Chapter 759: Faint sheep

After eating and drinking, a few people sat on the chairs and drank beer to reminisce about the meal, with a happy smile on their faces.
At this time, someone was whistling from outside.
After listening to Barton, his face was happy: "Xiao, you have a good fortune today." After speaking, he got up and walked out.
Xiao Peng was puzzled. George looked at him confused and explained, "It's a Navajo."
Xiao Peng then suddenly realized.
The Navajo are an Indian tribe in the southwestern part of the Star-Spangled Nation. They are also the most populous Indian tribe in the Star-Spangled Nation. They also have the largest Indian reservation, spanning three states: Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is a semi-nomadic people. Although it mainly grazes and has a long-distance migration tradition, it also has a seasonal relatively fixed residence to raise livestock and grow crops.
Regarding the Navajo tribe, two things are the most famous. One of them is the famous ‘wind whisperer’ during World War II. It is no exaggeration to say that they are ethnic minorities who use their own language to change the pattern of world wars.
Navajo is an extremely complex language without words, and it has been passed on from generation to generation by its people. The grammar and pronunciation of Navajo are extremely weird, and it sounds a bit like the weird call of a beast. It expresses the connotation of the language by the strength of the intonation. When the same sound is spoken in four different tones, four are expressed. Different meanings. Well, in all languages ​​in the world, I am afraid that Huaxia Language can do this.
Do not believe? There are four pronunciations of the word "Fucking" and four meanings. . . . . .
In the Pacific battlefield at the beginning of World War II, the Japanese nation could always use various methods to decipher the secret code of the Stars and Stripes Army. This made the Stars and Stripes nation suffer hardships on the battlefield. In order to change this situation, they signaled hundreds of Indiana. The Waho people, because their language is not understood by foreigners, the Star Stripe Nation trained them into specialized translators, known as'wind whispers'.
The film "The Wind Whisperer" directed by Wu Yusen and starring Nicholas Cage tells this historical story. It is because of this film that Indian Navajo talents are well known to the world.
In that era, as a special weapon of the Star-Spangled Nation, each "wind whisperer" shouldered the country's highest secrets, and the status of Indians has never been so high! Everyone receives special care: each Navajo translator is personally protected by a navy soldier, on the one hand to ensure his personal safety, on the other hand, in order to ensure that the password is not leaked, if the translator is about to be Japanese Soldier captured, the protector must kill him!
(Because of this, the box office of "The Wind Whisperer" was very unsuccessful in North America. Think about it. This is a movie that describes ethnic minorities. It is not the subject of white supremacy. Although there are stars like Nicholas Cage. In the end, the role played is more like a villain. Are so many white people in North America willing to watch this movie? So this movie won the word of mouth and lost the box office.)
In addition to making great contributions to World War II, another thing that the Navajo people are familiar with is their art.
Although the word'art' has never been used in the Navajo language, all aspects of Navajo culture are permeated with artistic traditions. In a sense, Navajo's art also represents the entire North American Indian art. , Their painting, weaving and jewelry making are well known all over the world.
Especially their silver jewellery. A large part of the North American Indian silver jewellery currently visible is made by the Navajo tribe and other ethnic groups living around them. And the style is the style of the Navajo tribe: hammering and chiseling are the main production methods, inlaid with local turquoise and other semi-precious stones.
In China, the price of turquoise can be horribly hyped over the years, jumping high and doubled in length. In fact, like garnet, turquoise is also a widely distributed semi-precious stone. Africa, the Americas, South America, and Australia all have high yields. Because they are common, they are not expensive.
The largest production of turquoise in the Stars and Stripes is in Arizona, so the Indian jewelry made by the Navajo is mostly inlaid with turquoise items.
Just in the town of Williams, there are several Indian shops, all run by Navajo people, specializing in selling Navajo souvenirs. Emilia also bought several souvenirs. So Xiao Peng also got to know the Navajo. The Navajos who came to Patton should have graze past this place. Patton said that he had a good food, and he should have gone to buy Navajo cattle.
