Chapter 11: The First Employee
The meat is not watery at all, and the firm texture of the beef and the slightly tangy taste are just right.
But the meat itself is particularly tender, so that you bite it completely effortlessly, as soon as you bite the front teeth, you can bite the beef into the mouth, bite along the texture, do not stick to the teeth, do not stick to the teeth, but have a Q bomb feeling.
Then the beef entered the back molars, and then chewed, the juicy, but not greasy, with the beauty of the fresh and spicy taste of black pepper, instantly exploded on the taste buds, filling the entire mouth, making Jiang Hai take a bite and think about two bites, and eat two bites of the next piece.
Yes, that palm-sized steak, Jiang Hai almost two or three bites are a piece, it seems very rude to eat like this in high society, but in Robbins's view, it is Jiang Hai who affirms the meaning of his cooking skills, but is very happy.
But let's be honest, Robbins-Garcia's craftsmanship, hehe, can only be described as average.
The beef he made may be for the pursuit of roasting, after all, he knew that Jiang Hai was Chinese, and Chinese people rarely had the habit of eating raw beef, so they were usually five ripe, at most seven ripe, but what he made for Jiang Hai was almost fully cooked.
In terms of proportion, it is a little worse, plus the more primitive seasoning, it can only be said that the taste is average.
But the good thing is that he has this beef, in the United States, the meat is very cheap, the cheap is outrageous, and the vegetables are expensive.
After all, he wanted to come here to invest in pastures, so Jiang Hai had a preliminary understanding of the beef grade of the American imperialists.
Meidi's beef is divided into two grading standards, namely meat quality and age, according to the marbling pattern, they divide the beef into eight grades: excellent, preferred, preferred, standard, commercial, available, chopped and canned, and according to the different slaughtering time, it is divided into five grades of ABCDE, grade A refers to cattle aged nine months to thirty months, grade B is cattle from thirty months to forty-two months, grade C is cattle from forty-two months to seventy-two months, and grade D is cattle from seventy-two months to ninety-six months. Ninety-six months old or older is E grade, and basically the good beef you see in the supermarket is all A-grade.
No one is going to keep cattle for more than thirty months, unless this year's bull market is bad and they are not sold.
However, since the U.S. imperialists began to provide beef to China, to Asian markets such as Korea and island countries, it has not happened for a long time to suppress the stockpile, and at most it is to suppress the price.
The beef that Jiang Hai eats now is standard beef, and the high-quality, specially selected beef is not provided to supermarkets or shopping malls, they only have their own specialty stores, or they are only provided to high-quality Western restaurants.
The best beef available in the supermarket is only the preferred one, but the preferred price is also the most expensive.
One pound (nine taels) of premium beef can be sold for almost fifty dollars, which is indeed too expensive.
But preferably, the prices of the three types of beef are much cheaper, such as standard, commercial and usable.
Standard beef, the price of a pound is less than eight US dollars, the commercial one is about five US dollars, the available three US dollars, chopped and canned beef can not be used directly, chopped can also be sold for a meat filling or something, about a kilogram of a US knife, the last canned beef, in fact, the canned food, except for the special supply to the army, basically the civilians of the US imperialists do not eat it.
They all buy such cans to feed the pet dogs in the family and the like, a kilogram of canned food, if the supermarket is on sale, that is, it sells for 30 to 50 cents, and when it is most expensive, it is about a dollar dollar.
It can be said that eating beef in the United States is extremely cheap, and now the beef that Jiang Hai eats is the standard beef, which is much more delicious than the beef sold in China, and this is not Jiang Hai's admiration for foreign countries, but mainly the domestic beef slaughter rate, which is less than 50 percent, while the slaughter rate of these beef abroad is more than 80 percent, which is 30 percent worse, which is really a lot worse.
So in China, this level of beef, basically for those steak meals, you can go to the supermarket to buy beef, the most tender cucumber strips, in the United States this morning is basically the commercial grade, and worse, such as the brain, or the brisket, etc., is basically the usable level, the cost of living here in Boston is quite high, but the usable level of beef, converted into soft sister coins, is less than 20 yuan a catty, but in China, it is sold for more than 40 yuan.
And if you buy the standard level beef for more than 40 or 50 yuan in China, in the domestic steak restaurant, you have to sell it for 2 or 300 yuan, this is the gap, 2 or 300 yuan of beef, as long as it is cooked, there is no strange taste, it is naturally very delicious, and the most important thing is that this meat does not have water, and the meat quality is quite good.
On the other side, Jiang Hai tasted it, and it was also very delicious, and what surprised him the most was that the fish was actually sweet.
