The poems that describe the delicious food are as follows:
1. As big as gorgon, as white as jade, and as smooth as a spoon, the fragrance fills the room. If the belly is plump and the meat is not on the plate, the cheese will be sweet and sour. ——Lu You's "Coix"
Interpretation: The grains of barley are as big as Gorgon seeds, as white as jade, so smooth that they almost flow out of the spoon, and the aroma fills the house. The plump belly and tender neck cannot accommodate it, let alone praise the sweetness and sourness when enjoyed with cheese wine.
Appreciation: The wording of the poem is easy to understand, and the reading is very smooth and beautiful. It can make the ordinary barley rice such a tempting one. For such a poet who loves life, he will naturally not miss out on delicious food. A considerable part of his "Pastoral Scenery Poems" introduces delicious food.
2. The purple camel's peak emerges from the green cauldron, and the crystal plate is filled with phosphorus. ——Du Fu's "Beautiful People's Journey"
Interpretation: Purple Camel's Peak: Camel's hump, which is a precious food. Among the foods of the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, there was "Camel's hump roast"; water essence: crystal; plain scale: Refers to white-scaled fish. The brown humpback was brought out of the blue-black steamer, and the delicious white-scaled fish was served on a crystal plate to the dining table.
Appreciation: This sentence has all the color, fragrance and flavor, which makes people move their index fingers.
3. Snow foam and milk flowers float on the midday lamp, and polygonum antler and artemisia bamboo shoots are served on the spring plate. The taste of the world is pure joy. ——Su Shi's "Huanxi Sand"
Interpretation: Make a cup of tea with floating snow foam and milk flowers, and taste the spring vegetables of green polygonum buds and artemisia bamboo shoots in the mountains. The real flavor in the world is pure joy.
Appreciation: Su Shi and his friends climbed a mountain for a picnic, ate wild vegetables on the mountain, drank tea, and realized the true meaning of life: the real taste in the world is light joy.
4. Spring leeks are cut in the rain at night, and yellow beams are cooked in the new kitchen. ——Du Fu's "Eight Scholars of Zeng Wei"
Explanation: Braving the night rain, I cut fresh green leeks and served freshly cooked yellow rice for me to taste.
Appreciation: This sentence tells that Du Fu met an old friend. The host braved the night rain to cut fresh leeks and presented him with freshly cooked yellow rice. It was simple but warm.
5. Eat three hundred lychees a day and grow up to be a Lingnan native. ——Su Shi's "Eating Lychees"
Interpretation: If I could eat three hundred fresh lychees every day, I would be willing to live in Lingnan forever. ?
Appreciation: These two lines are the most popular. Most commentators think that Mr. Dongpo is praising the scenery of Lingnan and expressing his nostalgia for Lingnan. In fact, Mr. Dongpo sang it out of bitterness. A sweet hymn.