1. Su Shi lived in the Song Dynasty, which was a prosperous period in the history of China. At that time, the food culture developed to a very high level, and the cooking skills and taste of various dishes were excellent. As a writer and gourmet, Su Shi naturally has a strong interest in food.
Second, Dongpo pork is a dish with pork as the main raw material. The practice is to cut the pork into small pieces, marinate it with sugar, soy sauce, ginger, onion and other seasonings, and put it in a casserole for slow cooking. This dish originated from Meizhou, Su Shi's hometown, and is a traditional local dish. Su Shi once wrote down the cooking secret of self-beauty when the fire is slow, there is little water and the fire is full, which has become a classic interpretation of Dongpo meat.
Third, Su Shi also tried Dongpo fish. This dish is made of fish as the main raw material, sliced fish, marinated with starch, egg white and other seasonings, fried until golden brown, and finally fried with seasonings. Su Shi wrote in "Dongpo Zhilin": The fish is alive with water, its head is like an axe and its tail is like a batch, and its mouth has serrated teeth and needles. It can be seen that his observation and research on fish are very in-depth.
Besides Dongpo meat and Dongpo fish, Su Shi has tried various other dishes. He recorded in detail the preparation methods of many dishes, including roast sheep, steamed crabs, vegetarian dishes and so on. He has a very detailed description and evaluation of each dish, which shows his love and pursuit of food.
Su Shi's masterpiece
1, Red Cliff Fu is one of Su Shi's representative works. By describing the scenery and characters of Chibi, this paper expresses the author's deep thinking about history and life. The article is developed in the form of a question and answer between subject and object, with beautiful language and far-reaching artistic conception, and is regarded as the pinnacle of literature in Song Dynasty.
2. Su Shi also created a large number of poems, among which "Jiangchengzi Mizhou Hunting" and "Niannujiao Chibi Nostalgia" were also widely praised and became the classic representatives of Su Shi's literature.