Chapter 138: Christmas (3)

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The table is covered with a beautiful table with small pink flowers on a white background, and in the middle of the table is a vase of flower arrangements, including lilies, roses and carnations. Although electricity is now available, Europeans still like to place silver candlesticks on their tables and decorate them with candles, presumably to show that their heritage is quite old.

The Christmas dinner is a real feast with oysters and the legendary truffle with foie gras, and the dessert is Christmas pudding. Timothy said contentedly, "Oysters are the queen of the table." ”

Wanda's craftsmanship is really good, and several of them have added a dish. Truffles are expensive things, and Wanda slices them into thin slices and serves them as an ingredient under a roast turkey. Li Hantu Baozi heard her talk about it and realized that this ordinary black thing turned out to be truffles that cost more than gold.

The truffle is a mushroom that grows under pine, oak and oak trees, mostly growing in filaments at the roots of broad-leaved trees, scattered at the base of the tree in a radius of 12o-15o cm, and the lumpy body is hidden in the ground 5-4o cm. It has a special smell, rich in protein, amino acids and other nutrients, and the yield is scarce, so together with foie gras and caviar, it is known as the king of the world's three treasures.

The turkey was roasted for a full ten hours, and it was shiny and appetizing. Li Han asked Wanda that Halloween roast turkey needs to be made with dried cranberries and butter, black pepper, nutmeg and other seasonings, and then tear a small hole in the turkey skin, separate the skin and meat of the turkey with a spoon, stuff the seasoned ingredients into the middle of the two and knead them, and then nail the chicken skin. Stuff the turkey with something like pumpkin, celery, onion, etc., and roast it whole for 4-6 hours.

Turkey was eaten at Christmas in the United States, and the more traditional way in Britain is to eat roast goose, and some families will put a whole roast suckling pig on the table and an apple in the pig's mouth.

Foie gras was served with beef, so delicious that Li Han couldn't help but eat two more slices of bread, and he almost couldn't eat the last Christmas pudding. The foie gras was so delicious, which made Li Han start planning when to go to eat foie gras with Lydia. Because in terms of the grade of foie gras, the highest grade of foie gras is the whole foie gras. Foie gras of a lower grade. It is foie gras made from small foie gras, and the raw material is the foie gras chips left over from canning whole foie gras or other products. There is no need to mention some mixed liver sauce mixed with other things, and the people who will buy that kind of thing are purely **silk force, which is a complete waste of money.

The soup is a flying dragon bird soup, according to Li Han's teaching, only a little salt is put in, and the rest of the seasonings are not put in. Timothy took a sip of soup and said, "Ben just got this flower-tailed hazel chicken back. Wanda and I still think, can this soup be delicious with only salt? I didn't expect it to be fragrant and fresh, it really couldn't be better. ”

Li Han smiled: "If you like it, I'm trying to raise it myself in my ranch, if it can be successful, you can tell Benedict if you want to eat it in the future." You're welcome. ”

Li Han and Gavin were full of praise for Wanda's craftsmanship, and Wanda smiled and repeatedly added food to them, until they had a round stomach before stopping. Li Han leaned on the sand and touched his stomach and said, "If Western food is as delicious as today's food, then I am not afraid to eat Western food." ”

Benedict gave him a blank look: "Don't you look at what ingredients are used, oysters, foie gras, truffles, and the flower-tailed hazel chicken you sent, which one is an ordinary dish?" β€œ

There is also no Spring Festival Gala to see in the UK. Timothy and Wanda were old, and after playing two games with them, they went back to their room to sleep, leaving the three of them bored to play anything, and Benedict simply went back to his room and came back with a stack of discs, ready to pick a good movie to watch.

Of course, you have to watch Christmas movies for Christmas, there is snow and a good ending, which is like Christmas.

In the end, they chose a Christmas comedy starring Martin Freeman, called Crazy Christmas Play. Martin Freeman and Benedict have been friends for many years. They met in Detective Sherlock, one as a modern-day consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, and the other as John Watson, a military doctor who returned from Afghanistan. Li Han was dragged by his ex-girlfriend to watch two seasons, it can be said that there is a reason why this season is popular, the two leading actors are very well performed, with superb acting skills and aura.

Li Han also met with him. But I don't know if it's because the age difference is too big or the aura is incompatible, the two have just met, but they don't become friends like Tom and Gavin, who also met through Benedict. Although Benedict is also a full ten years older than Li Han, he has a more casual personality. Sometimes it's very childish, and it's easy to make mistakes suddenly, and the age gap is not obvious.

