he saw Randy holding his bulging belly and his loveless expression, which made people laugh, "You'd better go out to exercise and eliminate food, otherwise you won't want to fall asleep at night." ”

Lu Li has always advised them not to eat too much, even if there are dishes left, it doesn't matter. In fact, some dishes will be more delicious when they are cooked once, because the soup will be richer and the dishes will be more flavorful. But it's a pity that Lu Li's persuasion was ineffective at all, and in the end, even Lu Li himself ate more than usual.

"I finally know now why Jessica keeps complaining about you not cooking. Randy shook his head and sighed.

After the hectic and tossing in the early stage, the work of the ranch is finally on track, but the maintenance work of the sheepfold and cattle pen is still being carried out one after another, because these spaces are in use, and the working hours of each day are very limited, and it is impossible to overturn and rebuild them all at once, so the progress is relatively slow. But it's still in progress.

At the same time, Lu Li was not idle, he exchanged ideas with Randy about organic farms, which immediately made Randy excited, although organic farms are pure natural production, refusing the use of any chemicals, the ranch already has such conditions - at this moment, everyone finally understands that Lu Li's deep reason for the modernization of sheepfolds and cattle pens, recycling is obviously not for fish fry, it is just incidental, the real purpose is still organic farms, but they still need to plan well.

What vegetables should be grown? What kind of vegetables should be suitable for the climate here? How much land should they reclaim under the current conditions? Then divide the areas, how to balance the use of the land, how to distribute the seasonal crops?

These issues need to be explored in depth, but both Lu Li and Randy have reached a consensus that the land still needs to be nurtured before it can be officially planted.

It's not that the land was over-cultivated, in fact, it was all corn and potatoes that were planted here, and Liz was very careful about rotation, so the soil was fertile, but because the land was not used sufficiently, and some areas didn't grow anything for at least a year. So, they sprinkled the first natural fertilizer from the oxygen compost on the land, not only on the organic farm, but also on the vineyard.

Among them, Lu Li quietly diluted some spring water and added it, the amount was not much, but it was better over time.

In fact, Lu Li also did this to disguise the efficacy of the spring water - if the production here is satisfactory in the future, then at least a relatively reasonable explanation can be given, which is not too noticeable.

Compared to organic farms, progress in the vineyard has been somewhat slow. Because the vineyard needs professionals, starting with the planting of the grapes, to the maintenance of the grapes, to the harvesting, not to mention the most critical and difficult part of winemaking, every step of the process needs to be taken over by professionals. Pinot Noir is such a delicate variety, outsiders interfere, not to mention that it is a good wine, and it is very likely that grapes that can meet the winemaking standards will not be planted.

Liz gave up grapes and chose to grow apples. In addition to economic reasons, the most important thing is that there are no professional winemakers. When Jack was alive, he was an excellent winemaker himself, having studied winemaking professionally and systematically in France, which was the fundamental reason why the ranch was able to have vineyards in the past.

Through his contacts in New York, Lu Li tried to find a suitable winemaker, came to work at Cloud Peak Ranch, and he also contacted a local winery in Burgundy, France through his newspaper connections. However, this is not an easy task, firstly, the top of the clouds ranch is not well-known now, it is not a typical Pinot Noir production area, and secondly, Lu Li is not a well-known successor to the consortium, and the salary is not sky-high - the salary is not sky-high. With a glimmer of hope, Lu Li also posted a job posting on Facebook, but it is estimated that it will be more difficult.

So, for the time being, there has been no breakthrough in the vineyards.

However, Lu Li also knew that the vineyard must not be in a hurry, otherwise it would only backfire.

The ranch is finally getting back on track, and Lu Li doesn't have time to buy his own pickup truck until today - in fact, because of his Mustang, almost everyone has to come and make fun of it. In fact, Lu Li's Mustang is quite popular in New York, with retro styles, muscular lines and beautiful engines, not a rich luxury car, but enough to attract everyone's attention, but here, it is obvious that people's aesthetic preferences are completely different.

Of course, Lu Li also knows that a pickup truck is a must, and every time I go to the market to buy equipment, it is a large item at every turn, and there is no rear body, which is really troublesome.

Randy dropped Lu Li to the door of the town's car dealership and leaned out of the cab, "Are you sure you don't need me to give you some advice?"

"You'd better hurry up, it's rude to miss your appointment. Lu Li waved his hand and rejected Randy's "kindness".

Today, Randy is going to visit an organic farm north of Austin to learn from their experiences and models and see if he can bring something positive to Cloud Top Ranch.

Randy shook his head and said with a serious face, "You know, the opinion of professionals is very important...... Before the babbling words could start, then he saw Lu Li turn around and take a step, and he could only cut off the words, "Choose a beautiful woman to come back!" “

Seeing Lu Li wave his hand, Randy was satisfied to release the handbrake and walk away.