Su Dongpo: Is a poet and a gourmet who tastes one of the top two ao, before chewing cream. Honey fry of rotten cherry blossom beads, steamed lamb of apricot cheese. The clams are semi-cooked and winey, and the crabs are slightly raw and bad. Cover the beauty of the gathering, to nourish my old food. Slow fire, less water, when the fire is enough, it is beautiful ("Pork Eating Poem"). Rub the jade color evenly, and fry the green oil to make a tender yellow deep. Night to spring sleep knows the weight, squash the beauty wrapped around the gold. Self-laughing life is busy with mouth, and the old career turns absurd.

The Northern Song Dynasty writer Su Dongpo (1037-1101), versatile, not only had a deep knowledge of poetry and prose, but also a very prestigious painting and calligraphy, but also a veritable gourmet.

Su Dongpo (1037-1101) Song Dynasty writer (image from the Internet)

He regarded himself as a "gourmet" and wrote a poem called "Old Food" with a beautiful and funny tone. Those who are "gluttonous" and those who are hungry and gluttonous are also called. He frankly admitted that he was a glutton, which was a shocking thing at the time. The poem says:

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > one of the top of the item, two before chewing the cream. </h1>

<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the honey frying of rotten cherry beads and the steamed lamb of apricot cheese. </h1>

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > clams are semi-cooked and winey, and crabs are slightly raw and bad. </h1>

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the beauty of the cover polygon to feed my old food. </h1>

"Neck on the top" should be the most tender, "frost before the two ao" is the fullest, "cherry preserves" soft rotten to be delicious, "steamed lamb" supplemented with apricot cheese will be more delicious, and "drunken clams" and "bad crabs" must be half-cooked to not lose their natural freshness. Let's see if Old Master Su has become a "food expert" who evaluates the taste of dishes?

Su Dongpo is not only "good at tasting", but also good at "hands-on cooking". His best dish is roast meat, and the secret of self-detonating roast meat is:

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > slowly catching fire and less water</h1>

<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > it is beautiful when it is full of fire ("Pork Eating Poems"). </h1>

It is said that he also performed this trick in Hangzhou, and the praise was overwhelming, so "Dongpo meat" spread in Hangzhou, flourished for a long time, and is still one of the famous dishes. There are also "Dongpo Elbow", "Dongpo Tofu", "Ghee Fruit" and so on, which can be seen that in cooking, his craftsmanship is extraordinary. In addition, he is also an expert in cooking fish soup, and when he was in his hometown, he "often personally held the bell and cooked the fish to entertain the guests. ("Dongpo Linzhi") Undoubtedly, he is also excellent at making fish soup.

Because of the "hungry mouth", it seems common for Su Dongpo to taste snacks at snack stalls. Once, he and his younger brother Yu met on Lingnan Road, and it happened that there was a vendor selling "soup cakes" (noodles) on the side of the road, so they bought them to taste. Zi Yu met the strip "coarse and inedible", and put down the chopsticks and sighed. But he chewed heavily, swept away, "laughed up", wiped his mouth and left, very comfortable. There was no point in blaming the stall owner.

More interestingly, he often praises and supports food vendors. According to records, when he lived in Dan'er on Hainan Island, the neighbor was an old lady who made steamed buns, and invited him to the small shop to taste the steamed buns. After tasting it, he gladly wrote an inscription poem, which read:

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > hand rubbing to jade color evenly, green oil fried tender yellow deep. Night to spring sleep knows the weight, squash the beauty wrapped around the gold. </h1>

The poem not only appreciates the exquisite craftsmanship and quality of the steamed buns, but also places great sympathy and support on the craftsmen who make the buns. The small shop gets poetry, such as the glory of the flowers, and the business is naturally booming.

Su Dongpo deserves the reputation of "old food". He is really an expert in talking about eating, tasting, making and praising food, and is a veritable foodie!

However, it should be pointed out that if you think that Su Laofuzi is just a "gluttonous" foodie, it is biased. He has two poems in the poem "The First Arrival in Huangzhou", which are worth playing, and the poem says:

<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > laugh at yourself and be busy with your life, and your career turns ridiculous. </h1>

Two verses, literally saying that they have been "hungry" all their lives, are actually puns. It is to reveal the mystery of one's own heart; it is to say that because of "misfortune coming out of the mouth", it is to make people migrate and run around, and in the end they will not be able to achieve anything, and they will have no choice for a lifetime. Humor contains self-deprecation, and humor carries a bit of melancholy.

It's really the handiwork of a great writer!