The eater, the great thing of man, man cannot live in the world without eating. From ancient times, the tribesmen learned to cook food with fire, and since then human civilization has taken a big step forward. The first meaning of survival is to fill the stomach, and then to build a shelter, when people have enough clothes and food, they will seek ideological progress, and since then the process of civilization has begun.
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In the slave era, dressing and eating was still a big thing, and even the status of the cook at that time was very high, and not a close confidant of the monarch could not be the cook. In the ancient Zhou Dynasty of our country, there were clear records that there were official positions specializing in cooking, the princes came to meet the Son of Heaven, the Heavenly Son feasted on the princes to be done by professional cooks, the Heavenly Son was like this, and the princes and doctors were also like this.
People who open restaurants in modern times agree on one thing, that is, their grandfather is the special imperial cook of the overlord Qi Huangong in the Spring and Autumn Period, Yi Ya. Yi Ya this person has the title of the world's first divine chef, when his cooking skills are the best in the world, he has a skilled operation, that is, he can bring out the material with excellent taste, and even smell which river a basin of water comes from with his nose. When Duke Huan appointed Guan Zhong to govern the country, the State of Qi dominated the world. Duke Huan then invited the princes of the world to come to see him, and at that time, the meat made by Yi Ya was praised by the princes, which made The Duke of Qi Huan very happy on the face, and Yi Ya won the favor of Duke Huan.
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At that time, the chef was a professional skill, yi ya on his own ability, conquered the stomach of everyone, even Mencius praised yi ya. After gaining the favor of the monarch, Yi Ya specially cooked for Huan Gong in the palace room, and changed the law to make different foods for Huan Gong every day, so that Huan Gong was in a good mood for a day.
After a few years, Yi Ya found that he was more and more unable to meet the needs of the monarch, and the things he could do had been tasted by the monarch, which made Yi Ya very impatient, he relied on his own craft to stand at home, and now his glory and wealth are here in the monarch, if he can't please the monarch, the things he got in his hands will not fly away. When he was anxious, Yi Ya suddenly heard the monarch jokingly say, "After eating so many good things, I have eaten everything, but human flesh has not yet been eaten, I don't know how it tastes?" ”。
This sentence greatly inspired Yi Ya, and when he returned home, he saw his four-year-old son. The next day, Yi Ya brought his own products to Huan Gong, and after Huan Gong ate it, he praised it and then asked: What kind of meat is this? Yi Ya replied, human flesh. Huan Gong was originally in a happy mood, and he was a little disgusted in an instant. Considering that Dao Yiya's move was also loyal to himself, he did not punish Yi Ya, and even rewarded Yi Ya with treasure.
At that time, Guan Zhong and other ministers heard about this matter, and then decided that Yi Ya was a villain, and told the monarch to let Huan Gong stay away from him, at first Huan Gong also listened to this advice, and later after Guan Zhong's death, Huan Gong missed the delicious taste of Yi Ya, and let Yi Ya return to the palace, and the grace continued.
After gaining power, Yi Ya was somewhat inflated, and when he saw that Duke Huan was old, he colluded with foreign ministers to participate in the struggle to seize the concubine, which eventually led to Huan Gong starving to death in the palace. After the death of Duke Huan, Yi Ya and their group party failed to compete, and Yi Ya finally fled back to Shandong, where he opened a restaurant, the business was on fire, and later generations recognized him as the originator of the restaurant.