You don’t need to put meat in to make the soup. You only need to put the lamb thigh bones that Chen Xing prepared before and cook for an hour with the ingredients.
But with such a simple operation, after discovering Chen Xing's true cooking skills, she now has an impulse.
That is to take out the bones and see if the blood has been removed.
However, this operation does hurt people's self-esteem.
Chen Jiaqian looked at Chen Xing who was eager to try, and scratched her head helplessly.
There is really no way.
After that, she decided what Chen Xing was going to do. She was actually very curious about the taste of the mutton soup that Chen Xing mentioned.
Chen Jiaqian is also a person who loves to travel, but that was when she was young. She went to university in the Netherlands and worked in Barcelona. Then the book she wrote became popular in China, and because of the economic downturn in Spain, she returned to China to work in Guangzhou.<
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She has been to many places, but she has never tasted the mutton soup that Chen Xing mentioned.
How is it different from Shang Hai’s?
"Okay, it's almost done." Chen Jiaqian said, "Let's sit in the living room. Do you want to watch a movie?"
"Ghost movie?"
It's still early, and it's less than four o'clock. The longer the soup base is simmered, the better it tastes. After a long time, the soup becomes milky white, which means that all the flavor of the mutton bones has been integrated into it.
Inside this pot of soup.
So I do have time to watch movies.
As two people, would you like to try a ghost movie that you never dared to watch before?
Chen Jiaqian's whole body was covered with chills...
"Don't..."
She is also afraid of this thing.
Chen Jiaqian's here is indeed a Nordic style. She actually still uses discs at home. Nowadays, these backward things are no longer used in China, but as a developed country, Europe can still find a large number of discs.
Since you don’t want to watch ghost movies, then so be it.
Chen Xing searched among a pile of bags and saw an actor he had met before.
"Want to watch this? It happens to be Christmas too." He pulled out the disc.
Chen Jiaqian was playing with a kitten who didn't know where it came from outside the window with a cat strip. When she heard Chen Xing talking, she came back and was surprised to see the CD that Chen Xing had found.
"True love comes first?"
"Yes, I have watched this movie several times."
Chen Jiaqian was even more surprised.
"Me too! Oh, what a coincidence, I watch this movie every Christmas!!"
We only met her boyfriend at the beginning of the year, but she came to Iceland alone in 2017.
Christmas is the most important holiday in Europe, equivalent to New Year's Eve in China. At that time, all the surrounding rooms are brightly lit, and there is laughter and laughter everywhere. Sometimes you can hear the sound of fireworks blooming. It is very lively, but she can only be alone at home.
People.
In those years, she liked to turn off the lights every Christmas and watch Love Actually in a dark room.
She did not spend Christmas alone this year, but Chen Xing found this movie from her collection a few days before Christmas. What is this?
What a surprise!
She had an inexplicable fondness for Chen Xing from the first time she met him, and she felt like a biological brother. So when Chen Xing was in Iceland, she often found time to chat with him and wanted to take care of him. After all, she knew
How difficult is the winter in Iceland?
Now Chen Xing actually found out the movies he has watched every year in the past few years.
My God, he really understands me!
She really wants to say now, can you be my brother?
But Chen Xing probably wouldn’t agree.
"Alas."
Before Chen Xing could speak, Chen Jiaqian said a few words quickly, and finally sighed.
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. You said you've watched it several times and you probably like the movie very much."
Chen Xing said while putting in the disc:
"I like it. When I was doing commercial shooting in Paris, I took promotional photos of Liam Neeson. He is a very charming person. My assistant at the time was a elementary school girl from our school. She was particularly obsessed with this old man, haha
, so I’m very impressed.”
"Do you know him?"
"I know you, but I'm not familiar with you. I have contact information."
Speaking of names directly, not many Chinese people know the name Liam Neeson, but the roles he played are all very famous, such as the leading actor in Schindler's List and the ninja master in Batman. Anyway, he is a relatively famous person in China.
Familiar European and American actors.
"I really envy you. You should know many celebrities, right?"
"Is it okay? I have contact information for French female stars, but we rarely chat. But I have a very good relationship with Sophie Marceau. She even wrote a preface to my book. She is a very cute elder. I am very close to her.
There is no generation gap at all when communicating.”
"You actually know Sophie Marceau!"
Chen Jiaqian shook her hand!
But I quickly noticed another important point that Chen Xing said... "She wrote a preface to your book? You also wrote a book?"
Oops, I spilled the beans.
