Yunding Ranch

Chapter 322 Celebration Party
Facing Lily's question, Lu Li didn't answer, but chewed seriously. His elusive expression made everyone else more curious.

Li Yitong couldn't help asking curiously, "How does it taste?"

Lu Li still didn't speak, but continued to chew the little grape seriously, as if he could never finish chewing it, it was a grape, not a gummy candy, it looked a little funny.

Randy finally couldn't hold back, and threw one into his mouth himself.

Tony couldn't help yelling, "Hey, you guys, don't eat it, it's not delicious. Even if you really want to eat it, eat the damaged ones instead of the intact ones."

Before Tony could finish his words, he saw Benjamin who was sitting next to him also throw one into his mouth——Benjamin, he is also a professional grape grower, so he is very familiar with these wine grapes, but He didn't even hold back.

"Benjamin!" Tony was powerless for a while, and wanted to say something, but found that he didn't know how to refute.

Benjamin ignored it, and still chewed it intently, then nodded, and said seriously, "It really tastes the same as in memory. It's really unpalatable."

Tony blinked, turned his head to look at Morgan sitting next to him, "Is he always like this?"

Morgan shrugged, but he didn't stop working, "This time I came to Texas, this is the first time I know him, don't ask me."

While talking, Benjamin raised his voice and said to Lu Li, "I can understand why you want to chew for so long, it's really not easy to swallow. These are wine grapes, not table grapes. If you like to eat grapes, you can choose other varieties , I remember that grapes are also grown here in Texas.”

"Puff puff."

Tony, Li Yitong, Finley and others next to him all spat out the grapes in their mouths, their entire faces were wrinkled, and their embarrassed appearance really made people laugh.

Only then did Lu Li speak, "No, I've been chewing for so long, just waiting for this moment. I can't be the only one suffering."

"Haha." Everyone laughed together.

It is not an easy task to pick and de-stalk the work. Even if you occasionally gag and enliven the atmosphere, the work itself still requires more concentration. If you are busy, everyone will have no voice and concentrate on the work.

For the next three days, the ranch was busy with this matter, and the work was finally completed.This also means that the wine can finally officially enter the professional brewing process, and the follow-up links will be handed over to professionals such as Tony and Morgan, and Lu Li and his amateur staff can temporarily retire.

The hard work that lasted for nearly a week has finally come to an end.Therefore, Yunding Ranch held a grand celebration party to entertain all the neighbors who came to help.

For this celebration banquet, Lu Li personally cooked a table full of thirteen dishes, two soups, and one dessert.

It is different from the Western buffet style, and also different from the French meal's appetizer and main course style. Instead, it adopts the traditional Chinese banquet serving method, one dish after another, with a priority and a priority. Make sure guests have something to eat at all times, chatting and eating.

Although it can't be called a full banquet, Lu Li prepared the entire table by himself. This is definitely the biggest challenge ever. Lu Li was so busy throughout the night that he almost tried his best to put everything in his head. All the dishes were cooked, and this dinner was concocted.

A dinner, from 06:30 in the evening, until nearly ten o'clock, still not over.After the dinner, the Chinese style returned to the Western style again. Everyone held beer bottles and randomly scattered in every corner of the house, chatting all over the world. .

Now Lu Li finally felt the "New Year's fatigue" that his grandmother said.

In rural areas, New Year's Eve dinners are prepared at home.In the past, when my grandma was young, she basically arranged four or five tables of New Year’s Eve dinner by herself. , There are only some leftovers left on the table.

Of course, when cooking, grandma will leave some in the kitchen.But after a few hours, the dishes were also cold, and the best opportunity to eat was missed.

Today, Lu Li himself felt this kind of fatigue.After a busy day all day, he really suffered from back pain—this was the first time that Lu Li had felt such a real pain in his back since he was a child. None felt so strongly.

God knows, he's only 24 years old.

Lu Li didn't feel hungry. While cooking, he also filled his stomach and tasted it before the guests.

"Fourteen, thank you, thank you so much. You finally made my dream come true." Ronald gave Lu Li a big hug with a big smile on his face.

He was really satisfied tonight. Not only did he eat Dongpo pork and eggplant stew, but he also enjoyed many dishes that he hadn't tasted before. He felt that Lu Li was like a treasure, waiting to be excavated slowly.

