Chairman Mao has three major hobbies in his diet: braised pork, live fish, and chili peppers.
In the revolutionary period, because of the harsh conditions, eating meat and fish became a luxury, and only chili peppers became an indispensable diet for Chairman Mao.
To this end, Chairman Mao also created the "Theory of the Chili Revolution."
Like our Communist Party and the Red Army, including the Eighth Route Army, there are many people from Sichuan, Hunan, and Jiangxi, and they all eat spicy. So not eating chili peppers is not revolutionary! ”
Although it is a joke, it is enough to see how much Chairman Mao likes to eat chili peppers.
Therefore, in modern history, many anecdotes about Chairman Mao's "spicy" have become witnesses of history, together with time.
Chairman Mao's father, Mao Shunsheng, was one of the few wealthy families in Shaoshan.
The head of the family, Mao Shunsheng, was born a poor peasant, and after becoming rich, he adhered to the creed of "delicious as a small gamble".
Therefore, the dining table of Mao Shunsheng's family is very frugal, and except for festivals, it is rare to see meat and fish.
When Chairman Mao was a child, he had two major hobbies in eating, one was braised pork and the other was fresh fish.
But if his father doesn't do it for him, what should he do? He went to the river with his brother to catch fish, and when he returned, he asked his mother to burn himself to beat the teeth.
On the dinner table of Hunan people, the indispensable thing is a bowl of minced peppers.
Although Mao Shunsheng is not willing to eat big fish and meat, peppers are still indispensable, and every time he eats, he will prepare a large bowl.
When he was a child, Chairman Mao did not like peppers, on the contrary, he even had a natural fear of peppers.
During a meal, Chairman Mao, at the request of his father, gently picked up a small piece of chili pepper and put it in his mouth and chewed it.
The spicy taste, accompanied by the feeling of fire and fire, instantly filled his entire mouth.
"So spicy, so spicy!" Chairman Mao drank a large glass of water to make his mouth feel better.
Since then, Chairman Mao has fallen in love with chili peppers, eating some at every meal, and slowly becoming more and more capable of eating spicy.
When it came time to make a revolution, Chairman Mao was even more spicy, and as long as there were conditions, he always had to make some chili peppers on his body.
But at that time, the conditions were not very good, and many times, the troops could not even take out a handful of peppers.
In May 1930, Chairman Mao went to Jiangxi to conduct mass surveys, because the local materials were poor and it was difficult to prepare decent meals.
Chairman Mao did not want to cause trouble for the locals, so he ate boiled cabbage every day, and before long, the whole person lost weight.
Guard Wu Jiqing looked in his eyes and hurt in his heart.
In order to allow Chairman Mao to have a good meal, he knocked on the door door to find some peppers and improve his diet.
In the end, it was difficult to find a bunch of peppers from an old farmer, Wu Jiqing gave money, but the other party refused to accept it anyway.
"It's a lot of calculation, chili peppers are not a precious thing, and it's not easy for you to come here to investigate..."
There was no way, Wu Jiqing could only return to the station, hand over the peppers to the cook, and let him fry a plate full of peppers.
In the evening, Chairman Mao was writing an investigation report when he suddenly smelled a smell of chili peppers.
He looked up and saw that a plate of fried chili peppers had been placed on the table. Chairman Mao moved his index finger vigorously, took the chopsticks, and stuffed a large mouthful into his mouth.
"That's the taste, it's delicious!"
Chairman Mao praised him one after another, then raised his head and asked Wu Jiqing, "Xiao Wu, where did this pepper come from?" ”
Wu Jiqing replied truthfully, "This is what I wanted from my old watch..."
Hearing this, Chairman Mao put down the chopsticks in his hand and began to pace the house.
"Xiao Wu, have your company commander ever told you about the three major disciplines and eight points of attention?"
"No, no..."
At this time, Xiao Wu was like a child who had done something wrong, and his voice sounded like a mosquito humming.
