卍(suo)DIu

"Suo Diu" is a little-known secret dish of Rongmei toast. It was formed in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and originated from the wonders of the Tujia ancestors. Think wonderful ideas. "Sudi" means putting small stones mixed with spices into the mouth, sucking and tasting them, and then spitting them out and throwing them away. This shows its uniqueness.

It is said that King Tiantu had eaten all the delicacies in the world and felt that there was no more delicious food in the world, but he always wanted to eat some strange delicacies every day. So a notice was posted, asking people to spend a lot of money to solicit strange dishes. There was only one condition: it must be a dish that the Tuwang had never eaten, otherwise the person who offered the dish would be beheaded. There must be a brave man under the heavy reward. For a time, famous chefs from all over the world flocked to the place, always thinking that Tu Wang had never eaten the food he cooked. As a result, everyone who presented the food was killed by Tu Wang. After that, no one dared to offer food.

There is a Tujia hunter named Tian who lives in the south of Longxi River (_Shui). He is a well-known archer in Rongmei area. He is hardworking, brave and very handsome. Due to his poor family, he is in his twenties. Not married yet. One day, he went hunting in the mountains in the north of the Yangtze River. Suddenly he heard screams. He hurriedly looked for the sound and saw a mountain girl standing in despair on the edge of a steep cliff. Not far away, a dazzling tiger crouched. It raised its forelimbs and let out low howls from its mouth, ready to pounce on delicious food at any time. It was too late, but soon, the young man fired a few arrows at the neck of the eye-catching tiger. Suddenly, the tiger collapsed on the ground motionless.

This mountain girl is a famous handsome girl from Shiliba Village. She is clever and can cook well. When she saw that this young man was young, handsome, and had extraordinary skills, and he saved her in this critical moment, she secretly felt admiration in her heart, and she wanted to repay him with her life.

The next day, the young hunter came to Shanmei's house with gifts to propose marriage. Shanmei's father was a man who disliked poverty and loved wealth. When he saw that the hunter was extremely poor, he made every possible effort to make things difficult for him. He said to the young hunter: "My daughter is the most beautiful girl in this hundred miles. I have not accepted the proposal of many wealthy businessmen. If you want to marry my daughter, you must bring 100 taels of gold before you come to pick me up." Daughter, come over. "The hunter's family is in ruins. How can he have so much money? He is so anxious that he can't think of a way to come up with it.

One day, the hunter went to the market to sell the pheasants he shot. He saw the notice of King Tu asking for food. His eyes lit up. If he could get the silver reward from King Tu, he would have money to repair it. Bridge? He hurriedly told Shan Mei his thoughts and asked her to help him pay attention. The clever Shanmei spent three days and three nights at home meditating. After repeated cooking and repeated trials, she finally made a delicious dish that the Tuwang must have never eaten. Early the next morning, the hunter rushed to the Pingshan Chieftain's Mansion and presented this dish. The King of Tu saw that this dish was made of stones, and he had never tasted it before. After tasting it, he found it tasted strange, spicy and sweet, and he couldn't help but admire it. In view of the deliciousness and novelty of this dish, King Tu gave this dish a very vivid name - "Sudi" and rewarded the hunter with a thousand taels of gold. The hunter and the mountain girl gave 100 taels of gold to her father, and then used the remaining bounty to build a beautiful bridge on the Longxi River for people on both sides to pass. Later generations passed this bridge and marveled at the intelligence and kindness of the hunter and the mountain girl. To commemorate them, they called this bridge the "Couple Bridge".

In fact, the preparation of this dish is very simple. It is to carefully select small round and clean bluestones with the same shape (the size of chestnut kernels) carefully selected from the beach along the Longxi River, and add them with clean water. Wash it several times, drain it slightly, mix it with salt and various spices, fry it in vegetable oil, put it in the pot and wait until it cools to the appropriate temperature, then put it on a plate and serve it to form this unique dish - "Sudi" . The way to eat it is also very simple, just pick up the fried pebbles with chopsticks and put them into your mouth and slurp them. The smooth and round pebbles will slide in your mouth, dance on the tip of your tongue, flick the wall of the cavity, and inadvertently make a slight sound with your teeth. The flavor of spices fills the mouth, refreshing and unique. After slurping it away, you can still feel the pebbles wandering in your mouth with the lingering fragrance, which is intriguing.

This dish has always been unique to Rongmei Tusi. It is one of the most beloved dishes of Tusi in the past. Since it has not been spread among the people, it is rarely known. It is said that one of the secrets of longevity of toast in the past is the long-term consumption of this dish. Now it seems that there is no lack of scientific truth contained in it. Although people only inhale the flavor of the spices in "Sudi" and then throw away the small bluestone, this small stone is produced by the water dragon cicada stream in Hefeng County. Modern science has long proven that the soil, rocks, and plants in Hefeng contain abundant selenium elements. In the process of sucking the pebbles, the toast also inhaled a certain amount of selenium. Selenium is a component of glutathione peroxidase, which can catalyze the reduction of toxic peroxides into harmless hydroxyl compounds, thus protecting biological membranes from harm and playing an anti-aging effect; it can also Harmful heavy metals such as cadmium and lead are poisonous to the human body and can enhance the body's immune function, improve the body's disease resistance, and achieve the effect of preventing and treating cancer. At the same time, when Toast eats "Sudi", he can enjoy the wonderful food culture as much as possible without consuming a large amount of calories and causing overnutrition. Therefore, he will not cause various diseases due to overnutrition, such as hyperlipidemia, hyperlipidemia, and hyperlipidemia. blood pressure etc. These two reasons may be the secret to the longevity of earth kings in the past dynasties.

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