Into Unscientific

"Make your own wooden dinner plate?"

Xiao Niu's request may seem harsh to ordinary people, but Xu Yun did not hesitate this time, and readily agreed:

"No problem, leave it to me."

Xu Yun is very clear that making wooden dinner plates by himself is a very special and common phenomenon in the current era.

Britain in 1665 was still in the first stage of colonial expansion, and the national economy would not see a substantial increase until after 1689.

So at this stage, most ordinary Britons are still in the barren period of taking a bath every 5 months.

If you take a sharper attitude, it is not an exaggeration to say that the last sentence is particularly barbaric.

In this era, rich people use plates made of solder. This plate seems to be quite tall, but there is a fatal flaw:

Foods that are high in acid can leach some of the lead into the food, causing lead poisoning and even death—since this is most likely to happen when eating tomatoes, they were considered poisonous for more than 200 years.

Ordinary manor owners like Newton—or the Isaac family—mostly use wooden food plates, which are hollowed out from a piece of wood to form a bowl shape.

This dish is also often made with stale farmhouse bread:

Due to the long time, the bread will become very hard, and it can be used for a long time by hollowing out the middle.

When the bread bowl was too full to hold, it was ground into powder and fed to the pigs.

Those who do not raise pigs will periodically collect waste bread and sell it at a suitable time, which is similar to local waste paper recycling.

no way.

In this era of lack of productivity, the so-called manor owners are actually a little better than ordinary people.

It's like the local ancient landlords, who actually had to go to the fields on weekdays, and the food they ate was not often meaty, and most of the time it was only clear soup with little water.

Of course.

The economic level of the Newton family is actually not that low, but as mentioned earlier, the family funds are mainly in the hands of his mother Hannah, and Newton himself was a poor poor man until 1669.

Therefore, Newton's request to make Xu Yun's own tableware is not contemptuous or abusive, because he himself did the same.

And just when Xu Yun's mind was fluttering, Xiao Niu suddenly thought of a rumor about the Orientals, and asked aloud:

"By the way, Fat Fish, can you cook?"

"Let's say it's Raindance, let's say fat fish is fat fish."

Xu Yun sighed slightly, gave up the idea of ​​correcting Newton's pronunciation, and nodded at the same time:

"Of course it will."

Xu Yun's answer is with strong confidence, because his cooking skills are indeed much better than ordinary people - especially when the comparison object is British cuisine in the 17th century.

mentioned earlier.

Xu Yun had been an exchange student at Trinity College in his previous life, so he had some experience with the 'food' of Great Britain.

As for perception.

In the 21st century, the UK has a nickname called the Food Desert.

But many people who say that British food is unpalatable have actually never eaten British food.

This approach is obviously not objective. If you want to evaluate the food of a country, you should taste it yourself to have the right to speak.

And once you have tasted British food for yourself, you will find that

British food is really tm unpalatable.

be honest.

The British fish and chips are really good, York pudding is also quite suitable for Chinese people's appetite, and there is nothing wrong with the serious English breakfast.

But other than that, other British dishes are really hard to describe - looking up at the starry sky is an introduction, and the Hellfire series is called ruining the three views.

So during the two years of staying in the UK, Xu Yun has practiced a pretty good cooking skill, and also used it to meet a school girl - of course, a large part of this is due to B Standing teacher Wang Gang and his planetary engine stove.

all in all.

Relying on the accumulation of culinary skills in his previous life, Xu Yun finally uttered the most confident sentence since time travel:

"Mr. Newton, to tell you the truth, my hometown is a powerful country famous for its delicious food, and I have also learned the skill of cooking since I was a child.

Take Britain, for example. This place is near the sea, and the cooking of offshore and coastal creatures happens to be my specialty.

Such as roasted lobster, braised sea crab, steamed Fujianese, etc.”

Then he paused, thought of his mission, and continued to imply with words:

"In addition to cooking, I also have some experience in academics - I am a teaching assistant at the School of Natural Sciences of the Leiden Institute of Higher Education, and I am quite proficient in mathematics and physics. If you are interested, Mr. Newton"

However, before Xu Yun finished speaking, Newton lowered his eyelids and interrupted:

"Thanks, I see.

How about this, Fat Fish, I will prepare some ingredients for you tomorrow, and then I will see your craftsmanship - I read some ancient books in Cambridge University, and I heard that the oriental cuisine is completely different from what I usually see in Britain. If there is a chance, I will Still hoping to taste it.

The other is the maintenance of the fruit trees in the manor, at least twice a day to visit the garden.”

What Newton said was focused on Xu Yun's work, as if he hadn't heard the second half of his introduction.

Xu Yun nodded mechanically, and blinked in a daze:

This script is wrong!

According to the normal situation, Newton should not be surprised after hearing his introduction. He looked at him with a mixture of surprise, suspicion and scrutiny, and then threw a question that had been stuck for a long time, and he was ecstatic when he solved it. , Shout out that my way is not alone, then pull myself to hold a candle to talk at night, and finally go to sleep, and when I wake up, will I find that the task is completed?

But soon, Xu Yun figured out the reason:

There is no other reason, because the opponent is Newton!

Newton, who is so proud that he doesn't even care about his mentor!

He must have heard the second part of Xu Yun's words clearly, and probably wouldn't have doubts—but so what?

There are many students of Newton's level or even senior level in Cambridge University. Have you seen Newton manage them?

In Newton's view.

For those problems that cannot be solved by oneself, no one else can solve them except for a few people—and those few people are either in the Royal Society of England, or in the Berlin Academy of Sciences, or in the Paris Academic Union. By his side, it is even more impossible to be the same age as him!

This is the arrogance born of extreme self-confidence, but Newton deserved it too.

Newton's academic attitude towards others is like people walking on the road who don't care about the ants under their feet.

Summer insects, you can't talk about ice.

This is Newton, this is Newton.

A genius who cannot be regarded with common sense, has a deformed and unpleasant personality, but is brilliant!

So naturally, Xu Yun was ignored by Newton as a rare person.

In addition, when the matter has reached this point, Xu Yun has roughly determined his status:

The guest who is between the guest and the servant does not need to salute the calf or others like a servant, but he still has to help with some work on weekdays.

If Xiao Niu is satisfied, Xu Yun may have to work part-time as a cook.

As for the timing of academic entry, I am afraid that it needs to be observed separately.

There are definitely opportunities, but the variables are not small.

all in all.

This is an unsatisfactory start, and it takes a bit of brainpower to complete the task.