Chairman Mao's face turned from yin to sunny, and he said to Wu Jiqing in a serious tone.
"You can't be blamed for this, you're a new comrade and you don't know enough about the policy. In this way, you inform your company commander and ask the clerk to deduct the pepper money from my food bill and send it to the fellow, in addition to apologizing to the fellow..."
It can be seen from this story that although Chairman Mao likes chili peppers, when chili peppers conflict with work, he will not hesitate to choose the latter.
Although in difficult times, Chairman Mao did not eat peppers at every meal. But as long as there are conditions, Chairman Mao always has to satisfy his taste buds.
During the Central Soviet Period, the Kuomintang blockaded the area, and it was difficult to transport supplies here.
The Red Army and the local people lived a difficult life and could only eat anything, and Chairman Mao could hardly eat anything because of the pressure of his work.
He Zizhen looked in her eyes and hurt in her heart, she knew that Chairman Mao liked to eat spicy, so she managed to get some chili peppers and fried a large plate.
While eating, Chairman Mao looked at the peppers on the table and was very happy that he had not eaten this thing for a long time.
I just wanted to eat a lot, but I thought about it, if I finished eating it in one go, for a long time in the future, I would not have any peppers to eat.
Chairman Mao was a little reluctant, so he ate only a little bit of each meal, and the rest was preserved, and then slowly ate it at the next meal.
It was August, the hottest time of the year, and the peppers didn't take long to spoil and produce an unpleasant smell.
But even so, Chairman Mao was still reluctant to throw it away, pinching his nose and eating a little bit every day, and living a "spicy addiction."
One day, He Zizhen was busy in the kitchen, when he suddenly smelled a pungent smell, and after careful searching, he found that the smell came from rotten peppers.
He Zizhen threw all the remaining peppers into the trash can, and at night, Chairman Mao was busy looking for peppers after work, and he couldn't find them, so he asked He Zizhen.
"Did you see my fried chili peppers?"
"Fried peppers? It broke down a long time ago, and I dumped it all! ”
"Dumped? How can you pour it out? What a waste! ”
Chairman Mao was so angry that he overturned the washbasin, and He Zizhen did not expect that Chairman Mao would lose his temper with himself because of a little pepper.
Angry, he ran away from home and waited until the night when his breath subsided before returning to his accommodation.
After Chairman Mao understood the origin of the matter, he also knew that He Zizhen was for his own good, but he still felt sorry for the plate of chili peppers.
"Peppers, a little smell is normal, now is a difficult time, the lack of materials, should not be wasted, washing can also eat again!"
It can be seen from this that Chairman Mao really likes to eat peppers, even if it is broken, he is still reluctant to throw it away.
However, Chairman Mao liked to eat spicy far more than this, and his "spicy" was so "spicy" that he also had to put paprika when eating fruit.
In 1935, the captain of the brigade, Yang Dezhi, was ordered to lead a team to attack Tongwei City and capture the city.
Soon after entering the city, they suddenly received the news that Chairman Mao was coming to inspect the work, and they were suddenly a little worried.
"When Chairman Mao comes, what should he take to entertain him?"
After pondering hard, Yang Dezhi prepared a basket full of pears, and when Chairman Mao came, he put them all into the water to wash them.
Chairman Mao looked at the pears in the water very happy and asked, "Is there paprika?" ”
"Paprika?" Everyone was a little puzzled, what do you do with paprika when eating pears?
"This is my exclusive secret recipe, they all say that life has four tastes of sour, sweet, bitter and spicy, and I have collected them all."
After speaking, Chairman Mao took the chili powder handed by his comrade and sprinkled it evenly on the pear.
"Come, taste them all, it's delicious!" After saying that, I ate it myself first.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the domestic environment has been greatly improved, and as long as Chairman Mao wants to, it is not a problem to eat chili peppers at once.
