What Liangshan heroes like to eat is not fat meat, but beef. They don’t like to eat pork. This is true. If they like to eat fatter beef, it is indeed understandable, because beef can It is used to supplement protein and strengthen the body. Eating fatter beef can also add a little energy to yourself, so that you have the strength to fight. But they hate eating pork because pork was not high-grade at that time, because beef It was relatively expensive, because at that time, cattle could not be slaughtered casually, so the only people who could eat beef were rich people, and these good guys also wanted to save face when going out to eat.

In "Water Margin" there are not only fighting and killing plots, but also many scenes of eating delicious food. For example, Wu Song likes to eat roast goose, Song Jiang likes to drink fish soup, and most Liangshan heroes The two things they like most are drinking and eating meat, but the meat they eat is not what we call pork now, but mainly beef, mutton, chicken, etc., but they don’t like eating pork very much and would rather eat Fattier beef and mutton are not because pork is not delicious, but because eating beef was a status symbol during the Song Dynasty. Because in the ancient cattle market, you could not slaughter casually, so beef was relatively scarce in the market, and the price was naturally expensive. .

But the consumption of pork was not restricted at that time, so the price of pork was relatively cheap. However, in the eyes of Liangshan heroes, it would be very shameless to treat people to pork, because pork is cheap meat, and Beef is relatively expensive, so they all like to order beef to prove that their conditions are not bad, and these Liangshan heroes are quite generous and will not care about this little money. The most important thing is that the brothers are happy. The reason why beef should be fatter is because beef can replenish physical strength and protein, and fatter beef provides more energy.

With enough energy, they have enough physical strength to support whether they go to the battlefield or work, but pork is different. They don’t eat pork not only because the pork is not of high quality. Another reason is that after eating pork, you will easily become obese. After eating beef, you can increase energy and muscles. However, after eating pork, you will easily gain fat. How can you go to the battlefield with beer bellies? Of course, those who often have to fight in wars cannot only eat pork. Just like today's soldiers and athletes, they also mainly eat beef.