Yesterday was a cold dew, which means that most of our country has entered the late autumn and begun to move towards winter, at this time I can't help but think of Yu Dafu's "Winter in Jiangnan", Jiangnan geology is rich and warm, rich in products, so even if it is cold in autumn and winter, relying on a healthy atmosphere to resist the cold, but at least there are many delicacies, when different ingredients meet in Jiangnan, you can burst out countless sparks of inspiration.
Winter in Gangnam
I grew up in Jiangnan, and the impression of the winter day in Jiangnan when I was a child was very deep; although I gradually entered middle age, I fell in love with late autumn, thinking that autumn was the most favorable season for people who read and write, but for the winter scenery in Jiangnan, I always felt that it was a special mood that could withstand the summer night in the north.
Today, Xiao Yuanjun wants to talk about how delicious Jiangnan really is under the pen of the literati. As we all know, Chinese literati like to live in seclusion, find a small courtyard, grind paintings every day, occasionally party with friends to drink, the dishes on the banquet can not be sloppy, can not take those dishes that can not be on the table to entertain friends, restore ancient recipes, create new dishes are very important, gentlemen cook is not cooking, it is a kind of leisure.
Whenever we see the dishes described by these literati, we can't help but drool, while thinking that living in Jiangnan is really good, on the other hand, it is a pity that some dishes have been lost, but it is also good to have a full eye together.
Cao Xueqin and Dream of the Red Chamber
Mention "Dream of the Red Chamber", in addition to being a history of the rise and fall of a large family in feudal society, it is also an encyclopedia of the lives of the ancients, if you do not know how to cross to ancient times, then familiarize yourself with the Red Chamber.
It is not easy to count the dishes that appear in "Dream of the Red Chamber", some red scholars have done this, and the conclusion is that there are more than 180 kinds of dishes in the book! Including the main meal pasta, there are snacks, tea wine, fruits, etc., can be described as a variety of kinds, think of how comfortable It is for Brother Baoyu and his sisters to live in the Immortal Grand View Garden, and how sad it is to later the family collapse.
The great-grandfather, grandfather and father of the author Cao Xueqin have all served as Jiangning Weaving and Suzhou Weaving, so most of the things described in the book are Jiangnan food culture, not to mention that there is a Lin Daiyu who is a Suzhou native, which shows that the author knows the Jiangnan area very well.
The sixteenth time in the original text, Sister Feng said: "Mother can't chew that one, but she didn't have his teeth." Yin Xiang Ping'er said: "In the morning, I said that the bowl of ham stew elbows was very bad, just for my mother to eat, why didn't you take it and rush to make them hot?" And the "ham stewed elbow" mentioned here is the famous Suzhou dish "gold and silver hoof".
Figure 〡 @ Huang Beiyi
In addition, there are also "small lotus leaf lotus soup", "yam cake", "wooden clear dew", "bad goose paw duck letter", etc., I really want to drool when I see it.
Figure 〡 @Baidu Encyclopedia
Shen Fuhe's Six Notes of Floating Life
As we all know, the classical gardens of Suzhou are world cultural heritage, and the Canglang Pavilion is the oldest of many gardens, dating back to the Song Dynasty, and one of the literati is absolutely indispensable, that is, Shen Fu.
Figure 〡 @ Tian Erha flying to the moon
Shen Fu and Yunniang live in Suzhou, and also wrote a book "Six Records of Floating Life", in fact, the life of the two is not rich, and finally Yunniang even died because of overwork and illness, but the husband and wife are very good at making fun in pain, "all day long with the rest of the lessons on the ancient, the taste of the moon is only the flower, Yun is not good at drinking, strong can be three cups, teach to shoot the order, think that the joy of the world, nothing more." ”
Yunniang is also a person who is extremely good at fiddling with food, in the summer when the lotus flowers first bloom, Yunniang wraps the tea leaves in a small yarn sac and puts them in the heart of the flower, the next day to take it out, cook the heavenly spring water to soak it, the fragrance is particularly unique; white sugar and sesame oil A little mixed with brine goose can also get the praise of her husband, a woman is so fertile and blue-hearted, diligent and thrifty, although the days are bitter, there is enough food.
Figure 〡 @ you think about it
Wang Zengqi and Suzhou
After talking about the ancients, Xiaoyuanjun will talk about modern writers, and there are many writers who have another identity is foodies, and they have used writing to record what they have eaten, which is also praised. Mr. Wang Zengqi is really one of the best, he boasts that "those who have hair do not eat dusters, and those who have legs do not eat benches", which is really a proper big "foodie".
Diagram 〡 originates from the network
Wang Zengqi is a native of Yangzhou, born in Jiangnan, and later traveled to all directions, so he knows all the food in various places. "Mung bean cake is the best in Kunming's Auspicious And Suzhou Caizhi Zhai, with heavy oil and roses." "Curd milk meat is a famous dish of Suzhou Songhe Tower, the meat is rich and mellow, and it melts in the mouth." Look at people writing food, you can write about it so that people want to eat it, but we only write "It's delicious!" Great! "What a gap.
Figure 〡 @ Cai Zhi Zhai
After watching these literati eat and drink in Jiangnan, you finally know why Jiangnan has been the haunting place of the literati inkers since ancient times, and the literati eat and eat well, in the right season, find a beautiful place, eat a meal, life is sad and happy under this bowl of dishes and a tile, after the wine wakes up, then go far.