Little Life on An American Ranch

  Chapter 92 Foodie

  Seeing the dinner made by Barley and Wheat, Jian Heng had to admit from the bottom of his heart that it was very western, closer to the American township style.

Forty minutes later, Jian Heng returned home with Zhang Jialiang and the others. At this time, the two sisters had almost arranged everything. Jian Heng and the others just had to sit at the table, and the two sisters were like butterflies. The dinner was brought up.

The eating place is also very American. A long table is placed directly on the wooden terrace next to the house. Because there were few people in the pasture, the current long table is made up of two square tables. There was also a gray tablecloth on it, making it quite stylish, at least much more romantic than Zhao Changshan's rough and rough.

   Not only that, but there is also a candle holder in the middle, with candles inserted on it and lit. Although it is not as good as the lights hanging above the head, the mood is a little bit better.

  All these arrangements show that the two sisters are very attentive to this dinner!

Therefore, Jian Heng is not good at suppressing their enthusiasm, and he is not ashamed to tell the two of them that this candlestick used to be used by old Anders' elder brother or younger brother, and used it to kill a Viet Cong official, and this The origin of the candlestick does not seem to be so glorious. Old Anders rarely used it when he was alive. He just kept it to commemorate his brother. Jian Heng went out two days ago and wanted to throw it away. He did not expect to be used by the two sisters today. on.

   Huang Xiaodong looked at the plate of steak in front of him, his eyes widened, and he was stunned for a while before he said to the two sisters, Barley and Wheat, "Barley, Wheat, I don't think I can eat it!"

  Not only Huang Xiaodong, Zhao Wei and Zhang Jialiang also nodded together, staring at the steak in front of them in a daze.

These days, except in the morning, they eat beef almost every meal at noon and night, and the food is a bit weak. Seeing that such a large piece is still beef, and coupled with doubts about the cooking standards of the two sisters and the young lady, the three of them are a little bit My son is worried.

  Many people in China have eaten Tomahawk steak in western restaurants, which is the kind with meat hanging from the ribs. Tonight everyone also ate Tomahawk steak, but this Tomahawk is different from domestic or ordinary Tomahawks. What appeared in front of everyone today is the super version of Tomahawks!

The flank bone of the 'Tomahawk' on the plate was almost 40 centimeters long, which is not scary, but the scary thing is that the meat hanging on the bone weighs about one and a half catties, and the whole beef looks almost as big as a human face. After baking, it is as thick as a finger and a half.

Not to mention that there is a piece of baked potato on the plate, not French fries, but slices of potato slices that are shaved out with a corrugated planer. In addition, there are two pieces of broccoli, a few small pieces stacked together The fried onions, in the blank space of the plate, also ordered a small half spoonful of sauce.

  The whole cow is a bit scary except for the big ones, and the side dishes are quite satisfactory.

  Why didn’t there be wine to accompany the steak? Soon there was another glass of red wine in front of everyone.

  Just having such a large piece of steak for dinner is not enough, and there is a vegetable salad about the size of a small washbasin in the middle of the table.

   Gudong!

   Jian Heng could hear the sound of Zhang Jialiang's Adam's apple next to him when he swallowed and spit. It wasn't Zhang Jialiang's gluttony, but the boy's subconscious reaction of being dumbfounded when faced with such a large piece of steak.

   "Try it, you must have never eaten it, this is the secret recipe of our McAvoy family, which has been passed down to us since my grandmother!"

  Barley signaled for everyone to start the meal, and after he finished speaking, he held wheat's hand and prayed a simple pre-dinner prayer. Because no one else is a believer, the two sisters did not force others to pray.

  Jian Heng heard the ancestral biography, and then he heard the grandmother, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and said in his heart: Can it be said that it is ancestral transmission from the grandmother's generation? Your ancestral biography is too short! In our China, there are no five or six generations, so we don't have the nerve to talk about what is passed down from our ancestors.

   While the barley and wheat were praying, Jian Heng picked up the fork in his hand and picked up the steak for a look, wanting to see if the meat was suitable for eating.

   I have to say that the steak looks pretty good, at least from the outside. The outside is slightly charred, but it is not burnt. It seems that when grilling, full consideration is given to how to lock the juice in the meat.

   While Jian Heng was turning over the steak, the two sisters finished praying, and saw that Jian Heng and the others did not make any moves, and Jian Heng was still reaching out to pick up the steak, so they began to persuade.

"try it!"

  People persuaded them a second time, and Jian Heng put the knife and fork together. In order to show his support for the cooking skills of the two sisters, Jian Heng cut a large piece with the first knife.

  From the cut, the steak is very tender, and the beef that comes out of the cut seems to be good, but Jian Heng is still a little worried, fearing that the beef will not be so tasty, so he dipped it in a little more sauce.

With a nervous mood, Jian Heng put the beef in his mouth, chewed it, and found that the taste was okay. After a hmm, when he chewed the third bite, the gravy burst out, and the delicious taste of the whole beef came out completely. At this time, Jian Heng felt that the little sauce he had just now was a bit redundant.

  Give a thumbs up to the two sisters, Jian Heng praised: "It's great! The taste exceeds my expectation."

   "Mm, delicious, delicious!" Huang Xiaodong kept nodding after eating, the knife and fork flew and he buried himself in the steak.

  Zhao Wei and Zhang Jialiang were quite satisfied with what they ate, and they kept nodding when they heard what Jian Heng said.

   A few people felt their taste buds opened up immediately after eating it. They didn't know whether it was because they had been eating Chinese beef for a long time, or the two sisters were really good at cooking. Everyone ate it very vigorously.

   "I didn't expect you to have such a skill in barley and wheat." Zhao Wei took a sip of red wine, swallowed the beef in his mouth, and then praised it.

