It's pork head. When we first saw this question, our first reaction was those elaborate cakes and the like. At worst, it would be colorful and exquisite dishes, and it was impossible to think that it was pig's head meat. It's not our fault. Although Pan Jinlian is not a miss, we can't imagine how a beautiful woman, like an outlaw, feasted on a plate of pig's head.

However, it is really pig's head meat, which is recorded in Jin Ping Mei. It is said that Pan Jinlian was playing chess with Li Pinger and Meng Yulou in the room that day. Pan Jinlian proposed to gamble with five pieces of silver, and the winner needed to treat with this money. Use San Qian to buy wine, and two money to buy a pig's head. So I really went to buy a pig's head and ordered the servants to cook it and eat it at the back end.

Is this how the original text of Jin Ping Mei describes burning pig's head? Scoop a pot of water, shave the pig's hoof clean, put only a long straw in the stove, mix it with a big bowl of oil sauce and fennel, and fasten it up and down. After an hour, the skin burned by a pig's head is peeled and fleshed, and it tastes delicious. So the big ice tray was filled, and even the ginger and garlic dishes were taken to Li Pinger's room in front with a square box. ? . See, this pig only needs a piece of firewood to burn its skin and flesh, which shows how powerful the chef's kung fu is.

Pig's head is rich in collagen because it is basically covered with skin. Just like modern little girls like to chew pig's trotters, it is not surprising that they like to eat pig's head meat. Pig's head meat is a Huaiyang dish, and it is a matter of temperature. If the fire is too big, then the pig's meat will tighten, become hard, difficult to chew, and will not rot to the skin. If the fire is small, then a big pig can't cook it well, let alone eat it.

Therefore, cooking pig's head is also a very high skill. And the book Jin Ping Mei, although everyone will associate it with something that is not allowed by the public, is actually full of market spirit. It is said that there are more than 2 records of food in the book alone, which can be said to be a market literature about food.