Sure enough, Barton brought a sheep back with a black-and-white pattern on his body. It looked like a hundred catties. His body was not big. He had two sharp horns on his head and short back hair. , There are two protruding big eyes very conspicuous.
Xiao Peng recognized the sheep brought back by Barton, his eyes widened: "Barton, are you too expensive?"
Barton smiled and said, "Xiao, this is insignificant compared to everything you did for my family. Did you recognize this little guy?"
Xiao Peng smiled bitterly: "How can I not recognize it, isn't this a Tennessee sheep? Isn't this stuff cheap now?"
Button signaled that it didn't matter, and tied the Tennessee sheep aside: "It's okay, I am very familiar with Montezuma, so the price is cheap for me. This sheep only costs me four hundred dollars."
A lamb weighing more than a hundred catties costs four hundred dollars. This price is really not cheap, but for Tennessee sheep, this price is not expensive. A good-looking Tennessee sheep on the market can sell for thousands of dollars. Of course, the sheep was bought back at a high price, not for food, but for pets.
Because this kind of sheep is really interesting, I don't know much about Tennessee sheep, but when it comes to another name, it's famous. Tennessee sheep is the legendary faint sheep! The most timid sheep in the world!
They usually walk leisurely on the grassland, but as long as they are slightly frightened, they will collapse to the ground, and some fainted sheep are even more exaggerated. The four legs are straight and they cannot move, as if they have seizures. Crazy.
The reason why fainted sheep have this characteristic is that they all suffer from congenital myotonia. This is a condition caused by genetic factor defects. In fact, some humans have this condition, which usually looks like ordinary people, but once excited and tense, the muscles will contract highly and the muscles will stiffen and fall to the ground. . . . . .
The nerves of fainted sheep are even more vulnerable. Even if no one scares them, each sheep will faint dozens of times a week.
Because of this feature, it turns out that the important role of farming fainted sheep is to protect the sheep: every time a beast strikes, the fainted sheep directly falls to the ground and becomes the prey of the beast, and the sheep in the flock can Take the opportunity to escape.
As a kind of meat goat, fainted sheep are very suitable for smaller production operations. Although they are not big, their meat yield is very high, and its cashmere quality is very high. Fainted sheep wool is very short in summer, but In winter, a large amount of high-quality cashmere will be produced, so it is very suitable for small-scale farms. Later, it was listed as a'threatened star-stripe country animal breed' by the local government. The rarity increased, so the price became even higher. Expensive.
In its hometown of Marshall County, Tennessee, there is a "Goat Music Festival" every October, a variety of fainted sheep beauty pageants, fainted sheep frightened performance competitions, and music, arts and crafts exhibitions, various food , Attracting tourists from all over.
Xiao Peng clapped his hands vigorously at the Tennessee sheep signed by Barton, and saw that the Tennessee sheep was lying on the ground with stiff limbs. At this time, people didn’t believe it was a live sheep, more like it. A goat specimen.
Barton said apologetically: "Xiao, I know that you Chinese people like to eat pork, but it is really not convenient for us to buy pork here. Do you Chinese people have lamb to eat?"
Xiao Peng said with a speechless expression: "Barton, how misunderstood we Huaxia are you? I don’t know what image of our Huaxia people in your eyes. What does it mean that we eat mutton? We Huaxia people eat mutton. At that time, Europeans were still eating leaves. In fact, the earliest meat of our Chinese people was mutton. In ancient times, cattle were used for farming, and pigs were not loved to eat, so they could only eat sheep. In China, at least there is How about 10,000 kinds of lamb cooking?"
"Ten thousand kinds? Isn't this too exaggerated?" Jane's mouth widened.
Xiao Peng shrugged: "Well, what I said is a bit exaggerated, but five hundred ways can definitely be gathered. Don't underestimate the research of Chinese people on eating."
