Chapter Ninety-Eight: Christmas Eve

"Hey, I've drunk a little too much!" The next morning, as Jiang Hai woke up in a daze with urine, he also opened his eyes weakly, last night, he couldn't remember how much wine he drank, of course, he didn't drink directly, or drank fragments.

But when I got up this morning, my head still had some faint pain, and after going to the toilet, Jiang Hai glanced at his mobile phone, it was already past nine o'clock, and he didn't sleep anymore, to be honest, he couldn't sleep anymore, so he just lay on the big bed, looking at the ceiling in front of him.

Suddenly, Jiang Hai felt that he was really ...... Bored?

"It's a big holiday, there's no one around, what's this called!" sat up helplessly, after others have money, they are all wives and concubines, and they have been rich for half a year, although they have not been half a year, but they have been for half a year, but they are still alone, and they have not even called for a service that costs money, and it seems that he is really an out-and-out good man.

"I'm ashamed to say it! Don't talk about it, it's all tears. Shaking his head helplessly, Jiang Hai sighed, he was really destined to commit a lone star, he was rich, but he didn't have a woman, how ugly did he have to be?

Of course, although Jiang Hai is definitely not handsome, but he is not ugly, he is one meter eight eight tall, single eyelids, but his eyes are not small, some myopia in the past, but since he has the true dragon spirit, he has been good, his body used to be a little fat, and there was a lot of fat, but since he had the real dragon spirit, the body has been approximately perfect, and the developed muscles are not particularly swollen, but they are definitely not bad, the muscles do not look like the traditional streamlined muscles of the Orientals, and there is the kind of muscle that is between the East and the West, at first glance, you can see that it is very developed, and the block is very sufficient, but you don't feel the heaviness.

It stands to reason that Jiang Hai, who is young and golden, not bad in appearance, and okay in height, should be the darling of those beauties.

But what made Jiang Hai a little depressed was that it seemed that he didn't receive much attention, of course, it had something to do with him being so homely.

Since he was no longer asleep, Jiang Hai jumped out of bed, then washed up, and prepared to go downstairs.

When I went to the first floor, I found that Burke Dahler had already arrived first, and was there to clean up the turkey.

The turkey is similar to the roast chicken in China, but it is much bigger than the roast chicken, and it is much more troublesome.

Yesterday Jiang Hai heard them talk about the specific method, it was really troublesome, Burke didn't seem to be the first time to make this thing, he was still very skilled, Jiang Hai looked at the plate next to him and he put a lot of things, carrots, parsley, onions, chestnuts, butter, etc., etc., put a big plate, this turkey was bought by Jiang Hai last time, the net weight is 23 pounds, it is really not small.

The most important part of roasting a turkey is not roasting, but in the method of thawing, so this turkey was cleaned up yesterday, Burke Dahler has already cleaned it up, and it must be taken out first and thawed at 2-4 degrees, after thawing, the turkey is washed, the neck and internal organs of the chicken are hollowed out, two gallons of water are added to the two cups of salt, the turkey is soaked in it, and placed in a cool place for more than four hours, and then the turkey is taken out of the salt water, rinsed under tap water, and then dried with a paper towel, and then placed in the shade for eight hours. can be used, so making a turkey is really a very troublesome and thankless thing.

Burke Dahler came over early this morning, preheated the oven, and then mixed the things he had prepared with butter before putting them in the belly of the turkey, and then tied the turkey legs with rope and fixed the turkey's wings.

Then take out some lettuce and other vegetables, put them in the baking tray that has been prepared long ago, add a glass of water, make the top shelf into a V-shape, the whole body of the turkey should be covered with butter, in order to prevent burning, and wrap it with tin foil, then bake the turkey breast down, and bake it in the oven for forty-five minutes, then take out the baking tray and use the juice in the baking tray to coat the whole body of the turkey.

Then put the chicken down, side up, add half a cup of water, put it in the oven and bake it for 15 minutes, then take it out, coat the whole body with the juice, turn it 180 degrees, put it in the oven on the other side, and bake it for 15 minutes.

Then you have to take it out again, coat the turkey with the juice, and then let the turkey breast face up, and continue to roast for 30 to 45 minutes, this depends on the matter of preference, if you like to eat burnt, you will roast longer, and if you like to eat tender, you will roast shorter.

If you want to know if this thing is cooked, you need to use a thermometer, if the chicken breast is cooked, it should be 74 degrees, and the chicken thigh should be more than 77 degrees, so that a turkey is roasted.

When eating, you can choose to eat directly, or you can choose to cut it into slices and eat it, on the side of the United States, someone has already made a sauce that is most suitable for roast turkey, which is made of sweet noodle sauce, sesame oil, peanut butter, Thai sweet sauce, cherry (that is, big cherry) sauce, mixed together and eaten, the taste is also quite good.

