In modern times, we will find that many cuisines are driven by gourmets. So someone asked if there were any people who were the same as gourmets in ancient times, and there were many of these people in ancient times, such as Taihe Gong, Su Dongpo, Yuan Mei, Cao Cao, Yang Yuhuan and Yuan Shikai. Today, let's explain the first three people.
Taihe Gong was a chef of the State of Wu in the late Spring and Autumn Period, who was born in Wuxi. He is very good at cooking fish and is deeply loved by Wang Liao. There is a famous story in history called "Zhuan Zhu stabbed Wang Liao". Zhuan Zhu, an assassin, learned how to cook grilled fish from Taihe College, and then assassinated Jiliao in the name of offering dishes to him. Taihe Gong was heartbroken because of this, and no longer accepted his apprentice. It is a pity that Taihe Gong's grilled fish skills have been lost.
Su Dongpo, when you talk about Su Dongpo, of course, everyone will think of the well-known "Dongpo Meat". Su Dongpo especially liked eating pork when he was young, and slowly studied a unique cooking method. When he was demoted to Hangzhou as an official, it was said that he was very popular with the people because he was kind to the official. Ordinary people will give him a lot of pork. Su Dongpo has been displaced all his life, but he is always free and easy. I believe that besides his cheerful personality, his love for food is also a very important reason. When he discovered delicious food, he often had it when he was demoted to be a local official, so thanks to the emperor at that time, if he was not the emperor at that time, there might not be any innovative ways to eat food.
Yuan Mei, who wrote his own "Food List with the Garden", eats all over the world! There were many ways of cooking in ancient China. As a foodie, Yuan Mei described many Zhejiang cuisines and cooking methods in the form of words and notes, and there were many home-cooked dishes in the north and south. He also introduced us to the local famous wines and teas, which was an important food masterpiece in the Qing Dynasty. If you say how much Yuan Mei loves to eat, you can see it with this famous food.