I have a group of young French roommates in the Youth Hostel in Cardiff, Wales. That night I went to Cardiff's kitchen to cook. Mushrooms, peas, carrots and bacon are burning in the pot. A French girl came in with a finished pizza bought in the supermarket and knocked on the oven for a while. I didn't know what to do. I just heat the pizza in the microwave for a few minutes and then take it out to eat. Another black French girl always comes to the kitchen to fry an egg and bake bread when she is hungry. There is also a little French brother who froze a box of vegetable salad and a box of green twips bought in the supermarket in the refrigerator. His dinner is to take these two boxes out of the refrigerator, take two bites each, and then put them back in the refrigerator.
There is a very fat, very fat English girl in this youth tour. I once saw her eating in the kitchen. She took out half a roast chicken from the refrigerator, put it in the microwave oven to heat it, then took out a can of cream from the refrigerator and put it on the roast chicken, and then stood in the kitchen and ate half a roast chicken. I guess she doesn't go to the restaurant or the living room to eat, because she is a little afraid that her recipes or appetite will scare others.
I had the best chat with two people in Cardiff Youth Travel Agency, an American brother R and a Dutch brother P. R is an interesting person. He travels with a guitar, singing in the busiest streets of the city half the time and wandering around half the time. There is always a cheesecake in the refrigerator. Eat one and buy another. His dinner is to take the cheesecake out of the refrigerator, eat two spoonfuls, and then eat some vegetable salad bought in the supermarket.
P is older than R and I, has changed many jobs and has been to many countries. Tall, thin and humorous. He traveled around Europe by bike on this trip, and spent most of his time camping outdoors. Every once in a while, he found a youth brigade to wash clothes, sleep and have a rest. I first met him at the National Museum of Wales. He stood in front of a Rodin sculpture and copied it carefully with a sketch book. After a brief chat, we went our separate ways. Later, we learned that we were roommates of the same youth brigade. P Every night when I am hungry, I pack my schoolbag and go to the sainsbury supermarket near the Youth Travel Service to buy food, sometimes chicken salad and sometimes sandwiches. One night, I made spaghetti with pea curry. He smelled it and shouted "It smells good". He quickly put on his schoolbag and ran to the supermarket to buy a box of instant curry rice. Instant curry rice contains two boxes of ingredients, one box of rice and one box of curry sauce. Put it in the microwave for three minutes and mix the rice with curry sauce. He knocked excitedly and brought it to the table. He found that the weight of this box of curry rice was less than half of my spaghetti. When we calculate the price, curry rice is much more expensive than my spaghetti. P can't help feeling a little depressed. I said, this bowl of spaghetti is easy to cook. I will teach you how to operate it. P Hahahaha smiled and waved: Forget it, please!
As an omnivore who is not picky about food at all, before this trip, I was a little worried: European eating habits, such as bread and mashed potatoes as the staple food, would I be unaccustomed to eating for several months, just like I ate curry in Nepal and finally doubted my life? Later, it was found that this was completely unfounded. First of all, even though I have been eating bread sandwich pasta, I have no stress reaction; Secondly, from Russia in the east to Britain in the west, rice is very popular all over Europe now. Indian rice (or Thai rice), curry powder seasoning and various instant rice are frequent customers on the shelves of supermarkets in various countries. Thanks to Indian villagers, curry rice has spread all over the world. Even I, a China native, can easily purchase materials if I want a bite of rice.
