There is a rainbow fart by the British historian Toynbee circulating on the Internet: "If I had to choose, I would like to live in the Song Dynasty of China." I don't know if this is true or not. If it is true, the hedgehog really has to say it, and the uncle is really

Be discerning, because the hedgehog also chose the Song Dynasty.

However, unlike the starting point of historians, the biggest reason why Hedgehog chose the Song Dynasty is that the Song Dynasty was probably the dynasty with the most delicious food in ancient times.

If you travel back in time, you don't have to worry about eating problems in the Song Dynasty.

What?

If you don’t believe it, why don’t we get on the time machine and set out to take a look.

First of all, the first stop, let us come to Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty to have a look.

Various cooking techniques were developed and matured in the Song Dynasty, and Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty was a well-deserved gourmet paradise at that time.

There are forty or fifty restaurants in the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" alone, which can be called a "food street".

There is such a record in "Tokyo Menghualu Volume 3", "Everywhere is crowded, with teahouses, hotels, and restaurants. Houses of market brokers often only buy food and drinks in market stores and do not buy home vegetables."

This means that there were too many restaurants at that time, and those who had some basic knowledge at home were just like us modern people. They only went to restaurants to buy food and drinks, and did not even prepare vegetables at home.

Moreover, at that time, not only restaurants were able to dine in, but they were also able to order takeout.

Are you surprised or surprised?

"Requests are carried out on a timely basis" and "it can be done without hesitation", let's learn about the takeout and errand business in Tokyo.

Keen-eyed historians also discovered a restaurant waiter who was delivering takeout to someone in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

It is said that even the then Emperor Zhao Gou had a list of takeaways that he often ordered... It seems that everyone loves to eat at the Fly Restaurant.

Therefore, even if you are not lucky enough and become an ordinary businessman in time travel, the restaurants in the Song Dynasty will not disappoint you at all.

Then if we have a little better luck and we travel through time and become a wealthy businessman or landowner, then there will be more food to choose from.

The most important thing is that there must be a young and beautiful cook in your house at this time, waiting for your orders at any time to satisfy your tricky taste.

What?

No!

Then you are really out.

What are you still doing?

Go and invite me quickly.

The wealthy families of the Southern Song Dynasty all had cooks as standard equipment. Without a cook at home, their faces would not be bright when they went out to parties.

By the way, remember to bring enough money, being a cook here is an extremely prestigious profession.

Generally, cooks are not only young and beautiful, but also professionally dressed.

When preparing for a banquet, you bring a full set of kitchenware made of platinum and silver. Each one performs its duties with a high degree of professionalism, which is no less than the customized service of today's high-end Western restaurants.

Of course, the menu prepared by such a professional chef will not be simple.

For example, just the "Sheep Head Pickles" on the menu require 10 sheep heads.

It turns out that in the eyes of a top chef, a sheep's head only has a few pieces of tender meat on the face that are useful, and the other parts are all dregs.

Such a banquet produced under high standards and high requirements will definitely allow you to earn face in front of your guests.

Wait, you said you can't stand these wealthy tycoons who waste food and think they are too vulgar.

It seems that this guy is an artistic young man, so you must like the food master we are going to talk about next.

One of Hedgehog's favorite ancient literati is Su Dongpo. Why?

Because it’s down to earth.

Full of human fireworks.

If you could travel back in time and eat a bowl of pork elbow cooked by this male god, it would be almost like eating a meal cooked by Huang Lei in "Longing for Life" now.

The great master Dongpo wrote many "food" poems and invented many "food" throughout his life. The most famous one is the "Dongpo Pork".

Pork, which is loved by modern people, was not eaten by people in the Song Dynasty. There is a sentence in "Book of Rites Shaoyi" that "a gentleman should not eat pork", which means that a gentleman should not eat pork.

Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou at that time. After discovering that the price of pork was extremely cheap, he specially composed a song "Ode to Pork" to promote pork (Pig: Thank you...).

When he took office in Hangzhou, Su Dongpo was warmly welcomed by the local people because of his integrity as an official and his outstanding personal charm. The people sent him a lot of pork.

After collecting the pork, he personally developed a pork cooking recipe in his small kitchen, simmered it into braised pork that was crispy, delicious, fat but not greasy, and distributed it to everyone.

This is the origin of "Dongpo Pork".