Kublai Khan, a Mongolian, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, fought all his life to unify the whole country. In, the Yuan Dynasty established a vast and unified multi-ethnic country. Little known is that this warrior monarch of China's ethnic minorities is also a gourmet.
Moreover, his accomplishments in food are a bit "ice and fire".
When it comes to Mongols, people must have the impression that they are Mongolian yurts, long tunes and fierce horse trainers on the Biqing grassland. Mongolian cuisine is mainly milk and meat. As the leader of Mongols, Kublai Khan also likes to drink milk. After Kublai Khan led his troops to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, the capital became a metropolis. At that time, the face of the majority was very different from that of the grassland. It is very hot in summer, so it is difficult to keep fresh food.
This is really annoying to Kublai Khan and Mongolian aristocrats who like to drink milk: fresh cow and sheep milk goes bad after a few hours. In order to solve this problem, Kublai Khan had a brainwave and thought of adding ice cubes to milk to prolong the storage time of milk.
This unintentional move made Kublai Khan have an unexpected discovery: the "milk ice" after the fusion of milk and ice cubes tastes more delicious than fresh milk. Later, Kublai Khan added condiments such as candied fruit to the "milk ice" to make it more colorful and delicious. After that, the Italian traveler Kyle Polo traveled to China and was received and rewarded by Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan happily gave Kyle Polo the "milk ice" that only nobles could enjoy. Kelpolo brought his production technology back to Europe, and after improvement, he formed an ice cream that is now deeply loved by people.
when the "ice" is over, let's talk about "fire". As we all know, Mongolian grassland is rich in cattle and sheep, and Kublai Khan, who grew up on horseback, naturally took beef and mutton as his staple food. According to legend, at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Kublai Khan led an expedition to the south. After several days of fierce fighting, the officers and men of the three armed forces were exhausted and homesick. At this time, Kublai Khan suddenly remembered the endless grasslands and fat cattle and sheep in his hometown, and remembered the scene of roasting mutton with soldiers in his hometown. In order to boost morale, he ordered people to find some fat sheep from the nearby village and ordered the chef to burn the fire and barbecue at once.
Who knows, just as the chef was preparing to roast the sheep, the spy Pegasus came to report that the enemy was approaching. I heard that the greedy bugs of soldiers took the bait when they wanted to roast sheep, so they were unwilling to fight. When Kublai Khan saw this, he was so angry that he shouted in his tent and asked the cook to serve mutton immediately. The chefs broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this. Kublai Khan was in a hurry and forbade him to bully in the army. If someone offends him, his head will fall to the ground in a minute.
Besides, the war is critical now. If the fighter plane is delayed because of a meat meal, several cooks will lose their lives. However, everyone who has eaten barbecue knows that how can a traditional barbecue last for hours and moments? At this time, a young chef used his quick wits to slice the mutton and put it in the pot. As soon as the meat turned white, he immediately fished it out and put it in a bowl, sprinkled it with fine salt and gave it to Kublai Khan.
Kublai Khan wolfed down several bowls, repeatedly promised, and rode his horse to kill the enemy, winning a total victory. At the celebration dinner, Kublai Khan remembered the mutton at that time and asked the chef to make it according to law and distribute it to the soldiers. The generals also praised it. The chef took the opportunity to ask Kublai Khan to name the dish. Kublai Khan thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it mutton hot pot." A famous dish popular in the north and south of the motherland got its name. Ice cream and mutton hotpot, one cold and one hot, are all related to Kublai Khan.