"Shallow Water Margin", No. 125 (Text/Jiaomu)
Man dies for money, and birds die for food. Throughout the ages, the vast majority of people can be divided into two categories, one is for the name, and the other is for profit, which is especially obvious in the Water Margin. When Lin Chong rushed to Cangzhou and did not pay for the dispatch, the scolded dog was bloodied and did not dare to pit; after stuffing the silver, he not only spared a hundred killing sticks, but also landed a good errand. Therefore, Lin Chong couldn't help but sigh: If you have money, you can understand the gods!
The same is the stab match, Lu Junyi has no money, not only wears a heavy shackle, but also suffers a lot of sins along the way, almost lost his life; and Song Jiang, because he brought silver, plus he has a relationship, not only does not wear a shackle, but he can also openly go out to eat and drink.
At the restaurant in Jiangzhou, Song Jiang and Dai Zong, Li Kui, Zhang Shun and others had eaten several times. Jiangzhou is in the south of today's Jiangxi, near the river and rich in fish, Song Jiang likes to eat fish, so several people ate fish several times. First the fish spicy soup, Song Jiang felt that it was not fresh enough, and then Zhang Shun sent fresh big fish, and several people ate fresh fish soup and fish.
Zhang Shun paid the bartender, made a fish into a spicy soup, steamed it with wine, and asked the bartender to cut the fish. - "Water Margin"
Fish soup is nothing, it is worth mentioning salmon. The so-called salmon is a slice of raw meat, also called a fish. According to historical records, it appeared more than 2800 years ago at the latest.
The Song Dynasty once unearthed a cultural relic from the late Western Zhou Dynasty called "Xijia Pan", which has an inscription of more than 100 words, recording Yin Jifu's conquest of the Fox (later Xiongnu) with King Xuan of Zhou, as well as the collection of tribute from the Southern Huaiyi region. After Yin Jifu's triumph, he feasted on friends, and one of the dishes was sashimi. The feasting of friends is recorded in the Psalms.
Drink the royal friends, the turtle carp. Who's in it? Zhang Zhongxiaoyou. - "Poetry, Xiaoya, June"
"Boiled turtle" is to cook the old turtle; "carp" is to slice the carp. In the pre-Qin period, meat and fish can be cut into slices and eaten raw, but when eating, you must dip in the sauce, there are many types of sauce, eat raw meat slices to dip the corresponding sauce, can not be mixed. Confucius once said, "Food is not boring, the neck is not tired of fine" "not its sauce, do not eat", which means that the finer the food, the better, the thinner the meat slices, the better, if the sauce is not right, then it can not be eaten, it can be seen that Confucius is a very exquisite foodie, which is also related to the Zhou Li at that time.
When we watch "The Great Qin Empire", Zhang Yi once made a fish with a sword and dedicated it to Zhao Wenjun. Zhao Wenjun appreciated him very much, not only let him see Jiuding, but also gave Zhang Yi the sword he carried.
In later generations, there are many people who like to eat raw meat slices, the most famous of which is Chen Deng in the late Han Dynasty.
Chen Dengwen Tao was well armed, and not only offered Cao Cao to destroy Lü Bu, but also defeated Sun Ce and Sun Quan's brothers. This person was infected with parasites because of his love of fish fillets, and he fell seriously ill, and almost died as a result, but fortunately Hua Tuo saved him. However, after Chen Deng's illness was well, he still liked to eat sashimi, and as a result, he could not be saved by Hua Tuo, and he died at the age of thirty-nine. Cao Zhi is also, he likes to eat with sashimi dipped in shrimp paste.
However, by the Time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were very few people who ate sashimi, and most people ate sashimi, especially fresh fish, so people created the word "鲙" that specifically refers to sashimi to distinguish between fish and meat.
After the Tang Dynasty, the dish was still famous, and the number of people who ate sashimi did not decrease but increased. When the Japanese sent Tang envoys to the Tang Dynasty of China, there was a dish of sashimi at the reception banquet of the Tang Dynasty, and the Japanese felt delicious after eating it, so they brought it into Japan, which is still popular today, that is, we often call "sashimi".
During the Song Dynasty, literati doctors also liked to eat "fish". Su Shi is naturally no exception, Xin Qiyi has a first word called "Water Dragon Yin", which has a sentence "Hugh said that the perch can be fish", that is, the use of sea bass slices to make a delicacy. Although this was used as a code, it did exist at that time. Some literati notes also record the method of eating perch: choose the sea bass in August and September, preferably under three feet, sliced and mixed with fragrant flowers and leaves, known as "golden jade".
Sashimi is cold and not easy to digest, so it is best to use hot sauce such as mustard, otherwise it is easy to make a stomach. Song Jiang may have not eaten mustard sauce, plus he ate too much, so he pulled his stomach twenty times and directly fainted, almost taking half a life. But it also shows how delicious sashimi is.