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Those who know Chairman Mao know that he loves food.
Among his gourmet dishes, from banquets to street food, Chairman Mao favored them.
However, what few people know is that Chairman Mao, who loves the world's food, has a "single-minded" cook.
This chef has been at the helm of Chairman Mao's side for 22 years, cooking all kinds of delicacies for Chairman Mao.
What is surprising is that this chef never put a drop of soy sauce in Chairman Mao's meals, and even destroyed the menu directly after the meal.
So, who is this cook?
What happened between him and Chairman Mao?
The relationship between the culinary master and Chairman Mao
Cheng Ruming
On March 14, 2012, the national culinary master "Cheng Ruming" passed away in Beijing.
During his lifetime, he won numerous awards in various cooking competitions.
Compared with various culinary awards, getting acquainted with Chairman Mao is the most memorable thing in Cheng Ruming's life.
Cheng Ruming
At first, Cheng Ruming, who entered the society, worked in a restaurant in Tianjin.
During his time as a part-time worker, he gradually developed an interest in cooking.
Due to the strong Western food culture in Tianjin during that time, Cheng Ruming, who was dedicated to studying, became an apprentice in many local Western restaurants.
Over time, his cooking skills improved by leaps and bounds.
Later, due to the lack of hope for the chef's work, Cheng Ruming closed for a while.
In 1952, Cheng Ruming, who had been out of business for a long time, decided to make a living in the railway industry.
During this period, Cheng Ruming came across the "Asia-Pacific Peace Conference" that was being held.
When the leaders learned that he had Xi good cooking skills, they asked him to help in the back kitchen.
At that time, Cheng Ruming showed excellent Western cooking skills to the guests at the conference, and the meals he cooked were well received by the guests.
It was at this time that Cheng Ruming's railway department recognized his status as a "chef".
One day in May 1954, Cheng Ruming, who was cooking food as usual, suddenly received a summons from the leader.
The leader needs him to be in charge of a "big man" in a special train.
Chairman Mao
Then he found out that the "big man" of this special train was "Chairman Mao".
At that time, Cheng Ruming didn't understand why Chairman Mao, who was from Hunan, chose him, a chef who specializes in Western food?
In the back kitchen of the special train, shouldn't Li Xiwu, who is quite accomplished in Hunan cuisine, be the first choice?
Young Cheng Ruming
Later, through exchanges, Cheng Ruming learned that Chairman Mao actually chose him for two reasons.
First, there were many guests on the special train at that time, and the amount of meals needed was relatively huge, so Cheng Ruming was invited to come over purely to share the pressure of the cooks.
Second, because there were many foreigners on the special train at that time, Cheng Ruming's Western food was obviously more in line with their appetites.
Cheng Ruming
The first time he met Chairman Mao in the special train, Cheng Ruming was still a little nervous.
He is only used to hearing Chairman Mao's name in the news media on weekdays, where did he think that he would have close contact?
However, Chairman Mao's easy-going posture quickly dissipated Cheng Ruming's nervousness.
Chairman Mao
When he saw Cheng Ruming, Chairman Mao's face was full of smiles, and his amiable appearance made people feel very cordial.
Since then, Cheng Ruming has become Chairman Mao's "chef".
In 22 years, not a drop of soy sauce has been added, and the menu has been ruined after the meal
During Cheng Ruming's service to Chairman Mao, some cooking Xi was deeply strange.
It is reported that in the 22 years that Cheng Ruming was in charge of Chairman Mao, he never added even a drop of soy sauce to his meals, and even destroyed the menu directly after the meal.
Why this strange situation?
This has to start with Cheng Ruming's delicacy.
This delicacy is Chairman Mao's ten-minute love for "braised pork".
In order to make this dish well, Cheng Ruming invested a lot of time and energy.
For a long time, Cheng Ruming practiced the practice of Xi braised pork in private, hoping to gain Chairman Mao's approval after successful cooking.
Finally one day, Cheng Ruming felt that the braised pork he cooked already had the characteristics of "color, flavor, and flavor", so he hurriedly gave it to Chairman Mao to taste.
However, when Chairman Mao saw this braised pork, the expression on his face was not very amazing.
At this moment, Cheng Ruming felt extremely nervous.
"The chairman hasn't eaten this reaction yet, is there something wrong?" Cheng Ruming on the side thought secretly.
Chairman Mao picked up the chopsticks, tasted it, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, this braised pork is very well done, but I don't like soy sauce!"
After listening to this, Cheng Ruming realized that Chairman Mao still had the taboo of "not liking soy sauce".
Immediately afterwards, a wave of incomprehension surged into his heart: "Soy sauce is a very common condiment, why does the chairman resist it?"
Afterwards, Cheng Ruming inquired from elsewhere and learned that Chairman Mao's resistance to soy sauce actually stemmed from his childhood psychological shadow.
It turned out that Chairman Mao's family used to run a soy sauce business, and their soy sauce was brewed through ancient methods.
Chairman Mao was very curious about the brewing of soy sauce when he was a child, so he ran to the scene in his spare time.
Unexpectedly, he actually saw small white bugs jumping around in the soy sauce can.
Such a scene suddenly made Chairman Mao feel sick and nauseous, and even became Chairman Mao's psychological shadow.
The ignorant are not guilty, and Chairman Mao at that time did not blame the uninformed Cheng Ruming.
Since then, Cheng Ruming has slowly adjusted his braised pork practices, and he has worked hard to find enough spices to replace soy sauce.
After his efforts, the best braised pork that was not cooked with soy sauce was finally made, and Chairman Mao greatly appreciated it after tasting it.
In addition to braised pork, Cheng Ruming also tried to avoid soy sauce in other dishes, all of which were later praised by Chairman Mao.
As for the destruction of the menu after the meal, Cheng Ruming's leader said that it was actually for the sake of Chairman Mao's safety.
As the leader of a country, Chairman Mao's words and deeds are actually closely watched by enemies in the shadows, and if the menu is not destroyed in time, these enemies will find the menu afterwards to analyze Chairman Mao's physical and mental condition and dietary Xi habits.
Exposing personal information too much is not good for Chairman Mao.
After learning the truth, Cheng Ruming destroyed the menu after each meal of Chairman Mao.
epilogue
As a master in the culinary industry, Cheng Ruming's relationship with Chairman Mao is a certain accident.
In the 22 years since he was in charge of Chairman Mao, he has been conscientious and striving for perfection, striving to achieve the ultimate in every dish.
After learning that Chairman Mao was taboo about soy sauce, he did not hesitate to improve his practice.
When he heard that the survival of the menu would bring potential danger to Chairman Mao, he hurriedly destroyed the menu.
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