Chen Xing looked at the unopened gift she had brought back, nodded and said: "Well, I also wrote a book that is a travelogue, about France. That's the gift. You can open it now." p>
She looked at Chen Xing and then at the gift box.
Chen Xing gave her a lot of surprises today.
"No, I'm going to save it for Christmas and then take it apart and read it." She thought about it, and finally decided to read it during Christmas, because she wasn't working during the holidays and had a lot of time to study Chen Xing's books.
Book.
This is written by my brother...she thought.
The movie started, and familiar Christmas songs came from the TV.
Having said all that, Chen Xing actually likes this movie more because of the actress in it.
This movie is made up of multiple short stories that happened on Christmas Day. One of the storylines is - one of the male protagonist's good friends got married, but he has always had a crush on the bride and kept filming the bride during the wedding.
, so much so that it was eventually discovered when someone came looking for the wedding tape.
Chen Xing looks down on such a man.
But he likes this actress named Keira Knightley. He fell in love immediately when he watched Pirates of the Caribbean when he was a child.
If he meets her in the future, he can also say that he grew up watching her movies.
Halfway through, he went to the kitchen to look at the simmering mutton bone soup. Seeing the color of the soup gradually changing from clear to milky white, Chen Xing felt very accomplished. Although he used a simple seasoning packet, this was also the first pot he had made.
Soup.
First try to see if it tastes good, and if possible, take a bag back to Paris from the uncle at the hot pot restaurant and make a meal for Hedwig.
When the movie ended, Chen Xing couldn't wait to take the mutton bones out of the soup pot, put all the chopped mutton in, and finally sprinkled with salt and chopped green onion.
As for MSG and chicken essence, of course there is it in the kitchen, but mutton soup already has a natural umami flavor, isn’t it superfluous to add MSG? You must know that the word umami is composed of fish and sheep, so make mutton soup and fish soup
There is no need to add MSG when cooking.
Chen Jiaqian had been watching from the side. When she saw Chen Xing saying that it was OK, she drove Chen Xing out of the kitchen and found a soup bowl to scoop out the soup in the pot.
After bringing it to the table, I looked at the rice in the rice cooker.
Chen Xing sat on the sofa habitually, watching what weird things the Icelandic news said, and kept busy for a few minutes watching Chen Jiaqian walking in and out.
Huh? Aren’t I the chef today?
Chen Xing thought about whether to help, but in the end he sat on the sofa and watched the news with peace of mind.
In addition to the mutton soup made by Chen Xing, Chen Jiaqian also cooked two new dishes, one was green vegetables and the other was scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Chen Xing secretly tasted them and they all tasted good.
Chen Jiaqian finally placed the dishes and chopsticks.
"Okay!" She clapped her hands and it was done.
In fact, looking at this mutton soup, Chen Jiaqian felt that it was similar to the one in her hometown, except that there were two more small bowls of chili.
"We, Shang Hai, didn't have any dipping sauce when we ate the mutton soup. We just ate it as it was. The soup tasted very fresh and sweet. Let me see how the soup you highly recommend is different from the others I've eaten before." She poured it into the bowl.
I poured some soup and took a small sip first.
"Well, the smell is very strong."
“It’s just right if it’s thick.”
Chen Xing didn't know what the ingredients were in the soup, but he knew that the dishes in Sichuan Province were basically like this.
Taste is more important.
Xi'an's mutton steamed buns are very famous. In fact, the soup base is made from mutton bones. But when Chen Xing drank this, he felt it was very bland. It's not that it's not delicious. Anyway, people's tastes vary from place to place. He would eat it in other places.
People who are used to it can slowly adapt to Sichuan Province.
But I am used to eating in Sichuan Province, and I can only eat fresh food wherever I eat.
Not only Chen Xing, but every one of his friends who have been away from Sichuan Province for a long time must have an authentic hot pot meal when they return to Chengdu. They often say things like: "A bird is fading out of their mouths."
The two of them were very quiet when they were eating, and they could only hear the sound of clinking bowls and chopsticks. Chen Jiaqian originally said that she would also have a meal of glutinous rice balls today, and he had wrapped them all, but it seems that she can't eat them now, so she will save them for tomorrow morning.
Right.
The meal they had today is actually the daily diet of many Chinese people during the Winter Solstice, and it is very Chinese.
But the two of them had such a meal on a small island far away from mainland China and even far away from European land.
There was heavy snow outside the window again, but it was very warm inside the room.
………………
After refusing Chen Jiaqian's request to stay in her guest room, Chen Xing walked out of here carrying a small bag of glutinous rice balls.