   "Much better than my uncle's steak!" Zhao Wei sold Zhao Changshan instantly.

"The key to making steak is the ingredients when marinating, and the fire must be strong at the beginning of grilling, so that all the gravy can be locked in." Seeing that everyone likes it, Damai is very happy to talk about grilled steak the trick.

   Everyone likes these things. It’s like there is a special time limit for how well-done a steak is, but at the same time, the same marinade is baked differently by different people. This is craftsmanship.

  Jian Heng is not too fond of Western food, but he is only full of praise for steak or barbecue, which is not a general term for Western food. He directly says that it is American country-style barbecue.

  After cutting a few pieces, Huang Xiaodong picked up the handle of the ribs that had been dried out with oil, opened his mouth and gnawed, nodding continuously while gnawing.

  Jian Heng was already full after eating half a piece. He put the remaining beef bone and beef on the plate, wiped his mouth and said, "Okay, I'm full, feed the rest to Denver!"

  Wheat heard this and said, "Denver has one too!"

   After speaking, he gestured with his eyes.

When Jian Heng heard it, he looked in the direction Mai Mai was looking at, and saw that the "Tomahawk" in front of the little white lion was one size bigger than himself, and the little thing was lying on the ground, tilting its head and mouthing Chewing, grinning so happily while eating.

   As if feeling Jian Heng's gaze, the little white lion raised its head, and its little pink tongue circled around its nose and mouth, and then buried its head down to gnaw again, making crackling sounds from its teeth and bones.

   Seeing its bear appearance, Jian Heng sighed: "Oh, you also look like a lion when you eat."

   "Next time make it smaller. Although our ranch raises cattle, we can't support such a waste!" Jian Heng picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then put the wine glass back.

To be honest, Jian Heng doesn't like the taste of red wine very much. Relatively speaking, he still prefers the national wine. Among the national wines, Moutai is a good wine, but he is not too used to the sauce-flavored wine. My favourite, Jian Heng still likes the sky blue of Yanghe, the price has nothing to do with his liking, the most important thing is whether he likes it or not.

   Speaking of the size of the steak, Jian Heng reached out and nodded beside him: "Look, everyone thinks the portion is too much."

Turning his head and looking around, Jian Heng was a little dumbfounded, because the two guys sitting next to him were already gnawing bones, not to mention Huang Xiaodong, who was originally a beef professional, and now he has already done so. I'm eating potatoes.

   "Forget I didn't say it!"

  At this time, Jian Heng had the urge to cover his face, thinking: Why are all the big-bellied men in my ranch!

Seeing these guys, Jian Heng felt a little annoyed now, and felt that these guys didn't give him any face at all. Turning his head to look at the barley and wheat, Jian Heng could only sigh, and wanted to say goodbye. It's a feeling of turning away, because when Jian Heng became angry, the two sisters, Damai and Mai, were also happy, like Zhao Wei and the others, holding a bone in one hand and gnawing on it.

  Wheat said happily while gnawing: "I used to dare not eat it even if I wanted to. Every time my mother baked it, we only ate such a small piece. Now that it's better, I don't worry about gaining weight at all."

   "Jane, I'm so lucky to know you!" Da Mai also said.

   "It seems that I am a bit tragic!" Jian Heng looked at the two of them dumbfounded, and said jokingly.

Wheat put down the bones in his hands: "You don't know how difficult it is to keep in shape, you can't eat this one, you can't eat that one, after getting to know you, Ashley and I watch TV every day, either popcorn or a big bucket of ice cream, too It was fun!"

   "Okay, you continue to sigh, I'll go to see the horses" Jian Heng said and pushed the chair away, signaling them to eat slowly, while he walked towards the old cowshed.

   Before reaching the cowshed, Jian Heng discovered the problem. There were no more horses in the old cowshed. When he got closer, he found that the iron chain that was on the door had been thrown to the ground by someone.

   "Barley, wheat, have you opened the railing of the old fence?" Jian Heng asked loudly.

  Barley immediately replied: "No, what's wrong?"

   "The fence gate was opened, and the horse ran out," Jian Heng said.

  Hearing that the horse ran away, Damai and the others quickly ran over.

Everyone looked around the railing and said that it was not him. Jian Heng also thought it was impossible, because the horse of Barley and Wheat had not entered the stalls, and it was now tied to the horse post at the door. The remaining three were even less likely. , came back with Jian Heng, and didn't have time to fiddle with the fence.

   "Let's look for it," Zhang Jialiang said.

"Go back and eat. The gates are closed. Where can the horses go? I'll go to the woods to see." Jian Heng went back to the front of the house, started a mountain bike, and headed towards the small woods where the cows live. walked over.

   Not long after walking, Jian Heng found the horse herd. A dozen or so horses gathered together to form a small herd, grazing slowly with their heads down.

  Look again, the leading horse could be whoever it is if it’s not Black Dou. Now there is no other stallion in the herd except this stallion. It can be said that this guy picked up a horse king for nothing.

  He took out his mobile phone and informed them that they don't need to come here. An Sheng had dinner, and Ma had already been found.

   After closing the line, Jian Heng drove towards the horses.

   Seeing Jian Heng approaching, Heidou immediately became vigilant, and Xilulu issued a warning. Seeing that Jian Heng did not ignore his warning at all, he immediately turned his head and prepared to run away.

  It was getting dark right now, Jian Heng was not afraid of it, so he just raised his hand and put the black bean into the space.

  Suddenly lost the horse king, the entire horse herd lost its backbone, and soon they seemed to have forgotten that there was a horse king, bowed their heads and continued to eat delicious grass.

  (end of this chapter)