LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 102 Thanksgiving Dinner
In the last week of November, the rain started to get heavier and gradually took shape.
The windows were so thick with rain that she couldn't see outside. When ventilating, she had to close the rain screen and twist the curtains to the edge to avoid the rain.
The curtains were not something that was often changed. If they got wet and dirty from the rain, she would have to climb up to change them despite the high temperature coming in from the window, which was very troublesome.
November is gradually coming to an end. Although the temperature rise throughout November is slow, it still maintains an upward trend. Fortunately, the maximum temperature does not exceed 80 degrees, and basically hovers above 75 degrees.
The timing of the high-temperature phase has also entered the eighty-day range, officially entering the range of eighty to ninety days predicted by the system.
From the first eighty days, Wei Jiao became restless. Actually, thinking about it carefully, there was nothing to be nervous about. Whether she was nervous or not, the rainstorm was always coming. But knowing the next natural disaster, she still became uncontrollably anxious.
After eighty days of high temperatures, the rain began to fall all day long, but it was far from the level of a heavy rain. Sometimes the rain suddenly became more intense, but most of the time it continued continuously.
The dark clouds are getting thicker and thicker, but the high temperature stubbornly refuses to be washed away, just like the bright sun that always exists behind the clouds.
At the end of November, she saw on the calendar that it was Thanksgiving.
This is a foreign holiday, a type that no one cares about in the country. Unlike Halloween and Christmas, which are particularly festive days, everyone likes to join in the fun and enjoy the festival.
In fact, Wei Jiao didn't care too much, but in a sitcom she was familiar with, every show had a Thanksgiving theme. After watching it too many times, she became very interested in the Thanksgiving dinner.
In the TV series, there is a big table and there is no fixed recipe for Thanksgiving dinner. Each family prepares it differently, but the essential thing is roasting the turkey. A whole huge turkey comes out of the oven and is served directly. The dining table is for people to enjoy.
She had tasted it before, but it was not to her liking and the taste was not good; and compared to the traditional feasts of other countries, she, who was always casual during festivals, preferred to switch to meals that suited her own appetite.
So when Thanksgiving Day officially entered after midnight, she began to search in the self-media accounts that started with "Food" to see what was usually eaten for Thanksgiving dinner, and then looked at substitutions.
turkey? Let's switch to a whole honey-glazed roast chicken. It's not too big and can be eaten by myself. Mashed potatoes? Make a small portion of cheese corn mashed potatoes and treat it as an after-dinner snack; the berry jam is good, you can keep it for spreading on bread, but I don’t know if it can still be eaten...
For dessert, I’ll have a walnut pumpkin tart. What kind of bread should I choose? Simple soft round dinner rolls, used to spread jam, or to fill with chicken; and a few tapas, hard bread slices with cheese sauce and ham slices.
In fact, the bread was supposed to be paired with some side dishes, such as stewed vegetables, but she thought these were enough, so she didn't prepare any more.
Finally, at four o'clock in the morning, it was time for dinner before going to bed. She specially set up a set of dining table seats in front of the projection.
The space chair was fine for other things, but it was too perfunctory for a big meal, even though she didn't intend to fill the table -
Although it looks richer and more atmospheric that way, in this air-conditioned room, many things can easily get cold and the flavor will be greatly reduced.
Connect the projector and watch this Thanksgiving dinner enlightenment sitcom. She has watched it many times, but it is still very interesting. She obviously knows the plot and lines... She feels that this kind of drama can be watched a hundred times without getting tired of it.
Let’s start with the honey-glazed roast chicken. It was copied from a store that specializes in roast chicken. It was still freshly baked when it was put on the plate.
She put on gloves on her hands and didn't dare to start directly. She pressed it with a knife and fork, first cut a slit under the wing, then pinched it and pulled it off directly, and then dumped it on the plate until it was burned.
This whole roasted chicken is delicious when you pull it with your hands!
It was too hot and she couldn't take it off her mouth, so she did the next best thing and ordered some tapas with her gold finger. This thing is a special snack from other countries. It is actually a variety of side dishes placed on slices of bread.
The store she ordered seemed to specialize in this kind of foreign specialty food. She saw that the description of the dish on the golden finger was still there, and it said that this was an innovation of the store.
Oh, it just means untraditional.
The hard bread slices are toasted, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside; topped with a sauce made of mayonnaise, sour cream, eggs and avocado, and eaten with thin slices of salty prosciutto.
They were not big, and the sweet and sour sauce had the salty aroma of ham. She ate two of them as an appetizer.
The roasted chicken seemed to have been marinated in a special marinade. In addition to the skin being brushed with several layers of honey sauce, the inside was also tender and fragrant, with a light fruity flavor.
First, I gnawed one chicken wing and one chicken leg, and then tore and ate slowly while watching the show. I tore the chicken breast into strips and put them in a bun. I also temporarily ordered a side of peas mixed with butter and ate them together. very nice.
She even tried to eat the chicken with a piece of bread spread with a little jam, and surprisingly it was not unpleasant to eat.
She didn't dare to finish the roast chicken because she wanted to eat a few more bites of the walnut pumpkin tart. The tart itself is very strong. Cut it into small pieces, scoop out a vanilla ice cream ball and put it on top. The warm tart and ice cream are a perfect match.
In the end, her stomach was very full, but she insisted that the glutinous rice would not occupy her stomach, so she still ate a small bowl of mashed potatoes mixed with cheese-baked sweet corn kernels.
The protagonist of the TV series in the projection was unable to walk, but Wei Jiao felt that she was not far behind. I walked around in the space and took some digestive tablets, and it took me a long time to feel better.
When she left the space, the aroma of the food in the air had been almost absorbed by the diligent air purifier. At least she felt that the smell on her body should be stronger.
The room was lit with a yellow warm light, which was not too bright. She had just eaten a sumptuous meal, and she always had the illusion that she should be nestled in a rocking chair and covered with a blanket. Read a book in front of a hot fireplace until you fall asleep.
This is indeed an illusion - there is no need to heat up the fireplace, and it is raining outside to dampen the nearly 80-degree heat.
But the situation changed very quickly. When December just entered, after a certain midnight, she found that the timer had changed silently:
It is currently Day 1 of the Heavy Rain Apocalypse phase.
She stretched, stood up from the desk, and moved the cabinet blocking the window. The hot breath spread again, but this time she looked calm, opened the curtains, and looked out the window at the darkness.