Into Unscientific

  Chapter 18 Bad Lunch and Night (Part 2)

  In the house.

  After walking out of the kitchen, Mrs. William first put the crucible on the table, wiped the apron with both hands a few times, turned to Lisa Escu and said:

   "Lisa, share the bread."

  Lisa quickly stopped her rattling eyes, stood up and responded:

   "No problem, Mom."

   Then she took Sister Elura to the dining table, and quickly took out a small basket covered with a white cloth from under the table.

   Then he lifted the white cloth and began to distribute the bread.

  Mrs. William returned to the kitchen, and after a while, brought out a smaller cooking pot again.

  The setting of the table is actually very simple, but it looks very joyful—because there are guests present this time, Mrs. William specially prepared an extra meat dish.

  The chirping voices of the little girls accompanied the temperature of the fireplace, which gradually warmed Xu Yun's heart a lot.

  In Britain in the seventeenth century, except for the noble class who employed servants, the cooking power of civilian families was basically in the hands of women, and they sometimes even drove away family men who wanted to help.

  So when Mrs. William, Lisa and others were setting up the meals, William was still sitting by the fireplace, telling the story that the sky in Manchester was blue.

   After everything was ready, he brought Xu Yun and Mavericks to the dining table and asked him to sit down:

   "You sit here, Mr. Fat Fish."

  Hearing this, Andrea, one of the twin sisters, consciously went around behind Xu Yun and opened the chair for him.

  Xu Yun politely thanked him, and while sitting down, he looked at his first lunch in the seventeenth century from the corner of his eye:

  The dining table is located on the right side of the living room. It is a rectangle with a length of two meters and a width of about 1.2 meters.

   Mrs. William William sat alone on the narrow side, and the rest of the people took their seats in a 3-to-3 manner:

  Sisters Elura and Lisa sat on one side, and Xu Yun, Xiao Niu and Lilani sat on the other side.

   There is a piece of bread in front of each person's seat. The appearance is a bit bad, like the kind of handmade bread that is not made of molds, but it looks very thick.

  Xu Yun's dinner plate was made while chopping firewood. It has not been polished, but Xu Yun put it in a stream and washed it many times, and it was barely able to hold things.

  In front of the dinner plate is a can of butter, the remaining amount is about 30% of the bottle body. I don’t know whether Mrs. William intended it or not. The position of the bottle is closest to Xu Yun’s seat.

  Moving the line of sight further inwards, we came to the very center of the dining table, where two iron pots, one large and one small, were placed on the two heat insulation pads made of cotton and linen.

  These two pots contain stew, which is also the favorite cooking method of the British—just as everything in the country can be served with peppercorns, so everything in the UK can be stewed.

  The more famous ones are Lancashire hot pot and Liverpool stew. They don’t pay attention to the bottom of the pot. As long as there are onions and potatoes, you can throw the insoles in and stew the rest.

   It is rumored that when Li Hongzhang visited England for the first time, he saw a British woman stew eight dishes in a pot, so the British stew is also called orchid stew, cough cough

   The small iron pot in front of Xu Yun seems to be stewed with vegetarian vegetables. After a cursory look, he can see lentils, cauliflower, wild vegetables, Bramley apples and so on.

  Perhaps because of the infiltration of chlorophyll, the whole soup looks gray-green and gray-green, and it keeps bubbling.

  The dishes in the big pot are relatively simple, which is a simple stewed eel.

  As an island country, the United Kingdom has always had a well-developed fish farming and fishing. Even in the seventeenth century, the price of fish was very cheap.

  Therefore, many books or videos say that there is a lack of domestic meat resources in the 17th century in Britain. In fact, they refer to red and white meat on land. It is easy for fish to eat.

  For example, in the current William family, the whole family estimates that they may not even be able to get a guinea, but they can still often eat fish. This is also a comparative advantage of the island country.

   After everyone takes their positions.

  William clasped his hands together and led the crowd in a simple prayer of thanksgiving.

  Xu Yun is not a believer, but out of respect for the culture of the times and the William family, he still closed his eyes and made a gesture.

   After three minutes, the prayer was over.

  After opening his eyes, William stood up, filled a small bowl of fish meat and fish soup from the cauldron with a spoon, and handed it to Xu Yun:

   "Mr. Fat Fish, this is your fish soup, be careful, it's hot."

  Xu Yun took it politely, and then watched William serving bowls to everyone one by one.

  The eel meat has been peeled by Mrs. William before it is put into the pot. The large fish meat is very convenient from the perspective of swallowing, but it looks so good.

  Xu Yun glanced at the cloudy fish soup in the bowl, and his eyes stayed on the wall of the bowl for a few seconds.

  Finally mustered up the courage and took a sip.

  Five seconds later.

  Xu Yun put down the small bowl calmly, his stomach churned wildly, he clenched his back molars tightly, and forced himself not to lose his composure.

   Well, how should I say it?

  It is about the same as Laoshan Snake Grass Water.

   Mentioned earlier.

  Xu Yun is a culinary expert who has been trained as an exchange student in the UK, so he has a good understanding of British sea fish.

  So the first time he tasted the fish soup, he judged Mrs. William's problem:

  First of all, the fish meat has not been marinated with onion, ginger, garlic, cooking wine and salt, which makes the fish meat not smooth, tender and fishy.

Secondly, the black membrane, gills, and throat bones of the fish have not been cleaned--the fish tendons are the source of the fishy smell. Pat the fish body lightly with one hand, and pull the line out with the other hand, and the tendon can be easily picked out.

   In this way, the fishy smell of the fish will be reduced.

  After putting down the bowl, Xu Yun sighed silently:

   Yes, this fish soup seems undrinkable.

   Then he turned his attention to the people at the table again.

  At this time, William had already shared the fish soup with his family, and was stirring the vegetable chowder quickly with a spoon, so he didn't have time to talk to himself.

   Mavericks and Lisa are still chattering about the team voice, but this irritable and cursing old man is as quiet as a posthumous photo coughing, as quiet as a portrait.

  Sister Elura was talking to Mrs. William, and she would wave her little hands a few times when she was excited.

  Lilani remains silent

at the same time.

  Xu Yun also noticed another thing:

  On the dining table, apart from a spoon and a knife, there is no fork at all.

   Wu Fan’s likes are already 300 higher than Xu Yun’s. Ghost

  (end of this chapter)