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However, in Xiao Peng's eyes, fried fish, chips, and stewed beef with potatoes were probably the only dishes he could eat in the English cuisine.

Judy led the way to the kitchen. Opening the refrigerator, they found two types of fish, Pacific cod, which had a tight texture and a strong seafood taste. The halibut had a smooth, tender taste and a refreshing taste. Xiao Peng thought about it for a moment before deciding on a Pacific Cod Fish.

However, his method was a bit different. He found a rolling pin and began to roll the fish.

Zhu Di also knew how to make fried fish and chips, but she didn't understand Xiao Peng's first move. Xiao Peng explained with a smile, "This way you can make the meat softer and better combine the fragrance and taste of the fish."

After dealing with this, Xiao Peng found a can of peas and boiled it in brine. After dealing with all of this, Xiao Peng took out a potato and began to cut up the fries.

Because of their primitive taste, Eagle fries are different from French fries and are thicker and more compact in shape, so that although they are not as crispy as French fries, they give a better taste of the fragrance and the waxy texture of the potatoes.

Xiao Peng first fried the fries. When Xiao Peng came out of the pot, he directly sprinkled the salt on the fries and sprinkled them with a layer of malt vinegar while it was still hot. The kitchen was immediately filled with the rich aroma of potatoes and the smell of acetic acid. Let the guest dip his own food.

Xiao Peng, on the other hand, made the fried fish. Its fluffy appearance made it look more like a hot dog. Xiao Peng added a little lemon juice to every fried fish that came out of the wok.

Finally, the boiled peas were placed in a small bowl for side dishes. Fish and chips were prepared so easily. Zhu Di was a professional, so he couldn't wait to eat after he gave everyone a portion.

"Howl." As soon as Judy took her first bite, she felt the scent of potatoes explode in her mouth. Zhu Di looked at Xiao Peng with an astonished expression. This was a completely different taste from the Eagle Country fried fish and chips that she had eaten for more than ten years!

Xiao Peng smiled at her and nodded, indicating for her to continue eating. Zhu Di also ignored his image, grabbing the fried fish and stuffing it into his mouth, completely disregarding his own image.

When the rest of them saw Judy's manner of eating, they couldn't help but try it out as well. He couldn't stop at all.

Especially Amelia, whose mouth was stuffed full of food. She said happily, "Xiao Peng, I really didn't expect that fish and chips could be so delicious. Especially the chips. I didn't expect them to be so delicious. "

Judy raised her hand. "I swear, I wouldn't eat such delicious fish and chips in Eagle Country!"

Xiao Peng laughed, "Amelia, you shouldn't underestimate this potato. This potato is the fourth largest staple food in the world, after the corn, rice, and wheat. It could also be said to be an important reason for Ireland's independence, and if it were not for the potatoes, Ireland might still be in British territory. "

"What does Irish Independence have to do with potatoes?"

Xiao Peng explained, "As you know, Ireland and the Eagle Kingdom fought for hundreds of years. Since 1169, Eagle Nation has been invading Ireland, and the movie The Heart of Courage tells of that time. Five hundred years later, in the middle of the seventeenth century, Eagle Nation, led by Cromwell, completely occupied Ireland and became the territory of Eagle Kingdom."

"What does that have to do with potatoes?" Judy asked. As an Eagle she was curious about this.

Xiao Peng explained: "After the Eagle Empire occupied Ireland, most of the Irish were forced to move westward, while the western part of the island was mountainous and barren, not suitable for grain cultivation, but suitable for potato growth. No cattle, no horses, no mill, only men and shovels. Although the storage period is not as good as the grain, it is still more than sufficient compared to other vegetables, and the nutrition of potatoes is even more balanced than that of cereals. There is almost no defect in matching milk or cheese — and cows can also live off potatoes, so the whole of Ireland is dominated by potatoes.

"After the mass cultivation of potatoes, Ireland, which had no shortage of food, welcomed a population explosion, which doubled the population of Ireland, and how to deal with the explosive growth of the 'lower' population of Ireland was also a subject of daily debate in the Eagle press. At that time, a historical book, 'A Mild Proposal', came into existence. You all know this book, don't you? " Xiao Peng asked.

Amelia and Judy nodded together. "We went to school," she said. Judy said: "This was once forbidden in Eagle Country. I was just curious to read it."

Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders. To the gentlemen of Eagle Country, the content of "A Mild Proposal" was undoubtedly a literature that smacked their faces.

The author of this article, Jonathan Swift of the Irish, is also the author of the famous novel Gulliver's Travels. He is extremely good at irony. He sympathized with the Irish people in their struggle for national independence, and for that he wrote many political articles criticizing the colonial policies of the Eagle State at that time, most famously A Mild Proposal, perhaps the most ironic article in the history of British literature.

