I secretly believe that people who appreciate life to the smallest detail should recognize the joy of delicious food.

The experience of delicious food is not only a taste enjoyment, but also a unique investigation of the local customs, history and culture behind it.

If this food connoisseur is a bit of a research junkie, he will certainly check where the raw materials of the food are produced, when a wonderful cooking method was discovered, and who promoted it.

"A Bite of China" became very popular. Apart from its unique perspective on food, a large part of the reason is also due to its exploration of the stories behind the food.

Looking back at ancient Chinese literature, it is not difficult to find that most of the great writers who wrote masterpieces paid attention to life, and the vast majority of them were addicted to food.

It can be seen that people who pay attention to life will never let go of the fun of delicious food.

There are many sentences describing food in ancient Chinese poetry. The author selected several ancient poems about food and studied the intricacies behind ancient poetry, food and geography.

1. Li Bai and Diao Hu stayed at the foot of Wusong Mountain. Li Bai and I stayed at the foot of Wusong Mountain. They were lonely and joyless.

The autumn work in the Tian family is bitter, and the neighbor's daughter is cold at night.

Kneel down and eat the carved rice, the moonlight shining on the plain plate.

It's so embarrassing that I can't eat with three thanks.

This poem was composed by Li Bai out of gratitude after he stayed at the house of an old woman named Xun in Wusong Mountain.

The fifth and sixth lines of the poem read, "Kneel down and eat the carved barley rice, the moonlight shines on the plain plate." What is "carved barbarian rice"?

Diaohu refers to wild rice.

Wild rice is a perennial herbaceous plant that mostly grows in the Yangtze River and lake areas in China.

And where is Wusong Mountain?

Tongling County, Anhui Province.

Tongling is on the edge of the Yangtze River and has abundant water resources, which is suitable for the growth of wild rice.

As one of the "Three Famous Dishes in the South of the Yangtze River", wild rice is delicious, sweet, crisp and tender, and is a rare delicacy.

Wild rice rice is a popular cooking method.

Wild rice, rice with some mushrooms and a spoonful of lard will make a plate of wild rice fried rice. It has a homely taste and is an authentic Jiangnan delicacy.

You can imagine that in a simple peasant woman's home, the host served out such a plate of delicious wild rice rice, with the wild rice reflecting on the "plain plate" and shining brightly under the moonlight, how "beautiful and delicious" it was.

No wonder Li Bai sighed, "I can't eat without thanking you three times."

In history, in addition to Li Bai, many people also praised Diao Hu Rice. For example, Du Fu "slidly recalled Diao Hu Rice and smelled the fragrant brocade soup." Or Song Yu's "Feng Fu" said: "The master's daughter cooks for the ministers."

Carve the rice of the beard, and cook the soup of the dew sunflower."

For a small wild rice plant to occupy such a position in the memories of literati who have traveled all over the world and tasted the flavors of the four seasons, it must be said that Jiangnan is rich in water and soil, with beautiful scenery, beauties and delicious food.

2. Mei Yaochen and puffer fish Fan Raozhou sit in the middle of the guest chatting and eating puffer fish. Mei Yaochen has spring buds growing on Chunzhou, and poplar flowers are flying on the spring bank.

At that time, puffer fish was more expensive than fish and shrimp.

Its appearance is already strange, and its poison cannot be added.

His angry belly is like a pig, and his angry eyes are like a frog.

What's lost in the cooking process is the poisonous food that enters the throat.

If you lose your body, why do you need your teeth?

If you ask the southerners, the party will be proud of you.

They all say that beauty is immeasurable, but who says death is like hemp?

I can't bend my words, and my thoughts are empty.

When Chaoyang retreats, we begin to fear the snake in the cage.

Zihou lived in Liuzhou, but he was willing to eat shrimps and toads.

Although the two things are abominable, their lives are not bad.

The taste has never been better, and there is no limit to the danger hidden in it.

It is also called "very beautiful and evil". This statement is sincere and commendable.

This poem was written by Mei Yaochen at a banquet with Fan Zhongyan.

At that time, Mei Yaochen had just resigned as the magistrate of Jiande County, Zhejiang Province, and his good friend Fan Zhongyan was the magistrate of Raozhou.

Fan invited Mei Yaochen to visit Lushan Mountain with the intention of comforting his friends. At the banquet for Mei Yaochen, a guest mentioned that the puffer fish was extremely delicious, which aroused Fan Zhongyan's greed.

However, Mei Yaochen believes that it is not worth risking his life just to enjoy the delicacy of puffer fish.

He composed an impromptu poem to advise Fan Zhongyan not to take the risk of tasting puffer fish.

This poem coincidentally made Mei Yaochen famous all over the world, and the puffer fish was sometimes called "Meihe puffer fish".

The reason why Mei's poem became famous for a while was also due to the strong recommendation of Ouyang Xiu, another friend of Mei Yaochen.

Ouyang Xiu specifically wrote in his "Six Day Poetry Talk" that "Mei Shengyu wrote "Puffer Fish" on Fan Xiwen's table: "Oil buds grow on the spring island, and poplar flowers bloom on the spring bank. Pufferfish is not expensive at that time.

Counting fish and shrimps. "Puffer fish often come out in groups in the water to get fat. People in the south often make soup with Di buds, so the poet said that the benefits of puffer fish have been fully explained in just two sentences."

It is said that "Oil buds grow on spring islands, and poplar flowers bloom on spring banks. When pufferfish is in season, it is more expensive than fish and shrimp." These two sentences illustrate the beauty of pufferfish.

Let’s explore its “wonderfulness”.

Pufferfish are mostly found in coastal areas and rivers in China.

During the Yangtze River flood season, it is easy to catch in spring and summer.

The earliest record of eating puffer fish in ancient China is the text in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas. Beishan Jing" that describes "a fish with many lungs" in "Dun Shui", which can kill people if eaten.

"Lungfish" refers to puffer fish.

As early as before the pre-Qin Dynasty, some people had eaten puffer fish and sometimes died.

By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Wuyue area was rich in pufferfish, and the King of Wu praised it as a delicacy. The pufferfish even gained the reputation of "Xi Shi".

The liver of puffer fish is called "Xi Shi liver", and the testes of puffer fish are called "Xi Shi milk".