Poems of ancient celebrities describing food
1. Dongpo Meat: When Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, he wrote a poem "Pork Poetry": Huangzhou is a good pork, and its price is as low as dirt; The rich refuse to eat, and the poor don't understand cooking; Slow down the fire, less water, and it will be beautiful when the fire is full. Get up and play a bowl every day, so full that you can't worry about it.
2. Mutton bread in soup: Su Shi wrote a poem: "There is bear wax in the dragon, and Qin cooks only sheep soup." In ancient times, it was called mutton soup.
3. Picking up the bacon: Jin Nong has a poem: "At night, the first spring thunder strikes, and the mountains are covered with new bamboo shoots and jade edges; Buy pork with boiled flowers, don't ask the cook to ask the old monk. " Salted fresh is a famous local dish in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
4. Vegetable cultivation and cooking: Song people have a saying: "Grow Chinese cabbage in the border and pickle it into yellow horseshoe (pronounced J Ο, meaning pickled cabbage). The fat onion is thin, the sesame oil is slow (fried together), and the soup cake is like silk. A cup in the morning and evening is harmless, and the fairy turns to rest. " This is a picture of enjoying oneself in one's own vegetable garden, which is enjoyable and desirable.
5. Sazi: Lu You said in "The Poem of Jiannan": "I am laughing and laughing on the swing, and my head is green and red." Pronunciation of jù nǚ, which we are talking about today, has been loved by Dongguan people and become one of the traditional New Year foods in Dongguan since it was spread to Dongguan from the Central Plains. Among them, Lu You said "cluster green red", indicating that people also dyed some sugar rings with flower rice red to show good-looking red.
6. Daoxiao Noodles: There is a folk saying that "a leaf falls into the pot, a leaf floats, a leaf leaves the surface and a knife comes out, whitebait falls into the water and turns white waves, and willow leaves ride under the treetops."
7. Sour plum soup: Hao Yixing in Qing Dynasty wrote "Du Men Zhu Zhi Ci" that "the bottom must be curved to drain the water, and it will be naturally cool in the summer to Yanshan; The sound of a copper bowl calls out in the street, "a cup of ice water and plum soup". Old Beijingers often hear the crisp sound of knocking on the ice lamp at home, "It's ringing, clear and bright in Qingyuan", and that's the seller of iced plum soup walking the streets. Drinking a bowl in hot summer is "like dew spilling over your heart".
8. snowballing: a traditional snack in Beijing, made of bean flour, glutinous rice flour, and brown sugar and bean paste stuffing. "Yan Dou Snacks": "The brown sugar and water stuffing are arranged skillfully, and the yellow flour is buried in the dough beans. He Shiqun called' snowballing', and the name was almost humorous. "
9. Boiled dried silk and crystal meat: Speaking of Yangzhou, in addition to the legendary scenery of the Twenty-four Bridges on a moonlit night, there is also the boiled dried silk that Yangzhou chefs are proud of. The process of chopping dried beans into pieces and then shredding them tests people's patience and carefulness. As the saying goes, Yangzhou people pack water in the morning, which means that Yangzhou people go to the teahouse to drink tea in the morning and then eat a bowl of boiled dried silk. The word "Looking at the South of the Yangtze River" reads: "Yangzhou is good, and the tea club guests are invited. Add thousands of ingredients and pile up thin strands, cook copper tobacco bags and grow seedlings, and cook wine and crystal dishes. " This word is a portrayal of Yangzhou people's daily life.