In view of how Eagle Nation's daily political debate solved the problem of the Irish population explosion, Jonathan suggested to the state that the authorities of Eagle Nation should feed Irish babies and make a financial account for the government, explaining that this would save a lot of money. He also explained how babies could be cooked, how they tasted better, and how they were more nutritious. Jonathan pointed out that Eagle's colonization policy was simply eating the flesh of the Irish people! It could be said to be the early black humor.

Xiao Peng continued, "Although Jonathan's words made the British government unhappy, what happened afterwards made the British government extremely happy. Because potatoes rely on asexual reproduction, have very low genetic diversity and no seed bottlenecks, they are extremely susceptible to disease. From the eighteenth century onwards, there were dozens of small-scale famine caused by potato blight in Ireland, until the greatest agricultural tragedy of modern Europe occurred in 1845. That was the Irish famine, commonly known as the potato famine. "

Judy said hastily, "I know that. It was a famine between 1845 and 1850. "At that time, due to the overflowing of a fungus known as Phytophthora infestans, the Irish potato harvest failed, and it was only with the help of Eagle Kingdom that the crisis was overcome!"

Xiao Peng laughed when he heard this. "Zhu Di, is this how Eagle Kingdom talks about this?"

Zhu Di was confused by Xiao Peng's smile, but he still nodded his head, "That's right, this is how we learn in school."

Xiao Peng stopped laughing. "Then the teacher didn't tell you when you were in school that potatoes were the main source of food for Ireland at that time, and without potatoes, the whole country was starved. In the first winter of the famine in 1845, about 400 thousand people died, and this disaster lasted until 1851, when Ireland, with a population of nine million, became a corpse and a population of one million, became an immigrant. Ninety percent of that amount came to the Stellar States, because Ireland's economy did not improve after the disaster. In the next fifty years, four million more Irish left the country, and by 1900, Ireland's population reached over three million. Less than half the level of 1841, and to this day it has not been restored to its pre-disaster level. "

"And Eagle Nation has been worrying about the growth of the Irish population. Now, there's no need to worry at all. At that time, Eagle Kingdom was busy opening the gates of China, starting a war of crows and preparing for the first ever World Expo in human history, so they didn't care about Ireland at all. They just let the disaster spread and the Irish people throw their corpses everywhere. Furthermore, even if it was this inedible disaster relief corn, it would still require extremely complicated procedures for the affected people to request it. Even the government of Eagle Kingdom would obstruct spontaneous humanitarian relief efforts. The Ottoman sultan, Abdummersid, for example, announced that he would donate £10,000 to the Irish victims, but Queen Victoria asked the sultan to donate only £1,000 because the queen herself had donated £2,000, and even the Indian tribes on the other side of the ocean had been raising money for Irish refugees. But what about the Eagle Government? "

Xiao Peng smoked as he looked at the shocked Judy and answered the question himself: "The Government of the Eagle Country abolished the Grain Act during the Cataclysm because of its own interests, thus undermining the right of Ireland to import food into Britain freely, which in turn destroyed Ireland's agricultural economy, because the repeal of the Grain Act, the landlord of the Eagle Country in Ireland, ignored the Irish famine, changed the former cultivation of wheat into animal husbandry, greatly diminished the ability to resist it, and considerably increased the development of the famine. Moreover, during the worst years of the famine, Irish Eagle landlords still exported grain to Eagle countries, leaving Ireland with net grain exports throughout the famine, and it was this desperate disregard for the lives and humanity of the Irish people that made the natural disaster rapidly turn into a human disaster. In the end millions of Irish died of famine. "

Judy asked the question that everyone was concerned about. "Why are they doing this? Isn't this too cruel? "

Xiao Peng shrugged his shoulders, "From the ruler's point of view, what they did was understandable. After all, the growth of the population of Ireland was detrimental to their rule, and at that time, the Eagle Kingdom was robbing wealth from China to open up new colonies. Ireland is still independent, and it's basically because of this little potato that all this is happening. "

Amelia looked at the French fries in her hand. "Xiao, you can eat so much knowledge from eating potatoes."

Xiao Peng nodded. "That's why you have to eat potatoes with reverence in your heart! Therefore, these potatoes must not be left. They must all be eaten. "

Amelia looked at the bowl of chips in front of her. "But this is too much, isn't it?" she said bitterly.

"Nonsense, if it's not because you do too much, who will tell you these stories? I don't care, I just started to eat, and until I'm done eating, no one is allowed to leave this place. "

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