Chapter 356: Beef’s Daily Life

California, Los Angeles, in addition to being the second largest city in the United States, is also the City of Angels and a celebrity mecca. novel

This is also the place with the second largest concentration of Chinese people in the United States, after San Francisco.

A large part of the Chinese in the United States are actually Chinese workers who came from China during the development of the western United States.

Although they almost came to this strange country as piggies.

They suffered from the white eyes of Americans and unequal racial policies, but they still survived tenaciously.

It has become the third largest force in the United States. Apart from whites and blacks, it is not an exaggeration to say that Chinese people are the largest.

Unlike some people in China who launch map cannons from time to time, most Chinese in the United States are still very united.

Of course, there will also be some regional differences, between the north and the south. However, under the oppression of the two major forces, blacks and whites, they themselves still know that their lips are broken and their teeth are cold. Some people in the country believe that since these people have become American nationals, they will They are no longer members of the imperial court. Indeed, these people are no longer members of the imperial court, but they are all descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties.

Being of the same clan, they also prefer to take care of the business of fellow Chinese.

For example, Zhang Dehai, Mr. Zhang's Haishang Supermarket, is completely unqualified to compare with large supermarkets such as Wal-Mart in terms of complete varieties and price advantages, but their business here has always been good.

Because compared to going to those large supermarkets to buy things, the Chinese are more accustomed to buying from them.

Just like today, the Zhang family's store in Los Angeles had just opened, and there were some old people wandering around, or some housewives, carrying baskets into the supermarket to pick out the fresh vegetables they needed today.

But after walking in. Almost everyone saw a newly opened area.

The new display cabinet is much smaller than the ordinary place, and at the same time it is much more gorgeous. As soon as people walk into the store, they will see it. This made many people curious and walked over to take a look.

It turned out that it was selling beef. Haishang Supermarket originally sold beef, and the price was similar to that of Wal-Mart.

But when they saw these beefs today, many people laughed a little or licked their tongues, but no matter what. Most of these people walked away silently.

Because in their opinion, this store is crazy, because the price of beef is really... too dark.

"Old Liu, is your store going bankrupt? You are doing this one-time deal. What kind of beef is this? You can become immortal after eating it. It is sold so expensive." Of course. Not everyone was silent. Among them was a man who spoke Shu Mandarin and picked up a piece of beef weighing almost one pound. He said with a mocking look on his face.

I only saw the price tag on the beef at this time. It was indeed a bit too dark. One pound of this would cost $450.

"Old Zhang, if you don't understand, don't talk nonsense. Look at that beef. Is it ordinary beef?" After hearing his words, a middle-aged man behind the counter with the store manager's logo on his chest couldn't help but speak. . The contempt in those eyes was quite strong.

"Isn't it just beef? Why? You can really reach immortality after eating it!" After hearing what Old Liu said, the man named Old Zhang couldn't help but hesitate. After taking a closer look, I saw that it was indeed just beef, nothing special.

"You say you don't understand, but you really don't understand. Aren't you a restaurant owner? This is the best breed of premium A-grade beef. Do you know the Wagyu from the island country? The best Wagyu is the five-A grade. This It’s Grade 5A, and it’s the best beef that can be sold in the world.” After hearing his words, Lao Liu couldn’t help showing off.

He never thought that when he heard the price of the meat yesterday, he was actually more shocked than others. The price was crazy. However, in order to dispel these people's concerns, the owner of Haishang Supermarket, Zhang Dehai, So each store gave them five kilograms of meat to eat by themselves. They had eaten the beef last night.

The beef made with their rotten craftsmanship almost didn't make them swallow it with their tongues. From that time on, Lao Liu was the most loyal supporter of this kind of beef. Unfortunately, this kind of beef was really not for him. Started.

"Is it that good? No matter how good the beef is, it's still beef." Although he was a little confused by Lao Liu's mysterious thoughts, Lao Zhang still had a hard mouth and looked at this with a little curiosity. A piece of beef. Indeed, the arrangement of marble patterns on this piece of beef is very beautiful, but this thing is only so good when it is made. Is it that magical?

"Let's do this. If you want to buy it, I'll give you a 20% discount, but it's just this piece. You go back and taste it first. If it doesn't taste good, come to me and I'll refund your money." Look. Looking at Lao Zhang, Lao Liu smiled.

He knew that Lao Zhang was the owner of a famous Sichuan restaurant nearby. Throughout the world, wherever there are Chinese people, there are Chinese restaurants, although these restaurants have been changed beyond recognition in order to cater to local tastes.