It was already 11 o'clock after watching the film, so they went back to their rooms to rest. Early the next morning, Li Han went out for morning exercise as usual, and he had already looked at the place, just the pine forest next to the church. When we got back, everyone got up, and Wanda was making breakfast in the kitchen. The British love to travel at Christmas, but Timothy and Wanda are both older, and Benedict has a short vacation, so he doesn't want to go too far, planning to go to Bath for a day and come back with a hot spring soak.

Li Han called Lydia: "We plan to go to Bath Hot Springs, do you have any plans with Jazz?" Do you want to be together? ”

Lydia said regretfully: "I promised my dad to go to the Seychelles for a few days, and now I am at the airport. ”

Li Han was helpless, even if he dared to rob his future father-in-law, there had to be a first come, first come.

Bath is not far from Swindon, about half an hour's drive south-west. However, it had just snowed heavily last night, and the snow on the roof was half a foot thick, so I had to walk slowly. The snow on the car was also very thick, and Li Han was very childlike when he kneaded the snow into a snowball, and then rolled a larger one with the snow on the grass, and stacked it together to make a simple snowman. Benedict saw it, went to the kitchen and got three wine corks and a carrot pretending to be buttons and noses on his clothes, and then took a pair of old sunglasses and put them on the area of his eyes.

They are not the only ones who have a childlike heart, I don't know how many people have built snowmen along the way, Li Han also saw a vivid kung fu panda, and there are also ghosts and demons...... The most interesting are the snowmen, one in a gesture of surrender made of tree branches, the other holding a hair dryer pretending to be a pistol, and even wearing a peaked cap and black mask on their heads, which are commonly worn by villains in movies.

Watching the snowmen all the way out of the city, everyone laughed even more. There is a saying in China, how do you say it? Yes, it is the people of the corrupt country who are happy. Last night's snow was so heavy that the snow on the roof was half a foot thick, and if the car was parked outdoors, it would inevitably be the result, and the roof and windshield were covered with thick snow, and if you wanted to drive out, you had to at least remove the snow from the front and rear glasses. As a result, they didn't know how many lazy bugs they saw along the way, so they just dug two holes in the front windshield and got out, and they were reluctant to clean up even a little more snow, and they didn't know how they managed to drive so far without getting into an accident.

Although it was slow to slide along the way, it only took an hour to reach Bath. They have all been to Bath, and they went directly to the hot springs, and it is almost the same to see the cathedral and the like, so there is no need to visit it every time you come.

They opted for a rooftop thermal pool, which is also very pleasant to soak in while overlooking the city of Bath. Standing on a high vantage point to see Bath is completely different from being on the ground, with a clear view of the beautiful hills, and the large and small houses are placed on the ground like delicate and cute models, which is very interesting.

Timothy and Wanda didn't dare to soak for too long, so they soaked for a while and then went to the restaurant to drink tea wrapped in bathrobes. Li Han took a towel and slapped it on his face, saying, "It would be convenient if I could have a hot spring at home, I can soak in it whenever I want, and I can drink wine and read a book or something." ”

"There are many places with hot springs in the UK, but it is not easy to buy this kind of house, and the house with a hot spring can be used as a hotel or club even if you don't live in it, who is willing to sell it?"

Li Han is to say that there is a hot spring in his own space, and he can soak in it at any time if he wants to, but buying a house is an obsession engraved in the bones of the people of Huangguo, a house in a big city, a house by the lake and the sea, and a house with a hot spring...... As long as it is a good house, even if you already have n sets, you will want to buy it.

After soaking and going for lunch, they chose Bath's most famous boatman's restaurant. The boatman's restaurant is located on the banks of the Avon River, where customers can enjoy a meal while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Avon River.

"What's the plan after eating?" Li Han asked.

"We might as well go to the Brett Street Antiques Market," says Gavin JianyΓ¬, "where there are always a lot of good things for sale." ”

"Antique market?" Li Han became curious, is it the same as Pan Jiayuan or the kind of Liulichang?

If you have to compare, it should be said that the Bright Street Antique Market is more similar to the Liuli Factory, but in addition to the calligraphy and painting shops, some shops selling "antiques" are always very dim and messy. The Bright Street Antique Market has more than 16o shops, including ceramics, clocks, jewelry, blankets, oil paintings, embroidery, silver jewelry, etc., and the shops are all neat and bright.

However, because it is too neat and bright, Li Han always feels that he is visiting a handicraft store, and he does not feel like visiting an antique store at all. In fact, this is a thrift market + craft market, right? He complained silently to himself as he watched some old things worth a few pounds being placed in the store with a clear price.

Although he doesn't understand antiques, and he doesn't expect to be able to find antiques, it feels really good to pick among a bunch of things, the feeling of real Taobao.

But if you want to rent a house or something, it's still good to come here to buy things, Li Han saw a student-like person choose a bunch of things, and when he paid the bill, it was only more than two hundred pounds, and the store was also responsible for home delivery.