. The earliest origin of Dongpo Pork is Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, and it is said that the prototype of Dongpo Pork is Xuzhou's gift meat, which is also one of Xuzhou's "four treasures of Dongpo". In April, 1077 AD, Su Shi was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou. Not long after Su Shi's arrival, on July 7, the Yellow River broke in the area of Cao Cun No, and on August 21, the floods besieged Xuzhou, with the water level as high as two feet eight feet.

Su Shi was the first to lead the army and the people to build a dike to protect the city. After more than seventy days and nights of hard fighting, finally repelled the flood, save the city of Xuzhou. After the flood victory, the people of the city rejoiced and were very grateful to the new governor. Everyone has to kill pigs and sheep, carrying wine and food to thank you.

Su shi can not refuse, after accepting the pork, he personally instructed his family to make braised meat, and give back to the people who fought the flood together. After the people ate the meat, feel fat, not greasy, crispy flavor, unanimously called him "back to the meat". Since then, the "gift meat" has been circulating around Xuzhou, and has become a traditional dish in Xuzhou. This is in the "Xuzhou literature and history," "Xuzhou," "Xuzhou," "Xuzhou ancient and modern famous dishes" are described.

Dongpo meat, also known as rolling meat, braised meat. It is a traditional Han Chinese dish in the south of the Yangtze River, belonging to the Zhejiang cuisine family, and also belonging to the Sichuan cuisine family, with pork as the main ingredient. Dongpo meat is similar to the main ingredients and modeling, the main ingredients are half-fat and half-lean pork, add ingredients stewed into the finished dish are neatly yards of mahjong pieces, red and translucent, the color is like onyx, pinch a piece of taste, soft but not rotten, fat but not greasy.

Dongpo meat origin and allusion

Dongpo meat is a food invented by Su Shi, in Hangzhou, when he served as a governor, water, the local people in order to express gratitude to Su Shi sent pork, Su Shi received the pork, pointing out that his family will be cut into squares of meat, burned red and soft and rotten, and then sent to the people to eat, and Su Shi, known as the East Slope Dwellers, and so the people will send him! The meat he sent is affectionately known as Dongpo meat.