Chapter 762: Peanuts and Peppers

Conté didn't know that the bottle of "sterilization powder" in his collection was prepared by Marin for Queen Anne of France. Otherwise, he would definitely be too scared to stand on his feet.

That's the queen of France! Sterilizing the French queen is equivalent to making the French royal family neuter! If the French knew that Marin was going to do this, they would have to fight him to the death. Just like in the future, you poison the wife of the old American president? It's going to cause war. Because, you slapped a country in the face.

It is precisely because of this that although Marin had already planned to obtain similar drugs from Daming, he was not at ease to let his subordinates do it. Because, once this matter leaks out, the Grand Duchy of Beihai will definitely not be able to eat and walk around. Therefore, although he occasionally mentioned it to Kong Tai before, when Kong Tai set off, Ma Lin hesitated again and again, and did not ask Kong Tai to do this. Because, Marin knows very well what kind of storm it will cause if it leaks out at this time. Moreover, Marin planned to personally look for this medicine when he went to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute in the future, in order to keep it secret.

Even, when Conté brought the drug back to Europe, Marin's first reaction when he got the drug was not to reward Conte, but to extinguish his mouth...... Fortunately, Contee was tight-lipped and never mentioned it to others, nor did he tell Columbus that he wanted to dedicate this medicine to Marin. Otherwise, Kong Taizhen would have been wiped out......

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Of course, this will not happen until Columbus's fleet returns to Europe. And now in Europe, Marin is looking in amazement at a dish in front of him - boiled peanuts...... What's more, there are even chili peppers......

"I'm a big grass! There is still such an operation! Marin looked at the pot of spicy boiled peanuts in front of him in amazement.

Everyone knows that both peanuts and peppers are native to the Americas. Although it is said that some people in later generations jumped out and said that Huaxia is also the origin of peanuts, and also took out the so-called peanut fossils. However, those were all discoveries in the sixties and seventies or eighties of the last century. However, Marin read an article saying that after sequencing the peanut genome in 2014, the international academic community found that the peanut is a hybrid variety, and its two parents, the cranberry peanut and the Tariha peanut, are both native to Bolivia, Paraguay and northern Argentina in South America. Anyway, no genes from other regions have been detected.

Moreover, Ma Lin believes that in the environment of the great movement in China in the sixties and seventies and the environment in the eighties when qigong was regarded as scientific research, the results of the research were hardly convincing. Even, this kind of behavior is somewhat similar to the practice of sticks - pulling everything on their ancestors......

As for the "peanuts" that were discovered, Marin believes that they should be carbides from the seeds of some plants that look more like peanuts. Another point is that if peanuts are really native to China, they will definitely not be unknown in history.

However, in history, before the Ming Dynasty, although there was a record of the name of the plant called "falling peanut", it was only said that the fruit was "shaped like taro", and it was a brushstroke.

But peanuts are definitely a very important species in the history of food, since the middle and late Ming Dynasty, to the Qing Dynasty, peanuts have almost been praised to the altar of the food world. Not only have there been divine dishes like Kung Pao Chicken, but also peanuts alone are also the standard for drinking old wine. As long as a plate of peanuts and rice, a drunkard can drink a lot of food, and there is no need for other accompaniments.

But before the Ming Dynasty, there had never been a delicacy called peanuts. With the characteristics of Chinese people who fly in the sky, run on the ground, and swim in the water to eat anything, this is completely unreasonable......

Therefore, Marin concluded that there may have been peanut-like plants in ancient China, but it was by no means a domineering delicacy like peanuts......

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Far away, although the current Marin is eating boiled spicy peanuts deliciously, he is screaming in his heart "Violent Heavenly Things"......

As a gourmet, Marin knows that the best way to eat peanuts is to stir-fry peanuts with salt and pepper flavor!

A plate of fried peanuts and a bottle of two-pot heads...... Nima, the more you drink, the more flavorful it becomes......

Marin is not an alcoholic, but he knows that there are too many alcoholics in Huaxia in later generations who drink like this. At this moment, in his heart, what he thought of was not that he was eating fried peanuts and drinking old wine, but that Maozi and other Eastern European Slavs were eating fried peanuts and drinking rye two pot heads...... No, it's whiskey......