"This is Atlantic cod, which is one of the economic fish species in the Atlantic, and it used to be here, and if we want to raise fish in the future, this fish is also indispensable." Seeing Jiang Hai's satisfied gaze, Robbins Garcia said with a smile on his face.
"Well, this fish is good, and if it is sold to China, it must be very popular." Nodding, Jiang Hai said with a serious face.
The taste of this fish is very good, very fine, probably because it is a cold-water fish, the meat is sweet, and there are no spines, Jiang Hai took a bite, he fell in love with this taste, think about his own ability, raise fish, raise cattle, it is estimated that the quality will be better, thinking of this, he feels that he may not take ten years to recover the capital, and maybe.
"Hehe, it's up to you, boss, we don't have such a way, basically we raise cattle and fish, and we sell them directly to the Animal Husbandry Association." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Robbins-Garcia chuckled and said to him.
In the United States, selling cattle and fish, you don't have to look for a home everywhere like people in China, but it is similar to the domestic grain, and when the harvest comes, people from the country come down to harvest, of course, if you don't sell it to these people, you can also sell it to some people in private companies, but the price offered by people in private companies will not be much higher than that of the state, and sometimes it is not guaranteed.
So basically, these fish farmers and grazing people will sell these production materials to the state, and the state will collect them and grade them, and then sell them according to unified standards, so that the grazing price will not be too high.
In the United States, corn, wheat, beef, mutton, fish, and other daily necessities are basically priced by the United States.
The situation varies from place to place, and the price fluctuates slightly, but it is only a slight fluctuation.
As for the vegetables that cannot be transported over long distances, the price is very expensive in the United States, a good lettuce is even more expensive than the standard level beef, it is estimated that this is also difficult to understand, but if you want to be effective, selling vegetables is indeed a rare and good way, such as the vegetables that Jiang Hai eats now, they are all grown by Rosbin himself, and he is reluctant to go out to buy vegetables.
The two of them were talking and eating, and before they knew it, the food on the table had been almost swept away.
Jiang Hai also patted his stomach, to be honest, eating here is just one word, cool!
Seeing Jiang Hai's satisfied appearance, Robbins hesitated for a moment and then opened his mouth to Jiang Hai and asked:
"Well, Mr. Jiang, let me take the liberty of asking, what are your plans after you buy this place?"
As soon as the words fell, Robbins kept looking at Jiang Hai quietly, for fear of hearing something different from what he imagined.
"I guess it will remain the same, this large pasture can be used to raise cattle and sheep, and the fishing grounds over there can also raise fish and red wine, and you can also try to brew it." Hearing Robbins's words, Jiang Hai thought for a moment and said.
"Your choice is very wise, the pasture here is very good, very suitable for raising cattle, and the cattle shed here is made of reinforced concrete, very modern, left by the previous rancher, there is no need to rebuild, only a small renovation is needed, as for lawn mowers and the like, there are also here, things are very complete. There is also the seaside, that pier is a gravity wharf, extending one hundred and fifty meters into the sea, which can dock thousand-ton fishing boats or freighters, at least for a few decades, it does not need to be renovated......" Seeing that Jiang Hai really wanted to develop agriculture and animal husbandry, Robbins-Garcia here immediately said, hearing his words, Jiang Hai was also nodding secretly, originally even if he didn't want to, he had to develop these.
What's more, he is still willing to do this now? Therefore, the development of these has become an inevitable trend.
"Then, the development of these requires the use of people, I don't know, Mr. Jiang, can I stay?" After introducing the advantages here, Robbins's words changed, and he looked at Jiang Hai with some caution and said.
"You?" Hearing his words, Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but smile, it seems that this is this person's biggest purpose.
"Mr. Jiang, I am a senior cowboy, in the Boston area, my level is obvious to all, I have won the Massachusetts, Maine, and Texas denim awards, I have been doing this since I was a child, and now I have been doing it for 20 years, as long as you believe in me, I will definitely be your right-hand man." Looking at Jiang Hai, Robbins began to sell himself, saying that the people of the American imperialists are wooden, straightforward, and look like, isn't this also quite scheming?
Hearing Robbins's words, although Jiang Hai felt funny in his heart, he was thinking in his mind that about Robbins-Garcia's words, what he said was not wrong, he really wanted to find some people to help him, whether it was a cowboy, or a fisherman, or a winemaker, he was looking for it, and he didn't know if he was blinded by himself, and Robbins could gain Phillips's trust, let him take care of this place over the years, and prove this person's character, there should be no problem.
Strength, you can look at it slowly in the future, but character, this is the most important thing, thinking of this, Jiang Hai couldn't help but nodded.
"It's not a big problem, what is your current salary?"