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Chapter 98: Christmas Eve

"Hiss, I'm drinking a little too much!" The next morning, as Jiang Hai was awakened by urine in a daze, he opened his eyes weakly. Last night, he could no longer remember how much alcohol he had drunk. Of course, he didn't drink it directly or drank it out of pieces. △

But when I woke up this morning, my head still felt a little painful. After going to the bathroom, Jiang Hai glanced at his cell phone and it was already past nine o'clock and he stopped sleeping. 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 a little... bored?

"This is a big holiday, and there is not a single person around you. What's this a matter!" I sat up helplessly. After others became rich, they all had wives and concubines. I had been rich for half a year. Although I haven't had half a year, I have been alone for half a year. I have never even called for a service that costs money. It seems that I am a perfect and good man.

"I feel embarrassed when I talk about it! I won't say it anymore, but I will cry if I say too much." Jiang Hai shook his head helplessly, and he sighed. He was really lucky and had no women. How ugly is he?

Of course, although Jiang Hai is definitely not handsome, he is not ugly either. He is 1.88 meters tall and has single eyelids, but his eyes are not small. He used to be myopic, but he has been healed since he had the True Dragon Spirit. His body used to be a little fat and fat, but since he had the True Dragon Spirit, his body has been almost perfect. The developed muscles are not particularly swelling, but they are definitely not bad. The muscles do not look like the traditional streamlined muscles of Orientals. With this kind of muscle between Orientals and Westerners, you can tell at a glance that they are very developed and full, but they don’t feel heavy.

Logically speaking, Jiang Hai, who is young and rich, has a good height, should be the favorite of those beauties.

But what made Jiang Hai a little depressed was that it seemed that he did not receive much attention. Of course, this was also related to his homesickness.

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

When I walked to the first floor, I found that Burke Dalle had arrived first and was packing up turkeys there.

Turkey is similar to Chinese roasted chicken, but it is much larger than roasted chicken and more troublesome.

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

The most important part of roasting turkey is not roasting, but thawing. So yesterday, Burke-Dalle had already packed this turkey. It should be taken out at 2-4 degrees and thawed first. After thawing, wash the turkey, empty the chicken's neck and internal organs, add two glasses of salt with two gallons of water, soak the turkey in it, and put it in a cool place for more than four hours. Then take the turkey out of the salt water, rinse it under tap water, then wipe it dry with a tissue, and then put it in the husk for eight hours before it can be used. Therefore, making turkey is really a very troublesome thing and thankless.

Burke Dalle came here early this morning, preheating the oven first, then mixing the things he prepared with butter, then putting them into the turkey's belly, and then tie the turkey legs with a rope and fixing the turkey's wings.

Then take out some vegetables such as lettuce, put them in a baking tray that had been prepared long ago, add a cup of water, and make the rack on it V-shaped, and apply butter all over the turkey. In order to prevent burning, tin foil must be wrapped. Then put the turkey breast downwards and bake it in the oven for 45 minutes. Then take out the baking tray and use the juice in the baking tray to spread the whole body of the turkey.

Then put the chicken down, face the side up, add half a cup of water, put it in the oven and bake for fifteen minutes, then take it out, apply the juice all over the body, turn it 180 degrees, and use the other side to put it into the oven for fifteen minutes.

Then take it out again, apply the juice all over the turkey, and then let the turkey breasts face upwards and continue to roast for thirty to forty-five minutes. This depends on your preferences. If you like to eat scorched ones, bake them for a longer time. If you like to eat tender ones, bake them for a shorter ones.

If you want to know whether this thing is cooked or not, you need to use a thermometer. If the chicken breasts are cooked, it should be 74 degrees, and the chicken legs should be 77 degrees or more. In this way, a turkey will be roasted.

When eating, you can choose to eat directly or cut into slices and dip them into something. In the United States, someone has already made a sauce that is best served with roasted turkey, which is made of sweet noodle sauce, sesame oil, peanut butter, Thai sweet sauce, and cherry (that is, big cherry) sauce, mixed together and dipped it in. The taste is also quite good.

A few days ago, Mrs. Philipmon had already made the roasted turkey sauce and kept some of it herself, giving the rest to Jiang Hai.

