"Tongue on the Chinese" with a gourmet string of Chinese food culture, so that a large number of foodies full of eyes, drooling. As the saying goes, "Food is the only thing that matters to the people. Chinese people pay special attention to food, and the literati are not exempt from eating. Confucius has said "food is not too fine, chopping is not too fine", meaning "food is not the best, only better", can be said to be the earliest spokesman for the food. Su Dongpo of the Northern Song Dynasty and Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty are famous gourmets in the history of Chinese literature, and they have all used their words to make a great meal. So which of these tongue-tied Chinese literati is the biggest foodie of them all?
One, Su Dongpo
Su Dongpo called himself a gourmand, wrote "gourmand fugue", "vegetable soup fugue", he loved to eat is in addition to the famous, had "eat lychee 300". It is said that everyone who loves to eat is a good cook, Su Dongpo is a representative of this kind of characters, the university professor did not follow the "gentleman far away from the kitchen", but often physically to study the dishes. He had been relegated to Huangzhou, Huangzhou conditions are difficult, no cattle and sheep a class of poultry can be eaten, which can be bitter love of meat Su Dongpo. No way, he began to cook at that time by the literati as "cheap as mud" pork, but also wrote an "Ode to Pork" with great interest, recorded the cooking method: "clean wash pan, less water, firewood fomentation flame does not. To wait for him to cook his own do not rush him, when the fire is enough he is beautiful. Huangzhou good pork, cheap as dirt. Expensive people refuse to eat, poor people do not know how to cook, get up in the morning and play two bowls, full of their own home, don't care." This is the famous "Dongpo meat" practice, pay attention to "less water, slow cooking, fire enough".
Two, Yuan Mei
With Su Dongpo on the ground, what to eat is not the same, Yuan Mei is quite picky about food. He wrote a "taste" poem:
People's tastes like poetry, other sour and salty world does not know. The first thing to look at is the color and aroma, when the pearl is on the plate.
Eating, not just eat enough on the line, to be colorful and flavorful, to be considered a real food. Yuan Mei, food critic's name is not for nothing. Yuan Mei had visited the world of recipes, recorded in the book, gathered into a "with the garden food list", "with the garden food list" contains dishes, snacks, etc. *** count 326 kinds of recipes, is simply the Qing Dynasty recipes Daquan. In this book, Yuan Mei will be every food materials, practices, taste up the taste are recorded, really can not be more detailed! Yuan Mei, a model for all foodies, is the "Netflix" that all foodies are chasing.
Three, Li Yu
Li Yu, a famous dramatist in the Qing Dynasty, wrote about his love of food in his masterpiece "Idle Happenings". Li Yu did not love meat and loved vegetables, and was a vegetarian lover. He said: "The way of sound, silk is not as good as bamboo, bamboo is not as good as meat, for its gradual approach to nature. I say the way of food, chopped meat, meat is not as good as vegetables, also for its gradual approach to nature also ......" What does it mean? Simply put, is Li Yu that the value of vegetables is higher than meat, in all the vegetables he loved to eat is bamboo shoots, the reason is that vegetables are natural plants, closer to nature. Li Yu's recipes, is quite health ah! This is really a natural "foodie".
Four, Liang Shiqiu
Liang Shiqiu has written a book, the name is "Yashua talk about eating", can be said to be a "food" road map, Mr. Liang Shiqiu will be where he went to record the food, read to make people salivate. In the article "fried wontons", he described fried wontons like this: "Each wonton is wrapped in a very playful style, the thin skin is erect and comfortable, like the white cloth hat of a Catholic nun." What a clever and chic metaphor! In "Ham," he writes: "Take a whole ham and soak it in water for three or more days, changing the water once or twice a day, then scrape the surface of the oil stains, then dig out the bone with a chisel (this layer of formalities is not easy), then bind it tightly with twine, boil it in a pot for twenty minutes, then cook it for two hours over a light fire, then boil it over a high fire, take it out to cool it down, and then serve it. " Detailed records of the production process of ham, if not a real foodie, how can be so detailed?
Fifth, Wang Zengqi
Wang Zengqi is known as China's first contemporary prose, his writing is beautiful, the article always reveals a love of life. His pen is mostly delicious hometown food, he wrote the "Dragon Boat Festival duck eggs" article was selected for the language textbook, "Gaoyou salted eggs are characterized by a fine texture and more oil. Egg white is soft and tender, not like elsewhere, hair dry, hair powder, the entrance is like chewing lime." In just a few strokes, the characteristics of duck eggs with fine texture and rich oil, white and tender color are written out. For his attitude towards life, Wang Zengqi once said, "When I arrive at a new place, some people love to visit department stores, some people love to visit bookstores, but I would rather go to the vegetable market. Look at the live chickens and ducks, the fresh vegetables, the red peppers, the hustle and bustle, and the crowding, and you will feel a kind of joy of life." Mr. Wang Zengqi's favorite place to go is the vegetable market, just for Mr. Wang's cooking strength, is not it a full-fledged foodie?
It can be said that people who love food are people who love life. Literati love to eat, is its nature, they are compared to ordinary people, more delicate emotions, more detailed observation of life, they are more comfortable with the application of language, so they can use the words of a food color, taste, etc. accurately described. The literati are intoxicated by the charm of food, describe it in words, add their own interest, and make a dish of food become romantic and charming. So, who is the first great foodie of the literati in your eyes?