According to historical records, the invention of stinky tofu is really an unintentional act, a scholar called Wang Zhihe discovered this kind of food by chance, which makes us all have the good fortune to taste it now.

One, the discovery of stinky tofu, from a chance

According to legend, Wang Zhihe was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, his family was very poor, Wang Zhihe wanted to change his fate through the imperial examinations, but his family did not have the money to pay for his studies, he could only make his own tofu to sell, and then rely on the sale of tofu to supply their own needs of the life of the meager income.

After ten years of hard study, this year again to the year of the imperial examination, Wang Zhihe must go to the capital to catch the examination, but there is still a little bit of tofu at home did not sell, Wang Zhihe do not want to throw away, only to sprinkle some salt on it, and in the top cover a layer of cloth, and hastily out of the door, after a layer of rigorous selection, Wang Zhihe and the list of the unsuspecting, he can only be downbeat and hit the road home, but this time is the first time, the first time is the first time is the first time is the first time is the first time is the first time is the first time. But this time and again, is a few months of time.

At home, a stench came, Wang Zhihe remembered their own Beijing unsold tofu, busy open a look, the tofu has turned black, and a few weeks have grown up a small hair, but discarded and do not want to, Wang Zhihe so try to use chopsticks to poke a little put in the mouth to try, found that although the stink of the stink of tofu smells stinky, to eat up the texture is very good, and there is a kind of let a person can not stop the feeling of So Wang Zhihe has been specializing in stinky tofu since then, and as a result, this delicacy has been recognized by more and more people.

Two, stinky tofu became the Empress Dowager Cixi special tribute to its further development

The Empress Dowager Cixi is a very conscientious person, it is said that every meal should be prepared for the 108 dishes, but eat more fish and meat, there will be a boredom of the time, so the imperial chefs in order to please the Empress Dowager Cixi also is racking their brains, but are not as good as Cixi's intention.

This day, the royal chef overheard people talking about a Wang Zhihe stinky tofu in the neighborhood is very popular, so also came to buy, first some disappointment, but when he tasted a mouthful of it, and immediately decided to buy it all, that day, the royal chef carefully tribute to the Cixi, I did not think that it also meets the Cixi's mind, so the stinky tofu became the Cixi's tribute, Wang Zhihe stinky tofu because of the fame of the Cixi's special. The stinky tofu of Wang Zhihe became famous because of it.