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

"They went to the cowshed first. Do you have to feed the cowshed today? Philipmon took his two sons to inspect the manor. As for Mrs. Philipmon and the others, they were preparing other food at home. You must know that there are a lot of things tonight, but I can only make this." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Burke Dale smiled at Jiang Hai, and then shrugged casually. Although it was Christmas, people were on holiday, but the cows would not go on holiday, and they could not be hungry for three days.

"Oh, that's it! Is there anything I need to help?" Hearing Burke-Dalle's words, Jiang Hai chuckled and found these hard-working subordinates. It was really a good thing for Jiang Hai.

"Cut the beef and we'll roast it later." Burke Daller here also said with a smile when he heard Jiang Hai's words.

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

It is said that you can eat the mountains and water. Jiang Hai is a fishing ground and a ranch. Naturally, the main foods are beef and seafood. Of course, in addition to beef, fish, shrimp and crab, there is also a main dish today, lobster!

Jiang Hai had been obsessed with the main course for so long, but unfortunately, this lobster was not caught by him, but he bought it at Winthrop.

Lobsters in China have always been nouveau riche. Oh no, they are synonymous with luxury goods. Of course, the main ones who eat this food are no big deal, because the lobsters in China are really not big. Although they taste good, at least in terms of selling, they are incomparable to those in the United States and Australia. In fact, a long time ago, people in the United States and Australia almost didn’t eat lobsters because they thought this thing was not delicious, and they didn’t have much meat. In short, it was not a delicious thing.

So lobster is basically the food for the poor. The price of lobster and abalone in these two places has never been high.

Until China reappeared in front of the world, people all over the world suddenly realized that Chinese people are so rich and love to eat this thing. Australian lobsters have soared from a few Australian dollars per pound to more than 30 Australian dollars in just a few years, which is equivalent to nine taels of soft sister coins for more than 100 yuan. This is actually not too expensive in China. A lobster weighing two pounds in a hotel can't beat you more than 1,000 yuan, but this is already considered a sky-high price in Australia, and the price is outrageous.

The fishing companies in Australia, including freight costs and gas costs, are considered customs duties, and the price they sell to China is more than twice as much as they sell locally. No matter how stupid they are, they know where to sell it!

As for the US imperial side, the most famous one is naturally the Maine lobster, which is the legendary Boston lobster.

However, the main production area of ​​Boston lobster is Maine. Due to the suppression of local policies, and the east coast here is on the east coast, if you want to send it to China, there are two ways to go, one is to go to the Atlantic Ocean and then the Indian Ocean, which is where you arrive in China. However, everyone knows that to take this water route, you have to pass through Africa and Somalia. Taking this route is too dangerous. Although the benefits are high, you have to spend your life. The second way is to cross the United States, send it from the West Coast, and then send it from the Pacific Ocean to China. This is too troublesome. The freight costs by land are much higher than those by water.

And the most important thing is that people in China are not willing to eat dead and frozen things. If they want to live, they may have to take a plane. If they spread the freight costs equally, they actually won’t make much money. It is precisely because of this that although lobsters in Maine are still sold to China, they are not large in quantity. It is precisely because of this reason that the local price of this thing is not too expensive, and they are sold in the local aquatic products market in Winthrop.

Different sizes and prices vary. Generally speaking, ones about twenty centimeters long and weigh more than one pound, that is, twelve or three dollars a pound.

If it grows to thirty centimeters, it will be sold for thirty centimeters per pound, and forty centimeters will be sold for about 80 centimeters per pound.

A half meter long can be sold for US$300 per pound. After all, this kind of lobster is not only a meat-eating, but also a symbol.

Of course, Jiang Hai bought not too big. He bought about 30 cm, and bought a total of ten, one of which was about fifty dollars. He bought a total of twenty, and he was waiting to eat today.

Just when Jiang Hai's beef was almost done, the others came back, and then Jiang Hai's villa became lively, especially after Philip Monkey came with his two sons, his eldest son Louis was a little better, so he just looked around and sat there chatting, occasionally helping these uncles and uncles get some beer and so on.

As for his youngest son, John had to shine. After all, he had not officially entered society yet, and he looked envious of everything he saw. The two big dogs that Jiang Hai raised, Jiang Hai's latest game console, 3D projection TV... Since he arrived at Jiang Hai's home, he found that his eyes were not enough. This is where the top otakus lived!

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