But there are also some people who specialize in making some orthodox Chinese dishes, specially prepared for Chinese people and foreigners who like to eat this taste. Old Liu's family opened such a Sichuan restaurant.

According to legend, an ancestor of Lao Liu's family was once a special chef. However, as we all know, although Sichuan cuisine is popular all over the country, there is no Sichuan cuisine in the Manchu-Han banquet, not even a single dish. Therefore, the special chef of Sichuan cuisine in the late Qing Dynasty, In fact, their life was not very good, so later their family came to the United States and opened a restaurant here.

There is nothing to say about the craftsmanship, so after so many years of operation, this restaurant has become one of the largest restaurants in Huaxia City. Many Chinese people will choose to eat here. Naturally, the prices of the dishes here are , that is not ordinary high.

Although he had made a lot of money and was not short of the money, he was really excited about the four hundred and fifty US dollars per pound of beef.

Now after hearing what Lao Liu said, after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth. Out of trust in Lao Liu, and seeing his vow, Lao Zhang bought a piece back and planned to make it himself.

After buying hand-made beef and other ingredients, he returned to the kitchen. It was still early in the morning. The land of Sichuan and Sichuan is known as the most relaxing place. People here like to sleep in, drink tea, and play mahjong, and inside his hotel Most of the people here are from Sichuan and Sichuan, especially those in the kitchen. People from other places cannot make the spicy and spicy food unique to that place.

Arriving at the kitchen, Lao Zhang began to prepare this pound of beef, which was more than nine taels.

He decided to make two dishes, one cold dish and one hot dish. The cold dish was prepared to make couple's lung slices, while the hot dish was prepared to make steamed beef, although he also knew that this was the best. Beef is actually best eaten raw or made into steak, but he has always believed that no matter what dish it is, Chinese cuisine can maximize its original taste.

In fact, to put it simply, if labor and management are willing, who cares?

Husband and wife's Fei Pian is a snack that was formed in Sichuan and Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty. Naturally, the main ingredient cannot be beef.

Mainly beef tongue, beef heart, tripe, beef scalp and other offal ingredients are mainly used. However, nowadays, offal is more expensive than beef, and it is also difficult to clean, so basically husband and wife lung slices are made of beef. .

First cut the beef into thin slices, then grind it into seasoning with spices, salt, Sichuan peppercorn noodles, etc., and marinate it.

After the fire is boiling, turn to low heat, stew the meat, take it out and dry it, put it together with some celery, cooked peanuts, etc., add marinade, soybean oil, MSG, flower noodles, chili noodles, and sesame seeds. , mix together and you are ready to eat.

It’s not too difficult to make, and it’s a very delicious cold dish.

Steaming beef with rice flour is not difficult at all. Remove the tendons from the beef, cut it into slices, add Pixian watercress, soy sauce, lettuce oil, soy sauce, minced ginger, add rice and glutinous rice, and steam over high heat. It will be ready to eat in thirty minutes.

Of course, you can also add some chili powder, pepper powder, chopped green onion, minced garlic, and coriander and mix well.

Both dishes are very homely dishes. For Lao Zhang, he can cook these two dishes well with his eyes closed.

But today he was very careful, because his ingredients were too expensive. When he took the piece of beef out of the box, he was stunned for a moment, because generally good beef would have some odor on it, but this piece Beef, except for some fresh aroma, had almost no mutton smell. Then when he cut it, he also discovered that the beef had no tendons at all, not even a trace of tendons.

But the texture of the meat was particularly firm, which made him a little surprised. It seemed that there was a reason why the beef was so expensive.

Then he planned to make the couple's lung slices first, because it would take some time to dry.

But when he put the beef and ingredients into the big pot, the smell of the ingredients would usually overwhelm the beef, but this time, suddenly, the smell of beef rushed into him. in the nasal cavity.

He suddenly understood that based on this taste, this piece of beef was not expensive at this price.

And when he finished cooking the two dishes and brought them out to enjoy, his eyes suddenly lit up...

The next day, when Lao Liu opened the door of his shop, he found Lao Zhang standing in front of his shop with a bloodshot look.

"What's going on? Are you kicked out by your wife?" Looking at Lao Zhang's appearance, Lao Liu said with some surprise.

However, what he said did not matter. Lao Zhang did not answer him as usual. Instead, he pushed him away and ran towards that area. In fact, he was not kicked out by his wife, but he had been standing here for half the night. Well, what he was waiting for was the beef. (To be continued.)

ps: Today’s second update, I will continue to broadcast it to everyone. It is still scheduled. There is no way. During this time, I should be in the hospital.