"If you launch fried peanuts and pair them with whiskey, it is estimated that the sales will be better......" Marin thought as he ate the boiled peanuts......

The peanuts were brought back by Gourard, the guard in charge of the development of Panama, and while leading a group of black slaves to cut down the forests of Panama to open the way to the Pacific Ocean, Gaudard also tried to make contact with the local Indians. And these peanuts were obtained by Gaulard and the local Indians. As for what to exchange? Do you need to talk about it...... It's salt......

Moreover, the local indigenous Indians, as well as chili peppers, were also traded with Gaulard. When Gaurard ate it, he thought the boiled peanuts made by the local Indians were good. It just so happened that because the road had not been completed for a long time, Gaudard was a little anxious.

You know, he's not a Marin line. Even among the guards, he was not close to Marin before. In order to prevent Marin from being removed from his position as governor, Gaurard decided to curry favor with Marin - so he exchanged salt and local natives for sacks of peanuts and a bag of chili peppers, sent them back to the mainland, and sent a cook to make Marin a pot of boiled peanuts with chili peppers......

After Marin started eating, the cook sent back by Gaulard came to introduce Marin - this is a rare local product in Panama, and it is very delicious......

As a result, Marin drove away the cook, Nima, with a disgusted face, and was embarrassed to say it! Wasted such good ingredients!

So, Marin came to the kitchen in person and decided to make a stir-fried peanut dish by himself......

However, when he came to the kitchen, Marin suddenly found that he didn't have salt and pepper in his hand......

Pepper salt is the product of the mixing and processing of Chinese pepper and table salt, which is very fragrant. However, there are clearly no peppercorns in Europe......

As a result, Marin had no choice but to settle for the next best thing - to replace peppercorns with peppercorns...... As a result, it seems to have a different flavor......

Then, Chef Ma poured soybean oil into the pot without heating, and immediately put in peanuts without heating, and after the pot was heated, there was a "crackling" sound in the pot, and at the same time, there was a strong aroma......

Feeling that the heat was almost over, Marlin sprinkled in a special edition of pepper and salt mixed with pepper and salt, and a plate of fragrant fried peanuts came out of the pot......

When Marin wanted to go back to the bedroom to enjoy the steaming peanuts alone, he didn't expect that little Caesar, who was running around the palace, smelled the fragrance. So, the cute little Caesar ran to Marin, looked up at the plate in Marin's hand, kept his saliva over and over again, and shouted "I want to eat poop" over and over again......

Then, the father and son just killed a plate of peanuts...... When leaving, little Caesar didn't forget to lick the salt-and-pepper oil and water on his hands......

It didn't seem to be enjoyable, so Marin went to the kitchen to fry a plate of fried peanuts. This time, he not only put in a special version of salt and pepper, but also added some chili peppers, which made it even more exciting......

Little Caesar had eaten a small half plate of fried peanuts before, and he was estimated to be full, so Marin planned to enjoy it alone......

At dinner, Marin solemnly recommended fried peanuts to Angela and Felis...... Then, at dinner time, the plate of fried peanuts was gone......

The next day, the famous dish of stir-fried peanuts spread out of the palace. Karn, the glutton, came and rubbed it off, and then boasted all over the world about how fragrant the fried peanuts were......

Marin didn't need to push the hype by himself at first glance, so he simply invited Schwartz, Jeffrey and other bigwigs to hold a "food seminar" about fried peanuts...... At the banquet, Marin didn't prepare any dishes, so he prepared stir-fried peanuts with pure pepper and salt flavor and stir-fried peanuts with a spicy taste. Then, it is paired with a two-pot head of rye, whiskey......

After this feast, the famous dish of fried peanuts became a legend of the upper class society of Beihai Kingdom......

"Perhaps, people should be promoted to peanut planting...... "Marin thought for a while, and added a sentence to the plan - to promote the planting of peanuts......

After that, he thought again - such a good delicacy, if it is dedicated to the bear child of Zhengde, it will definitely win his heart, will it increase the certainty of becoming a Ming toast? Also, chili peppers are also a good tribute......

Of course, chili peppers alone are not attractive. However, with a Sichuan-style hot pot, or, stir-fry a Sichuan-style back-to-the-pot pork...... Maybe it's more conducive to the promotion of chili peppers...... Marin kept writing and drawing in his notebook......