Due to work reasons, I had to stay in a foreign country to continue working during the Spring Festival in 2012, and another young man who worked with me went home for the Chinese New Year, while I, as an old employee who had worked for many years, stayed behind and waited for a period of work to end before returning to China to reunite with my family. Ten years ago, Bangladesh was not like now, with few Chinese and few living materials, and it is not like now that you can buy the same Chinese New Year's Eve and meals as in China as long as you spend money.
So he launched a search for Chinese who had not returned to China for a hundred miles, and contacted Jiang Jun in Hunan, Fan Jun in Anhui, Dai Jun in Jiangsu, Wang Jun in Shanxi, Huang Jun in Taiwan, and Jiang Jun, the third generation of overseas Chinese in Cambodia, seven people across six provinces, as well as Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese, which was really a great reunion. Once I got in touch with someone, I set out to prepare for Chinese New Year's Eve night's life.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the bowls, chopsticks, knives, cutting boards, beans, peppercorns, MSG were packed up early, in Bangladesh in those years pots and pans were brought from China, there was only one set of manpower, if you accidentally missed and fell, you would only look up to the sky and sigh. and Jiang Jun went to Mymensingh market to purchase ingredients, and successively bought a 2 kg of large catfish, 3 pounds of mutton, a duck, two chickens, 2 pounds of beef, pumpkin vine, etc., the beef and mutton here are genuine and cheap, if they meet a kind stall owner who sees Chinese buy meat, they will often regard Chinese as a treasure bullwhip and sheep whip as a gift; Two years ago, another member of our group had eaten the hot bullwhip as a home-cooked meal, and it was served every day. Locally, these things, including offal, are not eaten by locals, and are often given as gifts to Chinese and Koreans, or given to locals to throw fish ponds to feed fish. In recent years, there have been domestic traders who have gone to several countries in South Asia to buy the water in the belly and sell it to hot pot restaurants.
This small town has a particularly famous dessert Monda (this was a royal tribute three hundred years ago, ordinary people can only see, according to legend, it was also served to the Queen of England, foreign heads of state visiting Bengal will offer special tasting, in Bangladesh is the only one, there is no other branch, quite a bull fork) Think about it is hearty.
At three o'clock sharp, I came to the national farm where Jiang Jun worked, the state-run is different, not only has a living room, but also has a renovated dining room, think about our living place is really shabby, but the kitchen is really not flattering, it is still a firewood stove, a pot of smoke black, fortunately it is still a piece of firewood burned, stir-fried steamed rice is strong enough. So the picking of vegetables, the brushing of the pot, the chef is, of course, me from the hometown of Sichuan cuisine. First wash the lamb and then add water and ginger, peppercorns to stew, drink soup to nourish and nourish, mutton is warm, suitable for autumn and winter tonic, can warm in the deficiency, replenish the qi; Duck and beef can only be used for braised meat, stir-fried with watercress and added cinnamon, fennel, star anise (there are many kinds of spices here, only choose a few we accept, turmeric and curry can only be respected for me and other Middle-earthers), add water and boil. Three hours later, lamb broth, potato roast beef, braised duck, boiled fish, dry roasted chicken, fried peanut rice, vegetarian fried pumpkin vine, one dish after another, also quite rich.
Wine is a rarity here, but you can't live without it Chinese New Year's Eve night. There are both the two pots brought by Fan Jun, Bordeaux in France, and the Indian wine purchased by Jiang Juntuo. Without Chinese music, without relatives to accompany them, 7 big men drink three different wines in mutual courtesy, which may just be an introduction in China, but here, everyone humbly says that they don't drink much. Laughing, after the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Year of the Rabbit, this is the first time since growing up so old that I have not celebrated the New Year at home, there is no Spring Festival Gala, and there is less regret, but everyone wishes each other a happy New Year in small talk, which is also a different experience.