Zhang Chi handed a pair of chopsticks to Farmer Kan and motioned for him to try the two dishes he cooked.
Nowadays, many people know how to use chopsticks. Chinese food or improved Chinese food has become quite popular. Chinese food may be the only choice for many families to go out to eat during holidays, so many Americans have no problem using chopsticks.
Cannon picked up the chopsticks and placed them on the table quite professionally. He leveled the two chopsticks and then stretched out the chopsticks.
He hesitated between the two dishes, and finally stretched his chopsticks towards the braised beef offal.
"I like spicy food, this looks good."
As he spoke, Cannon picked up a chopstick and put the tripe in his mouth. After chewing it for a few times, he said to Zhang Chi that it was good.
"This is……".
"I know, this is tripe," Cannon said and explained the parts of this thing to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi was still surprised that Cannon could accurately name this part, but for Cannon, it was completely normal. Their hometown was poor, otherwise they would not have come to the United States to work illegally.
The meat available in poor places is already considered good, but you still have to choose the cut?
What do you think? Not only do you eat cow internal organs, but you also don’t throw away other parts. Beef tripe is very common.
Zhang Chi didn't have much curiosity. Seeing that he had nothing to do with the tripe, he didn't ask any more questions. He stretched out his chopsticks and pointed to Cannon to try the grilled fish again.
Cannon tasted it and thought the grilled fish tasted pretty good, but he soon fell in love with the various side dishes in the fish.
He had seen potatoes and onions for personal use, but he had never seen Chinese parsley or lotus root slices.
"What is this? I like the smell."
Picking up a piece of parsley, Cannon asked Zhang Chi.
"celery!"
"No way, celery doesn't taste like this." Cannon shook his head, put the celery on the chopsticks to his mouth, and ate it happily.
There is also celery here in the United States, but it is parsley. It is like celery but has a very bland taste, and it is usually mixed with salads and the like. Its function is similar to our domestic coriander.
The celery used by Zhang Chi to cook grilled fish is an authentic Chinese variety, with small stems and strong flavor. In Zhang Chi's hometown, this kind of celery is called celery. Not to mention ordinary foreigners, some Chinese people don't like such a strong taste.
"This is Chinese celery. It has a stronger taste. If you like it, I will bring you a bundle later," Zhang Chi said.
After saying that, I saw Cannon getting ready to open a drink.
"Are you drinking red wine?"
Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon said: "Doesn't eating go well with red wine?"
"If you want to drink, just go ahead and I'll drink beer. It's standard for us Chinese to eat grilled fish and drink beer, and drink red wine to go with the food," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
Hearing what Zhang Chi said, Cannon put down the red wine he brought and said with a smile, "Then I'll have beer too, Chinese beer?"
Zhang Chi shook his head: "No!"
The reason why I don’t buy Chinese beer is not because it is not available in Chinese supermarkets, but because a lot of domestically produced beer is industrial beer.
Once you are used to drinking brewed beer, it will be difficult for people to get used to the taste of industrial beer without the aroma of grain.
Two bottles of beer were opened and the two of them blew directly into the bottles.
Zhang Chi is also very satisfied with his craftsmanship today. The grilled fish was cooked quite well. The fish skin is browned and looks burnt but not burnt. Most of the oil on the skin has been baked out, so the fish skin is delicious when eaten.
It's not stretched at all, with a slight toughness, and a slight burnt aroma after entering the mouth, which completely covers up the smell of fish.
After the burnt aroma comes the aroma, the aroma of the side dishes, the saltiness wrapped in a layer of soup, and the plumpness of the river fresh food when you taste it carefully. Pair this with a sip of beer, and the taste is really amazing.
The braised beef offal is average, because the ingredients are already semi-finished products, but for a foodie, the spicy flavor is mixed with the offal flavor, and the pot is full, with half of the beef offal and half of the soup. If you put
No restaurant in China would cook it for you like this.
The portions are so generous and the taste is so good that it’s hard to ask for more.
The two chatted while eating, and soon the topic turned to the ranch. It was not surprising that a rancher and a cowboy had many common topics. What else could they talk about besides chatting about the ranch?
You can't talk about girls, right? Cannon is almost old enough to be Zhang Chi's father. The two of them are so old that they can't talk about girls. Who can open their mouths?
"I finally know why you bought so many cows," Cannon said.
Zhang Chi was stunned for a moment and thought to himself: Do you know? I don’t even know how you knew?
He thought so in his heart, but Zhang Chi's face showed nothing, just a faint smile.
If Zhang Wu knew for sure that his cousin was going to load coins, it was a pity that Cannon was not Zhang Wu and he didn't know Zhang Chi well enough.
Cannon said: "I never thought the grass in this small pasture would be so good."
"Okay?" Zhang Chi was really confused now. He had sprinkled water, but where did he start with this pasture? There are still big weeds in his house.
Cannon didn't know what Zhang Chi was thinking. He got a little excited when he mentioned the grass. He stood up, walked two steps, bent down and pulled a few grass leaves back to the table.
