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2207 Do you have to start eating?

The most likely thing to happen in various cultural conflicts in the human world is dietary conflicts. Because of the relationship between regions, customs and religions, all human groups have different dietary cultures.

And eating is actually very personal. My delicacies may be your dirt. Every nation has some dark dishes of its own.

Due to the influence of customs and religion, Europeans also have many dietary taboos, such as not eating internal organs and blood, which is an unclean thing stipulated by Christianity.

If Liu Dadao and others brought a plate of Mao Xuewang to the Queen, they might have to fight today.

Pets are not allowed to eat. Cats and dogs are also small-scale regional ingredients in China. The dragon and tiger fight set in Liu Dadao's previous menu is an absolute taboo.

If cat meat and snake meat were served on the European table, they would probably all of them would vomit today.

There are other things like animal heads and hooves, which are not eaten either!

There are many rules in this kind of state banquet, so after discussing with the Duke of Newx in the morning, Xiao Lotte removed all the ingredients in the menu that were related to religious taboos.

However, there is another dietary taboo, which has nothing to do with religion, but is just a matter of habits.

For example, Europeans rarely eat freshwater fish, because Europeans are not good at cooking this kind of fish, and they dislike the smell of earthy and many thorns.

At the same time, Europe has a long coastline, and the two oceans of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean nourish them, giving them an extremely rich harvest of seafood.

Since there are bigger and more delicious sea fish to supplement protein, freshwater fish will naturally be abandoned from the menu.

There is also pork. Since the livestock industry in Europe is very developed, people are more likely to obtain red meat such as beef and mutton. So pork rich in fat and fatty taste has become a food exclusive to the poor.

This is very similar to the eating habits before the Northern Song Dynasty in China. Before the Song Dynasty, people in the Song Dynasty considered mutton as the most beautiful. Although beef is delicious, it is related to farming, so slaughter is prohibited.

In that era, the nobles and rich people were proud of eating mutton and ashamed of eating pork. Pork was all ingredients that only poor people would taste.

Europe is actually similar at this moment. The areas where pork is more popular are all economically underdeveloped areas, such as the cold Northern Europe, including Prussia and Ukraine, where the people are still poor.

It's funny to say that, I remember that when Xiao Lotte's Lotte Foreign Company sold pig bristles to Europe, they did market research. At that time, the two major production bases of pig bristles in the world were China and the other was Ukraine and other regions in Nordic Europe.

They are all areas where pork is more popular, so naturally there are rich bristles to sell. It can be said that the most indispensable tool in the Age of Discovery is the bristles.

This is no joke. At present, the global bristle products are at the forefront of the list of military supplies in various countries. The UK uses bristles as strategic materials for reserves because they have the most powerful navy.

In addition to the bristles, there is another delicacy, river crabs. Europeans never eat river crabs. In fact, the fundamental reason is that this kind of small thing is ugly and has very little meat. The clumsy Europeans do not have the patience to peel the meat of river crabs.

It’s troublesome to give them huge sea crabs to eat. They prefer huge lobsters that can be eaten directly by pushing the shells.

River crab, pork, freshwater fish... Such ingredients do not violate European taboos, but just make them unaccustomed. Therefore, Xiao Letian withstood the pressure of the Duke of Newcastle and still retains the menu of these ingredients.

Secret braised fish, crab-stewed orange, Shijia sauce recipe... These three are three big gift packages that Xiao Letian gave to Europeans.

Xiao Letian is very confident in these three dishes. I believe that only the guests present, especially the Queen, will know the ingredients after tasting these delicious foods.

But unexpectedly, the situation was everywhere, Montauban actually exposed the details of these ingredients in just one word.

If you eat without knowing it, you will eat it, and the food will naturally bring a stunning taste. Then the ingredients will be announced, and these nobles will be somewhat more acceptable.

But at this moment, the dishes had just been served, and only a few people tried one or two. Most people, including the Queen, had not had time to start, and the atmosphere became awkward when Montauban yelled.

The nobler the person is, the more pretentious he is. When he heard that the ingredients of these three dishes were actually cheap foods that he would not touch on weekdays, everyone present put down their knife and fork, and looked at Xiao Letian with strange expressions.

The Duke of Newcastle's heart that had just been relieved suddenly came to his throat again. He thought that if the Queen refused these three dishes, the entire main course series would be completely ruined. Even if the final dish was delicious, the banquet would not be successful.

By then, the business of Chinese restaurants will definitely be greatly affected!

What should I do? Xiao Letian, why are you so stubborn? I said you would never stop if you don’t let you serve these dishes. Do you really think that there is no China News among these customers?

France and Tsarist Russia are trying to trouble you. Didn’t you deliberately send ammunition to others?

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward. The queen was not angry, but put down her knife and fork and looked at Xiao Letian with a smile. Just as Xiao Letian was about to explain, Ivan, the Tsarist Russian envoy sitting next to Montauban, suddenly slapped the table and shouted arrogantly.

"Barcelors of the East! Are you using such lowly food to insult the respected queen?"

"Pig is a lowly ingredient that only lowly serfs can eat in our great Tsarist Empire. If you provide it to the queen, it is a challenge to the Empire that never sets in the sun!"

"You cowards, seeing the queen being insulted, none of you speak! I blush and shame on you!"

"Xiao Letian! I'll fight you for the honor of the Queen and the Tsar! Do you dare?"

I really don’t know how the Tsar chose. This envoy is really an ignorant and arrogant violent man, with his muscles growing into his thighs.

The numerous British nobles and high-ranking officials made Ivan blush in excitement, but these foxes were all very cunning, so few of them were fooled by him and were attacked by him.

At this moment, I heard a slap on the table in the corner and someone slapped the table, then stood up and scolded, "Baga, Lu... If you want to fight with my father, then pass this level first!"

"Death Gladiator! Never die!"

Hitotaro jumped out, but his short body contained energy that was swelling like a volcano. In his eyes, the godfather who was given his surname was the sun in his heart and the pillar of all his spirit.

From yesterday, he saw that this Tsarist Russian stupid pig was not in love with him. Although Montauban hated him, he still used words to squeeze the head of state. When it comes to bickering, his godfather is really not afraid of anyone.

But Ivan, this stupid pig, has repeatedly asked to fight with his godfather? Damn, my father is a scholar, can he use a knife with you?

"Death Gladiator! Do you dare to write a war book that does not matter whether you are alive or not? Grandpa, I will be with you..."
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