Barton nodded: "Just aiming at this disgusting Asian carp can make you such a supreme delicacy, I believe in everything you say. Xiao, otherwise, how about this sheep for you to cook?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "You have said so much, but the last sentence is what you think? Okay, just as you said, leave this sheep to me."
George volunteered and said: "I'll kill the sheep."
Barton looked at him speechlessly: "Did the sun come out from the west today? You are the least active in asking you to do this."
George scratched his head and said, "Who made Xiao cook so delicious? Linda and Amel might be back in the evening. They missed the meal at noon. They can't miss it again in the evening." I went to slaughter the sheep.
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "The fish jelly in the refrigerator is ready to eat. You can try them all." After speaking, I went to find George.
Tennessee sheep because of its peculiar coma characteristics, slaughtering sheep is very easy. George was about to start, Xiao Peng stopped him and ran to find a clean basin: "George, don’t waste the sheep’s blood. Pour it in this basin. ."
George looked at Xiao Peng puzzledly: "What is the blood of the sheep for?"
Xiao Peng smiled: "Sheep can be full of treasures. Let me tell you this. You can eat it in other places except sheepskin wool. In fact, you can eat sheepskin after cooking, but forget it."
George listened to Xiao Peng's words and froze in place. Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Just trust me."
George nodded and started to slaughter the sheep directly. Such things are familiar to them: "Are these internal organs also kept?" Xiao Peng nodded.
George muttered: "You Chinese people are so economical, how can you eat anything."
Xiao Peng smiled: "George, this is really not saving. Trust me, after you taste it, you will know how delicious what you throw away."
Indeed, except for a few countries such as France and Spain, Europeans and Americans hardly eat animal offal. They can’t imagine what kind of delicacy such dirty offal can make.
But there is one thing that George said is correct. Huaxia people really eat offal for saving.
The history of China for thousands of years is almost a history of disaster! War, hunger, the history of Chinese people, especially the history of northerners, are fighting hunger. In any era, there are people in China who starve to death. When they are hungry, they can even eat things like "Guanyin Tu" that will undoubtedly commit suicide after eating them. What's more, these animal internal organs?
The reason why Huaxia people can find a way to eat all kinds of ingredients is to fill their stomachs.
Because of this, as long as they can eat something that is poisonous to humans, almost all Chinese can make delicious food.
As a Chinese foodie, Xiao Peng is full of contempt for this Westerner's habit of not eating offal. Do you think the internal organs are not tasty? Let me make you a Xinjiang lamb belly wrapped meat, let you eat with a crooked mouth!
George's craftsmanship is still very good. After a while, the whole sheep is skinned and the internal organs are set aside.
Jane walked over with a small bowl in which was the fish scale jelly made by Xiao Peng: "Xiao, I must learn your cooking skills. You made this pudding is great. There is no smell at all, it tastes good. The taste is really good."
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "Do you like to eat? That's great. I'm still afraid that it won't suit your taste."
"Why would anyone not like it so delicious?" Jane replied with a smile: "This is the first time I have tasted such a good pudding."
In fact, when we talk about jelly and pudding, we mean the same thing. Pudding is the transliteration of English jelly. Although the name is the same, the two are different, especially in Western cuisine.
The most fundamental difference between the two is the raw materials. The jelly is made of edible gelatin, water, sugar, and fruit juice, while the raw material of the pudding jelly is corn starch or tapioca starch, or both can be used together. And Jane calls this fish scale jelly pudding, which is not at all wrong, because the most primitive pudding uses isinglass to make it solid.
Speaking of fish scale jelly is really a good thing, it is rich in collagen-the fish scale itself is produced by collagen. Moreover, the collagen of fish scales is easier to digest and absorb by the body than other collagens. So there are many benefits to the human body. Especially for women, this is definitely a beauty product! The bigger the scales, the better!
But now Xiao Peng is not concerned about the frozen fish scales. How to prepare the fainted sheep is what he cares about.
Fainted sheep! Known as one of the most delicious lamb, Xiao Peng really hasn't eaten it!