The practice of three-head banquet in Yangzhou has a very long history. This ancient delicacy was made by Jiangnan people in order to retain and entertain guests, and the practice is quite complicated, but the taste is really enduring. Let's give you a detailed analysis.

when you travel, you should not only enjoy yourself and browse the flowers, but also try local characteristics and delicious food and have a meal to satisfy your appetite.

in Yangzhou, the most memorable thing is the "three heads" in Yangzhou. Although a few years have passed, now I think about it, and my teeth are still full of saliva.

Yangzhou's "three heads" refer to stewed lion heads with crab powder, stewed silver carp heads, grilled and roasted whole pig heads.

stewed lion's head and stewed silver carp's head, when I went to Yangzhou last time, I made a special trip to find a place and tasted it specially. I must praise it. It is really delicious.

stewed crab powder lion's head

As a northeast person, I am sometimes stubborn, or stubborn. Hehe, so am I.

I always feel like a "lion's head", but is it just a smaller Four Joy Meetballs? The possible difference lies in the different cooking techniques and technological routes between stewed and fried and re-fired.

How can a meatball be called a "lion's head"? Moreover, Four Joy Meetballs in the northeast has four pieces in a plate, and one soup is poured, which is really beneficial. This stewed crab powder lion head in Yangzhou is only one cup, which is not big and the price is not low. I thought it was a southerner who would do business.

I didn't know it was not until I ate the lion's head with stewed crab powder.

stewed lion's head

In the story, in those days, Emperor Yangdi cruised along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, saying, "Every state and county he passed was ordered to offer food within 5 miles." This Emperor Yangdi is very appetizing, interesting and creative. On a whim, he made the accompanying chef cook Italian dishes according to the four famous scenic spots in Yangzhou: Wansongshan, Qiandun, Ivory Forest and Sunflower Hill. It is said that the "sunflower chop meat" is the predecessor of the "lion head".

Later, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a royal relative who celebrated the birthday of the country and gave a big banquet to guests and friends. Chefs in the government continued to innovate on these four famous dishes created by Emperor Yangdi, and the dishes they made were excellent in color, fragrance, taste and shape, which amazed the guests.

In particular, the way of "cutting meat with sunflower" is really beautiful, and the meat dumplings are full of high-spirited momentum, like "the head of a lion".

During the dinner, someone borrowed wine and suggested that the name of "Sunflower Chopped Meat" should be changed to "Lion Head". Because of its good shape and meaning, everyone responded. Since then, Yangzhou's famous dish "Lion Head" has become famous.

After eating the stewed crab powder lion's head, I realized that Huaiyang cuisine pays attention to knife work, fine production and pursues the original taste of ingredients. This "lion's head" seems to be not much different from Four Joy Meetballs, but in fact it's a mile away. For example, the "lion head" is made of sliced meat, and water chestnuts are added. It tastes soft, crisp and delicious, fat but not greasy, and tastes excellent, while Four Joy Meetballs uses minced meat mixed with starch, so he has already lost the first place in material selection.

Braised Silver Carp Head

The fish head in Yangzhou should try to choose silver carps produced along the Yangtze River, which is big, tender and delicious. Dismantling is to split the fish head in two halves, wash it in water, cook it until it can be deboned, and then remove the fish bones.

For stewing, fry the pot with lard to enhance the fragrance; Ingredients should be ham, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, shrimp seeds, etc. Only in this way can the stewed fish head taste delicious, and the fish can be fat and tender, and the soup is rich and super delicious.

but when it comes to roasting the whole pig's head, it reminds me that the last time I went to Yangzhou, the store didn't sell it to us, because we were too few to order a big pig's head. When we arrived at the counter, they said it was right. On that trip, we only had two brothers, which were delicious but not the king of big stomachs. A big pig weighed ten kilograms, and it was really impossible to eat.

the store didn't sell it, and it didn't withdraw, so it just licked its lips and looked at the whole roast pig with bright red color and fragrant smell, and stood there smiling happily. Come on, don't worry about that pig's head. Let's take a walk on the edge of Slender West Lake while it's still early.

The scenery of Slender West Lake is so beautiful, somehow it reminds me of a word "Looking at the South of the Yangtze River" in the Qing Dynasty, and I blurted out, "Yangzhou is good, and fahai temple is wandering around. The virtual hall on the lake opens on the other side, and the water tower reflects the middle stream, leaving guests rotten pigs. "

oh, my god, I'm going round and round. Why do I go back to grilling and roasting the whole pig's head? If I say "Jing" like this again, I'm afraid I'll get greedy more and more.