Chapter 12 Texas Braised Chicken Pillow Melon

Recently, a newspaper published that a beer hall called "Dezhou" in Keelung City was rejected by the city government's business department when it applied for a business license. The reason was that "Dezhou" was a foreign place name and could not be approved according to regulations.Because all foreignized business names, including foreign place names, personal names, and country names, are prohibited. The name of Texas is obviously a reference to the abbreviation of the state name of Texas (Texas), so it is not allowed.We Chinese refer to Texas as Dezhou for short, but in the mouth of Yankees, I haven’t heard of anyone referring to Texas as Texas!

When I was studying geography when I was a child, I knew that there is an out-and-out Dezhou in Shandong Province. It produces a long-shaped watermelon, which is similar in length and size to the winter melon produced in Taiwan today. It has thin skin, plenty of water, few seeds, and sweet honey.Later, I saw this kind of long watermelon at the Beiping Fruit Bureau, and there was a red note inlaid with gold, which said "Shandong Dezhou Pillow Melon". Because the melon was shipped from far away, the price is naturally much more expensive than the local watermelon. up. When the author was in the Ministry of Railways, he once participated in the work of the "Iron Exhibition".The iron exhibition is a touring exhibition and sale of special products along the railway lines across the country in major cities.Therefore, it was found that the braised chicken is produced in Dezhou on the Pingpu line, the roast chicken is produced in Daokou on the Pinghan line, and the smoked chicken is produced in Tangshan on the Beining line. The names are different and the methods are different.

According to what Mr. Zeng Yangfu told me: "If you pass through Dezhou by train, you must ask the tea server to buy you a grilled chicken outside the platform. But there is one thing, don't buy it from the hawker on the platform. It just so happens. What you eat is not grilled chicken, but grilled crow. When the express train passes through Texas, it is usually around dinner time, the hawker carries an oil lamp, and the light is dim. Every grilled chicken is wrapped in cellophane, and each one is fat and oily. When I got into the car, I tore off the cellophane and ate it, only to realize that I was not fooled, but the car had already left.”

One year when I returned to Tianjin from Shanghai, I remembered what Mr. Zeng said in the car. As soon as the train passed Yucheng, I gave the tea service a piece of ocean and asked him to get out of the station as soon as he arrived in Dezhou to buy me a hot grilled chicken and two The hair is on fire.The tea attendant knew that I was a member of the Ministry, so extra money was of course a tip, so after the car stopped for a while, he picked out a fat, big, steaming grilled chicken for me, and bought me a fire.He changed the tea leaves again, and brewed a pot of Xiangpian vigorously.It is still hot when tearing the grilled chicken!This meal of grilled chicken with fat skin, tender meat and fat feet is very satisfying. It is really a pleasure to eat so much during the trip.After I was full, I drank several cups of strong tea. I felt that I had eaten too much, so I had to lean on the pillow to read a book, and I dared to lie down when I drove past Cangzhou.Unexpectedly, after sleeping soundly, the moment I opened my eyes, I had already arrived at Yangliuqing, and I had already passed two or three stops in Yaojin, so I had to wait for the train to stop at Beiping East Station, then change trains and head back to Tianjin.

This incident of missing the car due to greediness was later known by several colleagues in the ministry. They said that Dayu controlled the floods and never entered the house three times, and they teased me that I could follow Wu Qianxian.Because of the Texas issue, I remembered this interesting incident in the past, so I wrote it out, and I have a good chat with my friends.How could our Dezhou in Shandong Province move to the other side of the Pacific Ocean all of a sudden?