Chapter 637: Candied Haws

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"Let me ask if you have bamboo sticks and rock candy here." Hearing Luo Lin's words, Jiang Hai also chuckled. He had to admit that sometimes these Americans are quite friendly and glanced at the supermarket. , he said to Luo Lin.

"Bamboo sticks? They're wooden sticks, right? As for the rock sugar, uh... what kind? Eatable or beaten?" Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Luo Lin was stunned for a moment, and then whispered to Jiang Hai, look. Seeing his mysterious look, Jiang Hai was also a little at a loss.

There is a word for rock candy in English, but this word is not as beautiful as imagined.

In China, rock sugar is rock sugar, and everyone will know it, but in the United States, rock sugar is written as candy in English, which means candy, or fancy clothes, sweet words, and another explanation is that it is ancient-ke-salty (not allowed to be written ), Ke-Ke-Yin and so on, it was also called this name, so when Jiang Hai said he wanted this thing, Luo Lin also made a gesture.

"Oh, no, I don't touch these things. I want to eat rock candy, a whole piece of translucent candy, put it in your mouth." After hearing his words, Jiang Hai immediately shook his head, he didn't It will get stained by these messy things.

"Huh, you shocked me. The candies are all in the third row of handbags. You can go look for them. I don't know if they are there." Seeing Jiang Hai, he didn't want to look for those things. Luo Lin also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although smoking marijuana is not illegal in some places in the United States, these drugs are illegal everywhere.

In addition, this is not a good thing, and he does not want Jiang Hai to get involved in these things.

After smiling with him, Jiang Hai walked to the corner of the third row, and found out that there were a lot of candies here, and there were all kinds of them. Americans really like eating sweets. They really like eating sweets. , the average adult in each country consumes 22 spoons of sugar per day, which is more than 100 grams, which is about 2 taels, on average every day, not every month, nor every year.

Maybe Americans don’t know about health care, or maybe they really like eating sweets and already have immunity. Otherwise, how could they not be afraid of getting diabetes at all? As for teenagers, well, they actually eat more sugar, thirty-four spoons a day, and almost all their snacks are sweet, not to mention the national food pie, donuts, chocolate, etc.

These high-calorie, high-sugar foods are their favorites.

This can also be seen from the wide variety of sugars here. After Jiang Hai walked here, he squatted down and took a look.

I found that there was actually rock candy here, so that made things much easier. I took two bags of rock candy, and then went to the side to get bamboo skewers, oh no, wooden skewers. There is almost no bamboo in the United States, and they don’t use bamboo. There are three major types of bamboo in the world. Asian bamboo is the most widely used and the most abundant. American bamboo only grows in Latin America. Even if it exists in the United States, it is very rare. No one will cut it at all, but it doesn't matter if it comes with a wooden skewer.

After getting the candy and wooden picks, Jiang Hai was ready to check out, but when he passed the counter, he happened to see a container selling drinks, so Jiang Hai took a bottle of Coca-Cola Zero.

A long time ago, he used to like drinking drinks like Zero Degree. Once this drink was launched, it also attracted a lot of attention.

But later, I don’t know whether it was because of pressure from peers or because there was a real problem. The aspartame used in Zero Degree was revealed to be a carcinogenic substance. For a while, it was removed from shelves around the world, but I don’t know what happened later. , appeared again.

Jiang Hai didn't know whether this stuff caused cancer or not, but Jiang Hai knew that this stuff didn't have many calories and it tasted okay.

Before Jiang Hai got the three items at the counter, he was ready to pay. But at this moment, a man wearing Indian clothes walked in and lined up behind Jiang Hai. Jiang Hai was no stranger to this man. .

This is an Iroquois. When Jiang Hai and Mayor Wallis discussed building an Indian store in the town, Mayor Wallis went to the mountains and met with the Iroquois. came forward to facilitate this matter.

This Iroquois is the most business-minded among the Iroquois tribe in the mountain. After hearing about this, he convinced the chief of their tribe, and then he went out of the mountain and took charge of this small shop. manager.

