There are many delicacies in our country, among which pig trotters are loved by many people, because they have a very high protein and vitamins, and they have a lot of collagen, and girls feel that they can be beautiful. But pig's trotters are such things, people with bad stomachs really can't eat, delicious although delicious, but after all, it is too greasy, eating too much stomach digestion.
Not only modern people love to eat pig trotters, as a generation of emperors, Qianlong also likes to eat pig trotters, and it is not a general favorite, he often has to eat. According to the records in the "Qing Barnyard Banknotes", the Qianlong Emperor loved to eat pig's trotters and liked to pull his courtiers to accompany him to eat, which also led many people to be afraid that the Qianlong Emperor would invite him to dinner.
When Qianlong was alive, he would often call out to his courtiers to celebrate during the festival to show his grace to them. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty are actually very good at eating, and the whole table of the Manchu han is made up by the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, which may be because before they enter the customs, the types of food are relatively small, and the way is very simple, so after entering the Central Plains, they have to eat more. Inviting people to eat is a very exquisite thing, the order of serving is very critical, generally now is the first cold dish for everyone to eat, and then slowly serve hot dishes, and finally there will be a hearty finale dish, the mainland is generally game or seafood.
Qianlong invited the group of ministers to eat also has a finale dish, this finale dish is more special, it is Qianlong's favorite big pig's trotters. This pig's trotter is not the same as our current general brine cooking method, their method is not too clever, just take boiled water to eat, sometimes even without seasoning, known as gizzard meat. The pig's trotters themselves are greasy and not processed much like this, and you can imagine how difficult it tastes to swallow.
But Qianlong liked to eat like this, he took the lead in eating, the ministers below naturally did not dare not eat, after all, not eating is to hit the emperor's face, will provoke the Qianlong Emperor's displeasure. But it was impossible to swallow, so some ministers thought of a good idea, that is, to get some glutinous rice paper at home in advance, soak the paper with sauce for a period of time, and then bring it to the feast, and when they ate, take the paper out and wrap it around the outside of the pig's trotters.
Even so, the taste of pig's trotters is still very poor, and people who are accustomed to eating soy sauce may see the color of pig's trotters and have no desire to put their mouths down. Therefore, only a very small number of ministers can eat the pig's trotters, these people either want to please the emperor, or they are really not picky, and they feel a taste of what they eat, most of the ministers will still choose to pretend to eat a few bites, swallow it into the stomach with a stomach, and then wrap the uneaten pig's trotters on paper, take advantage of the Fact that the Qianlong Emperor does not care, hide it, and go to eat other delicacies to soothe their stomachs.
When the feast was over, these people could go home and throw away the pig's hooves, I don't know what Qianlong would think when he saw this, he really imposed his hobbies on others, but there was no way, who called him the emperor at that time.