When I went to Manchester to watch the football match, I stayed in a Victorian house. I met my roommate A, a Belgian buddy from Brussels. University A studied international trade, and came to Manchester with a little savings, ready to find a job and settle down in Britain. It is not easy to find a job in England. When talking about this topic, A said that she didn't expect to find a job related to international trade soon, so she considered working as a waiter in a coffee shop first. I met him in the kitchen. I've just finished eating and I'm drinking a can of Guinness stout. A went into the kitchen and started cooking dinner, so we started chatting. His dinner is simple. He took out a bag of rice, a bag of bay leaves and a teacup from the cupboard, and then took out a can of corn and a box of ham slices from the refrigerator. There is a rice cooker in the hotel kitchen. He poured a cup of rice and two cups of hot water into the rice cooker, then put a bay leaf, then turned on the rice cooker and turned to chat with me while drinking. After 20 minutes, when the rice was cooked, he took out the laurel leaves, put the rice on a big plate, added canned corn and diced ham to the rice, and stirred it evenly, and the meal was ready. Cooking a meal like this is enough for him to eat several meals. After he finished the meal, he put the remaining rice in a lunch box and said that he would continue to eat it in the microwave the next day. From this perspective, there is a reason why rice is really popular in Europe. For people who don't have enough time or just have difficulty cooking, rice is simple to cook and convenient to store. After cooking, you can eat it in the refrigerator and heat it in the microwave oven in a couple of days, which basically retains the original flavor. From this point of view, it is even more convenient than pasta.
There are two different views on cooking during the trip. One view is that cooking is a waste of time, and it is best to cook more and prepare several meals at a time; Another view is that if you buy too many ingredients at a time, or cook too many dishes at a time, it is not a waste if you can't finish eating them at last. Therefore, you should only buy the materials you need and cook the food you need every meal. I met two people who hold both views in Cheshire near London.
Chesant is a neat and quiet town, located in Ligu, next to a regional park. Li Valley is a forest wetland, where the river flows quietly and all kinds of migratory birds inhabit the depths of aquatic plants. The path in the forest is winding, which is very suitable for walking Once when I was walking in the forest, a group of swans flew overhead, which moved me inexplicably for a long time. The youth hostel where I live in Cheshire is a row of two-story cabins on the edge of the forest, each with several rooms. My roommate has two old ladies, one is M from Washington, USA, and the other is Dutch C who immigrated to New Zealand when she was young.
Mrs. M is a linguist, proficient in six languages, and it is particularly easy to walk in Europe. She came to London this time to visit relatives and look around. Her parents, both European Jews, fled to the United States during World War II. At the end of World War II, two of her father's nine brothers and sisters survived, and only two of her mother's 10 brothers and sisters survived, so she cherished her loved ones. Mrs. m's cooking method is very simple. She went to the supermarket to buy a bag of chicken pieces, and used them to stew a pot of soup with garlic, pepper and tomato sauce. Put the soup in the fresh-keeping layer of the refrigerator, take out a bowl every meal, heat it in the microwave oven, eat it cheerfully, clean your mouth and go out for a walk with a smile.
The old lady is old, but she is still articulate and sensitive. She has been divorced for a long time, and her son is studying for a master's degree in London. Later, she planned to go to other countries to study for a doctorate. She traveled around the world with her son. One day we talked about it, and Mrs. M said with great appreciation: Your son is hardworking and enterprising. How old is he now? C the old lady smiled faintly and said, more than 50. We can hardly conceal our surprise. C the old lady's son, A, lives in a room with me in the youth brigade in Cheshire, but he goes out early and comes back late, so I sometimes can't see him. A is slightly fat, ruddy, friendly and kind, not like a man in his fifties at all. Old lady C and brother A eat in a completely different way from old lady M, which is simply a model of eating less and eating more. Brother a often stays away from youth travel. C The old lady walks to the nearby supermarket every day to buy a small box of milk, a little bread and vegetables, and then sits in the kitchen reading and chatting during a nap. When she is hungry, she eats a little. She will match her diet strictly according to the nutrients her body needs. Once I was chatting with her in the kitchen. After chatting for a while, she said, "Oh, I should eat some carbohydrates" and took out a small piece of bread to eat slowly. After a while, she said, "Ah, I should add some protein", poured a glass of milk and drank it slowly. After a while, "well, I should add some energy", then I took out a peanut chocolate bar and chewed it. One weekend, when I came back from a walk, I saw old lady C and brother A chatting solemnly in the kitchen. Some carrots are boiled in white water in the pot. After about twenty minutes, the two men solemnly picked up the cooked carrots and shared them.
