Chapter 262 Rare Peace
Although Corsica is affiliated with France, it has a cultural atmosphere and eating habits that are almost completely different from France. This is probably closely related to Corsica's own history. The Carthaginians first ruled Corsica. They discovered the island more than 300 BC. Although there were already primitive residents on the island at that time, they occupied and ruled Corsica. However, they did not exist for a long time. Corsica was then robbed by the Romans.
In the following centuries, the city of Corsica changed its kingly flag. Due to its geographical location, it became the object of scrambling for major forces. Pisa, ****, Aragon, etc., all of the European forces at that time ruled the island. Finally, in the 18th century, Corsica was forcibly incorporated into France and became part of France.
Of course, Corsica was not peaceful during this period. From 1794 to 1796, the British occupied the place, and from 1942 to 1943, Italy temporarily occupied the place. The turbulent years made Corsica form a unique cultural atmosphere. This naturally also included eating habits.
Even some of the restaurant specialties of Corsica were introduced into French cuisine. Hou Dasheng, who has a special hobby for food and cooking, naturally could not go and have a big meal when he arrived in Corsica. What he cooked today was his favorite Corsica specialty dish - veauxauxolives.
Veauxauxolives, roasted veal with olive oil. But Hou Dasheng did not use the complete Corsica method to make this dish. He used certain Chinese food methods. For example, marinating. Hou Dasheng first used black pepper grains, a small amount of salt, some chopped onions and a little chicken essence, and finally applied some red wine to marinate.
Then preheat the oven to 220 degrees, put the butter and olive oil into the baking tray, and heat it on the stove over medium heat. After the preheating is finished, Hou Dasheng will add the marinated veal and rosemary to the baking tray. Hou Dasheng sprinkle some more pepper to taste. Roast regularly for 5 minutes, and take it out immediately after the beef is golden and shrinking.
At this time, there was butter, olive oil and some gravy that oozed out of the meat in the baking tray. Hou Dasheng raised his hand and poured the juice from the baking tray into the pot. Keep it on low heat, and pour in sherry and butter. The thick sauce of the gravy was combined, and the preparation was finished.
Put the veal on the plate and sprinkle with sauce. At the same time, put seven or eight small bread cuts on it, and put the chopped shredded vegetables on it and put it on the plate. Hou Dasheng smiled and delivered the plate of roasted veal to Gordon, who was waiting. Gordon is now sitting with his body, and he will do this whenever a chef wants to take out his own dish for him to taste.
To show respect for the chef, Hou Dasheng held the plate and slowly placed it in front of Gordon and whispered: "veauxauxolives, the specialty food of Corsica. But I made some changes based on my ideas, such as adding some rosemary, supplemented with some red wine and sherry."
Gordon nodded. At least the dish was very good depending on the dish. The color and aroma were very satisfying to him. Hou Dasheng picked up the meat cutter and the big fork and slid it for a while, and then helped Gordon and the others to start cutting the beef. When the roasted beef was cut open, you can see the tender gravy from the beef oozing out.
Hou Dasheng brought a piece of cut beef to Gordon's plate and waited for his tasting and evaluation with a smile.
Gordon cut the beef finely with a knife and fork, dipped some sauce into his mouth, lowered his head and chewed it carefully. But then, he did not make an immediate comment. Instead, he pointed to the small bread and whispered: "Is this eaten with beef?!"
"Yes, this dish can be eaten as the main meal." Hou Dasheng smiled and said, "After the beef is dipped in the sauce, it can be put into the gap in the bread. Eat it with vegetables."
Gordon nodded, then cut off the beef and dipped it in the sauce. He stuffed it into the gap of the small bread as Hou Dasheng said. At the same time, he stuffed some vegetables, and then put the small bread into his mouth and tasted it carefully. After a while, he swallowed the bread and rinsed it with pure water. He smiled and said to Hou Dasheng.
"Although your dish is not amazing, it is quite normal. Adding sherry wine is a good thing. When pickling, did you use red wine?!" Hou Dasheng nodded. The expert knew if it was there as soon as he reached out. Gordon immediately knew what pickling Hou Dasheng had used.
But Gordon smiled and said, "You probably are anxious when making this dish. And you need to finish it immediately, so you use this dish as the main meal with a small bread. This is also a highlight. It can be suitable for a family to eat together. It is also suitable for a double-person main meal."
Hou Dasheng smiled embarrassedly. When he thought about this dish, one was to satisfy his appetite and the other was to hurry up. After all, he often had to train with Clara, Shaming and others, so the time was not very good. He finished eating quickly and took a break and continued training.
"In general, this dish is pretty good!" Gordon smiled and said to Hou Dasheng: "Of course, what I hope to see is your more amazing dish."
