In last year's Qing Dynasty palace fighting drama, "Yanxi Raiders" can be described as a laughing pride, and Qianlong was described by Yanxi as a big pig's trotter. The famous saying "Men are big pig's hooves" is also popular throughout the Internet, becoming synonymous with straight men who do not understand the style or men who talk with flowers and words.
In fact, Qianlong really has some origins with the big pig's trotters. Qianlong was a fanatic of pig trotters, and it is recorded in the Qing Dynasty classic "Continuation of the Xiaoting Pavilion" that as long as there is a festival, no matter what dishes are eaten, there will certainly be a pig's trotter placed in the most conspicuous place. The greasy ruddy became a different kind of scenery on the Qianlong table.
How much did Qianlong like pork? The Qing People's Notes "Juyi Continuation" records that even the most ordinary meals require almost eighteen kilograms of meat and six liters of rice every day, and one kilogram of the Qing Dynasty is sixteen two, which means that Qianlong consumes twenty-one kilograms of meat a day. There must be pig's trotters.
Qianlong is a very happy person to share, he himself not only wants to write poems, but also show them to the ministers, let the ministers share his happiness, what is Qianlong's level, we will randomly copy a poem for everyone to enjoy:
"A Wall of Songs"
Look at the city wall tooth saw from a distance, and see the city wall saw toothed up close.
If you turn the walls upside down, do not saw the upper side and saw the bottom saw.
...... The ministers saw that even the emperor Li Bai possessed the body, Du Fu was reincarnated, qianlong really regarded himself as a talented man with flying literary talent, never spared no effort in his pen and ink and thoughts, he wrote more than 40,000 poems in his lifetime, you must know that the Tang Dynasty "Quan Tang Poems" collected Tang poems is only 48,000 harvests, but the quality is really flattering, but Qianlong is also a model worker.
In terms of eating, Qianlong also did not skimp on his generosity, and he often rewarded the trotters of the imperial court, but it is worth mentioning that this pig's trotters are not vegetables, but tributes to ancestors.
The imperial court replaced the new pig's trotter tribute every day, and after it was withdrawn, qianlong was given to the ministers, which meant that in ancient times those who shared the tribute could enjoy the protection and well-being of the ancestors who were sacrificed. However, the taste of pig's trotters does not dare to compliment, most of the pig's trotters in Shanggong are only smooth and good-looking, in fact, most of them are fat.
And these pig's trotters just rolled with boiling water and rolled on the offering table, and the seasoning was not put. I don't know if it's cooked inside, maybe the blood hasn't been washed clean. Qianlong is a person with a heavy taste, and he also loves to eat this kind of tribute, taking a big bite.
However, those middle-aged and elderly ministers, looking at the pig's trotters that were rewarded, were bitter, and the pursuit of food in the princes and nobles on weekdays was fine and nutritionally balanced, even if they could withstand this kind of oil. But this pig's trotter is Qianlong's face, and if you don't follow, don't you just not give Qianlong face? Eat a mouthful of oil, do not eat may be the head to move.
Some ministers thought of a good way to buckle their heads to thank Qianlong for his holy grace, and the pig's hooves should be taken home to share with their families, or they could hold offerings and be contaminated with a little imperial family sacrifice.
However, in fact, there was no good preservation method in ancient times, and this kind of pig's foot full of fat meat would stink in a few days, and the ministers took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to it, and threw away the pig's foot given by Qianlong.