On this trip, what ideas did I follow to buy ingredients and cook food? My behavior pattern is: if I only stay in one place for a day or two, I don't usually cook by myself. Even if I want to cook, I just go to the supermarket to buy the materials needed for this meal every time I eat; If I stay in a place for a long time, such as four or five days, I usually put all the ingredients I need in the refrigerator after I go to the supermarket for shopping on the first day. In supermarkets, it is generally cheaper to buy large packages of fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, milk and drinks. Of course, sometimes I miscalculate. When I left one place for the next destination, there was still some food in the refrigerator. At the same time, some foods and drinks, such as oats, toast and wine, can hardly be used up when I leave a place-if I throw them away every time and buy new ones, it will be a waste of food and money to move to dozens of places repeatedly according to my itinerary in Britain. So when I set out from one place to the next in England, I often take things like unfinished toast, oats, cooking oil, vegetables and meat wine with me in plastic bags. I bought a plastic bag in the supermarket when I first arrived in England. Although it looks wrinkled in the end, it is still very strong. The only bad thing is that walking in the street with this kind of bag is sometimes regarded as a tramp. Although I try to keep my clothes clean, I only have one pair of shoes. Walking for a long time, sometimes it's too late to wash, and it's hard to avoid some flavor. On a long-distance bus or train, wearing a pair of sweaty shoes, carrying a shabby plastic bag with a faint smell of broccoli, reaching for biscuits from the plastic bag, it is no wonder that the passengers next to you are supercilious. At this time, I have to put on sunglasses and play dumb.
Speaking of * * * enjoying the food area, my heart is full of gratitude. The so-called * * * food area refers to the exclusive area where some backpackers leave excess food, spices and drinks for others to take away before leaving. Some youth brigades will use a cupboard as a food area, some are on the first floor of the refrigerator, and some have no special place. You can stick a "help yourself" or "free" note on what you want to eat and put it in the refrigerator. Youth travel usually requires everyone to mark their food in the public refrigerator, and write down the room number and check-out date clearly. On the one hand, it is to avoid the embarrassment of taking the wrong food (of course, even if it is marked, I have encountered several incidents of being stolen food or drinking milk), and on the other hand, it is convenient for the youth travel service to regularly clean up the things left in the refrigerator by check-out tourists. These clean drinking water, with acceptable quality, will also be placed in the * * * food enjoyment area. When I left England for Paris, I liked all spices, food and drinks except dried peppers. The same is true when you leave Amsterdam for new york. It's strange to be helped by people you've never met, and then to help people you've never met.
I get into the habit of taking a look at the * * * food area before cooking every time. If I have my own seasoning or ingredients, use a little. Salt, pepper curry powder, edible oil, canned food, onion and garlic, jam, pasta and tea can often be found in the food enjoyment area. Toast bread or fruits and vegetables are also available, but these things are usually taken first come first served. When I was in Barcelona, it happened that the Youth Travel Service cleaned the refrigerator on Monday, and I also got a whole package of unopened ham slices, a box of eggs and a bottle of sweet white wine.
Exploring the * * * food enjoyment area is like treasure hunting. If you are lucky, you will get extra income. When I was in Oxford, England, I went back to Youth Travel Service for lunch one day. I am stewing pork with cabbage and mushrooms. A middle-aged man and a woman walked into the kitchen. My uncle is holding a cardboard box with a bag of apples, a bag of oranges and a dozen sandwiches. They led a team to travel to Oxford, and now that the trip is over, they left the extra food in the youth travel service. My uncle asked me with a carton in his arms: Hey, buddy, do you want a sandwich? I said thank you and took one. Uncle continued: You're welcome. Take more. I don't know what to do with the rest. I said, it's simple. You write "Help yourself" on the carton, and then put the carton on the kitchen table. Trust me, everyone will help you clean up. Uncle suddenly realized that he wrote "Help yourself" on the carton with our usual marker for marking food and left happily. At this time, I was the only one left in the kitchen, and there was an old English man who had a good chat with me. The old man said, "Lucky day!" We smiled at each other tacitly, reached for two chicken sandwiches and put them in our food bags. After lunch, I went out for a walk happily and came back at night. Sure enough, there was nothing in the box.
