"Water Margin", one of the four major novels in ancient China, is said to be the one that writes the most wine. According to statistics, the whole book of "Water Margin" has written more than 600 drinking scenes, drinking wine in large mouths, eating meat in large mouths, and the most heard sentence is that some good men are entering small shops, and the first sentence to sit down is "Small two pots of good wine, and then two pounds of beef", so the impression of the Haojie in the Water Margin is the feeling of drinking and feelings of pride.
For example: Lu Zhishen drank wine and made a big fuss about Wutai Mountain, Lin Chong drank wine at the Fengxue Mountain Temple, Chao Gai and other drinkers to take the birthday class, and Wu Song drank to fight the tiger. Good men can not do without wine, wine is a stimulant, without wine the plot can not be unfolded, there are too many scenes of drinking in the water margin, wine may be the best supporting role in the water margin.
Shuipo Liangshan, located in today's Shandong Province, may have learned the good man gene of Liangshan, the people of Shandong can not only drink but also produce wine, and the output of wine ranks first in the country. And according to statistics, the daily per capita alcohol intake in Shandong is about 80 ml, which is equivalent to the amount of four or two liquors or four bottles of beer, and everyone can think of how much Shandong people can drink! In ancient Shandong, there were eighteen bowls of Wu Song's anger, and now there is a wine table "Three Cups Plenary Meeting" (white wine, beer, and red wine will be drunk). Shandong people are also known as "good drink, can drink, dare to drink" the title, Shandong people, drink a small wine, can also drink from the sun three poles to the lights. In the Shandong region, running the market to do business, if you can't drink, you can't get the contract at all, so if you are doing the Shandong market, first weigh your own alcohol.
Of course, not everyone is a good man in Liangshan, and not everyone in every province is like the people of Shandong who drinks and drinks. More ordinary people just use drinking as a tonic for work, a pastime, and drink casually. After all, drinking high is a minority, and mi a sip of wine is the majority.
In Shaoxing, Zhejiang, drinking yellow wine and eating fennel beans is said to be a perfect match. Shaoxing is a water city with long rivers. By the river, it is often seen that the old man is drinking slowly and leisurely, and he casually takes out a few fennel beans from his pocket. These wine snacks, the first time to eat do not feel surprising, chewing carefully but quite deep taste, quite in line with the character of Shaoxing people: outer circle and inner square, Lingxiu Huiqiao. Lu Xun's Shaoxing does not seem to have gone far.
Fennel beans are one of the most well-known snacks in Shaoxing, thanks to Lu Xun's novel Kong Yiji spending nine copper coins to buy two bowls of wine and a plate of fennel beans in front of the Xianheng Hotel counter, and also carefully studying the four ways to write the word "fennel". Fennel beans are made of broad beans as raw materials, soaked in water to soften, added ingredients to the pot and slowly cooked over low heat until steamed, the taste is fragrant and soft, tender, cheap, is the most common appetizer for ordinary people in Shaoxing.
For the people of Suzhou, a good dish with small wine is snails. As the old saying goes, the snail shell is a dojo, the small snail can be more exquisite, Suzhou people like to eat green shell snail, because the shell is thin and fat. Sauce fried screws, soup screws, leek stir-fried snail meat, are all fresh and delicious, the taste is a must. Especially before the Qingming Dynasty, the Mingqian snail is a rare delicacy, which can be tasted in almost every farm or hotel in the Taihu lake area of Suzhou, which is a delicacy that is not willing to be lost in the mouth. A plate of screws, you can be half a day, the dish does not need to be more, a plate of snails is enough to make people satisfied.
In the Xiamen area of Fujian Province, the small dish of wine is called: shochu pairing, as the name suggests, it is a good friend of a good wine person. Southern Fujian's shochu matching: mainly cold dishes, but the southern cold dishes are dominated by meat dishes, although not like the northern "hard dishes" generally large pots, but the victory is in a wide variety of varieties, a variety of tricks. In order to drink steadily, the staple food is first fried Hutou rice noodles, Which is a specialty of Xiamen named after the region, which has good toughness and is not easy to paste when boiling soup. Another dish of fried anchovies (anchovies): This fish is not ideal for other methods, but the fried is particularly fragrant, and the thin bones of the fine fish bones have become crispy and delicious, and the typical wine is a good dish. Then, add a portion of Minnan vinegar meat: the shape of the vinegar meat is the same as the crispy meat in the southwest region, and the actual method is similar. It is more popular in Xiamen and Quanzhou regions, and vinegar is added to the seasoning, so the unique flavor of the crispy aroma has a slight acid. Finally, another curry squid, bright yellow color, solid texture, directly eat the aroma of curry, dipped in garlic sauce, eat more thick.
Is this kind of shochu pairing reminiscent of Japanese izakaya? The configuration is a bit high!
More often than not, you will find that it is a plate of shallow fried peanuts, which are good dishes with wine. Peanuts are simply versatile, can be fried, can be boiled in salt water, can also be brine, with any wine, it is simply a panacea. Famous peanuts everywhere are also emerging in an endless stream, Fujian Yakou peanuts, Shandong Qingdao peanuts, Sichuan Tianfu peanuts, can be described as the top three, of course, Longyan peanuts, WangZhuang peanuts, Guzhen peanuts, is also quite a famous peanut, word of mouth has a good reputation.
On the right is Jeff, of Irish descent
Chinese drink small wine with peanut rice, some foreigners are very confused, in their opinion, the best way to drink should be dry drinking, whether it is wine, or whiskey, dry drinking slowly with the tip of the tongue to taste, is the taste of wine! One of my American friends, Jeff, who was five years old and three with dragon stripes on his arms, said that this was the way grandpa drank. He also took this drinking method as a technical term "Neat", which means to drink clean and pure, without any adulteration. However, Jeff's family is from Irish immigrants, he said that his blood, there is the gene of whisky, that is not wrong, since 800 years ago, Ireland began to brew whisky, can be said to be the originator of whisky.
But the Chinese people, do not care about these, we drink is idle, foreigners drink pure, it can be said: the day does not understand the black of the night, the black of the night needs a small wine to be watered.......