There is a joke about the composition of heaven and hell in the minds of Westerners: if there is a heaven, it should be the British as the policeman, the French as the cook, the German as the mechanic, the Italian as the couple, and the Swiss as the steward; If hell is formed, it should be the Germans as the policemen, the British as the chefs, the French as the mechanics, and the Italians as the governors...... Jokes such as these reflect the different surname characteristics of the post-ethnic groups in various Western countries.

The common surname characteristics of the Swiss are conservative and self-confident, according to the words of the Chinese, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. They are well organized, and whatever is allowed, they will be done for you. But what is not allowed, they are very serious, will politely refuse, there is no room for accommodation, and the integrity of the Swiss is also recognized all over the world.

Professor Bob is a true Swiss, because of his work, he stayed away from Switzerland and worked at the University of Calgary in Canada, but his family was all in Switzerland, and his wife and two sons were working and living in Switzerland.

It is natural to practice good cooking skills, which is similar to Li Cheng, a single man goes out and has no cooking skills, so picky diners like Bob and Li Cheng may not be able to survive at all.

In addition to Professor Bob's own cooking, if you want to eat out, at least if the French chef is the chef's hotel, such as a three-Michelin restaurant, for the sake of income, even if Professor Bob has 8196 Canadian dollars per month, he can't afford to get up, not to mention the usual expenses, the house is a campus villa provided by the school, which saves the largest expense of living in Canada, not to mention that cooking is a kind of creative art enjoyment for Westerners, It's a hobby after Professor Bob's work.

In addition to cooking, Professor Bob's biggest hobby is collecting classic cars, and most of his income savings are spent here, with two classic cars in his home and three in Canada!

However, these classic cars, generally speaking, Bob will not drive on the road, although classic cars can be seen everywhere in Canada, Bob's classic car will not cause any sensation even if it is on the road, but Professor Bob feels that there is no need to drive on the road, and every morning will clean and wipe the body and maintain it regularly, because of the work of the veterinarian, Bob also obtained a gun license, and occasionally goes to the shooting range to shoot a few rounds, and as a national soldier, every Swiss has joined the army, and Bob is the same.

Professor Bob, out of gratitude, also saw his mother's favor for Wu Xiaowan, so he said: "Cheng, it's better like this, it's late now, how about being a guest at my house?" ”

"Professor Bob's Swiss cheese fondue, I still remember it vividly, Brother Li, Professor Bob is Swiss, and his Western food is not inferior to that of a chef in a high-end restaurant!" Wu Xiaowan looked salivating, and several of their students only occasionally had the opportunity to visit Professor Bob's house.

Li Cheng was not interested in Western food, but seeing that his parents' interest was very high, he was not easy to refuse, so he nodded and said, "Okay, thank you for the invitation." ”

Then Bob said to Wu Xiaowan and Bi Guodong: "Bi and Wu, you will also come together?" According to your Chinese saying, there are many people, and I am not good at Chinese, and the elders of Cheng still need your reception. ”

Bi Guodong seems to understand that Professor Bob intends to provide opportunities for Li Cheng and Wu Xiaowan through this family banquet, and the emotional intelligence of this old boy is still quite high, but for Li Cheng, he did not perceive this, and it has to be said that Chinese are not as direct as Westerners in terms of social interaction, especially the subtle changes between men and women.

"No, Professor, I have something to attend to tonight, sorry."

"Okay."

So far, there is one less participant in the Swiss family banquet, in addition to Li Cheng's family, there is also one more Wu Xiaowan as an accompaniment, as a student of Professor Bob, it is not inappropriate to participate in this family banquet.

On the way to Professor Bob's house, Yi Xiaomei and Wu Xiaowan held hands, whispered, and talked about some topics between women. It's hard to understand why two women with such a big age gap would have something in common? It stands to reason that 5 years old is a generation gap! It's all separated by a Pacific Trench.

Li Cheng is not a fool, where can he not tell which one they are singing, but objectively speaking, he doesn't know much about Wu Xiaowan, and he can't talk about whether he likes it or not, and Wu Xiaowan is just curious about Li Cheng at most, it is hard to imagine how a twenty-five or six, without relying on his father's financial resources, can open a ranch in a short period of time!

Of course, his mother will not say that Li Cheng won a big prize by luck, but tries her best to explain Li Cheng's ability. When talking to people about how to have a large amount of wealth in a short period of time, Li Cheng's statement is that he won the lottery, and if he says that it is an antique, it will involve some problems, that is, the owner of the old furniture store!

And as an antique auction company, it will guarantee the best of the customer, which is why they will choose to auction in Hong Kong instead of auctioning locally.

After all, from the auction house's point of view, the provenance of antiques is sometimes not clean.

Arriving at a villa with simple decoration, neat and comfortable, Bob arranged for everyone to sit down, poured a few glasses of warm water, and went directly to the adjacent hall kitchen to tinker, and everyone could see how Bob made authentic Swiss dishes at will.

Today Bob makes a lot of dishes, according to him, there are Swiss cold platters, which are rich in variety, air-dried beef, salami, smoked ham, bacon. This Swiss cold platter is a local meat product, from which it can be seen that Europeans still eat a lot of pork, and most of them like to smoke or make sausages.

Mars didn't eat pork before, but he didn't choose to eat it by surname, and occasionally he would eat some, for example, he also ate a whole plate of Mao's braised pork last time, which shows that he still eats pork in his bones, and he is not a diehard, but his previous military career and psychological factors have caused him to hate pork, and he just hates it, if it is delicious, it doesn't matter if he is pork or beef.

Salami is a kind of cured sausage that people in Europe, especially in southern Europe, love to eat, the meat is generally a single kind of meat, without any cooking, only fermentation and air drying. In the past, when there was no refrigeration method, this kind of sausage could be stored at room temperature for a long time, so European people, especially farmers, like to use this method to preserve meat for long-term consumption.

In addition to this Swiss cold platter, there is, of course, Professor Bob's Swiss cheesefondue.

The method is to put the soft cheese, minced garlic and starch into a special container for cooking hot pot, add wine and simmer over slow heat while stirring until the cheese begins to dissolve into a paste, and then put the pot on the prepared small stove and serve. In order not to harden the cheese, stir it constantly while eating.

It's best to drink white wine, or hot black tea, and the Swiss like to drink their cherry wine to help with digestion, a bit like the Chinese Erguotou. (Don't drink cold as cheese is more difficult to digest).

Followed by vegetable salad, rosti bread, raklai cheese......

Bob's craftsmanship really surprised Li Cheng, the reason why Western food will be recognized by Westerners or the people of the world as equivalent to art, I have to say, Western food looks really good! At least visually pleasing to the eye.

Accustomed to Hunan cuisine, Li Cheng and his parents have the mentality that it is not bad to occasionally open foreign meat, and feast without the slightest etiquette requirements of Western food, Professor Bob didn't say much, and looked at them with a smile, as an amateur Western chef, it is really not easy to do this level, and it is the greatest affirmation of him to get the praise of his friends.