The Happy Life of a Duchess

Before the banquet, there will be a prayer ceremony generally initiated by the host family.

To be honest, the Duke's father was not a very devout believer either. If it had to be said, he had blood on his hands and a philistine taste of money, which was not what the general Catholics admired.

However, he is not stingy in some forms. Whether it is going to church on weekends or the act of prayer itself, he is not so devout and serious that he repeats it to the image of God every day, but as he grows older and the children pass away one by one , he still has spiritual sustenance for this form itself.

After a prayer from the Bible, everyone resumed their laughter, and then the servants served the dishes one after another.

Adele opted for a nutritious soup with pheasant meat, served with a quarter of sourdough bread.Morgana on the left next to her side hesitated for a while and chose the Queen's Soup stuffed with partridge meat, and Mrs. Castellana on the right simply ordered sauce shrimp soup with baguettes.

Morgana was a little hesitant at first. She also knew that except for this soup, most of the nutritional soups should contain carrots, but she didn't want to try the sauce shrimp soup. The seafood soup tasted good to her. It's weird, so after hesitation, I chose a kind of nutritional soup, queen soup.

When she realized that there were no carrots in the soup, she was visibly relieved, with a big smile facing Adele, and she couldn't help admiring after taking a sip.

"It's really delicious, the meat is very tender, and the soup is very delicious." She praised.

"This bone broth must have been boiled for a long time, right?" Marianna asked with a smile, "The aroma of the onion and the aroma of the big bone have been fused together, and the whole body seems to warm up after drinking it."

"Yes, it's delicious and authentic!" Mrs. Castellana smiled and said to Adele and Mrs. Captain Woods on both sides, "I like this shrimp soup in sauce. The shrimp tastes good and delicious. This sauce is also Not sweet, a little salty taste is just right.”

Over there, the old Mrs. Dressel, who also ordered the shrimp soup with sauce, immediately realized it. She thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but take another sip before she put down the spoon and shouted at Adele over there.

"My shrimp in sauce is salty and sweet. Oh...God, I really like it. Be sure to give me the secret recipe later, my dear."

"Of course, my lady!"

Adele shouted to Mrs. Dressel who was sitting in the middle from afar.

Although she knew that this was actually a secret recipe for each family, she did not refuse, but seemed very generous.

This kind of generosity is very likely to be favored, especially since none of the wives lack anything, it is basically difficult to be impressed, but this excellent performance of agile energy is very commendable.

Mrs. Castellana is probably the one with a more unique taste among the crowd. She is the only one who chooses to use sourdough bread with pickled cucumbers, and she specifically requests the sour and salty Eastern European sauce. Fortunately, there are a lot of food ingredients at home, and there are really ones that meet her requirements, so Adele asked her servant to put them on for her immediately.

It’s just a finger-length, earthy-yellow-green pickled cucumber. It’s crunchy when chewed, but of course it’s not as crisp as fresh cucumbers, and it’s still a little soft. As a result, she poked it directly with a fork, sliced ​​the bread and took a bite. She ate two of the pickled cucumbers, and repeatedly said that the taste was to her liking, and it was rare to see such a taste in other people's homes.

Seeing this, Mrs. Woods next to her showed a gritty expression, and Mrs. Castellana laughed out loud after seeing this.

He also asked her and Mrs. Fitch next to her if they would like to try it too. Mrs. Woods and Mrs. Fitch shook their heads immediately. Both of them had bread and jam pie.

It is impossible to keep completely quiet during a dinner party. Most people will talk to the people around them during the meal time of several hours, and the host should pay attention to it all the time. It is to keep up as much as possible.

The atmosphere seemed particularly harmonious, and most of the people had satisfied smiles on their faces, even Mr. Reserved, with a smile on his face.

Adele skillfully sliced ​​it with a bread knife and spread light butter on the sourdough bread, but the butter from Virginie, a girl from the Dressel family, is a slightly sweet taste that children prefer. The fragrance is also heavier.

She was holding a small piece of bread that her maid had cut for her, and happily licked the butter on it. After her father sitting across from her looked over, she hurriedly stuffed the bread into her mouth to cover up The act of licking secretly just now.

The father who loves his daughter, the young Mr. Dressel, made a small expression with his daughter, and then gestured to the mother next to her. The little girl also nodded knowingly, and speeded up the speed of eating soup and bread.

She is now four years old, but sometimes she still needs the help of a maid to feed her, and her small hands are weak, and she cannot hold heavy gold-plated knives and forks or silver knives and forks. Most of the time, the maid will help her Cut it up for her, or directly give her a small spoon specially designed for children, this Adele is also prepared——

She's clearly in love with the little kitten with the laurel sprig on the end of the spoon, almost to the point of falling in love with it.

Soon the appetizers were over, and after the two hosts put down the tableware, it was time for the guests to put down the tools in their hands.

Of course, the host doesn’t finish the meal by himself. They need to keep an eye on the progress of the guests’ meal. If they see a guest delaying their meal due to chatting, which may be slower than the overall speed, the host should also slow down appropriately. Speed, even let yourself eat for a while to match the progress of the guests, at least to ensure the satisfaction of the guests.