Looking at Ronald's smile, Lu Li could feel the warmth in his chest. This sense of accomplishment is truly irreplaceable.

"Don't thank me, I'm paid." Lu Li was saying that they didn't get paid for their hard work before, and this dinner was their reward.

This joking remark immediately made everyone laugh.

Not only Ronald, but everyone else came up to express their gratitude to Lu Li. Lu Li was a little bit dumbfounded, and joked, "Hey, I'm not the return of some boxing champion, nor is it the arrival of some king. There is no need for everyone to Come up and kiss the back of my hand. What should everyone do, keep doing, otherwise I won’t have room to eat something secretly.”

After laughing out loud, Lu Li felt at ease now.

When he came to the restaurant, there were messy tables and a lot of empty plates. Without too many words, Lu Li could truly feel the grandeur of the party tonight.

"Fourteen, fourteen, I have a question." Benjamin trotted over all the way, with a curious look on his face, and asked solemnly, "I would like to ask, what is the name of this dish?"

Lu Li looked at the plate, it was empty, he couldn't see anything, even the sauce was almost gone, he could only vaguely guess from the traces what kind of dish it was, "It's lychee meat."

This should be the most reliable guess.

"Lychee?" Benjamin's eyes were full of puzzlement, and his whole body became more and more excited, almost emitting laser light.

"No, there's no lychees in it." Lu Li explained simply, "It's only named because the final shape looks like a lychee. It's actually just pork."

This dish of lychee meat is not authentic at all.Because there is no water chestnut, it is just poured with lemon juice to relieve the greasiness.It is still too far away from the real deliciousness.

"Then how is this dish made?" Benjamin looked like a researcher in a laboratory, eager to dissect that dish and study every detail inside. "The sweet and sour taste, but also has a strong aroma, biting down, it is very soft, and it is very delicious, it feels really wonderful!"

Benjamin said ramblingly, the whole person seemed to be completely immersed in his own world, "It's the first time I know that pork can still have such a taste. Are you sure there is no lemon in it? There is also tomato juice and sugar, right?" ? I can’t eat anything else.”

After a short time together, Lu Li could tell that Benjamin was a foodie, but this foodie seemed to be more enthusiastic than expected, and actually had the spirit of research.This is really rare.

"Uh..." Lu Li couldn't find a moment to interject, and only had time to open his mouth, and Benjamin continued excitedly, "This cooking method is really amazing. It's much better than fried pork chops! Of course, The tonkatsu is delicious too! Also, there is this mutton dish, I heard that it is just blanched in water, but why does it taste different?"

"Are you sure it's not your illusion?" Lu Li finally found a gap and joked.

Benjamin didn't think it was a joke at all, and was still very serious, "Really? I tasted it several times seriously, but I always felt that the taste was different..."

"Ben, Ben." Randy rushed out from behind and interrupted Benjamin directly, "Dinner is over, Fourteen has been tired all day today, so don't pursue the details of these cooking, okay ?"

"However, only by understanding the details of cooking can we taste the food more profoundly and comprehensively." Benjamin still has a persistent expression of the spirit of research, "The way and process of production will have different effects on the processing of ingredients. There are also subtle differences in texture. Cuisine here in the U.S. doesn’t pay attention to that, but Chinese food, French food doesn’t, right?”

"Chef, calm down." Randy raised his hands with a smile and pressed them down to calm down Benjamin, "I mean, not today, let's talk about it another day. Anyway, there will be a lot of time later."

"Uh, I'm not sure there will be opportunities in the future..." Benjamin's words suddenly became intermittent, leaving the food, and his ability to organize language seemed to have declined.

Randy joked with a smile, "Then stay and work here, the ranch needs fresh blood at any time. I think this is a good proposal, you will like it here, and another delicious food is welcome here The arrival of Jianjia, join us."

After finishing speaking, Randy turned to look at Lu Li, the two of them both laughed, and then Randy greeted Benjamin, "I need to borrow Fourteen, I'll talk about it later."

Randy pulled Lu Li away, and Lu Li only had time to wave to Benjamin, and Randy bluffed and said, "Come on, I'll find you a bottle of beer first, I'll reward you."

(End of this chapter)