Legend 1: Su Dongpo has been to Yongxiu, Jiangxi, and cured a local farmer's child. To show his gratitude, the farmer specially kept him for dinner. Su Dongpo was intoxicated by this beautiful country and couldn't help reciting a poem: "The fragrance of grass pearls is in my heart". The farmer who was cooking in the kitchen thought it was Su Dongpo who was teaching him how to get to cook the meat-"Everything cooked with grass is fragrant", so he quickly put pork and straw tied with meat into the pot to cook, but the cooked meat really has a unique flavor! ?
Legend 2: In the 1940s, four students from the Chinese Department of Sichuan University found two words from Ban Gu of the Han Dynasty in ancient poetry: "Give your life to yourself, it tastes bad", so these four scholars opened a "bad-tasting" restaurant in Chengdu. At that time, they collected the word "Wei Zhi" from Su Dongpo's ink handed down from ancient times, and made it into a shop sign together with the plaque at the moment. In addition to telling the world that these three words were written by Su Dongpo himself, they repeatedly stressed that the making method of "Dongpo elbow" sold in the store was created by Su Dongpo himself and passed down in secret. In this way, Dongpo elbow's reputation naturally spread like wildfire and spread all over the country. Of course, the business of "Wei Zhi" is very prosperous. ?
Legend 3: Dongpo elbow is actually not Su Dongpo's work, but the wonderful work of his wife Wang Fu. Once, Wang Fu was careless when stewing her elbow, and it turned brown and sticky. She quickly added various ingredients and cooked carefully to cover up the burnt smell. Unexpectedly, the yellow elbow tastes unexpectedly good, and Dongpo suddenly became happy. Su Dongpo, known as a gourmet, not only cooked it repeatedly by himself, but also vigorously promoted it to relatives and friends, so Dongpo's elbow was passed down from generation to generation.
Belong to Sichuan cuisine
References: /newtravel/gny