MTL - Lisko’s American Life-Chapter 15 Chinese food

"Meghan, what would you like to have for lunch?" Lisko interrupted Megan who was about to start reading.

"All right, can you cook?" Megan didn't come to believe him.

"I am a chef who has been praised by many people. Would you like to try Chinese food? I cook Chinese food very well." Lisko patted his chest and assured.

"Chinese food? Okay, you can try it, are you sure you can?"

"Don't worry." Lisko took her to the study and let her read in it.

Lisko returned to the kitchen and cleaned his hands. He was going to make two dishes, one soup. After washing the rice and steaming it, many people think that Americans don’t eat rice, but it’s not true. They are used to milk bread and steak, and they eat rice occasionally, mostly Mexicans, and they use rice as a side dish, such as Egg fried rice, or risotto.

The two dishes Lisko prepared were beef stew with potatoes and scrambled eggs with tomatoes. These two dishes did not have a special spicy taste, especially the sweet and sour taste of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, which foreigners still like to eat. Potatoes and beef are often eaten here in the United States. If they are stewed in a Chinese way, they should be interested.

There is still a crucian carp in the refrigerator. Lisko plans to make the soup into fish head tofu soup. Americans don’t eat tofu. They eat all kinds of soy products, but they don’t like tofu. Lisko asked Megan what she thought. I am willing to try it. Tofu is still very common in Chinese restaurants in the United States, and there are also foreigners who taste it. Lisko feels that the delicious taste of fish head tofu soup should bring Megan a great dining experience.

Lisko is busy in the kitchen here, and Meghan is looking at the study. She is curious about what a writer looks like when he is working. Lisko's study is still relatively clean. The furniture in the study was bought from Chinatown and is said to be mahogany. , of course, he did not care about this. But in Megan's eyes, it's different. She feels that thanks to the furniture lines are full of beauty, exquisite carvings, and mysterious patterns, and there is a strong cultural atmosphere.

She reached out and touched the decorations on it, guessing their meaning. She also carefully sat on the stool to experience it, and the back support that fluently conformed to the back line of the human body made her feel very comfortable.

There are pen holders, grass paper, and a laptop on the matching desk. Lisko's laptop is different from others. In addition to the logo of the apple that has been bitten, there is also a flower carved in gold on the edge of his usual signature. Body English.

There was an open box next to the notebook, which contained Lisko's pen of the same style as the Queen. Of course, Meghan didn't know it. She knew that it was very valuable just by looking at the gems set on it.

There is a cigar cabinet under the desk. This cabinet is connected to electricity, and the temperature is always at a suitable temperature for a cigar to prevent moisture.

Lisko didn't have this hobby at first, but after going to the club a few times with his mentor, he tried it out. The feeling of relaxation made him fall in love with smoking cigars. His cigar cabinet is filled with precious varieties given to him by others.

The bookcase was divided into compartments, and most of them were filled with books. Meghan picked one out and opened the cover. It read "Gift to my little brother". These books are Lisko's brothers and clubs. It seems to have become a popular practice for writers to give each other samples of their new books.

There was only three books in a column in the bookcase. Meghan observed carefully and found that the three books in this column were the three books Lisko had published so far.

In the middle of the bookcase are rows of display cabinets, and there are some strange things in them.

Megan was looking at it when Lisko just came in. His dish was ready, and there was only one soup left on the fire.

"Meghan?" Lisko called her, "I thought you were reading."

Meghan was a little embarrassed. "Your study is great. I'll take a look. Is your desk from China? It looks beautiful."

"Of course, I bought it in Chinatown for a few hundred dollars." Lisko introduced to her, "This is a lion carved on it. In China, such a carving represents the growing power of blessing, and next to it is an elephant. Represents wealth and honesty."

This mahogany furniture is not an antique, but a modern industrial product.

Lisko saw Meghan staring at the showcases on her bookcase, so she introduced them to her.

"This is a wild boar tooth. It's a trophy I went hunting in the mountains a few days ago. I only have the tusk of a wild boar, isn't it beautiful?" Lisko took out the wild boar tooth on the shelf and showed it to Meghan.

"I bought it in Chinatown, it's called a gourd. In ancient China, it was generally used as a portable kettle and a wine jug. It also means blessing. I wish you many sons and grandchildren."

"The one over there is a knife used by ancient Chinese cavalrymen, called the Tang knife. It was custom-made and scaled down, so it looks very small."

Lisko took out another stone, "This is called Xun, an ancient Asian musical instrument with a history of more than 7,000 years."

Lisko recalled "The Original Landscape of Hometown", the representative song for xun instruments.

Lisko covered the black spot on the top, and a leisurely and fresh voice sounded from the xun. Megan held her chin and listened to Lisko's playing, her heart also became wider, as if she was on a hillside, with the flow below. A small river, with beautiful flowers beside him, and birds flying by in front of his eyes. Listening to the song, I suddenly have feelings for nature and mountains and rivers.

Lisko only played a part, and walked out of the leisurely, Meghan applauded, "Every time I think you are good enough, but it won't take long for you to tell me that you can be even better."

Lisko waved his hands a little shyly, "Let's go out to eat? It's ready." After speaking, he suddenly remembered that he took out the fans arranged in transparent boxes from the showcase, which happened to be a set of twenty-four solar terms fans.

"This is for you. This is a 24 solar term fan, a set of 24. The 24 solar terms is a festival unique to China. It was used in ancient times to guide agricultural production and let people predict the cold, warm, snow and rain."

Megan opened the box and looked at the various colored fans and the exquisite season paintings on them, and she couldn't put it down.

"Thank you, I like it very much."

When they got to the kitchen, Lisko asked Meghan to sit down, served the soup that had been simmering for a long time, filled the rice, and pretended to be mysterious to Meghan, "Are you ready?"

Megan smiled and cooperated, "Yeah, I'm looking forward to it."

He quickly opened the covered dishes.

"Wow, it's delicious, what's this called?"

Lisko introduced her one by one, "This is called beef stew with potatoes. UU reading www.uukanshu.com is made of potatoes, beef, and carrots. It originated in Hungary and flowed into China. After being improved by the Chinese, it became their dish. Home cooking."

"This is scrambled eggs with tomatoes. It's fried with tomatoes and eggs. It's more appetizing, and the Chinese believe that this dish can be beautiful and anti-aging." Meghan's eyes were already glowing after the introduction.

"This is called crucian carp head tofu soup. It is boiled with fish head and tofu. It has been stewed for a long time. The Chinese believe that the longer the soup is boiled, the more nutritious it is. Tofu is a unique food in Asia and is made from soybeans. This dish is especially suitable. Women, which contain a lot of trace elements, can also protect blood vessels."

Because Americans often eat high-calorie foods, many people have vascular diseases, and all of them like soy foods. The reason why they are not used to Chinese food is that Chinese food is too troublesome to cook. They always fry steaks simply and crudely. , make salads, or hamburger sandwiches.

After Lisko finished speaking, he filled her a bowl of soup with a spoon and handed it to her, waiting for her evaluation.

The white fish soup was in a small green bowl, which looked like a bowl of milk. Meghan tentatively smelled it, which was acceptable. She took a spoonful and drank it.

"How is it?" Lisko looked at her nervously.

"good, great, I'm in love with this soup."

Lisko breathed a sigh of relief. He was actually quite worried that these things were not to their taste. He was a Chinese in his bones, and there was no obstacle in accepting it. He wondered if others would like it.

Lisko taught Meghan to eat beef stew with potatoes mixed with rice. The potatoes are glutinous and soft, the beef is glutinous, and the fragrance is mixed with rice. The taste is very suitable for her appetite.