Chapter 35: The Great Meal
Chinese food and Western food can be said to be the product of a completely different cultural system, and if you want to distinguish the difference between the two, you can analyze it from the perspective of two cultural beliefs.
Because most people in China are less constrained by religious taboos in their diet, and people like to hunt for curiosities in their diet, and pay attention to rare things, the selection of Chinese food is very wide, almost flying, diving, moving, planting, and eating everything. Since the Middle Ages, the West has been constrained by religion in spiritual culture, and due to the establishment of modern nutrition, compared with Chinese food, Western food has greater limitations in the selection of materials, and the commonly used raw materials are cattle, sheep, pork, poultry, milk and eggs, etc., and there are few choices for internal organs.
In addition, in terms of eating habits, Westerners like to add sugar to what they eat, especially desserts. Chinese food is a lot of salt. In the West, vegetables are either cold or boiled, and meat and pastry are nothing more than pickled and sent to the oven. Occasionally, fried food and special fryers are available, and Western-style kitchens are battlefields without gunsmoke. And the Chinese kitchen, frying and stir-frying, is full of gunsmoke, like a battlefield, people rush into the kitchen in a hurry, just to rush the meal ready.
In the same way, it seems that the preparation of Western food is more peaceful, there is no frying and stir-frying, there is no chicken, duck and fish to be slaughtered, even if there is blood, it is not under your nose, all you buy back is the fish pieces that cannot distinguish the fish species, and even the crabs may have been cooked, all you can do is put them in the oven or fryer without moving; Chinese food seems to be much more violent, the slaughtering and cutting of chicken, duck and fish are completed in the shadow of swords, and the hot food is served after frying and cooking, and everyone is trying to taste the deliciousness of the food.
However, although there is a big difference between Chinese and Western food, there is one thing in common: both Chinese and Western food are intended to fill people's stomachs or allow consumers to enjoy the delicious food they bring.
Although Ye Qiu is not a chef, Ye Qiu before his rebirth can also be regarded as a homely man, although he can't think that the chefs in the restaurant have made the ingredients into flowers, but at least there is no problem in making a delicious home-cooked meal.
Ye Qiu and the "traitors" in his family showed their determination, so they rushed into the kitchen "aggressively", and put the khaki apron that belonged to Mrs. Mary on his body, at least in terms of appearance, he still has some "househusband" appearance.
Because of Ye Qiu's previous "sweeping", all that was left in the refrigerator was some vegetables, raw meat, and the like, although there were not many types, but it was enough for Ye Qiu's skills to be swayed, and the ingredients were moved to the kitchen, and Ye Qiu devoted himself to his own cooking.
There is another difference between Chinese food and Western food, that is, the time it takes to prepare zuò, the average family cooks a meal for about 30 minutes, but if it is a Chinese family, there is no hour, so you don't want to eat a delicious meal.
At first, Brana and Logan's family were quite curious about Ye Qiu's cooking skills, and when Ye Qiu was "fighting" with the cutting board, Brianna and Shirley sneaked into the kitchen, wanting to see what Ye Qiu was doing, but this curiosity slowly faded over time.
Shirley, who had long been unaccustomed to Ye Qiu, even complained about "do you want to make them faint from hunger, don't stand up if you can't do it".
Regarding his sister's provocation, Ye Qiu responded confidently: "Hmph, you dare not believe your brother, if you don't let you lick the plate clean today, you can do whatever you want me to do, but if you lose, then if you meet me in the future, you can call me 'brother' sweetly." ”
Shirley never had any hope for Ye Qiu, in Shirley's impression, this brother of hers seemed to be withdrawn from the whole world, although there had been changes recently, but Shirley did not believe that Ye Qiu could make the so-called Chinese food, and naturally agreed to Ye Qiu's bet with confidence.
When everyone was almost impatient, Ye Qiu finally put a table of fragrant meals on the table, seeing the surprised eyes of the three people, Ye Qiu proudly pointed to the dishes on the table, and introduced like a chef: "Fish-flavored shredded pork, braised pork, cola chicken wings, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and staple spring cakes."
The family of three plus Brianna looked at each other, but they didn't immediately taste the meal Ye Qiu said, after all, people who were used to Western food didn't know whether the meal from Ye Qiu's hands could be eaten, so although the food on the table exuded an attractive aroma, they didn't dare to try lightly.
"Hmph, maybe it just smells good." Although she smelled the tempting fragrance, Shirley couldn't help but swallow her saliva, but she still hit Ye Qiu hard.
"Oz, you have the best relationship with Cho, and in order to support your good brother, this first bite will be given to you" Shirley glared at Oz and ordered.
"Why me."
Although Oz wanted to support his brother very much, he didn't want to joke about his stomach, but after seeing Shirley's "Wei threatening" gaze, he was forced by his sister's coercion, so he could only follow Shirley's instructions, and his eyes hesitated back and forth on the dishes on the table, and finally chose the braised pork that looked pleasing to the eye, gently picked up a piece of meat with a fork, and carefully put it into his mouth.
"Oh, this tastes ......"
However, when the fat but not greasy, soft and delicious sensation of red meat reached Oz's taste buds, Oz, who had long been hungry, suddenly couldn't speak, and stuffed the delicious food in front of him into his mouth with a fork one after another.
With Oz as an example, looking at the look of enjoyment on her brother's face, Shirley finally couldn't sit still, and after trying to taste it, she was instantly conquered by this delicious feeling, and couldn't help but start to join the ranks of grabbing food.
"Oz, don't rob me of my braised pork."
"Children, it's not good for your health to eat fatty meat all the time, so let's leave it to your mother."
"Sister Branna, that piece of Coke chicken wings was obviously the first thing I touched, how can you do this."
"Shirley, I want a lady, anyway, Qiu, it's your brother, you may be able to eat such delicious meals every day in the future." At the moment of eating, Brianna instantly forgot about her good sister just now, and quickly snatched the last piece of Coke chicken wings from Shirley's fork.
Seeing that the little girl who was still stubbornly burying herself a moment ago, but now she was desperately competing for the food on the table, Ye Qiu couldn't help but smile proudly, but now that she was just watching the excitement just now, she didn't eat much after a hard meal, and suddenly yelled, and then joined the ranks of snatching.
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