When we watch costume TV dramas, we often see palace feasts, delicacies, and countless kinds of delicacies.

If you mention ancient "food culture", I believe many readers will think of the Tang Dynasty, because people in the Tang Dynasty not only loved life, they also loved food.

According to historical records, there was a famous dish in the Tang Dynasty called "Agate Fish", but why did experts discover the reason for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty after restoring it?

Judging from the name "Agate Fish", you may think that it is a fish made of agate. In fact, this is not the case. If this dish is made of agate, it is a work of art, not a delicacy.

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During the Tang Dynasty, "agate fish" was the main dish at banquets and was loved by emperors and ministers. From this, we can deduce that this dish must be a delicacy.

By reading relevant information, experts found the cooking method of "Agate Fish": "Agate Fish", take the fish as a general, cut it, wash it, Qianzi mix it with the fish, cook it, and steam it.

?Colloquially translated: After killing the fish, remove the internal organs and wash it, then stir it with ?thousand seeds? and finely chopped pickles, and sprinkle it evenly on the fish, and then put it in

Steam in pot.

After seeing the above-mentioned uncomplicated cooking method, experts had two doubts in their minds: first, what kind of fish is "Agate Fish"; second, what kind of material is "Thousand Sons" in the recipe.

A "special" law in the Tang Dynasty stipulates that there is a kind of fish that cannot be eaten or even fished at will. It is carp, because carp bears the surname of Emperor Li.

But people in the Tang Dynasty liked to eat fish so much. Although the law prohibited eating carp, the emperor, ministers and people could eat other fish.

Therefore, the fish chosen for "Agate Fish" is likely to be herring, grass carp or other fish.

But what is Qianzi used for steaming fish?

Although the experts searched all over the information, they felt like they were in a cloud for a while and could not understand anything.

When the expert was sorting out information that day, he accidentally opened "An Shiliu Fu". What he never expected was that a sentence recorded in it actually revealed the secret of "Thousand Sons".

"An Pomegranate Ode" is mainly famous for describing the beauty of pomegranates: "Shang Qiu receives Qi, gathers flowers and gathers strength, thousands of houses have the same pedicle, and thousands of sons are like one."

?It turns out that the thousand sons in "Agate Fish" refer to pomegranate seeds, and the color of pomegranate seeds is agate color.

Pomegranate? It is not a domestic fruit. It was a fruit introduced to the mainland by Zhang Qian when he was on his mission to the Western Regions.

In the society at that time, pomegranate was a delicacy that could only be eaten by the palace nobles.

But why the imperial chef would combine pomegranates with fish is too imaginative.

In fact, pomegranate has a special acidic substance. When this substance penetrates into the fish, it will react with the fish's own protease, allowing the fish to decompose a large amount of amino acids. In this way, the fish will become extremely delicious, making it more delicious.

People have endless aftertaste.

The secret recipe of agate fish has been cracked, but modern chefs are unable to cook its most original taste.

Because pomegranates in the Tang Dynasty grew naturally and were pure green, pollution-free fruits.

Most of today's pomegranates are artificially cultivated, and their taste focuses more on sweetness rather than sourness. Even if you use the secret recipe of the Tang Dynasty to make "Agate Fish", it will still lack a trace of the original taste.