As early as a few days ago, Mrs. Philemon had already prepared the roast turkey sauce, kept some for herself, and gave the rest to Jiang Hai.

"Hey, Uncle Burke, are you the only one? What about the others? Opening the door and letting the two dogs go out to the bathroom, Jiang Hai went to the kitchen and asked Burke Dale.

"They went to the cowshed first, and the cowshed is to be fed to-day, and Filemon has taken his two sons to inspect the manor, and Mrs. Filemon and the others are preparing other food at home, and you must know that there are a lot of things to be done tonight, but I will only do this." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Burke-Dahler smiled at Jiang Hai, and then shrugged his shoulders casually, although it is Christmas, people have holidays, but cattle do not have holidays, and they can't be hungry for three days.

"Oh, that's it! Is there anything I can help me with? Hearing Burke Dahler's words, Jiang Hai chuckled, finding these hard-working subordinates is really a very good thing for Jiang Hai.

"Cut up the beef, and we'll roast it in a moment." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Burke-Dale here also said with a smile.

Hearing what he said, Jiang Hai answered, walked into the kitchen, and began to help get busy.

It is said that relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, Jiang Hai here is a fishing ground, and a pasture, naturally the main food is beef and seafood, of course, in addition to beef, fish, shrimp, crab, there is a main dish today, lobster!

Jiang Hai has been dreaming of the main dish for so long, but unfortunately, this lobster was not caught by him, but he went to Winthrop to buy it.

In China, lobsters have always been nouveau riche, oh no, synonymous with luxury, of course, the main eaters of this thing are nouveau riche, because domestic lobsters are really not big, although the taste is good, but at least from the point of view of the sale, there is no comparison with the American imperialists and Australia, in fact, a long time ago, the American imperialists and the people in Australia almost did not eat lobsters, because they thought that this thing was not delicious, not to mention, there was not much meat, all in all it was not a delicious thing.

Therefore, lobster is basically the food of the poor, and the price of lobster and abalone in these two places has not been high.

It wasn't until Huaxia reappeared in front of the world that people all over the world suddenly discovered that the Chinese are so rich, and they love to eat this thing, Australian lobsters, in just a few years, from a few Australian dollars per pound, crazy rose to more than 30 Australian dollars, which is equivalent to more than 100 yuan of soft sister coins for nine taels, which is actually not too expensive in China, which hotel a two-pound lobster must not hack you more than 1,000 yuan, but this is already considered sky-high in Australia, and the price is outrageous.

The fishing companies in Australia, counting the freight, the oil money, and the customs tariff, sell to China at more than twice the price they sell locally, and no matter how stupid they are, they know where to sell!

As for the American imperialist side, the most famous is naturally the Maine lobster, which is the legendary Boston lobster.

However, the main production area of Boston lobster, is Maine, because of the suppression of local policies, plus this is on the east coast, if you want to send it to China, there are two ways to go, one is to take the Atlantic, and then to the Indian Ocean, this is to China, but everyone knows that to take this waterway, you have to go through Africa, Somalia, it is too dangerous to take this route, although the income is high, but you have to have a life flower, and the second way, is to cross the United States imperialism, send it from the West Coast, and then send it from the Pacific Ocean to China, This is too troublesome, and the cost of land transportation is much more than that of water.

And the most important thing is that people in China are not willing to eat dead and quick-frozen things, this lobster wants to live, may have to take a plane, such freight is evenly spread, in fact, there is no money, it is precisely because of this, so Maine lobsters, although they will be sold to China, but the quantity is not much, it is precisely for this reason, so the local price of this thing is not too expensive, and it is sold in the local aquatic market in Winthrop.

Generally speaking, it is about 20 centimeters long and weighs more than a catty, that is, 12 or 3 US dollars a pound.

If it grows to 30 centimeters, it will be sold for 30 dollars a pound, and a 40 centimeter one will be sold for about 80 dollars a pound.

Half a meter long can be sold for 300 US dollars a pound, after all, this lobster is not only a meat, but also a symbol.

Jiang Hai bought naturally not too big, he bought about thirty centimeters, a total of ten, one about fifty dollars, he bought a total of twenty, just waiting to eat today.

Just when Jiang Hai's beef was almost cleaned up, the other people also came back, and then Jiang Hai's villa also became lively, especially after Philippon came with his two sons, the eldest son Louie was better, just looked around, and then sat there chatting, occasionally helping these uncles and uncles get some beer and the like.

As for his youngest son, John has to have his eyes shine, after all, he has not officially entered the society, and he is envious of everything he sees, the two big dogs raised by Jiang Hai, Jiang Hai's latest game console, 3D projection TV...... Since he came to Jiang Hai's house, he found that his eyes were a little insufficient, this is where top otaku live!

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