1. Xuzhou specialty snack: Farewell My Concubine.
It is a traditional famous dish in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.
In order to commemorate the hero Xiang Yu who made great contributions in overthrowing the rule of Qin Dynasty, and to commemorate Yu Ji, the peerless beauty who cared about the destiny of the country and had awe-inspiring righteousness, the people of Xuzhou created the famous dish Farewell My Concubine, which has been passed down to this day.
After liberation, Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi and other leading comrades of the party and state came to Xuzhou to inspect the work, and they all tasted this famous dish and praised it.
This famous dish was improved by the late famous chef Pei Jihong. It uses the images of chicken and turtle to make the historical theme of Farewell My Concubine have a euphemistic meaning and a wonderful artistic conception.
The meat of chicken and turtle is fresh and tender, and the soup is rich and flavourful.
Ground pot chicken.
Ground pot dishes have less soup and a fresh and mellow taste. The cakes have the flavor of the vegetables and the vegetables have the aroma of the cakes. They have the characteristics of coexistence of softness and dryness.
Nowadays, some chefs have improved the preparation methods of traditional ground pot dishes and introduced ground pot delicacies such as ground pot chicken, ground pot fish, ground pot beef, ground pot three delicacies, ground pot tofu, ground pot crayfish and so on.
Dragon fish.
Carp is a favorite thing of the people in Xuzhou. Carp is regarded as a festive thing, so there is a custom in Xuzhou that "there is no feast without carp".
When children enter school and students take exams, carp must be cooked and eaten, which means "Jackie Chan".
The characteristics of this dish are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with five flavors, beautiful shape and rich juice.
Rock sugar elbow.
Bright red in color, crispy and plump, sweet but not greasy.
Dongpo returned the gift of meat.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo served as the magistrate of Xuzhou.
In the eighth month of autumn, the Yellow River burst, and it did not retreat for more than seventy days.
Mr. Su personally led the city's officials and people to fight against the flood, and finally defeated the flood.
By mid-October, the water will recede and the situation will be safe.
In order to prevent such a dangerous situation from happening again in the future, Dongpo vigorously built the Yellow River embankment the following year.
At the same time, a flood control embankment was built from Yunlong Mountain in the south to the northwest to the connection point of the Yellow River embankment (the embankment is still there and is known as Su Embankment).
Seeing that Su Dongpo was tired and working hard to benefit the people, the people slaughtered pigs and sheep one after another, carried wine and vegetables, and sent them to the shepherd's house to express their condolences.
Su Gong couldn't refuse it, so after accepting it, he cooked it himself and gave it back to the people of the state.
He also said: "Why do you come here? The pepper rolls up the Yangtze River. The water comes and goes without your fault. It's not my fault that it goes away." This is how the gift of meat got its name.
The characteristic of this dish is that it is crispy, mellow, fat but not greasy.
?Mandarin duck chicken.
The name of Yuanyang Chicken comes from a beautiful legend: According to legend, there was a beauty Yu Ji (from Shuyang) in the late Qin Dynasty. She came to ancient Wu to avoid the Qin Dynasty. She was extremely beautiful, erudite and talented, and determined not to marry anyone who was not a hero.
One day when I visited the Confucius Temple, I saw Xiang Yu with shining eyes and extraordinary appearance, holding a cauldron with one arm. I admired him secretly, so I told her father to invite Xiang Yu to be a guest. Yu Ji cooked a dish called "Mandarin Duck Chicken".
His father understood, agreed to marry him in person, and funded Xiang Yu's rebellion against Qin. After Qin's fall, Xiang Yu proclaimed himself the overlord of Western Chu and established his capital in Pengcheng (today's Xuzhou, Jiangsu). This "mandarin duck chicken" was passed down in Pengcheng.
"Yuanyang Chicken" is crispy, mellow, bright in color, graceful in shape, and has profound meaning, so it is loved by people.
?Blanch duck in oil.
The most famous one is Xuzhou Zhongji’s oil-roasted duck.
Pei County turtle (yin yuan) juice dog meat.
It has a production history of more than 2,100 years. According to "Historical Records", Fan Kuai, a famous general under Liu Bang, made a living by butchering dogs when he was young.
Liu Bang had a close friendship with him, and he often ate meat without paying a penny, which made Fan unhappy over time.
In order to avoid Liu Bang, Fan moved his meat stall to Xia'an, Hudong (now Xia Town, Weishan County, Shandong Province).
Liu Bang rushed after hearing the news, but was blocked by a river. He was suffering from no money to take a boat. Suddenly a big turtle swam in the river and swam across the river carrying Liu Bang.
Liu Bang found Fan Kuai. Fan Zheng was worried that no one cared about the dog meat. Liu Bang grabbed the dog meat and ate it. As soon as Liu Bang ate it, people started to compete to buy it.
Later, Liu Bang often rode a turtle across the river to eat it. Fan Kuai was angry with the turtle and killed it and cooked it with dog meat. Unexpectedly, the dog meat became more fragrant and the dog meat was sold out. So far, the scent of dog meat cooked in turtle soup has not diminished.
Therefore, Peixian dog meat is also called “dog meat with turtle juice”.
After Liu Bang established the world, Fan Kuai passed on the turtle juice soup to his nephew, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.
Peixian dog meat is mainly eaten cold. When eating, the meat is torn by hand without cutting with a knife, and its taste is particularly good.
According to legend, after Liu Bang became the chief of the Sishui pavilion, he was very angry when he learned that Fan Kuai had killed the old turtle. He took away all the knives used by Fan Kuai to cut dog meat and ordered him not to use knives in the future.
Fan Kuai had no choice but to tear the dog meat into pieces with his hands and sell them.
Therefore, the way of eating dog meat in Peixian County without a knife has been passed down to this day.
In 195 BC, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, put down the rebellion of Wang Yingbu of Huainan. He passed through his hometown of Peixian County and entertained the villagers. He drank dog meat and drank heavily. He wrote the poem "Song of the Great Wind": "The strong wind is blowing, the clouds are flying, and the sea is coming back home."
, Ande warriors are guarding the four sides now!" Today, Peixian dog meat is famous all over the world with "The Song of the Wind".
Mixed and cooked.
Originated from Huaiyang cuisine and developed in Xuzhou.
Stewed Meat.
The dietary characteristics of Xuzhou's meat are: fat but not greasy, rich in flavor, and mouth-watering color.
Xuzhou Baozi Rou is the general name for this kind of snack, and there are other auxiliary dishes to match it, such as: Sixi meatballs, dried orchids, kelp knots, gluten, bean gluten, tofu skin, yuba, bean curd, vegetarian chicken slices, tiger
The combination of preserved eggs, day lilies, green vegetables, beans, sausages, ribs, elbows, chicken legs and other meat and vegetables can meet the different dietary needs of customers. A bottle of beer is required, and it is paired with a bowl of dry white rice topped with delicious gravy.
, the mouth is full of oil when eaten, the aftertaste is long, and the mouth is fragrant.
mutton soup.
The Fuyang Festival was originally a local folk custom in Xuzhou.
Whenever summer comes, people will eat mutton and drink mutton soup to keep fit and nourish yin and qi.
Therefore, there has long been a saying among the people that "a bowl of soup for Fuyang in Pengcheng does not require a prescription from a miracle doctor".
As we all know, eating mutton and drinking mutton soup will make you "sweat".