History:

Ningyuan Blood Duck started in the Song Dynasty and became famous during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The story goes that at the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion, Hong Xiuquan, the leader of the Taiping Army, led the soldiers to capture the city of Yongzhou, and the local people went to the army and cooked with the cooks in order to comfort the rebels. However, when the ducks were killed and plucked, the fine hairs on the ducks could not be pulled out cleanly. At this time close to the feast, an old cook in a hurry, first of all, the duck meat cut into blocks, frying pot and then raw duck blood into the duck meat, continue to fry mixed into a paste, so that the duck block on the fine hairs naturally invisible.

At banquet time, a bowl of duck dishes mixed with duck blood were all served on the table. At this time someone asked the old cook what this dish is called, the old cook stammered and could not answer. Finally or Hong Xiuquan's sister Hong Xuanjiao said: "" call it 'Yongzhou blood duck' it.

So "Yongzhou Blood Duck" was thus named, and has been handed down to this day. After generations of Yongzhou culinary elites have studied and cooked it carefully, "Yongzhou Blood Duck" is famous for its unique flavor.

Effects:

The blood of duck. It is good to take fresh blood. Salty and cool in nature. Has the effect of tonifying blood and clearing heat and detoxification. used for blood loss blood deficiency or women's sexual menstruation hot flashes , and children with white diarrhea like fish jelly, can be washed into the hot wine service; also used for blood heat upward, stroke and dizziness or drug poisoning. Fresh blood can be taken while hot to drink. It can also be used against digestive tract tumors. 1~2 cups can be taken each time.

French Blood Duck:

Famous dish of Silver Tower Restaurant. The flavor is peculiar, eating teeth and cheeks, can be called the most delicious. It is said that the cooking process is also extremely complex: special containers will be squeezed out of the duck blood, and then the wine as a base, the duck and soup, foie gras sauce slowly simmered over a fire ...... "blood duck" because of its unique flavor, so that everyone can not stop. Not only the general public, even the dignitaries and celebrities come to taste it.

Each duck is numbered, made of cards, with the duck on the table, the British King Edward VII was the first to come to the celebrities, he ate the duck number 328; the size of President Roosevelt were 33642 and 112151; movie star Elizabeth Taylor is 579051; comedian Chaplin is 253652 ... ...The Silver Towers restaurant has created an archive of every diner who has ever lived.

Even during World War II, when Paris was under fire, that roster was preserved as a precious document.

References for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Blood Duck, Baidu Encyclopedia - Duck Blood