But because of his physical problems, the health master strictly controlled his diet, especially chili peppers, and only let Chairman Mao eat them once a few days.
If you can't eat chili peppers, even Chairman Mao of shanzhen seafood also feels tasteless, so he often uses the name of foreign guests to get some chili peppers to eat.
In the 1960s, the Peruvian philosopher Mendes, after reading the Theory of Practice and the Theory of Contradictions, traveled thousands of miles to China to pay a special visit to Chairman Mao.
During the meeting, the two people talked very happily, and unconsciously exceeded the time.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chairman Mao looked at his watch and smiled at Mendes: "It's all this time, so let's stay and have a light meal!" ”
So he called his secretary and asked him to prepare some meals: "When you receive foreign guests today, don't make those rules and regulations anymore!" ”
Not long after, the secretary came to invite Chairman Mao and Mendes to dinner.
On the dinner table, nine dishes were laid out, namely: fried shrimp slices, vegetarian stir-fried dried scallops, shredded fish, vinegar fish fillets, braised lion's head, fish head tofu soup, shiitake mushroom cabbage, braised pork.
There was also a cold pepper, which was placed on the side of Chairman Mao.
Chairman Mao pointed to the delicacies on the table and said: "Coarse tea and light rice, there is no mountain treasure and seafood, and it is still no problem to eat enough!" ”
The two men laughed and sat down, and Mendes watched Chairman Mao frequently move his chopsticks against the plate of chili peppers, so he said.
"I've heard that there are also some places in South America that are very spicy, such as Brazil, where there is a very small pepper, but the taste is a little unacceptable."
Chairman Mao laughed and said, "This is because you are not used to eating chili peppers, and when you get used to it, not only are you not afraid of spicy, but you are not afraid of spicy!" ”
Watching Chairman Mao feast on the peppers, Mendes held out his thumb.
"Of all the leaders, you're the most spicy I've ever seen!"
In fact, not only do you eat spicy when you meet foreign guests, but sometimes when you encounter some difficult guests, Chairman Mao will also use chili peppers to deal with them.
Once, when Mikoyan, a representative of the CPSU, visited China, during a meal, Mikoyan heard that Chinese drink liquor and had to fight with Chairman Mao.
Although Chairman Mao can drink alcohol, he does not like wine, and in his opinion, drinking is wrong, so he simply does not stick to wine.
However, the deputies of the CPSU were very affectionate, and Chairman Mao made a clever move and smiled at Mikoyan.
"You drink a glass of wine and I eat a chili pepper, how about that?"
"This... Maybe it's a bit too clever. ”
"Why don't you try our specialty chili peppers first?"
Chairman Mao handed Mikoyan a chili pepper, and Mikoyan stuffed it into his mouth, and after a while his face turned red.
"Water, water!"
Mikoyan raised his glass of water, gulped down a few large sips, and said to Chairman Mao.
"Well, I'll have a glass of wine and you'll eat a chili pepper!"
In his opinion, how could someone eat such a spicy pepper?
As a result, Mikoyan was dumbfounded, he drank 35 glasses of liquor in a row, drinking until the sky was spinning, and Chairman Mao still calmly ate peppers.
In the end, Mikoyan was helped out of the banquet, but Chairman Mao remained calm and did nothing.
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In his later years, Chairman Mao still liked to eat chili peppers, but due to physical reasons, he could not eat much.
As the leader of the country, Chairman Mao could have eaten the taste of the mountains and the sea, but he did not waste extravagantly, and only had a fondness for chili peppers.
Red symbolizes the Red Army, the revolution, and new China, and along the way, Chili pepper has always accompanied Chairman Mao and witnessed history with him.
In Chairman Mao's eyes, chili peppers are no longer just a food, but also a spiritual symbol, as he puts it.
"If you dare to eat spicy, there is nothing you dare not do!"
May everyone be like a chili pepper, dare to do, dare to fight.
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