In a developed modern society, the richness, diversity and nutrition of food are becoming more and more technological. But many people still taste the taste of childhood, the taste of mother, although the ingredients may not be precious, the cooking method is not proficient, but those full of family and love aroma can always warm our hearts. With the development of the times, some ancient French cuisines have disappeared due to the extinction of ingredients or the loss of skills, which is understandable. For ingredients, we ordinary people pay attention to a fresh, such as freshly killed live fish, freshly laid eggs and so on. The ancients' requirements for the freshness of ingredients have reached an outrageous point, even called abusive, almost cruel, so there are some fresh dishes that are prohibited from eating, this article selects the most representative dishes, how do you evaluate the freshness?
Stewed turtles. There are many ways to cook turtles, this braised turtle can be described as a cumbersome step, even in the ancient rich house, it is a dish that can not be sought. Because the selection of ingredients is very rare, it is necessary to take wild turtles over 50 years old, which is not easy to do. The turtle is placed in the flowing mountain spring water, raised for more than half a month, let it spit out the filth in the abdomen, and then cleaned with a unique Chinese herbal formula.
In a pan casserole dish, place the turtles. Add cold water and cover with a special lid. The lid of the pot is tightly closed, leaving only a small hole that allows the turtle head to protrude. At this time, bake a casserole dish over low heat. As the water slowly heats up, the old turtle must not be able to withstand the temperature in the pot, and will extend the turtle head in the small hole to breathe, at this time, the chef uses a small mouth seasoning pot to aim at the breathing old turtle mouth and pour the seasoning juice. After several repetitions, the spice juice drunk by the old turtle is digested and circulated in the body, and after a few hours, the delicious turtle meat and turtle soup are good. The essence of this dish is that the old turtle meat has a uniform taste and the meat is delicate and delicious. It is said to have the effect of prolonging life, but I do not know whether it is true or false.
Hot donkey. In many ancient texts, there are also records called tang donkeys, and there are records of wild history that began in the Ming Dynasty. The scene described is very substitutionary. On the side of the village road in the countryside, there is a donkey meat shop where there is a lively traffic and business travelers. A live donkey is fixed vertically to a wooden plank, and diners can designate a certain part of the donkey's body to eat. For example, if you want to eat donkey ears, the chef will cut off the donkey ears for you. The chef will peel off the skin of the donkey in the designated part of the diner alive, and pour the boiling soup on the donkey meat until it is blanched, at this time, the live donkey is cut with a sharp blade and put on the plate, and it can be eaten. The live donkey hissed in pain, and those onlookers looked at the donkey's vicious expression and were actually pleased. Some donkeys will sell for a few days before they eventually die.
Monkey brain. The preparation of ingredients is quite complicated, "and it is necessary to purchase materials and dispatch workers a few months ago, and to count the needs of not hundreds of gold can not be eaten." Place the live monkey in the middle of a special table, which is divided into two halves with a round hole in the middle, just to reveal the monkey's head. After the diners sat down, the host ordered the chef to start concocting. Only to see the chef take out a razor, first clean the monkey hair of the monkey's head, and then use the hammer to hit the iron chisel, directly open the monkey's heavenly spirit cover, at this moment the monkey is not dead, the natural wailing is continuous, frightening. The chef pours hot oil and blanches the monkey brain. Ancient texts record that "the monkey was overwhelmed with pain, and the trumpet was extremely mournful." Then he poured boiling soup into it, broke the skull with an iron vertebrae, and each of the guests took a silver spoon into the monkey's head, probed his brain and sucked it, and each guest sucked it, but only two or three spoonfuls." It is said that the monkey brain is very delicate, just like the feeling of tofu brain. Personally, I feel that in the hot pot in Chongqing now, the feeling of the pig brain flower should be similar. However, this monkey brain's approach is too cruel and has long been banned.
Burn goose paws. This roasted goose paw is not in the brine shop today. It is to scrape the soles of the goose beforehand. The geese are then placed on a special flat pan with an iron cage fastened to it. The chef burns under the iron pot, puts oil in the pot, all kinds of onions, ginger and garlic and the like, and the live goose constantly walks on the hot pot, and the palm pains, and from time to time needs to drink sauce to save themselves. Until the goose paws are cooked, the chef takes the large goose that is not yet dead from the cage, directly chops the goose paws, and serves them to the diners to enjoy. At this time, "the whole body fat cream, extracted in two palms, can be several inches thick, and the remaining flesh is not very eaten."
In the history of the wilderness, it was recorded that the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty had the luxury of eating roast goose paws, so the imperial kitchen in the great interior had to be cooked every day. It is said that outside the back wall of the imperial kitchen, the goose body is piled up like a mountain, and it is good in winter, and it is inevitable that the stench will inevitably emit in summer, which seems to be an exaggeration.
In addition to the above several kinds of abuse, there are also charcoal-roasted suckling sheep, that is, the lambs that are still breastfeeding are roasted, similar to roast suckling pigs. Crisp goose intestines, use a knife to open the anus of live geese, directly remove the goose intestines for cooking. Drunken shrimp, live shrimp directly marinated in wine to eat. And so on. Hot hump, similar to hot donkey. All in all, it is to take the ingredients alive, it is frightening to read, and I wonder, how dare those who dare to eat have the courage and cruel mentality?
Now, these cruel so-called delicacies have become taboo. However, for example, the dog meat festival in Yulin, Guangxi, is still held, and the dazzling white dogs are hanging on the street. For human beings, civilization may be for the strong, and the weak and the strong cannot be broken? This may be the survival law of the food chain.