When Zhang Chi saw the grass in Cannon's hand, he felt that the grass looked a bit like the dogtail grass in his hometown, except that the spikelets on it were not fluffy. The spikelets were not only small, but also a little bald.
A few seeds.
"Try it!"
Cannon pulled a leaf from the grass stem in his hand and handed it to Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi was stunned for a moment, then took the leaf, gently tore off a small piece from the leaf and put it into his mouth.
It's slightly bitter, with a bit of astringency, a bit like domestic Xiao Kuqing. Zhang Chi doesn't know the scientific name of this dish, but people in his hometown call it Xiao Kuqing.
Zhang Chi's mouth felt a little greedy when he thought of Xiao Kuqing, Xiao Kuqing braised tofu, a simple dish, bitter but with the aroma of tofu...that feeling!
Uh, let’s bring the topic back.
"It's a little bitter and a little astringent. Is there anything special about it?"
As a novice rancher, Zhang Chi asked Cannon for advice based on the principle of letting it go if he didn't understand.
Cannon said: "Cows like this kind of grass very much. Have you noticed that the bearded grass here grows very thick and has thick leaves? This growth is considered an excellent pasture. You are really lucky.
Others say there are weeds growing in this small pasture, but I see where there are weeds, this is a fertile pasture."
Zhang Chi did not expect such a comment. Although he watered the gourd, he did not expect that the grass would grow into what Cannon said was good pasture.
Looking at the half-cured grass leaves in his hand, Zhang Chi was a little confused and couldn't digest the news at once.
Cannon didn't know much about this ranch. He had never stayed at the original Lion Ranch. Even the cowboys who had stayed there probably had to be at least a few years ago. The previous ranch owner was rich, and he wasn't.
I specialize in ranching, so I don’t put much thought into ranching.
People rarely come to the ranch, let alone a small piece of land like Zhang Chi. He doesn’t come often, so the cowboy and the manager naturally know where to save time.
Even fewer people come around. This is someone else's place, and it is illegal for them to come in. So the result is that everyone knows that this pasture is remote and the grass is not good, but they have never seen what it is like.
"Is it really that good?" Zhang Chi asked.
Cannon said: "It's very good. Of course it's not as good as those pastures with excellent irrigation equipment, but as far as traditional pastures are concerned, your pasture is already very good. If others see it like this, it's really not what you get at the current price."
It came down. Now this ranch is for sale, and the price is at least 50% more."
Kan Min came here last time, but when he took a quick look at the flowers, he found that the grass hadn't grown much yet.
Now Cannon felt that Zhang Chi had made a big mistake. There was such a great piece of pasture in the pasture that no one was optimistic about.
For a ranch, good forage is the foundation for survival. With such forage, Zhang Chi, the rancher, saves a lot of effort.
After what Cannon said, Zhang Chi had to take a serious look at his pasture.
Zhang Chi didn't know much about forages. He was a layman. He only knew about alfalfa and ryegrass, but he was blind to other grasses.
Standing up and looking aside, Zhang Chi finally saw something wrong, that is, the messy weeds on the pasture were no longer visible. If you didn't look carefully, you would be surrounded by the large beard weeds Cannon mentioned.
Zhang Chi couldn't understand why it had only been like this for a few days.
In fact, the reason is very simple. As soon as Zhang Chi watered the gourd, all the grass in the pasture began to grow. However, there are always high and low grasses, determined by genes. It is impossible for the gourd to turn grass into wheat.
If they grow at the same time at a certain time, they will definitely grow faster and taller, because this kind of grass can occupy a higher space and enjoy enough sunlight.
The daylight is taken up by tall grass, so short grass will naturally not be able to grow.
How can they continue to grow without light?
This is just like the growth of a forest. In the same wild forest, you will find that the trees are almost the same height. That is because the short trees are blocked from the sunlight and cannot grow.
The same is true for grass. Although it only lasted a few days, gourd pulp accelerated this evolution, and the short grass could not carry out photosynthesis without sunlight and was eliminated.
The reason why this kind of elimination did not happen in the past is because the climate here is cold and the grass grows slowly. When the big grass grows taller, autumn will come. As soon as the short grass is covered, the big grass will grow on its own.
The yellow hair is ready for winter.
Therefore, this elimination cannot be completed under natural conditions.
But Zhang Chi brought the gourd, which directly caused this acceleration. The short grass was naturally eliminated, and the long grass has now become the main pasture in the entire pasture.
"I really didn't see it!"
Returning to the table, Zhang Chi said.
Cannon said: "You are so lucky! If this news gets out, those guys who are betting that you can't escape this year will be disappointed."
"It doesn't really count."
Zhang Chi decided to give full play to our Chinese modesty and leave such things as praise to others.
“What luck!”
Cannon was really envious of Zhang Chi's luck. With such a low price for a ranch like this, it would be easy for him to be lucky.