Chapter 661 Canned Herrings Are Our Last Stand
"Abby, try this! It's delicious!"
"Marin, don't just introduce it to me, you have to try it too!"
"I didn't expect you to be so good with chopsticks."
"Of course, who doesn't like Chinese food?"
Xiao Peng nudged Felix with his foot and whispered, "Felix, what's going on? Why are these two so close now?"
"Can you speak?"
"What do you mean by 'as good as wearing a pair of pants'?"
"That's right, we are women, we should say it like we are wearing a skirt."
"We're wearing the same dress."
"Oh, don't mention it. This is the first time I've discovered that there are actually two people in the world who are so similar. We both have very similar views and opinions on things!"
"That's right, this idiot doesn't even understand this!"
"A man like this doesn't understand women at all, he deserves to be single!"
Xiao Peng was so embarrassed that his toes were almost tearing the floor. What the hell was going on? They say three women make a drama, but thankfully there was only...
"Don't say a word!" Thinking of this, Xiao Peng looked at Yasmine who was eating with hearty mouthfuls of food over there with a look of horror.
As a result, Yasmine's cheeks were so round from eating that they looked like a groundhog, and she had no intention of talking at all.
Xiao Peng was starting to waver. This couldn't possibly be Tilty. He didn't know Tilty very well, but he could tell she was a typical lady from a wealthy family. How could she eat like this? It was as if she hadn't eaten in a thousand years.
As a result, when everyone saw Yasmine like this, they looked sympathetic.
"Swede... ah."
Xiao Peng had never been to Northern Europe before, so he asked, puzzled, "What's the problem with that? It's a place that countless people envy, with great welfare and a great environment. What's the problem with that?"
Abby answered the question: "Xiao, I find it strange that you ask this question. High welfare means high taxes, which is the same as France. However, there is one thing Sweden cannot compare with France - the daily necessities there are too scarce."
"Scarcity?" Xiao Peng was confused.
"Potatoes, potatoes, and potatoes. Basically, they have everything with potatoes," Abby said.
Xiao Peng was stunned: "Are you kidding me?"
Abby sighed. "I'm just trying to tease you. I spent two years in Stockholm, and it was a painful memory. The food there was mainly imported, so the variety of vegetables was limited and not fresh. And the tastes of the people there... Actually, the tastes of the Nordic countries are quite strange. Don't think of the British when you think of 'dark cuisine'. Compared to the Nordic countries, the British have a pretty normal taste. The famous canned herring is from Sweden."
After hearing this, Xiao Peng blurted out the word "dreadful". He felt his scalp tingling when he heard the word "canned herrings".
Abby looked at Xiao Peng and laughed: "It seems you know about canned herrings!"
Xiao Peng nodded vigorously. "I was impressed. There was a guy on my ship named Hua Chong. He went out to play and bought a bunch of canned herrings. I don't know who fooled him, but he came back and shared it with everyone on the ship. Do you think we can live without fish at sea? He also bought canned herrings... I guess he bought them when he was pursuing that supermarket cashier. When I opened the can at dinner that day, I was shocked! I didn't dare stay in the cabin for a whole week! I'm not being self-deprecating, we Chinese have a lot of smelly foods, just like your blue cheese in our country That's nothing. In our country, we have stinky tofu, fermented thousand sheets, stinky tofu, Huizhou hairy tofu, Zhejiang stinky amaranth stems, Liuzhou snail noodles in Guangxi, stinky mandarin fish from Huangshan, stinky beans from northern Jiangsu, bean juice from the capital... I can list a ton of these foods with my eyes closed, but their distinctive feature is that they smell stinky but taste delicious. Unlike canned herring? That's a biological weapon! It was absolutely spectacular on our ship that day—a bunch of people were lying over the side throwing up! Another group was sitting on deck enjoying the fresh air. A week later, everyone was drying their blankets—and they all smelled stinky!
Yasmin, who was enjoying her meal over there, suddenly perked up after hearing this. "You can say we're short of supplies, I admit that, but you can't say anything bad about our canned herrings. That's the last bit of stubbornness we Swedes have. You're vomiting like this, but all I can say is, 'You deserve it!' Because the way you're eating it is wrong. Or rather, you were wrong to open the can in the first place."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Peng asked in confusion, "It was wrong from the moment we opened the can?"
Yasmine nodded and said, "The correct way to open it is to put it in water and open it. That way the bad smell won't come out."
"Open it in water?" Xiao Peng was stunned.
Yasmin said, "Yes. This will also wash away the juices on the surface of the fish, further reducing the odor. You can then eat it between bread. Believe me, once you try it, you'll find it's a rare delicacy—even if you can't get used to it, you won't line up to vomit like you guys on the ship."
"But if you put it in water and open it, won't the soup in the can be gone?" Xiao Peng asked curiously.
Yasmine's face was filled with gloom. "You call that soup? Do you think it's meant to be drunk? It's the water from canning, and then the stinky water that ferments further in the can. That stuff needs to be washed out."
Xiao Peng was a little embarrassed after hearing this: "Well, our country's stinky fermented bean curd also has soup in it. Some people like that taste and eat it with steamed buns dipped in the soup... We thought that's how you eat the soup in your canned herrings."
"That all has to be thrown away," Yasmine said. "For many things, you need to ask the locals how to eat them correctly. If you have time, go to Sweden and you'll understand."
Xiao Peng nodded: "I understand. I might really go there in a while."
"Huh?" Yasmine was stunned: "Are you really going there?"
Xiao Peng hummed, "Of course, what's so strange about that?"
Yasmine said with a somewhat awkward expression: "I thought...the atmosphere..."
Xiao Peng suddenly understood.
The media attitude in Northern Europe is the most unfriendly towards China in the whole of Europe, even more extreme than that in the UK.
"I'm not worried about that," Xiao Peng said. "The general attitude of the media determines the content. A media atmosphere that's generally hostile to China is likely to produce a bunch of self-righteous idiots. I used to be furious when I encountered something like this, but now I'm very calm—I'll beat up anyone who dares to say that to my face. These days, being a man requires a strong body. This isn't for picking up girls, but for reasoning with idiots! In my experience, if you want to reason with an idiot, the easiest way is to pin him to the ground and give him a beating. Simple and brutal, but the most effective way!"
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