Gourmet Su Shi has tasted "Dongpo Jade Grits", "Dongpo Legs", "Dongpo Buds", "Dongpo Mo Carp" and "Dongpo Cake".

Introduction to Dongpo Jade Grits:

It is a famous dish cooked with yam. "Jade Grit Soup" has a beautiful name. It is said to be beautiful because this name was given by Su Dongpo, a great writer and gourmet in the Song Dynasty. In addition to the beautiful literary elements of the great writer, it also has a beautiful and touching story of family love.

It is about the Song Dynasty writer Su Shi who was demoted to Hainan and lived a very difficult life. His third son, Su Guo, used yams and other ingredients to cook vegetarian soup for Su Shi. Su Dongpo ate so deliciously that he impromptuly composed a poem to praise it, and Dongpo Jade Grits were passed down in this way.

Origin:

In 1097 AD, Su Dongpo had been demoted to Huizhou, Guangdong, and then to Danzhou, Hainan Island. Zhang Zhong, an official in Danzhou, admired Su Dongpo's personality and literary talents. He regarded him as a friend and let Su Dongpo live in the courtyard of his official residence. Su Dongpo, who was exiled again, was moved by such great love and wrote poems to express his mood at that time. He named the house Zaijiu Hall according to the "Zaijiu Question" in "Hanshu·Yang Xiong Biography".

Mr. Su once chanted a poem for the Zaijiu Hall: "The empty hall is built near the pond, and the sound of the tiles is new when the rain comes. Guests have a good time, and the fruits are ripe and full of joy. Danli breaks the jade skin, "Yellow citrus fills the air with fragrance." ("He Tao Tian She Bei Chun Nostalgia") In the first year of Yuan Fu (AD 1098), Dong Bi, the official of Changping in Hunan who visited Lingnan, learned that Su Dongpo lived in an official residence, and sent someone to expel Su Dongpo. After leaving the official residence, Zhang Zhong also lost his official position.

Su Dongpo had no choice but to buy land and build a house in the betel nut bushes in the south of the city. With the help of the Li people, five thatched huts were built. He named the house "Juanlang Nunnery". The authorities treated Su Dongpo badly. , which made Su Dongpo's life in Hainan very difficult. At that time, there was a shortage of rice and life was very difficult.

Introduction to yam:

Also known as potato and yam. Its original name is Dioscorea. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", during the Tang Dynasty, the emperor's name was "Yu" and the name was changed to Dioscorea to avoid taboo. During the Song Dynasty, it was renamed yam again because of the name "Shu" of Emperor Yingzong of the Song Dynasty. Yam has such an awkward name and is really rare in the plant world. No wonder it is specially recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica".