Grits soup (SA soup), first of all, popularize the pronunciation of this word, dialect reading (SA), Mandarin reading (SHEN) is one of the breakfast soups that people like to eat in Lunan, Luxi folk and Xuzhou in northern Jiangsu, the origin can be traced back to the Chinese Emperor Yao period. Grits soup, to put it bluntly, is a porridge made with old hen meat and wheat kernels.
Grits soup is a tonic soup. Judging from the ingredients of grits soup, chicken is not a taboo ethnic group, and old hen soup is suitable for all ages. The ingredients are peeled and pointed wheat kernels, and ginger, fennel, cinnamon and pepper are the main condiments, all of which are hot spices. Regular food is not only nutritious, but also warms the stomach and dispels cold. Drinking grits and then adding beaten and cooked frangipani is the icing on the cake, doubling the nutrition, and increasing the good in the middle.
Grits soup with enough ingredients
Speaking of the origin of grits soup, it has not only a long history, but also a beautiful legend. The ancient Zaozhuang area belonged to the Peng kingdom in ancient times. Legend has it that Xia Daiyao was a sage, a royal outsider, a flood prevention beast, a disease of overwork, not thinking about food, becoming emaciated, unable to manage the government, and the courtiers were also known as Peng Hao, Zhou Xingyu, catching wild pheasants (colorful pheasants), and boiling chicken soup for Emperor Yao. Emperor Yao sniffed, his appetite was greatly encouraged, and his sick body quickly recovered. Yao Nian Peng's dedication to the soup made a contribution, so he sealed the land centered on Zaozhuang to Peng Zu and founded the Great Peng Kingdom. The allusion of "pheasant soup offering Yao" should be seven points true and three points attached. However, is there a basis for the legend that Zaozhuang is located in ancient Xuzhou? According to Mr. Wen Qingzhen, a scholar of Zaozhuang literature and history, "Xuzhou in the Book of Shang was the site of the ancient Xue kingdom in Guanqiao Town, Zaozhuang City in 339 BC. The book "Bamboo Book Chronicle" records: "In the thirty-first year of Liang Huicheng's reign, Xue changed to Xuzhou. This ancient Xuzhou centered on the State of Xue existed here for more than 560 years, and it was not until the Three Kingdoms period after 220 AD that the seat of Xuzhou was moved to Tongshan, first called Peng Guo, then Xuzhou to the present. From this point of view, there is Peng in Xue, And Xue in Peng, and the ancient Peng Xue refers to a large area.
The earliest raw material of the legendary grits soup
At present, there are three main genres of grits soup, Zaozhuang, Xuzhou and Linyi. Although who does not say that our hometown is good, one side of the water and soil to raise one person, the location of these three schools are looking for a basis, each said that each is good, my personal favorite is Linyi's grits soup, because that is the place where I first ate.