Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

Chapter 43 ADM Pig Feed

"We're making chocolate, but the chocolate we make is for our own consumption. We don't have a license to sell food, so I can't sell it to you, and I can't be held responsible if something goes wrong."

With that said, Carter understood.It turned out that they didn't want to sell, but they didn't dare to sell.

"Okay, I see. I have to say, your chocolate is so delicious, I could smell it while driving there. When are you going to apply for a food sales certificate?"

Carter's words were purely Chinese politeness, and everyone was ready to turn around and leave.As a result, the surprise came like this.
"We should not apply for a food sales certificate. If you like it very much, you can buy our cocoa pulp and cocoa butter, which we can sell, and then I will tell you the formula ratio I just added, and you can do it yourself Go home and make delicious chocolate!"

The production of chocolate, a dessert, is not complicated. The hard part lies in extracting cocoa butter and boiling cocoa pulp from cocoa beans.With these two main raw materials, the rest is to add milk, sugar, nuts, etc., anyone can do it.Regardless of the taste, at least many families in the United States have the habit of making their own chocolate.

The little brother's suggestion is not abrupt, just listen to him continue to add:
"Our company is processing raw materials, so I can't sell finished chocolates to you, but cocoa pulp and cocoa butter can! We can sell these two raw materials. Sir, are you a tourist from other places? I haven't seen them in Dict you."

"Yes, I'm going to Washington. I smelled this scent when passing by Dixon, and I came here because my sister wanted to eat your chocolate."

In the United States, there are definitely not a lot of food raw material processing factories like this one.Carter can't afford to carry two large barrels of raw materials and pile them on the car now, and he can buy cocoa pulp when he returns to Atlanta.But in order to give Melis an explanation, Carter still asked:
"Can you tell me the name of your company? I want to wait until I get home to buy your products. If I buy it now, it may not fit in my car."

"Of course, thank you for liking our products. Our company is Archer Daniels Midland, but you may have to wait a while for Cocoa products to be on the shelves. We are still in the... well, R&D stage, but it looks like so far The effect should be very good, and some people have come here admiringly, hahaha! Wait a moment, let me write the recipe to you."

The little brother smiled happily, turned around and ran back to the room in a hurry, and ran out again with a note after a while.Carter laughed too, thanked him and turned to leave.Back in the car, seeing Carter with empty hands, Melis pouted:

"Carter! Where's the chocolate?!"

"Don't stare at me, they don't sell them. They are factories that process food raw materials, not chocolate factories at all. The chocolate they make now is made by the workers themselves using the raw materials of the factory for their own people. If he It would be illegal to sell it to me."

Carter spread his arms and signaled to Melis that he could do nothing.You can't force someone to break the law just for two pieces of chocolate, right?
"But don't worry, I asked their company name. When we get home, we can buy their cocoa pulp, and then go home and make it ourselves. No, this is their recipe. I'm coming, take a look later It tastes the same when you cook it, it’s just the difference between eating it later and eating it earlier.”

"Hmph, show me!"

After listening to Carter's explanation, Melis's anger disappeared.But with a haughty snort, he snatched the formula sheet from Carter's hand that Carter had never read.

Just as the note passed before his eyes, Carter suddenly noticed the words on it: ADM!

ADM is an acronym for Archer Daniels Midland Company, which appears to be their brand name as well.When listening to the long list of company names, Carter didn't feel any emotion, but after seeing the abbreviated adm, a wave of memories flooded his mind.

When I was a child, my grandfather in my hometown in the countryside raised pigs and fish in the lotus pond.In order to raise these animals well, grandpa bought a lot of feed at that time, and there was a feed called "ADM Soymilk Bao" in it.In the words of my grandfather, this stuff works the best, and the pigs can grow fat after eating it, but it is also expensive, and it seems to be some imported product
Imported imports, isn't this an imported product? !
Although I don't know why this pig feed company has now turned to cocoa processing, but this does not prevent Carter from taking out a small notebook and writing it down.At least, this company has survived into the future, can still export, and is also well received by customers (grandpa), it has potential!

Melis was very satisfied when she received her favorite chocolate formula; Carter was equally happy when she got a new golden egg.Although this company that dumps pig feed sounds a little low, it is not stable!I just don’t know if there will be duplicate names, so I’ll leave that for later, anyway, Carter has no money now.
In fact, this ADM is not a waste of pig feed at all.In other words, pig feed is only an insignificant part of their product line. In the field of food raw material processing, what they really dominate is in the direction of processing corn, soybeans and other products.

Although I don't know who the future ADM will be, but it's almost a free harvest, which is enough to surprise Carter.The contented siblings set off again, and the rest of the journey was much calmer.Going northwest out of Illinois, followed by Iowa, which is so lowly known, and then passed through South Dakota, Montana, and a small section of Idaho, and entered Washington.

If there is anything that Carter remembers deeply during this process, I am afraid it is what he saw and heard at the gas station.The old cannons in these red-neck states in the south-central United States never turn off the flame when refueling!

Not only did they not turn off the engine, they even smoked while refueling.Not only them, but sometimes even the staff of the gas station smoked, and they smoked while standing next to the car that was refueling.It is true to understand the problem of how to control population growth!
The first time I saw this scene was at a rural gas station in Iowa. At that time, Carter was chatting with Melis while waiting for the car in front to fill up and give up his seat.As a result, I saw the old man in front get off the car, light a cigarette very familiarly, and then reach for the oil gun
After the oil gun was inserted into the car, the old man leaned against the rear door very naturally, sucking.Carter saw some soot falling on the oil gun, but the old man didn't care.Carter was curious why he didn't think about it, what if it wasn't soot that fell, but sparks?
When I saw it for the first time, Carter thought it was an exception.As a result, after a series of refueling experiences, Carter found that this gang of hairy people seemed to be doing this.No one takes smoking seriously at gas stations at all, let alone reminding the staff, it would be good if they don’t follow suit.

Ever since then, every time Carter refueled, he shied away.After the desperate gang finished refueling, there were no more cars in the gas station, so they dared to drive in.After refueling, immediately slip
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