Riding the wind of rebirth

After a quick packing, everyone got back on Crawford's pickup truck. Zhou Zhi also went on an "in-depth tour" to inspect American convenience stores.

It is big, really big. At least there is no such large supermarket as Changdao in China at present. The furniture area alone is equivalent to the size of an IKEA in China in the future. Almost one area is as big as a large convenience store in China.

The parking area is also super large, which is related to the living habits of the people here.

At least in China, if Zhou Zhi wanted to buy all the ingredients for the whole family on the weekend and cook them every day from the refrigerator, he would definitely be scolded by his mother.

But this practice is common here.

In addition, Americans will buy a large number of semi-finished products in supermarkets, such as various canned foods, simply season them, heat them up, and have a meal with bread.

As for the more abundant trace elements that the human body needs, supermarkets also sell large jars of pills. Nowadays, these large jars of pills are the best gifts for Chinese people to bring back when traveling.

Seeing Zhou Zhi putting multivitamin and trace element pills into the shopping cart, Mai Xiaomiao was surprised: "Didn't you say you would rather take food supplements than medicine?"

"This is neither a food supplement nor a medicine supplement." Zhou Zhi introduced it to Mai Xiaomiao seriously: "This is called Mom's Joy."

"What?" Mai Xiaomiao didn't understand at all.

"Mom will be happy to see you, that is, mom will be very happy to see you." Zhou Zhi was a little speechless: "She specially called overseas to arrange it, and she also wants to make sure that all the relatives and friends in Manzhou and Jiachuan are included. Otherwise, if others know that her son came to the United States without bringing anything, they will secretly laugh at him."

Mai Xiaomiao finally understood and couldn't help laughing: "So this is how my mother is happy!"

"It's just some multivitamins and trace elements. It won't hurt you."

This consumption habit of the United States is not without its benefits.

To make sweet and sour dishes that foreigners like, in addition to the fish fillets that have already been prepared, you can also use crispy pork, popcorn chicken, shrimp strips, and meatballs.

These are all sold frozen.

In addition, French fries and potato wedges are also ready-made frozen products, which can save Zhou Zhi countless troubles.

Zhou Zhi thought this was too lazy, so he bought some fresh oyster mushrooms, ready to make himself feel like he was working.

All that’s left is the seasoning.

The only vinegar he found was fruit vinegar and rice vinegar from Japan, but no Chinese balsamic vinegar. After a brief thought, Zhou Zhi chose ketchup. It wouldn't be wrong to use this stuff to satisfy the appetites of Europeans and Americans.

The remaining salad dressing should also be prepared. In addition to jalapenos, you can also use fresh bell peppers to make a sauce to reduce the spiciness and increase the sweetness to make a complex-flavored roasted pepper sauce.

Finally, there is yellow mustard sauce, which is suitable for vegetables, barbecue, and all fried foods. It can add a flavor to dishes that Zhou Zhi thinks are quite bland.

Crawford, McGeoff and Louise next to them were full of confidence in setting up the stall tomorrow. Louise even went out of her way to buy some beautiful disposable paper lunch boxes, saying that she wanted to make it a small stall that was not inferior to the professional ones.

Zhou Zhi complained in his mind that this level was far from the small carts selling egg pancakes in China, but he didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of the three people.

I started making it as soon as I got home. After all, most of the food is fried. I use potato wedges and French fries as the base of the lunch box, and choose two or three of fried fish nuggets, fried meatballs, cola chicken wings, crispy pork strips, shrimp strips, and popcorn chicken, and pair them with shredded vegetables. Then I can choose from four flavors: roasted chili sauce, sweet and sour, mustard, and salad dressing. This can be combined into many combinations.

Crawford held the lunch box in his hands and used the presumptuous word "exquisite" to describe it, and then claimed that he had invented the greatest way to eat it. "How do you eat it?" Mai Xiaomiao was curious.

Crawford ignored the toothpick stuck in the meatball and picked out a mushroom strip covered with sauce from the lunch box and put it in his mouth to eat. Then he put his index finger and thumb in his mouth and sucked it: "This is the most delicious!"

Louise followed suit without caring about her image: "Yeah, it's really good!"

Mai Xiaomiao stamped her feet and said, "We emphasized this for a long time in school before we got the kids to correct this bad habit!"

The remaining preparations are simple. Besides cooking a big pot of cola chicken wings, you just need to set up a big pot and fry the ingredients.

This is not difficult. As long as you control the oil temperature, everyone can do the rest. Zhou Zhi only needs to watch the heat and prepare to take the food out of the pot.

His job is to process mushrooms in a small oil pan.

The processing method is also simple. You just need to tear the mushrooms into strips, mix them with salt, squeeze out the water after the water comes out, coat them with batter and fry them in a pan.

There are many foreign vegetarians. Although this was not Zhou Zhi’s idea at all, everyone praised Zhou Zhi for being thoughtful.

Finally, it was time to deal with old Crawford's stock, all kinds of fish, cutting and chopping them, and frying them into fish fillets.

They worked so hard until after 10 o'clock in the evening. Everyone had the same set meal for dinner. Old Crawford held the lunch box in one hand and the beer bottle in the other: "Come on, I wish our charity sale tomorrow a success!"

The next morning, everyone set off. Crawford drove out his pickup truck again. There were several large storage boxes at the back of the truck. Everyone put the fried semi-finished products, cola chicken wings, and shredded vegetables that they had made yesterday into the boxes.

Several sauces were packed into small storage boxes, and everyone started heading towards Suffolk County.

Although Long Island is an island in New York, it is actually quite large. It extends from northeast to east at the mouth of the Hudson River. It is nearly 200 kilometers long and has a width ranging from 20 to 40 kilometers.

The island is divided into four administrative districts. The western districts close to New York City are Queens and Brooklyn, with a population of over four million. There is also Sooner County and Suffolk County, which are both metropolitan areas and have a population of over two million.

The total population of Long Island is as high as seven million, and there are also a large number of tourists, which is considered a highly densely populated area in Europe and the United States.

There is agriculture, industry and fisheries here, and output includes fishing, oyster farming, wine, vegetable cultivation and poultry farming.

These industries still exist today. In the past, there were also grain and timber, but now these two have been replaced by clothing, printing, electrical and electronics.

There are also two major airports, numerous bridges and tunnels, developed subways and highways, and numerous projects that attract celebrities and tourists - beaches, seaports, temperate forests, resorts, yacht areas, golf courses, ecological farms, shopping centers based on counties, and high-end communities with beautiful scenery and good public security.

The activity was held on a playground next to a school in Suffolk County. By the time Zhou Zhi and his friends arrived, the place was already quite lively.

In addition to many people preparing food, there are also some entertainment facilities and many sales stalls, some of which are like a flea market.

Old Crawford seemed to be a celebrity here. His pickup truck slowly drove over and countless people along the road greeted him.

"Hey! Crawford, what's that in the back of your car?" A fat white man in a short-sleeved police uniform shouted, "The fish you sold before set the worst sales record at the Long Island charity sale!"

Everyone around laughed, and someone shouted, "Crawford, you can sing for a living! Your songs are more popular than your fish!" (End of this chapter)