The security in Iceland is very good, which may be related to the fact that there are basically no refugees here. So there is no need to worry too much about danger at night. Chen Xing finally feels a little safer here.
But I still don’t feel at ease in my own country.
Chen Xing wore a down jacket hat and walked quickly towards the hotel where he was staying.
Compared with Norway, the winter temperature in Iceland is actually not too low. Today’s lowest temperature is only -2 degrees Celsius. However, maybe because the climate is relatively dry, you can still see a layer of heavy snow at the door every morning.
One day before, Chen Xing got up early, and the snow on the ground had not yet been trampled.
So Chen Xing also imitated those children and fell down to play in the snow... No one should have seen it, otherwise his idol image would have definitely collapsed.
It's a bit late now. The area where Sister Jiaqian lives is a residential area. There are not many people at night. Unlike Chen Xing's downstairs, there are so many bars at night. Even at three or four in the morning, you can see some drunkards interacting with each other.
Help me go home.
"Fortunately, I haven't watched any ghost movies." Chen Xing suddenly thought for a moment.
Chen Xing thought like this all the way to the street.
There are more people here. Some tourists who haven't adapted to the polar nights in Iceland can't sleep at this time and come out to go shopping. However, there are no shops open on the streets of Iceland at night, only 24-hour convenience stores and those bars. p>
Back at the hotel, Chen Xing put the dumplings into a small refrigerator in the bedroom.
"Huh? How can I cook glutinous rice balls if I don't have a pot?"
This problem is very serious.
Sister Jiaqian also said that she would cook it by herself tomorrow morning. It seems that these glutinous rice balls can only be taken back to China in a few days.
Time passes.
There are more and more tourists in Iceland.
During Christmas, many foreigners will go to Northern Europe to experience Christmas. After all, this is the hometown of Santa Claus. There are many atmospheres that are not found in Asia or even many European countries. Iceland is also a relatively popular tourist destination.
Location.
Every day, you can see many tourists queuing up to board the boat at the whale pier, waiting to go out to sea to watch whales.
Chen Xing has been there once and can only say that there are whales, but people with poor eyesight may not be able to see clearly. Even if there are lights on the boat to illuminate you, the field of view is definitely not as wide as in the daytime, and even
There is a sense of fear in the dark sea.
Iceland is still suitable for summer.
After Chen Xing was recognized again, he specially posted a video recorded in the hotel on Bizhan to talk about the incident with his fans.
If you want to participate in Christmas, go to Norway.
If you want to come to Iceland to see the black sand beaches, come in summer.
In Iceland in winter, Chen Xing feels that only the night views of the streets and the geysers are worth visiting. However, if there are tourists who want to live here like Chen Xing, experience the customs and customs of Iceland for a long time, and meet some Icelandic friends, they can come at any time. p>
Otherwise, everyone will be deceived by his last video, and then the travel experience will be extremely poor, which will not be good.
The day before Christmas, Chen Xing saw on an Icelandic forum that there was a new citizen activity in Reykjavik, saying that they were going to the black beach where Chen Xing had gone before to collectively release the Kongming lanterns, so he talked about it.
It was also sent to the news on Bizhan.
He has been recognized several times even though he is wearing a mask. It is estimated that many fans have come to Iceland recently.
Chen Xing thought this matter was quite interesting, so he shared it with them.
When the sky was still bright at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Xing took Sister Jiaqian's boyfriend's car to the black sand beach, and encountered a traffic jam on the way.
Chen Xing thought it was normal, but for Icelanders, encountering a traffic jam when leaving Reykjavik is definitely a rare occurrence in ten years. Sister Jiaqian's boyfriend was so surprised that he got out of the car and took a video of the traffic jam on his mobile phone.<
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"Is this...what about it?" Chen Xing asked in Mandarin.
"Traffic jams are rare in Iceland. It's very likely that they are all people going to the black sand beach. It seems that there are many people participating in this event."
Chen Xing said: "When I went to my aunt's place for dinner yesterday, I saw a long queue in front of her store. They should all be buying Kongming lanterns. Alas, I should ask my friends to send me some. These days
Don’t worry about selling at all.”
All the Chinese shops in Iceland are selling this stuff recently, and they are making crazy money.
It is estimated that the Kongming lanterns from all of Northern Europe and even Europe have been absorbed into Iceland. After all, this is not a very popular product. If it weren’t for the hot search posted by Chen Xing that made Icelanders find it very interesting, maybe Icelanders would know nothing until they die.
