Song Dynasty poet Su Shi, in addition to being a great writer, is also a famous gourmet, and it is rumored that Dongpo meat was created by Su Shi. Mainly based on the words of the Song Zhou Zizhi recorded in the "Bamboo Slope Poetry": "Dong Po sex like pigs, in Huanggang, tasted a play on the "food pork poem" cloud: 'slow fire, less water, fire enough when he since the United States. Every day up to play a bowl, full of their own home, Jun Mo tube.'" In fact, in addition to Dongpo meat, there are many other foods named after Dongpo.
1, Dongpo elbow
Dongpo elbow produced by the credit is not Su Shi, but Su Shi's wife Wang Fu. According to legend, Wang Fu stewed elbow at home because of a moment of carelessness, accidentally let the elbow burnt sticky pot, and then hastened to add ingredients and then cook, in order to disguise the burnt flavor. The result was surprisingly good flavor, Su Shi was happy, he repeated concoctions, and left a record, to friends and family to vigorously promote, so the "Dongpo elbow" will thus be passed on to the world. This dish is fat and not greasy, poop and not rotten, color, aroma, taste, shape are good.
2, Dongpo spring chopped turtledove
According to the "Dongpo set" in the record: "Shu people expensive celery buds chopped, mixed turtledove meat for the". Spring turtledove chopped, that is, celery fried turtledove breast silk, originally is a Hakka dishes, known as the Dongpo spring turtledove chopped is the later, due to the processing of Su Shi. This dish celery fragrance, turtledove meat tender, belongs to the best game of good.
3, Dongpo cuttlefish
According to legend, Su Shi in the Lingyun Temple, often go to the Lingyun Rock to wash the ink stone. The fish in the river to eat its ink, the result of the skin color black as ink, so it is called "Dongpo cuttlefish". This dish is bright red color, crispy skin and tender meat, sweet and sour slightly spicy.
4, Dongpo jade grits soup
There is actually a touching story behind this dish, Su Shi was relegated to Hainan, the situation is difficult, only the third son Su over the side. Su over to see his father's old age, they do soup to filial piety, the results of Su Shi was very happy, composed a poem "over the son of a sudden new ideas, to the taro for jade grits soup, color and flavor are fantastic. In the poem, Su Shi wrote, "The color and aroma of the soup are all marvelous. The heavenly grits are unknown, but there is no such taste on earth": "The aroma is like dragon's saliva which is still white in color, and the taste is like cow's milk which is even clearer. The flavor is as white as dragon's saliva, and the taste is as clear as buttermilk. It's not as good as Dongpo's Jade Grits Soup." The flavor of this soup is highly praised.
These dishes or Su Shi created, or Su Shi changed, or named because of the Su Shi related. Whatever the reason, it is enough to see the great influence of Su Shi.
Small as a fan of Su Shi, at this moment and more worship! If you have the opportunity, you must go to taste!