Dongpo pork is essential for the Chinese New Year. What is the legend behind this delicious food? Let's discuss this problem below, hoping that these contents can help friends in need.

Dongpo pork, also known as boiled pork and braised pork, belongs to a traditional famous dish of Han people in the south of the Yangtze River and is classified as Zhejiang cuisine according to its special dishes.

Its method is to take raw pork as the key food, select that kind of raw pork with five flowers and three layers, and add the necessary seasonings to stew it. After taking out the pot, Dongpo meat is red and transparent, and the color is like agate. It is cut into the size of a mahjong game piece, and it is not only full of oil, but also fat but not greasy, so it is widely loved by the people.

In April of the tenth year of Xining in North Song Shenzong (1177), Su Shi, a great writer, went to Xuzhou as the Zhizhou. In July, the Yellow River burst due to the torrential rain, and the flood was like a dragon, and the water level reached 21 feet.

seeing the people suffering, Su Shi, an official and upright, changed into a cloth, led soldiers and people in Xuzhou to build embankments and fight floods and disasters. After more than 71 days and nights, the people in the same city all cheered and burst into tears.

in order to better thank this well-known prefecture that has been through difficult times with the people, the people carried a big fat pig and several jars of wine all the way to Su Shi's mansion. Su Shi couldn't shirk it. After taking the pig, the parent-child music directed his family to make boiled meat, put it in spices such as pepper and salt, and divided it into bags, and then gave it to the soldiers and civilians who participated in the flood relief. Many people felt that the crispy meat was delicious after eating, and it was very satisfying. They unanimously called it "return meat", and this dish was widely circulated in Xuzhou.

Three years later, Su Shi was relegated to Huangzhou as an assistant of Yong Lian because of the Wutai Poetry Case. Because of the difficulties of daily life, Su Shi had no choice but to cultivate land in Su Dongpo of Huangzhou, and named himself "Dongpo Jushi", so later generations often called him Su Dongpo.

At that time, Huangzhou raw pork was of high quality and low price, and Su Dongpo had a good specialty food, so he had some spare money. He bought a piece of fat and thin raw pork, added condiments that he thought were suitable for him, sat by the stove while reading a book, and gradually made delicious braised pork. The smell drifted to his neighbors from time to time, and many people came to his house to ask him for advice. Su Dongpo wrote a poem "Ode to Pork" about his working experience in cooking braised pork.

The original poem is as follows: Clean the pan, and if there is less water, the smoke will not start. Don't rush him when he is ripe, he will be beautiful when he is ripe. Huangzhou produces raw pork, which is as cheap as sand. You don't want to eat, and the poor are puzzled to cook. When you get up in the morning, you can make two bowls, so that your family can't care.

However, although the braised pork tastes delicious, it is not well-known at this time. It really spread all over the country, but it was during Su Shi's second return to Hangzhou.

that is, in January of the fourth year of Yuanyou, Song Zhezong (public year 1189), Su Shi returned to Renzhizhou, Hangzhou, where he had been away for fifteen years. In May and June of the following year, the precipitation in the west of Zhejiang continued, which soon caused the West Lake to flood and engulf a large area of crops.

Su Shi was busy organizing migrant workers to dredge the West Lake, build dikes and repair bridges, which finally made the West Lake in Hangzhou look brand-new, and at the same time solved the hidden danger of flood disaster in the West Lake.

In order to better thank Su Shi, people in Hangzhou heard that he liked pork best when he was in Xuzhou and Huangzhou, so they spontaneously raised money and carried pigs to his official residence.

After Su Shi took over, he still cooked braised pork according to Xuzhou's practice, cut it into mahjong game pieces, and sent people to give it to the migrant workers who participated in dredging the West Lake. Everyone was full of praise after eating it, so he called this meat "Dongpo Meat".

Dongpo pork, which is delicious to relieve hunger and hunger, has spread all over Hangzhou, and people are learning to cook it one after another. Under this circumstance, many Hangzhou restaurant owners were inspired by the design. In order to make the business more prosperous, they hired chefs one after another to produce and process "Dongpo Meat" as a signature dish to attract tourists from all over the world, and "Dongpo Meat" became famous all over the world.

let's not mention this sentence. Let's talk about Su Dongpo's integrity, honesty and frankness. When he was an official in Yuwen Middle School, he easily disliked these flattering and cunning powers. Language has annoyed many people. Among them, there was an adult ambassador named Liu. As a speech officer, Liu Yushi was narrow-minded and relied on his power to recall his enemies from the emperor.

When he overheard about Dongpo Meat in Kyoto, he frowned and went to Hangzhou in disguise to find out. As a result, every time he entered a restaurant, he found that the specialty dishes were basically Dongpo Meat. During the chat, he also learned about the praise of Su Shi by the boss and employees, which made him hate Su Dongpo and vowed to transfer him to Hangzhou.

Therefore, he asked for a cookbook, hurried back to Kyoto, and unexpectedly exposed it to Song Zhezong, accusing Su Dongpo of being outrageous and taking bribes for personal gain in Hangzhou, which made the local people extremely disgusted with Su Shi and made it into Dongpo pork one after another to vent their resentment. After hearing this, Zhezong couldn't help but be furious, and he didn't send someone to make a further detailed investigation. A decree called Su Shi back to the DPRK, and since then he has been demoted again.