C2164 Extinct Delicious

It was a dish that required the Queen's nod to bring out. Furthermore, Fang Guan, who had gone through a special training, did not recognize it, and even the majority of the Europeans present did not recognize this kind of grilled turkey … This series of questions successfully aroused everyone's curiosity. They all gathered around to take a closer look.

Edward really did not brag. The Europeans present observed for a long time and discovered that the thing he was roasting looked a little like a turkey, but its size was even larger than that of a swan.

With a fat body and short wings and a big mouth, he looked like a stupid fat duck.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion and shook their heads, but Xiao Letian noticed that there were a few amongst the guests that were frowning. There was no confusion in their eyes, but there was an unspeakable meaning, maybe these people knew the name of this delicacy.

Amongst them was Gladstone and Prime Minister Benjamin. Their eyes were not filled with confusion, but a kind of unspeakable shock, and even a little reluctance to part.

There were also a few elders from other countries who seemed to be well-versed in it. They were all staring at the delicacy with shocked expressions.

At this moment, Xiao Letian understood that there were some well-informed people who recognized this delicacy, but they could see that the British royal family was showing off in his heart, none of them were willing to take the initiative, it was truly rude to steal the glory of its owner.

Prince Edward turned his head to look at his mother. He wanted his mother to introduce him to the delicacy, but the Queen shook her head with a smile.

But Prince Edward was also unwilling to show off. In the end, he focused his gaze on the two children in the crowd, one was his nephew William, and the other was his son Qiao Zhi.

Qiao Zhi was only four years old, he could not handle such a situation. Seems like his nephew would be the future king of Prussia.

"My Young William, please introduce yourself to the guests!"

Young William walked over with his head held high and his chest puffed up. What else was a nephew like at his maternal grandma's house?

Young William proudly bowed to the guests around him, then deliberately pretended to sound calm as he said, "This dish's origin is not shallow, it's a unique bird from the western region of the Indian Ocean. Its meat is extremely tender, and has always been sought after by the European Food Festival."

"It's a pity that the bird population is too low. He only exists on a series of islands, and he suddenly disappeared before humans could tame him …"

"It's been more than 150 years since I've seen such a bird, but I never thought that British Empire would find such a rare bird in the Indian Ocean in the first half of the year …"

"Now, let's welcome our explorer with our warmest applause... Samuel. Huai Te. Sir Baker! "

All the guests present clapped their hands. A middle-aged man with a large beard bowed to everyone and walked towards the dining table. He first looked regretfully at the delicacies on the table.

"Respected guests, thank you for the opportunity given me by His Royal Highness. Now, it is up to me to reveal the identity of this animal …" that has been extinct for more than 150 years... The dodo! "

"What the f * ck …" Xiao Letian's eyes were opened so wide that they were about to fall out. Mauritius's specialty, dodo? "

Sir Samuel's eyes lit up. "My dear Führer, do you know the name of the Tupperbird?"

How could Xiao Letian not know of this species that was extinct by humans?

In the western part of the Indian Ocean, on the eastern side of Madagascar's main island, there was a series of islands called the Muslin Islands.

The first ones to discover this place were the Dutch s. They came to this treasure island on the Indian Ocean in the 15th century, and it was also at that time that the dodo, this unique species, appeared in front of the people.

Before the fifteenth century, there were still many dodo on the island. However, ever since the European colonists settled down here, not only did they bring pigs, dogs, monkeys, rats and other animals to prey on the eggs and young birds of dodo, they also began to cut down large areas of the forest and to hunt down the fresh and tender taste of the dodo, which eventually led to its extinction around 1690.

There was a period of time when European high-class society's most popular food on the table was charcoal barbecue dodo. These kinds of large birds, nicknamed pigeons, were simply unable to fly and had no offensive abilities. It was just too easy to capture.

In addition, the meat of these birds was indeed very fresh and tender, so it quickly became a hot topic throughout Europe.

The fearless hunting of humans, in addition to the new species destroying the originally fragile ecological chain, destroyed the living environment of dodo that originally had no natural enemies.

The specific time of the dodo's extinction was hard to prove, but it was generally acknowledged as reliable in the academic world. In other words, by 1869, the dodo had already disappeared from Earth for more than 170 years.

"I never thought that I would actually be fortunate enough to see a real dodo. This is unbelievable!"

Sir Samuel clapped his hands and said, "The Attendant outside has pushed in an iron cage with wheels. Inside the cage, there are two living dodo looking at the humans outside in fear."

"Indeed, the Mauritius could not find any more dodo, but during one of my explorations, my ship found a nameless island 500 miles to the south that had never been marked on the map before …"

"Where is it? I've found the last 24 dodo in the world and captured them all. I offer them to the almighty Queen!"

At this point in time, the Queen's vanity had expanded immensely. Looking at the guests in front of her with an inconceivable expression, the powerful scene of British Empire was sure to strike deep into their hearts.

The Queen stood up from her seat and waited for her to speak. The proud Queen smiled and said, "Maybe this is a gift from God for this exchange between East and West! For the guests who have come from far away, for the journey of breaking through the ice in the Eastern Western Civilization for thousands of years, the omnipotent God has performed a miracle! "

"God has given us the best food, the Blessed One! "Now, let us invite our honored guests to have a taste of the first bite. Esteemed Emperor and Head of State, please enjoy …"

Attendant handed over a silver knife and fork to Zai Chun and Xiao Letian while wearing a white glove, and a huge grilled dodo was placed in front of them.

Zai Chun was stirred up by the explorer's introduction, he was eager to try and use his blade, but when he was selecting his most fat place, he suddenly realized that his master who was holding onto his knife and fork was not moving at all.

He was in a daze!