Let's start with breakfast.
I like to eat milk oatmeal for breakfast, which is a habit formed in China. Milk oatmeal is also one of the main foods for breakfast of foreign friends. I have seen many people put a small pot on the stove to cook milk oatmeal in the morning. Personally, I am more used to using the microwave oven, which saves me the trouble of cleaning the wok. The trouble with cooking oatmeal in the microwave oven is that if the oatmeal is heated and boiled too violently, it may spill all over the microwave oven. Later, I found a trick: first put the milk and oats in a bowl and heat them in the microwave for about 3 minutes. At this time, oatmeal has just begun to boil. Take out the porridge bowl, stir it a little, then put it in the microwave oven 1~2 minutes, and you can eat it.
There are vomiting drivers in the kitchens of Europe Youth Travel Service and B&B, and gradually I like baking bread. Toast, baked and uncooked are really two completely different foods. Toast tastes better with sauce. I tried all kinds of jam, peanut butter and chocolate sauce, and finally found that my favorite was granular peanut butter. If you have tea or coffee, it is also a comfortable choice to have a cup of hot tea or coffee in the morning and pour some milk. Some European friends I met are extremely dependent on a cup of coffee in the morning and feel that they will really wake up after drinking this cup of coffee. So my travel breakfast gradually formed a fixed recipe: two pieces of peanut butter toast, a bowl of milk oatmeal, a cup of hot tea (or coffee), a banana or an apple.
Let's talk about lunch.
Lunch is probably the most casual meal I have ever eaten during a day's trip. On the one hand, because I was having fun at noon, it was a waste of time and energy to go back to youth travel to cook. On the other hand, if you eat too much at noon, you will feel sleepy in the afternoon. Usually, just find a fast food restaurant like McDonald's and KFC to eat, or put some biscuits and fruits in your backpack when you go out in the morning and make do with it at noon. Lunch is easier to solve in Britain. Supermarkets such as Tesco and Sainsbury's sell a set meal called "meal deal", which costs about 3 pounds for a sandwich, a snack and a drink. Many English people go to the supermarket to grab food at noon, and I am used to it. Besides, I bought a lunch box. Sometimes when I am happy in the morning, I will make something to eat and put it in a lunch box for lunch. Many people use lunch boxes in Britain. People can often be seen sitting on a park bench, taking out lunch boxes from their backpacks and chatting with others while eating. I also used lunch boxes many times, but later I was robbed of food by dogs in the park, and I haven't used them much since.
Finally, dinner.
About dinner, when I first started traveling, I wanted to stir-fry it. After all, I am from Sichuan, and I especially like to stir-fry with onions, ginger, garlic and dried peppers. Later, it was found that many youth travel kitchens did not have range hoods and non-stick pans, which made cooking inconvenient. So where there is no range hood, I usually cook stew. The stew I cooked can almost be called water cooking. Simply put, the steps are: cut the meat, put it in a pot of cold water, boil it, then pour the blood out of the pot and wash the meat; Wash the pot, add water again, bring to a boil, add the meat, and simmer for ten minutes. Add seasonal vegetables, such as cabbage, potatoes, onions, green peppers, eggplant, carrots, shredded cucurbits, mushrooms, broccoli, and sometimes add a little FOSS, and then add seasonings such as salt, garlic, dried peppers and curry powder. Cover the pot, cook for about 20 minutes, remove the dish from the plate with a colander, sprinkle some pepper and eat. This kind of cooked rice is delicious and less oily and healthy. The whole person can maintain good physical strength. Walking 20 kilometers in Europe every day, people lose weight unconsciously. Brothers and sisters who want to lose weight can try this recipe. Of course, I sometimes cook and learn to use the oven. The fried sausage in Germany and the fried steak in Italy are all drooling now. I also learned the cooking method of Indian curry rice from an Indian brother before I left England. Let's talk about it later.
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