Origin: In the eighth year of Kangxi, Wang Zhihe, Huang Shanren, Anhui Province, went to Beijing to take the exam, ranking on the gold list. He wanted to go back to his hometown without money, and he wanted to continue studying in Beijing for the exam, so he used the tofu-making skills he learned from his father when he was young to sell stinky tofu.

Sometimes the leftover tofu will be moldy, so he can't bear to throw it away, so he cuts the tofu into small pieces, dries it and puts it in a jar for pickling, and then forgets when he concentrates on his studies.

After a long time, when I remembered, I found a jar of tofu turned black and ugly, but it tasted delicious. So Wang Zhihe fried tofu and added a little seasoning to let the neighbors taste it. I didn't expect everyone to say it was delicious, so Wang Zhihe, who failed in the imperial examination, had to give up his studies to do business and sell stinky tofu, and so it was handed down!

Cookies, a common food; However, its invention is full of stormy waves.

Cookies and sailing are irrelevant things; But in fact, there is a great relationship between the two. Nowadays, life-saving rations-life-saving biscuits are generally available on lifeboats of seagoing ships. Cookies are closely related to navigation. Not only that, the prototype of modern biscuits was invented by sailors at sea.

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The original biscuit was called Biskan, and many countries still call it that.

/kloc-one day more than 0/80 years ago, a sailboat driven by an Englishman sailed into the Bay of Biscay in western France, and unfortunately encountered strong winds and waves. There are often storms and strong winds in the Bay of Biscay, and countless crew members and ships are in distress here. The Bay of Biscay is therefore notorious as the "sailor's grave".

Encountered stormy waves in the Bay of Biscay, not to mention the sailboat 100 years ago, even today's 10,000-ton ship with advanced equipment has to go through a thrilling struggle. The sailboat driven by the British gradually lost control in the storm and finally hit the rocks and sank. Fortunately, not all the crew were swept away by the wind and waves. Some crew members survived and swam to an island.

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Two days later, the wind stopped, and the hungry survivors thought of the sunken ship full of flour, sugar and cream: if those things were fished out, they could satisfy their hunger. So, after they made the necessary preparations, they acted immediately and everyone cooperated with each other. Some sneaked into the cabin to get the goods, and some met outside. In a short time, they fished out flour, sugar and cream from the sunken ship.

However, what worries them is that these life-saving foods have been soaked in seawater and mixed together. Just when everyone was at a loss, a crew member came up with an idea: mix these flour, sugar and cream soaked in seawater to make cookies. So, they started together, mixed the flour, sugar and cream mixed with seawater evenly, kneaded them into thin cakes and stuck them on the rocks on the sunny side of the island. The hot sun soon cooked these pancakes. Take it and taste it. It tastes good. These baked cakes are crisp and delicious. The crew feasted like a festival. With these homemade cookies, the survivors survived on the island for more than a month and were finally rescued by a passing ship.

To commemorate this escape, the surviving crew baked cookies in the same way after returning to England, and named them Biscay cookies. And this is the origin of today's English name biscuit.

The story of biscuits spread, biscuits gradually became a popular food, and the biscuit industry in European countries also developed. After the industrial revolution, due to the development of mechanical technology, the production equipment and technology of biscuits developed rapidly. As a kind of food, biscuits are very popular all over the world. Nowadays, with the development of food industry and the improvement of scientific level, biscuit production is almost all over the world. It can be said that any food processing factory can produce biscuits. There are countless varieties of biscuits, which are rich and colorful.

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In fact, as early as 180 years ago, before the British crew was in distress, humans had invented biscuits. It can be traced back to Persia in the 7th century. At that time, sugar-making technology had just been invented and was widely used because of biscuits. Around the 10 century, biscuit manufacturing technology spread to Europe. By the14th century, biscuits had become one of the most popular snacks in Europe. At that time, from the royal kitchen to the civilian streets, the smell of baked cookies was everywhere. However, after this, this exotic biscuit was gradually replaced by European bread. Soft and delicious bread eventually became the main food on the European table, while biscuits were "put in the cold" until no manufacturers produced biscuits again, and the technology of producing biscuits was gradually lost.

