Each cuisine has a unique story, there is a beautiful legend, the history of the achievement of a cuisine, the culture of the cuisine, so that each allusion to the cuisine is fascinating. The following is what I have organized for you about the allusions to food, welcome to read.
? Lion's head? , in Yangzhou, that is, the big chopped meat, the northern language called ? The big meatballs? or? Four Happiness Meatballs. It is said that it has a distant ancestor. Ancestor? was recorded in the North and South Dynasties' "Food Classic". It is said that it is the ancestor of the "Jumping Pills" recorded in the "Food Classic" of the North and South Dynasties. (see Qi Min Yao Ji. The eightieth"). Historical records show that when Emperor Yang took his concubines with him and traveled south along the Grand Canal in a dragon boat and a thousand ships, he was able to enjoy the food for 500 miles in all the states and counties he passed. All the states and counties that he passed through were ordered to offer food within five hundred miles. From one state to a hundred mikoshi, they were extremely rare on land and water? (Ziji Tongjian). Yang Guang saw the Yangzhou agaric, especially on the Yangzhou Wansongshan, money pier, ivory forest, sunflower hill four famous scenery is very fond of. After returning to the palace, he ordered the imperial chefs to make four dishes with the above four scenes as the theme. Imperial chefs in Yangzhou under the guidance of a famous chef, finally made a lot of effort squirrel cinnamon fish, money shrimp cake, elephant buds chicken strips and sunflower chopped meat of these four dishes. Yang Guang tasted, very happy, and then gave the banquet, a time Huaiyang cuisine overwhelmed the court.
In the Tang Dynasty, with the economic prosperity, officials and dignitaries also pay more attention to food. Once, the Duke of Wei Jiaozhi banquets, the House of the famous chef Wei Ju Yuan also did the four famous dishes of Yangzhou, and accompanied by the mountains and the sea, land and water wonders, so that the guests in the seat of the breathtaking. When? Sunflower Chopped Pork? When this dish is served, see the huge meat ball made of sunflower heart exquisite, like a lion's head. The guests took the opportunity to persuade the wine:? Duke of Zhengguo half life of military, war heroes, should wear a lion seal of honor. Wei Cheok happy to raise the cup and drink, said:? In honor of today's event,? Sunflower Chopped Meat? How about renaming it? Lion's Head. A call for a hundred promises, since Yangzhou has added? Lion's Head This famous dish.
During the Qing Dynasty, when Qianlong traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, he brought this dish to Kyoto, making it one of the dishes of the Qing Palace. During the Jiaqing period, Ganquan people Lin Lanzhi authored "Ganjiang three chants", also sang Yangzhou's ? Sunflower meatballs. The preface says: "The meat is cut finely and chopped coarsely to make balls. The meat is chopped finely and chopped coarsely into balls, fried in meat and vegetable oil to a sunflower yellow color, commonly known as sunflower meatballs. The poem reads: ? Bin kitchen wisp cut has been frequent, group this sunflower let go of the new. Full stomach should also think to the sun, have meat and food er who. Wine dishes in a kind of beef slices, color and lustre red and oily, very pleasing to the eye, the taste of spicy and fragrant, very tasty, eat in the mouth crispy and then self-chemical dregs, after eating endless aftertaste, so that Yuan Zhen marveled. What amazes him more is that this slice of beef meat is very thin, translucent, with chopsticks, under the light of the red slice of beef on the silk texture will be reflected in the wall with a clear red image to, extremely interesting. He immediately remembered that the capital city at that time prevalent? The lampshade theater (now known as shadow theater) was popular in the capital at that time. (now commonly known as shadow play, its performance with lights to animal skins or cardboard made of silhouettes of people projected onto the curtain), how similar to it, the interest, when called for? Lamp shadow beef? So Dachuan this beef to? Lamp shadow beef? The name of the spread, become a famous specialty of Sichuan.
Lampshade beef is not ordinary, its selection of materials and workmanship are very careful. A cow was slaughtered, can only take its leg key meat, tenderloin meat more than a dozen pieces, *** only a dozen kilograms. Cut into very thin slices of meat with a long slicing knife, with a note of grass, cloves and fruits and more than a dozen other spices, mixing the meat will be spread on a bamboo bamboo basket, after exposure to remove moisture, put into a special oven, control the humidity baked to maturity, loaded into a bamboo tube lined with greaseproof paper or paper canisters, laced with pure sesame oil, sprinkled with a little pepper powder, sealed and become. According to records, during the Qing Dynasty Guangxu years, Daxian City off the West Street, a shopkeeper named Liu Guangping's hotel, the production of lampshade beef at the time the most famous. 1935, the hotel encapsulated in a bamboo tube lampshade beef as a local specialty sent to the Chengdu Qingyang Flower Fair exhibition, was rated as a class A food.
At present, the main origin of the lampshade beef is Daxian and Chongqing, the two places of continuous development of the product so that each has its own unique characteristics. A U.S. animal husbandry experts have said that the shadow of the lamp beef is not only a unique flavor of food, but also can be called a wonderful crafts, such as to ensure the supply, the price in the international market can be completely than the current export price 4 - 5 times higher. However, the production of lampshade beef is now limited by the lack of raw materials.
? Kai altar meat aroma wafting four neighbors, Buddha heard abandoned Shan jumped over the wall to... ?
From the above poem you will know ? The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley. This is the reason why this famous dish is famous all over the world. It can be described as a collection of Chinese cooking techniques, set of mountain treasures and sea food of the Daquan, its raw materials are sea cucumbers, squid, dried shellfish, fish maw, fish lips, chicken, duck, pork belly, mushrooms, hoof tendons, bamboo shoots, ham, pigeon eggs and so on. Processing and cooking process requirements are extremely strict, first of all, according to the situation of each raw material is steamed separately, and then with condiments rock sugar, ginger, green onion, cinnamon, Fujian old wine, fennel. Put it into the altar, cover it with lotus leaf and seal it with glass. Boil with high fire and then change to simmer with mild fire. Requirements to achieve rotten and shape, taste in the flavor, fragrance left in the teeth wall.
? Buddha jumps over the wall? Original name? Fukushou Quan? The original name of the restaurant is "Fushou Quan", which is the old brand of Fuzhou. Juchunyuan. It is an interesting story to tell.
Once upon a time, there was a rich man who brought his whole family to Juchunyuan. The first is to admire its name, the second is to show the generous, ordered all the famous dishes. The chef came to a beautiful way, taking into account all the famous dishes on the finish certainly can not eat, and take a small point of each dish, combined simmering together on the table. The old rich man took a look at a pot of chowder, angrily criticized the restaurant. But the restaurant's shopkeeper is a young man, smart and clever, with the talent of improvisation. He said: "The old man looks like a lucky man. The old gentleman looks like a blessing, really? Blessed as the East China Sea, longevity than South Mountain? Now the whole family is reunited, full of children and grandchildren, really for? Fukushouquan? Also, so this famous dish to offer to congratulate Mr.? The rich man listened to the great joy, eat really big appetite. As such, he praised the dish everywhere, and the word spread to ten, ten to a hundred, a hundred to a thousand, a thousand to a million. Soon spread all over the country.