When Su Shi demoted Huangzhou, he personally cooked braised pork and wrote "Ode to Pork": "Huangzhou is a good pork, and its price is as low as dirt. The rich refuse to eat, and the poor don't know how to cook. Slow down the fire, less water, and it will look good when the fire is full. Come and play a bowl early every day, it's all your own control. " The famous "Dongpo Meat" also originated here.
When Su Shi was relegated to Lingnan, he wrote "A Unique Skill in Huizhou": "At four o'clock in the spring in Luofu Mountain, oranges and bayberries are new. Three hundred lychees a day, I will grow up to be a Lingnan person. " Su Shi was banished to Danzhou, Hainan when he was in his sixties. At that time, Hainan Island was not a tourist attraction now, but an undeveloped wilderness. Under various limited conditions, Su Shi cooked a delicious dish-roasted oysters.
In his letter to his son, Su Shi said that he found a delicious food in Hainan Island, that is, "roasted oysters". It tastes delicious and the method is simple. Just bake it on the fire. He also told his son not to tell the northerners, otherwise they would all eat "oysters" and they would be eaten up soon. Do you think we Su Da writers are particularly cute foodies?
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