Ancient poems related to food
The first one,
Huizhou’s Unique/Eating Lychees
The author was Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
At the foot of Luofu Mountain, there is always spring, and the oranges and red bayberries are fresh every time.
Eating three hundred lychees a day, he has grown up to be a Lingnan native.
The second song,
Sending sesame cakes to Yang Wanzhou
The author is Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty
The sesame cakes are similar to Kyoto, with crispy noodles The fragrance of oil is newly released.
Sent to Ambassador Yang, who is hungry and greedy, but it seems to be of no help.
"Sending Hu Cake to Yang Wanzhou" is a seven-character quatrain written by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty.
Hu cake: Hu cake is naan. After the Han Dynasty took control of the Western Regions, sesame seeds and walnuts were introduced, adding new auxiliary materials for cake making. At this time, round cakes filled with walnut kernels appeared, also known as "Hu cakes".