If I were to define Su Dongpo, I think it would be something like this: He originally cared about the temple, had the ambition to serve the country, and longed to be recorded in history with great achievements; however, due to the changeable fate and the twists and turns of his official career, in the end

The flowers produced in his writings will go down in history.

Looking closely at Su Shi's wandering life, the God of fate played many tricks on him, causing him to constantly deviate from the life track he longed for.

Therefore, people in the world can't help but lament after learning about his past.

But I feel that fate closed the door to Su Shi's career, but opened several different windows for him - his talent for poetry and poetry, his indifference to ups and downs, and his love for food and beautiful scenery.

Su Dongpo may not be an accomplished official, but he is definitely a poet who loves landscapes, a philosopher who is unfazed by favors and humiliations, and a foodie who loves delicious food.

You may know little about his political experience, but you certainly know something about his food stories.

There are tens of millions of delicacies that Dongpo is famous for, but Dongpo meat is second to none.

In the third year of Yuanfeng, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou as deputy envoy of Tuanlian.

While in Huangzhou, Su Dongpo created braised pork and condensed the cooking process and essence into a poem "Ode to Pork".

Chanting "Wash the pan clean, use less water, and the firewood will not burn any smoke", it seems that people can see Su Dongpo's slightly busy but methodical figure beside the stove.

And the sentence "Don't rush him when he is ripe, he will be beautiful when the fire is full" can be described as a distillation of essence. In just a few words, the essence of it is expressed. It is easy to understand without losing philosophy. The ink of poetry lingers in the breath of fireworks.

fragrant.

However, the real success of "Dongpo Pork" is not Huangzhou, but Hangzhou, which is famous for its West Lake.

It is said that the long embankment built by Su Dongpo in the West Lake greatly improved the local environment, and the common people presented pork during the Spring Festival to express their gratitude.

So Su Dongpo ordered people to cook the braised pork according to the method and enjoy it with the common people. From then on, the name "Dongpo Pork" was born.

Of course, there are many rumors about Dongpo Pork, and it is difficult for us to tell which ones are true and which ones are false.

But in my opinion, the significance of Dongpo Pork is far more than just a delicacy to commemorate Su Dongpo. It also contains Mr. Dongpo's taste that is different from other poets - if you want to be bold and unrestrained, then use the pen as the sword to write everything.

Hot-blooded; if you want to be open-minded and optimistic, then you can indulge in the mountains and rivers and drunkenly recite the philosophy of life; if you want worldly fireworks, then go down to the stove and try all kinds of delicacies... He is the outstanding Su Dongpo who flew from the palace in the sky to the earth; he is also the Su Dongpo who loves life and loves life.

Su Dongpo came slowly from the worldly fireworks.

To appreciate Su Dongpo, it is enough just because his thoughts are refined and approachable.

? There are too many delicacies related to Su Dongpo. Regardless of whether the allusions are true or false, Mr. Dongpo's passion for food is evident.

Sometimes when I read his poems about food, I always have the illusion that "this is a gourmet who is a poet as a side job."

I deeply believe that the attitude towards food can indirectly reflect a person’s interest in life and his attitude towards life.

A person who loves food must be a person who loves life, and a person who can express what he sees, hears, tastes and feels into poetry, and seals the soul of the color, fragrance and flavor of food into words, is overflowing with not only love for food

The love for life is an advanced taste.

? Su Dongpo loves to taste food, loves to cook food, and loves to record food.

He doesn't feel as independent as Tao Yuanming, nor as unreasonable as Li Bai.

His body has a kind of nobility that is far away from the world of mortals, but it is also lingering with the atmosphere of worldly fireworks. His poems make people admire rather than awe.

Compared with those literati who were aloof and unconventional, Su Dongpo seemed to have a more "human touch" and a local flavor.

? Dongpo meat, Dongpo cakes, Dongpo elbows, Dongpo tofu, Dongpo fish... The ink is fragrant, and a poem describes the life interest of a poet who loves food. He is a talented poet.

A foodie’s attitude towards life.