Indeed, an Indian store, if it were not Indians selling things, would give people the feeling of selling something like a sheep's head.

It is precisely because of this Iroquois that the business of this store is quite good.

According to Moses Adams' calculations, in the three months of August, September, and October alone, the Indian store's total revenue was US$700,000, deducting the cost of purchasing goods of US$200,000. The net profit was half a million US dollars, of which Jiang Hai got 40%, which was 200,000, the town got 20%, which was 100,000, and the Iroquois also got 100%. Forty, that is, two hundred thousand. Of course, the most important thing is that these goods are all imported from the Iroquois.

In other words, they made a total of 400,000 US dollars. This Iroquois man who was exposed to the outside world naturally made a lot of money. Originally, he rented a house to live in, but recently Jiang Hai heard that he had rented a house. Bought a house in a small town.

"Hey, Jiang, you're here to buy something too." When Jiang Hai looked at him, the Iroquois, who had been raising his head as if thinking about what to buy after coming in, also noticed Jiang Hai. He shouted with excitement, but his accent was a bit strange.

"Yes, you are here to buy things too." Although the accent was a bit strange, Jiang Hai could still understand what he was saying.

"There are no more cigarettes to smoke. Come and buy some cigarettes." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, the man couldn't help but smile.

When this person came, Jiang Hai remembered that he was not willing to buy cigarettes. Instead, he rolled the tobacco leaves brought out from the mountains and smoked them. Although it was strong and natural, it was really uncomfortable to smoke and made a mess. His mouth was full of smoke foam.

Now that he had money, he naturally wanted to buy something good. When Jiang Hai heard what he said, he smiled and talked to him.

After chatting for a while, Jiang Hai arrived. After paying for these things, Jiang Hai left the supermarket.

I opened the Coke and took a sip. After a while, I felt a big gap in my throat. It was indeed much more comfortable.

While walking, Jiang Hai drank something. As for the people on the road, they kept saying hello to Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai responded to their kindness with a smile, and unknowingly, he also walked to the parking lot.

After getting in the car, Jiang Hai drove back to the manor. There was still some snow on the road when he came. Although the snowplow truck swept more snow to the roadside, there was still some light snow in the middle of the road. , as soon as the sun came out, the snow turned into water.

It doesn't matter if we walk now, but it will be troublesome when it freezes at night. Taking a look at the road conditions, Jiang Hai felt that if there is nothing important these days, it is better not to run to the town.

After driving all the way back to his manor, Jiang Hai got out of the car and took his things into the house.

At this time, Darlene and the others had almost finished the fruit. Logically speaking, when making candied haws, such as hawthorn, the hawthorn should be cut in the middle, and then the seeds inside should be removed. Close the hawthorns.

Then use bamboo skewers to skewer them. There is a problem with this skewer, that is, the butt of the hawthorn will not taste good.

So what Bernice and the others did was to use chopsticks to poke the hawthorn through the buttocks.

In this way, the seeds are brought out directly, and the buttocks also fall off. Although the meat of the slag will be less, it is harmless. As for other things, it is much simpler. Peel the grapes, Remove the seeds. Peel the kiwi and cut into small pieces. Peel and remove the seeds from the blueberries. Just cut the strawberries in half.

When Jiang Hai came back, these things were almost ready. Seeing Jiang Hai come back with the wooden sign, everyone started to string together, and before they knew it, they had put on dozens of strings. There were no more ulcers, so Jiang Hai began to boil sugar.

This is also the most difficult part of making candied haws. Pour the sugar and water into the pot in a ratio of 2:1 and simmer over high heat for about 20 minutes.

This sugar must contain both granulated sugar and rock sugar. Boil it for twenty minutes. Stir constantly while it is boiling, otherwise it will become mushy.

Twenty minutes later, the sugar is boiling very hard, and fine and dense foam has appeared, and the color has turned golden yellow. At this time, you need to pick it with chopsticks to see if you can pull it out and make shredded sweet potatoes. When cooking, you also need to use this kind of sugar.