When Hou Dasheng heard this, he scratched his head embarrassedly: "There was really no way out during that time. I was busy with some things. I had to deal with many problems. Even if I calmed down and tasted the dishes, I didn't have much time to impress this dish. I went to eat it a few times later. The improvement time was not much. So I disappointed you."
Since the dishes were tasting, Lisa sat over with a smile. Seeing this, Hou Dasheng cut her beef. Gordon also looked very frightened, and smiled and picked up his wine glass and said softly: "After the meal, come to the kitchen. I have something to say to you."
Hou Dasheng nodded, while Lisa looked at Hou Dasheng happily cutting beef for himself. Then she blinked her big blue eyes and cut the beef into small pieces and sent it to Hou Dasheng's mouth. Hou Dasheng blushed and saw that Sha Ming and the others turned around and thought they didn't see it. Then she ate the beef.
Seeing that Hou Dasheng had eaten, Lisa happily cut a piece of beef and put it in her mouth and muttered: "It's obviously delicious, Gordon's requirements are too high..."
Well, Hou Dasheng could only smile bitterly at Lisa's complaints. Lisa's love for him has penetrated into his bones. No matter what he does, Lisa feels it is good. It's also good if he doesn't do anything. Anyway, it's good. Sometimes Hou Dasheng is in danger. Although Lisa is worried, she always tries to support Hou Dasheng to do it.
Hou Dasheng was grateful to Lisa. But he also knew that maybe they really couldn't be together. But... let's talk about the future. Now, it's just a time for Hou Dasheng and Lisa to enjoy. In the corner of this restaurant, Sha Ming and other security personnel retreated, leaving Lisa and Hou Dasheng for more private space.
There is no need to say much about the narration between lovers. After the meal, Hou Dasheng sent Lisa back to her and Benoit's manor as usual. Then Shaming took him back to the hotel where Fei Gou was. Yes, Fei Gou did not intend to stay in the manor where Danni and Crane lived. He was not used to having elders by his side.
What's more, everyone is taking his family with him. This makes him look lonely and like a fat dog, Hou Dasheng went directly to the hotel where he stayed. In this way, the two of them could take care of him. Hou Dasheng didn't plan to go back to the manor.
"Cook, have you ever thought about going back to China?!" In the bar on the top floor of the hotel, the fat dog held a bottle of beer and looked at the singers on the stage and whispered and asked softly. Hou Dasheng was stunned when he heard this, and poured beer into his mouth and smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I don't know what I can do when I go back."
He put down the beer bottle and looked at the city at night in Paris and sighed: "Do I still have a chance to join the army now?! I don't believe that the country will be completely unaware of what I have done. Others don't know jackals, don't know I'm a jackal. Some departments must know."
Fat Dog didn't say anything, he knew that what Hou Dasheng said was the truth. He did not return to China, and there were reasons for this. He never told Hou Dasheng about Fat Dog's own situation. Hou Dasheng never asked. But Fat Dog never returned to China, he knew.
"If you have the chance, you'd better go back and take a look..." The fat dog was silent for a long time, leaned on the bar chair and whispered: "You are different from me, I can't go back at all. It's already destined to die in a foreign land and bury bones and barren mountains. At least... you can at least bury yourself back to your motherland."
Hou Dasheng's hand trembled, and he looked at the fat dog with great sincerity and said word by word: "First of all, if you really die, I will do my best to send your ashes back! This is what I promised you. Secondly, don't die so easily. Because I still expect that if I die, you will send my ashes back."
"Hahaha... don't mention whether it's delivered or not. This is a bad thing! Say something else." Fat Dog laughed, put down the bottle and looked at Hou Dasheng and said, "I recently bought a manor in the suburbs, and it looks pretty good. Maybe one day I will marry a French girl and really settle down here."
Hou Dasheng was silent for a while and asked softly: "Where is vivienne?!"
"Cook, you are such a bastard who can't chat..." Hou Dasheng mentioned this name, which obviously made the fat dog very upset. He put down the bottle and complained, but then sighed lonelyly: "She?! Let's forget it."
Hou Dasheng was stunned for a moment and asked tentatively: "Do you don't like her?!"
"Don't ask so much, I'll tell you if you have the chance." Fat Dog glared at Hou Dasheng and opened another bottle of beer: "There are a few good venues in Paris, how about it?! My brother will take you to have some fun tonight?! Don't worry, Lisa will definitely not know!"
"Come on! I went with you last time, but I almost fucked someone. This time I won't accompany you as a disaster star!" Hou Dasheng curled his lips and looked at the fat dog: "You go by yourself. I will go to Danni's side to practice with them tomorrow. I haven't practiced together for a long time. I don't know if my hands have been born."
Chapter completed!