The servants came up to help replace all the unsuitable tableware before, and replaced them with new tableware. It is not difficult to find that it is also in line with the previous style. It is full of Greek elements, and the delicate and ingenious thoughts have been noticed by the women. , but the gentlemen are relatively rough, so they don't care much, they just think they are pretty good-looking.

The second dish is a mixed stew. Although the roast meat in the stew is newly made, due to the storage time, most of the stew that appeared at the dinner party has been cold. The barbecue is not very hot, and the better ones may still maintain a little temperature, but this is rare, because it takes a lot of time to eat a few slices of bread and a bowl of soup just for the first dish.

"This lamb is very delicious..."

Captain Donald Woods was not stingy in his compliments, and Mr. Duke on one side was naturally happier when he was praised.

Most of the gentlemen try the roast meat in the chowder first.

Originally, I didn't expect much from the meat in the chowder, but I didn't expect that the roast meat was tender and juicy. Before roasting, the mutton was seasoned and sauced, and the aroma was still there even when it was cold. How inferior it is, it is fragrant and strong when chewed in the mouth. This is not only the smell of meat, but also the taste of those seasoning sauces mixed together, and some vanilla and lemon juice are almost sublimated like soul embellishments...

The taste was really amazing, and I couldn't stop my hands. For a while, everyone talked a little less. It wasn't until they were satisfied that they began to express their emotions again, and their praise and expectations became stronger.

Whether it is the meat-heavy husband who eats the meat directly, or eats it with the pie, fruit and vegetable bread in the chowder, it is very satisfying——

If I have to say a fly in the ointment, it is that there is too little meat.

In full of anticipation, the veal soup came up. As soon as the lid was opened, the air was filled with a richer smell of bone broth and meat. With his nose hanging like a hook, a four-year-old The girl didn't move her eyes.

The same is the veal that has been secretly prepared first. The meat quality is selected from the fat and tender position, and then it has been boiled for a long time to make it show the best taste. It will not be too hard to chew, but it will not Too crunchy, so that the pleasure of chewing the meat and feeling the gravy and soup in the mouth is lost.

In this way, everyone was busy eating and drinking, and the atmosphere of tasting delicious food became more intense when the poultry barbecue came up.

One piece of chicken and duck meat, one dark and one light color, full of aroma, coupled with exquisite presentation, looks pleasing to the eye, makes people move their index fingers, and salivates non-stop when smelling the smell.

Eat the first dish one by one, although you already have a feeling of fullness and need as early as the first dish, but now everyone has to secretly think that you should leave more stomach.

Usually, I need to eat the last part, or close to the end, before I feel almost full. Now I eat too much because of the first dish, but it seems that I can’t eat the latter part——

That was so sad.

It is a sin to be unable to eat the delicious food.

So everyone unanimously slowed down the speed of eating. Anyway, a dinner is very long, and talking a little more can also pass the incident away, and then the stomach will be digested, and the stomach will be empty. Naturally, there will be energy to eat later. up.

It's a real torture for ladies who want to lose weight and control their food intake.

But because of the existence of the waist skirt, even if they want to eat more, they can't achieve it objectively——

Adele had no doubts that Morgana, who should be wearing tight clothes today, wailed secretly in her heart.

Her eyes seemed to glow green when she looked at the chicken in front of her. She just swallowed her saliva a few times, but she only ate half of a whole piece of chicken, and it was almost at the waist. The body is at its limit.

She looked at Adele pitifully, and Adele immediately understood her pitiful little eyes.

"It's okay, eat slowly." She smiled and whispered to her, then forked a piece of cut chicken, and while she was watching helplessly, she ate it in one bite while facing her gaze.

Morgana's eyes were instantly filled with silent accusations.

Adele is in a better mood. The chicken is really good. It is as tender as she expected. After taking a bite, it is tender and juicy. After swallowing, there is still a bit of spice in the aftertaste. This fragrance is stored in the mouth and memory. , It also promoted the return of sweetness and saliva secretion, as if the brain was desperately urging——

There are good things, eat them quickly!

The next dish is still Adele's favorite, and it is also the pan-fried cod that she is looking forward to very much.

Butter-fried cod has extremely high requirements on the control of the heat, and of course the meat itself is also very pursuing. The white cod cooked in this way is slightly browned, but at the same time exudes the milky smell of butter. Sprinkle a little sea salt on top Particles, and after a little green vanilla, it can make people nod from the color.

Cut a piece of extremely white and tender cod meat, dip it in a little sauce, and put it in your mouth. It feels like it melts in your mouth. It satisfies the sensory expectations and the desire to be filled with delicious food to the maximum extent.

The cod meat has a little salty taste of sea salt, which is specially made during cooking.

Different from the previous big meat, the seafood here retains a relatively original taste, trying to conquer every diner with the delicious taste and excellent freshness of the seafood itself.

Adele also enjoyed the process very much.

The restored taste of seafood can bring her rich sensory imagination. For a seafood addict like her, seafood can create illusions and make her have infinite associations, even as if she can see the sea with her eyes closed. .