In the modern sense, biscuits are crispy or crunchy foods made of wheat flour as the main raw material, with or without sugar, oil and other raw materials, through kneading (or mixing), molding and baking. Nowadays, the world-recognized origin of modern biscuit industry began with the invention of biscuits by sailors in distress on the British sailing ship Biscay.

/kloc-in the 20th century, European navigation technology, represented by Britain, developed rapidly. In navigation, bread is not suitable for long-term storage because of its high moisture content (35%~40%). As a result, people invented a kind of "bread" with low water content, which is also a biscuit in the modern sense.

Nowadays, biscuits are no longer the concept of "water and flour" at the beginning of invention, and the production technology has also undergone earth-shaking changes. There are many kinds of biscuits in the market, which are dazzling, including crisp biscuits, tough biscuits, fermented (soda) biscuits, thin biscuits, cookies, sandwich biscuits, wafer biscuits, egg biscuits, bubble biscuits and so on. Not only are there more and more varieties of biscuits, but they are constantly being replaced with new ones.

However, over the years, there has been little change in marine compressed biscuits.

Compressed biscuits are suitable for long-term storage, packed in vacuum and sealed iron boxes and put into special food boxes for lifeboats, which is undoubtedly an ideal life-saving food for navigation. According to the regulations, the life-saving biscuits of life-saving boats at sea should be inspected and replaced regularly by three deputies.

When I was a sailor, I also tasted life-saving cookies. To tell the truth, if you are not hungry, you really can't eat it, because people nowadays are used to eating those soft foods.

(Author: Liu Shaocai)

Fish balls: Legend has it that the origin of fish balls is related to Qin Shihuang. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he became increasingly autocratic and enjoyed it. The first emperor liked fish, but he didn't like fishbones. Because the first emperor was stabbed by a fishbone while eating fish, several chefs died, so all the chefs were extremely afraid of cooking fish dishes. One day, it was a chef's turn to cook fish. Cooks are afraid of cooking fish, which may lead to death. At that time, he hated fish very much and chopped the fish on the chopping block with the back of a knife. After venting his anger, he found that the fish had been smashed into a paste. At this time, the grain official said that the first emperor was going to have dinner and asked the chef to send the fish dishes when they were ready. The chef remembered that he had just smashed the ingredients of the fish in a rage and couldn't cook at all. The time for eating is getting closer and closer. At this time, the chef had a flash of light. He took the fishbone out of the mashed fish paste, mixed it with starch and egg white, glued the rotten fish into granules, and then threw it into the soup of Leopard Fetus, which was just boiling next to it, and cooked it in a bowl. I thought that no fish would be beheaded, but at least it would be a fish dish, at least it wouldn't involve my family. I don't know. The first emperor thought the fish was full of flavor, elastic and delicious, and there was no fishbone spur. He was very happy and praised the chef. Since then, the practice of fish balls has been gradually improved and spread to this day.

Abroad, a mother often makes bread for her son.

But this kind of bread is not easy to make in the middle, so the clever mother dug it out and found that this kind of bread is more delicious.

So doughnuts were born.

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I remember when I was studying, the teacher told us the story of beer duck. At that time, a group of people were playing at sea by boat, and then an accident happened, which led to drifting at sea all the time, and there was no water on board. People were thirsty and hungry, and finally dug up some duck meat, but there was no water on the boat. It is suggested to use beer instead of boiled water, but duck meat is delicious. Later, after being rescued, someone on board turned this dish into a specialty of their own restaurant.

I don't know if it will be repeated without looking at other people's answers! One is bread, which is said to have been invented by the Egyptians. The bread made at first was not fermented, but was used for sacrifice. Later, it was found that bread tasted better in the sun, and later there was fermented bread. Second, the invention of pizza. The stuffing used to be put into the cake embryo. Later, when a baker was making a cake, he didn't know whether it was because he was lazy or too late, so he put the stuffing on the cake first. The result was very popular, so there was pizza. Third, I heard it from the old man. It is the steamed bread in our country, which was invented by a lazy woman. When people make cakes with flour, she always drags her feet and then ferments, which is what the north calls flour fat. Then add some alkali to make steamed bread. Fourth, the famous husband and wife lung films. That's all for now! Poverty really limits my knowledge!