At this time, you need to turn off the heat and speed up, because if it burns for a while, it will turn into caramel, and then it will be impossible to eat.

Get the sugar into a piece, and then quickly roll the prepared candied haws in the sugar. After it is all covered, place it directly on the marble board to cool, because the temperature of the marble board itself is low, which can help the thing to take shape. , and it is very slippery. When it is fixed, it will be easier to remove these candied haws.

After waiting for a long time, Bernice and the others finally waited until the candied haws was finalized. At that moment, Bernice wanted to take a piece, but was slapped on the back of her hand by Jiang Hai. Feeling Jiang Hai's movements, Bernice couldn't help but rush Jiang Hai bared his teeth and claws.

"It's not the time to eat it yet. It needs to be frozen overnight." Looking at her look, Jiang Hai couldn't help but slap her head in a funny way. Sometimes Bernice was like a child, which was really disappointing. People can't laugh or cry.

"Tch..." After hearing Jiang Hai's words, Bernice couldn't help but pout, and then stared at the candied haws with her eyes motionless.

"Okay, let's play something, otherwise it would be too boring to stay at home." Looking at the people in front of him, Jiang Hai clapped his hands and said to everyone. After hearing Jiang Hai's words, he moved as expected. After seeing these girls' thoughts about candied haws, everyone in the room looked at each other for a moment, thinking, what should they play?

"Let's play poker, it's very simple." After glancing at Jiang Hai and others, Azarina spoke first.

"But playing poker without betting something is meaningless." After hearing Azarina's words, Jiang Hai thought for a while and said, playing Poker without betting something is indeed meaningless. After all, Puck's gameplay is too Too simple.

"Then let's play Ludo." Darlene couldn't help but said excitedly after looking at each other.

"But that thing can only be played by four people!" But after hearing her words, Bernice here spoke up.

Hearing Bernice's words, Jiang Hai and the others fell into silence again, because they didn't know what to play.

"Otherwise, let's play Three Kingdoms." Just when everyone was a little helpless and didn't know what to play, Xiaoya said something from the side. After hearing Xiaoya's words, Jiang Hai and the others looked at her.

"Three Kingdoms Killing?" After hearing what Xiaoya said, Jiang Hai couldn't help but flash a picture in his mind. He and his buddies once played Three Kingdoms Killing, but thinking about it, they haven't played it for a long time.

"Well, in Three Kingdoms, I could only stay in my room before, and studying recipes was not interesting. I couldn't watch TV or play with my mobile phone because there would be radiation, so I liked to play board games and the like. "Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Xiaoya said with a smile. After hearing what Xiaoya said, Jiang Hai and the others looked at each other.

"Three Kingdoms Killing, what is it?" As if they could see the eagerness in Jiang Hai and Xiaoya's eyes, Darlene and Marianne here couldn't help asking strangely. They are pure Americans, but they don't know what Three Kingdoms Killing is. Even the Three Kingdoms don’t know.

"Well, it's a pretty simple game. Just play it and see." After hearing Darlene and Marianne's words, Jiang Hai also smiled, and then gestured to Xiaoya with his eyes, and Xiaoya immediately ran back Upstairs.

Since Jiang Hai cured her illness, although Xiaoya still looks very quiet, she is actually much happier.

In the past, because she couldn't get enough sunlight, she suffered from calcium deficiency all year round. In addition, she also had osteoporosis and was severely deficient in all vitamins. It can be said that even if she wanted to run, she couldn't run. Fortunately, because of Bernice of perennial guidance.

That's why she doesn't have low self-esteem or mental illness like autism.

But now that Jiang Hai has cured her, she looks particularly happy. Now that she can run, she will never walk.

When eating or chatting with Jiang Hai and others, if they can sit under the sun, they will never sit in the shade.

Seeing her change like this, whether it was Jiang Hai or Bernice, they actually saw it in their eyes and felt happy in their hearts.

Especially to Jiang Hai, it seemed that the most correct thing he had ever done was to cure her. Looking at Xiaoya's slender, tall figure and pure white body, cough... It seems that I have gone astray... (To be continued.)