What kind of delicacies did Su Shi, the gourmet of the Song Dynasty, taste as follows: Su Shi once tasted such foods as "Dongpo elbows", "Dongpo tofu", "Dongpo jade grits", "Dongpo legs", "Dongpo sprouts", "Dongpo bean curd"
"Pomo carp", "Dongpo cake", "Dongpo crisp", "Dongpo bean curd", "Dongpo meat" and so on.
Information expansion: Dongpo tofu is a special traditional dish that belongs to Sichuan cuisine.
Su Dongpo, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty who was good at cooking, used the spoon himself.
In December of the second year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi was demoted to deputy envoy of Huangzhou Tuanlian.
As soon as he arrived here, he wrote the poem "First Arrival in Huangzhou", praising "the Yangtze River winds around Guo to know the beauty of fish, and the beautiful bamboo mountains to feel the fragrance of bamboo shoots." He has a good impression of Huangzhou's scenery and people.
Living in Huangzhou for more than four years, he wrote hundreds of poems, notes, and articles, giving detailed introductions to stews, stir-fries, cooking, pancakes, rice, porridge, and soup. Some of them were created by him personally.
Some of them were introduced and spread by him, and others were created after he left Huangzhou, which are now compiled into "Thirty-two Flavors of Dongpo".
Some of them were developed by famous chefs in Huangzhou on the basis of studying Dongpo cuisine.
According to legend, during the Qing Dynasty, Yi Bingshou, the prefect of Huizhou, Guangdong, returned to his hometown of Fujian and specially brought the production technology of "Dongpo Tofu". "Dongpo Tofu" gradually became a well-known dish there.
Dongpo elbow: In the Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo visited the Yongxiu area of ??Jiangxi and cured the disease of a local farmer's child.
The farmer expressed his gratitude and specially allowed him to eat.
During the dinner, Su Dongpo recited a poem: "Grass pearls are fragrant to the heart."
The farmer who was cooking in the stove heard this and thought that this was Su Dongpo teaching him how to cook meat - "cook the whole meat with grass until it is fragrant", so he quickly put the pork and the straw that tied the meat into the pot to cook.
Later generations called it Dongpo elbow.
Dongpo Jade Grits is a famous dish cooked with yam.
"Jade Grit Soup" has a beautiful name.
It is said to be beautiful because this name was given by Su Dongpo, a great writer and gourmet in the Song Dynasty. In addition to the beautiful literary elements of the great writer, it also has a beautiful and touching story of family love.
His third son, Su Guo, used yams and other ingredients to cook vegetarian soup for Su Shi. Su Dongpo ate so deliciously that he impromptuly composed a poem to praise it, and Dongpo Jade Grits were passed down in this way.