Smelly mandarin fish is the first famous dish in Anhui cuisine.

According to legend, mandarin fish produced in the Yangtze River Basin is a fish that Huizhou people love to eat. Therefore, many businessmen engage in long-distance selling business. (At that time, it took six or seven days to walk). Since there was no fresh-keeping equipment, the fish had to be discarded as soon as it rotted, causing some businessmen to go bankrupt due to credit. At that time, merchants had no choice but to go to the riverside to buy mandarin fish when the weather turned colder, put them in wooden barrels, and hired porters to carry them along the inter-future trunk road from Guichi to Huizhou to the mountains of southern Anhui for sale. At that time, this kind of fish was commonly known as "bucket fresh fish".

One year, a businessman saw that the weather was getting colder, so he hired eight porters to go to the river to buy mandarin fish, and then hurried back in order to make some money and spend a good New Year. But the weather was not kind. After the porters set out on the road, the weather suddenly became hot, and the mandarin fish began to rot in the barrel. The merchant had to urge the porters to rush forward day and night. After arriving at the pole store at the junction of Taiyi and the merchant, he opened the lid of the barrel and took a look. Already smelling a bad smell, the businessman was worried. He was afraid that he would lose all his money on this business. Just when the businessman was about to make the decision to throw away the fish, he took the opportunity and asked the store to fry the fish. Everyone tried After tasting it, I really don’t know if I haven’t eaten it. I was very happy after eating it. Everyone thought that the taste was very different from that of fresh mandarin fish, but it had a different flavor. The businessman laughed happily. He had made up his mind and asked the porters to continue on their way after dinner to pick the "stinky" mandarin fish to the destination - Huizhou Prefecture as soon as possible. No one understood its meaning.

When he arrived in Huizhou Prefecture, the merchant washed the fish, hired many chefs from the city to come to his house, cooked the "stinky" mandarin fish, and gave it to people to taste for free. Everyone was invited to come and taste the merchant's "flavored mandarin fish". After eating the fish, everyone felt that it had a unique flavor. They asked the merchant what magic seasoning he used to cook it, but the merchant smiled and said nothing.

From then on, the businessman opened a "mandarin fish restaurant" and engaged in a one-stop business of selling, selling and cooking. He used the brand "flavored mandarin fish" to attract customers. The business was booming and he made a fortune. It is said that sometimes the mandarin fish is not rotten enough, so the merchants ask the porters to carry the "bucket of fresh fish" back to let the fish rot before taking it to the fish house for cooking, in order to cook the "flavored mandarin fish" and make a lot of money—— Because the way to eat fresh mandarin fish is no longer fashionable at this time. ?

Many years have passed, and people who eat it always don’t know what magical ingredients are used to cook the “flavored mandarin fish”. After everyone understood the answer, they all felt funny. It turned out that "flavored mandarin fish" was cooked from "stinky" mandarin fish, and the saying "Huizhou stinky mandarin fish" spread. And this dish has become a home-cooked dish that everyone likes and everyone knows how to cook, and it has become a famous local dish in Huizhou - Huizhou stinky mandarin fish. Actually: this stinky mandarin fish is not smelly, its original meaning is "rotten but not rotten".

Stinky mandarin fish, also known as stinky mandarin fish, is a traditional famous dish and one of the representatives of Huizhou cuisine. It originated from the Huizhou area of ??Anhui Province (Huizhou is now Huangshan City) and is popular in the Huizhou area. People who see it for the first time are afraid to put down their chopsticks because the smell of mandarin fish is somewhat stinky but not stinky, which makes people a little worried.

Actually, you don’t have to worry at all. This is by no means a peculiar smell caused by the food changing. This is the unique flavor of this dish. When you take a bite, you will be surprised to find that it tastes like that Delicious, this is Huizhou’s famous dish - stinky mandarin fish.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Stinky Mandarin Fish