When I was a child, my family was poor, and I ate all the boiled eggs in two or three bites. My mother wants to know if it will be more delicious if some garlic is mixed in the eggs. I didn't expect to cook the eggs, cut them well, and add some garlic, which is super delicious. Haha, a bowl of eggs+garlic paste, my brother and I finished it quickly. Mom said she wanted you to be tolerant, but she didn't expect it to be reversed.

When my son was in kindergarten, he stayed at his grandmother's house during the summer vacation and suddenly wanted to eat egg custard. His grandmother was wrapping jiaozi, so she washed her hands and steamed eggs for her grandson. In desperation, I put the egg bowl in a steamer without water. Ten minutes later, with a burst of smoke, a dish invented by her mother-in-law came out of the pot: smoked eggs! Don't tell me, it's really delicious.

Now the son will tease his grandmother and say, "Grandma, when will you make smoked eggs for me again?"

I believe many people will think that many foods are invented by eating goods. In fact, what I want to tell you today is that many foods in the world are accidental. Here are seven kinds of food that were accidentally discovered:

1, preserved eggs, a kind of food that scares foreigners, have also been selected as the top ten disgusting foods in the world by CNN. Even Mr. Baye, who stands at the top of the food chain, will yell at others when he sees preserved eggs. According to legend, during the Taichang period of the Ming Dynasty, a small teahouse in Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province poured the brewed tea residue into the ash every day, and several ducks raised by the owner also loved to lay eggs in the ash. When the owner collects eggs, there are inevitably omissions. One day, when the shopkeeper was cleaning up the ashes, he found duck eggs and peeled them open. It is black and bright with a white pattern on it. It smells, smells and tastes great.

2, the discovery of potato chips, potato chips, as long as you eat, you can't stop, the specific origin is difficult to verify, but the most popular story is this, it is said that in 1853, non-American George Cramer went to the United States to be a chef, and his fried potatoes were often rejected or even complained by diners. Sometimes a plate of French fries needs to be redone twice. In a rage, George deliberately sliced the potatoes so that.

3. Popsicle Popsicle, the most familiar cold food, is especially used to quench thirst and relieve summer heat in summer, but its inventor is a child who is only 1 1 year old. 1905,1/Frank albertson left a drink on his balcony, which was very cold. He tried to lick it and found it delicious. Since then, he has had popsicles. 1923, he applied for a patent for the delicious food brought by his carelessness.

The inventor of sandwich sandwich is said to be John montague, an English earl. It is said that the count is usually busy playing cards, so he asked his servant to send the meat between two pieces of bread, so that eating would not hinder him from playing cards. Although this is not a good accident, there are surprises everywhere in life. As long as he is lazy, he can invent unprecedented things.

5. Cheese Every country's cheese history has a story of a tramp and his bag of milk. This bag of milk is made of animal's stomach pouch, so it contains chymosin. The tramp rode across the desert. The milk bag keeps shaking, and whey and curd are separated. Finally, when he opened the bag, the world's first cheese was born.

6. Corn flakes 1905 was invented by Dr. Wilkes, an American medical doctor. He is a staunch vegetarian. Once he cooked corn flour, he cooked it for a long time because of forgetfulness, so that the pot was dry. He poured it out, tasted it delicious, and began mass production and promotion.

7. Coca-Cola 1886 was invented by pharmacist john pemberton. When he was about to invent a painkiller, someone mixed the painkiller with carbonated water and inadvertently produced cola. So he began to sell it, which was loved by many people and later became a world-famous drink.

What other foods were discovered by accident? Welcome to share the discussion.

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Instant-boiled mutton, a Mongolian general who has been short of food for a long time, has been suffering. One day, the hay finally arrived, and he got a large piece of mutton to stew, but the military order was coming. In a hurry, meat is not easy to cook. The cook sliced the meat in a hurry, scalded it with boiling water, and served it with seasoning. After eating it, the general praised the delicious taste and became famous in one fell swoop.