The Rise of the European Emperor

After hugging his thighs and signing the peace agreement, Marin felt extremely happy. As the weather was getting warmer, Marin took Schwartz, Kahn, Sauer, Kidd and several other capable men, and a bunch of guards, hugged a football, and went to the beach outside Copenhagen to find a place to play football. .

However, unexpectedly, when he ran to the beach east of Copenhagen, Marin did not find a beach full of fine sand, but found a beach full of oysters...

"What's the matter? Why are there so many oysters?" Marin was a little stunned. Before crossing, he had heard that there was an outbreak of "oyster disaster" in Denmark, but those were Pacific oysters. But it's only 1503, and the native species are so arrogant?

And, Marin's strange, isn't oysters known as "the milk of the sea"? Why is there so much no one eats?

Kidd is not surprised. As an old sailor who has been with him for more than 30 years, Kidd understands the truth. So he replied:

"Probably, the fishermen on Zealand Island were all conscripted as sailors, or they were kidnapped by the coalition fleet connecting those ordinary merchant ships... So, no one came to clean up these oysters for a long time..."

"What a waste of money... This is 'milk in the sea'..." Marin sighed regretfully.

"Milk in the sea? What do you mean?" Several of the subordinates on the side were confused.

It's no wonder that Europeans still don't know the nutritional value of milk, let alone oysters...

Marin also reacted, and then he simply explained:

"It means rich in nutrients, and also, eating this can make you strong..." Marin blinked, and everyone understood in seconds...

Then, several officers greeted their subordinates to go back to find the seasoning, and immediately began to pick up oysters on the beach, intending to start eating.

Except for Schwartz, who is a little reserved and has not found a wife, everyone else has a woman. Especially Kahn, there are two more, it takes a lot of physical and energy, and needs to be replenished... The same is true for Marin, who has a wife and sister-in-law to take care of...

After the seasoning came, several people ate a lot...

However, how big is the belly of a few people? Even if they started eating like crazy, they only ate a few dozen. Then, Marin greeted the dozens of guards to help eat together. However, it's still a drop in the bucket...

Marin originally wanted to rely on everyone to eat raw oysters to clear a football field. However, after eating for a while, I failed to realize this wish...

Moreover, according to Kidd's description, there are many of these things on the beaches and shallow waters of East Friesland. Similarly, the coast of the Principality of Schleswig, there are many things like this...

Marin was a little puzzled at first, but then he wanted to understand...

why? Because Europe is still the age of serfs! Serfs, as the main force in the population, are not allowed to leave the manor without authorization. Therefore, most people, even if they want to eat oysters, do not have the possibility to go to the beach. As for the fishermen who live by the sea all the year round, do they care about oysters? People have all kinds of delicious sea fish to eat, but need to eat oysters every day? Moreover, oysters are delicious raw, but not as delicious as fish when cooked. It doesn't taste good when boiled...

Probably, only those aristocrats and businessmen who come to the seaside to play in boredom will often come to the seaside to eat oysters...

However, there are so few such people, and ordinary people can't eat it. And the fishermen are not rare... Then, there are naturally more oysters...

Usually, when there are too many oysters by the sea, the fishermen clean up the oysters like garbage, and most of them are thrown back to the sea...

It can be said that in this age of stagnant population, the consumption of oysters is really a big problem. Because, those who want to eat raw oysters may not be able to rush to the beach, and raw oysters cannot be safely transported to the mainland... No one eats stale oysters... The fishermen who often eat raw oysters are tired of eating...

Anyway, oysters are just hard to consume...

and,

Europeans are still very conservative now, and no one goes to the beach to get naked. Therefore, even if the beach is overgrown with oysters, no one is going to clean it up. Because there is no need for that...

However, Marin looked distressed... "Milk in the sea"... High nutrition...

However, as a traveler with infinite brains, Marin quickly thought of a very good solution - that is, to set up an oyster sauce processing plant...

Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce was famous before Marin Crossing. Many Cantonese dishes use oyster sauce as an important seasoning.

In his last life, Marin liked to eat Cantonese cuisine, such as beef in oyster sauce and chicken wings in oyster sauce, which made Marin salivate. According to a friend from Guangdong, Xing Ye’s braised chicken wings seems to be oyster sauce chicken wings. Happy to think...

However, compared to oyster sauce chicken wings, Marin actually prefers oyster sauce chicken thighs. Because the chicken thighs are more enjoyable to chew on. After all, chicken wings are only a few pieces of meat, and they are gone after two or three bites. If I get some big drumsticks, smeared with oyster sauce, full of color and flavor... well, Marin wiped his saliva...

Oyster sauce is also very strange to say. It turns out that Lee Kum Kee's grandfather, Lee Kam Sang, was cooking oyster soup one day when he suddenly went out and forgot to put out the fire in the stove. When I came back, I found that the water was dry, but there was a fragrant and delicious thick juice at the bottom of the pot. In this way, Li Jinshang accidentally discovered oyster sauce, a very important condiment in Cantonese cuisine.

Oyster sauce is not monosodium glutamate, but it has a certain function of improving freshness. Although it cannot replace MSG, it is also a very good condiment. In many Cantonese dishes, oyster sauce directly replaces the role of MSG.

Of course, that is modern. With the proliferation of monosodium glutamate and chicken essence, oyster sauce, which has a relatively high cost, is naturally not competitive.

But what era is it now? Early 16th century! The MSG is still there...

There is no umami seasoning in the whole world. If you want umami, you can only eat seafood, boil chicken soup, or Chinese mushrooms...

Umami cannot be obtained without a specific dish. But if Marin comes up with oyster sauce and promotes it to the whole of Europe as a seasoning with umami, it will definitely have a lot to do...

You know, in the whole of Europe now, in addition to the fact that their own court has begun to promote Chinese cuisine, other countries are still eating dark medieval cuisine, dipping peppers in bread and roasting meat...

The launch of oyster sauce will surely become a clear spring, a dazzling existence in this European food desert...

In fact, it's funny to think about it. It's the 21st century, and Denmark is still stumped by a few oysters. It is not realistic to find foodies in China. Because it's too far...

I'm a foodie in China. I'm not going to spend more than 10,000 yuan to buy a plane ticket for a few oysters, right? Huaxia is not without oysters. Spend 20,000 to 30,000 air tickets, you can eat raw oysters in your own country and die...

Even if it is exported, it is not so cost-effective. Because, from Denmark to China, the shipping cost is high, and it may not be profitable to export raw oysters.

Therefore, it is better to find Lee Kum Kee to set up a local oyster sauce production factory, peel thousands of oysters, throw them into a large pot and cook them in one pot. who?

Oh, it seems that there are more Cantonese people in overseas Chinese, and they are used to eating Cantonese food, so let's sell them in Chinese supermarkets in Europe. Locally produced in Europe, it also saves the freight from Guangdong to Europe, and the price can still have a little advantage...

Then, the authorities can encourage the Chinese to set up grills on the streets of Denmark, flip the chicken wings and drumsticks, smear them with oyster sauce, and blow the fragrance straight into the streets with electric fans to attract the Danes to consume... Xingye went to dance a section of "Braised Chicken Wings" to add to the fun... Xingye is rich, and the cottage star is also successful...

"Well, that's a good idea. The Danish government should give me a prize...well, the Nobel Prize for Brain Hole..." Marin said with satisfaction.

Unfortunately, it is 1503, Denmark in 2017. Even if I want to give myself a reward, I can't receive it... Maybe consider letting them burn paper money for myself... ahhh...