A formal Western food, meals are just a part, dance party, drinking and relaxation are the themes of Western food.

The foods in formal Western food are prepared one after another during the process.

Only the appetizers will be prepared in advance.

And some hot dishes such as main dishes are cooked and eaten immediately.

However, at this moment, in the assorted head basin selected by Tang Ming, there was still an important delicacy - ham!

This is not the kind of ham sausage you see on the market every day.

Instead, the West originated in the Roman Empire era and was first born in the present-day Spanish region of pickled pigs.

But the name of ham belongs to Chinese people.ωωw..net

History is always surprisingly similar.

In the Roman Empire, pickled pork appeared in Europeans, while in China, the later Southern and Northern Dynasties, pickled pork also appeared, and the pig intestine was packed with dried stroke. Because it was always so luxurious during the Chinese New Year, it was named sausage.

Afterwards, the Spanish in Europe first pickled the pig's hind legs.

During the Tang Dynasty, pickled pig hind legs also appeared in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Because the pickled pig's hind legs are cut like fire after being cut, it is named ham.

Then, one day, when Chinese people discovered that there were such pickled pigs in Europe, they blurted out without any translation.

As for the ham sausages in the modern world, strictly speaking, they are not considered ham, not just because of the added word "sausage".

The raw materials for ham, from ancient times to the present, from China to abroad, have only one raw material, that is, the pig's hindrance!

However, although the ingredients in Europe and Chinese ham are the same and the methods are similar, they are essentially very different.

European ham is the most famous for its black pig ham in Spain.

Spanish black pig ham, referring to ham produced near the Oak Woods of Ilibya, Spain.

In the oak forest area of ​​Ilibya, pig breeds that live endemic to Spain, Ilibyan black pigs.

This is the closest breed to wild boars in the world today, and it is almost fully stocked.

Some people jokingly say that the black pig in Ilibya is the happiest pig in the world.

This is true. Ilibyan black pigs have no natural enemies under human intervention.

There are only two things to do from birth: eating and sleeping.

However, because of its close proximity to wild boars, the Ilibyan black pig is not a lazy pig influenced by the Chinese, and it exercises a lot.

In addition to wildness, one of the main reasons is the oak forests here.

As a tree species owned by only China and Spain in the world, the oak tree is very tall, far exceeding the average tree species, and is generally between 25 meters and 30 meters.

On the oak tree, a kind of fruit grows: acorns.

Acorns are something similar to chestnuts. They can be eaten after peeling the shell. Although they are not sweet and have a slightly bitter taste, they contain as high as 70% starch, and they also contain protein, dietary fiber, thiamine, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients.

In ancient times, humans who lack food used this to satisfy their hunger. It is said that Du Fu, the great poet who wrote in China, "I wish I could have thousands of houses to shelter all the poor people in the world." When he was poor, he ate acorns for a long time.

When there is no shortage of food in the harvest year, acorns are used as feed for livestock, and are also one of the best feeds.

In modern times, more functions of acorns have been developed, and their value is much greater than that of feed, which can be made of wine and used for medical production, textile industry, petroleum industry, etc.

But in Ilibya, Spain, the acorns here are reserved specifically for Ilibyan black pigs.

Because the oak trees are tall, except for the acorns that naturally fall in the mature season, most of the time, black pigs need to use the oak trees above their heads to shake the branches of the tree to make the mature acorns fall off.

The size of acorns is similar to that of chestnuts. Therefore, the black pigs in Ilibya need to continue to pick up food, and the activity volume has increased greatly.

By the time the Ilibi black pigs become adults, the firmness of their flesh is no less than that of wild boars!

At this time, the black pig will be hunted by the Spaniards and make the black pig ham that is famous all over the world!

The excellent raw materials make the Ilibi black pig extremely delicious. Because the black pig uses a lot of acorns, the black pig meat also has some oak aroma. The black pig ham made conquered the whole of Europe and is known as the best ham in the world...

Of course, because the preparation of black pig ham is very long, it takes about 24-48 months, and the limited area of ​​the Ilibyan oak forests has become a legal black pig breeding area in Spain, the limitation of living space and strict requirements for free-range black pigs have kept the number of black pigs at a certain scale and cannot break through and breed in large quantities.

Therefore, the value of black pig ham is extremely expensive, and it costs up to a thousand yuan per pound.

This is a gift belonging to nature and a unique condition that has made the Ilibyan black pig.

At this point, even the most famous Jinhua ham in China cannot be compared with the Ilibyan black pig.

In the Yunnan region of China, because there are also oak forests, some black-hoofed pigs unique to Yunnan also live here. Moreover, the fierce Yunnan people's ham method is surprisingly similar to that of Spain.

When hams in China need to be eaten cooked, hams in Yunnan have been eaten raw since ancient times.

However, because it is not as good as the Ilibyan black pig in development, management, and brand, it is a slight difference and a thousand miles away. Whether it is raw materials or value, it is not enough to compare with the Ilibyan black pig...

However, in terms of making Jinhua ham, the most famous in China, is generally similar but extremely obvious difference with black pig ham, and it has formed two schools.

That is, raw food in Europe and cooked food in China.

Tang Ming has always wanted to try it out, what would it feel like if I used black pigs from Iliby to make Jinhua ham from China?

For this reason, although Tang Ming did not find a mutated wild boar group in the mutated sea, Tang Ming deliberately asked Spain for more than 100 black pigs and fed the black pigs and took a little blood from the mutated creatures.

In just a few days, the black pig changed a lot, with a huge body size that was soaring and could eat.

And just the day before yesterday, Tang Ming asked someone to slaughter the black pig and make it into ham.

It seems impossible to make ham in such a short time.

Not to mention the Spanish black pig ham, even the Chinese Jinhua ham takes three to five years to prepare.

But what is impossible for others is just ordinary in Tang Ming's eyes.

Following the steps that should be done, Tang Ming spent 2 million food orders from the system and bought two bottles of tillage. He successfully made more than 100 pairs of black pig ham in one day.

More than 100 of them were made using the method of making Chinese evolution ham.

Therefore, Tang Ming, in addition to the others who were assigned to a group of contestants' boxes, took out two hams at this moment!

At this point, Tang Ming's six-course appetizer dish has been made halfway.

The food presented was filled with the table behind.

However, compared to the huge venue where you walk around, drink and dance in Western food, this amount of food is just ordinary in Western food banquets.

But Tang Ming didn't plan to do it anymore. If he wanted to do it, he had to free up the table first!

While waving his hand to greet everyone and waving his chopsticks, Tang Ming smiled and said, "Because we have also prepared a program to review dishes. When everyone eats them later, we can talk about their views on these dishes. Don't say every dish, just pick what tastes special..."

Tang Ming said, raising the drink he had prepared before and raised his glasses to everyone.

A group of contestants, the contestants' families, and the girls all picked up their cups.

In fact, these contestants couldn't wait any longer.

During this period, they had been following the 20,000 people to eat a unified big pot meal. Although the food in the army was not bad, there were so many foods on the table that had already hooked up the greed in their mouths.

As soon as Tang Ming ordered, everyone picked up the wine glass and ate it after drinking the aperitif.

At the same time, netizens from the outside world were also excited at this moment.

Since Tang Ming and others started preparing, they have been waiting, looking forward to it for too long!
Chapter completed!