Stonefish
"I don't know the true face of Lushan Mountain, but I am in this mountain." Throughout the ages, Lushan, which has a long history and culture, has been influenced by the food culture of passing by from the south to the north, and has gradually formed a catering cuisine with Lushan characteristics by integrating the tastes of the north and the south. In the early 1980s, tourism began to rise in Lushan, and there were restaurants and hotels on Lushan. With the rapid development of Tourism in Lushan, hotels, restaurants and fast food chains on Lushan have opened more and more in recent years. Strolling through the main street of Lushan, you can see restaurants, flavor restaurants, fast food chains, small restaurants and so on. A variety of Hanging Lushan signature dishes and Lushan special snacks are also available, the most famous and word-of-mouth is Lushan's "three stones and one tea", and this "three stones" they refer to: Lushan stone fish, Lushan stone ear, Lushan stone chicken.
Lushan stone fish in the three stones of Lushan It grows in the canyon streams and waterfalls of Lushan Mountain, and uses its unique suction cup function to perch on the rocks of the canyon stream or between the stone crevices in the mountain stream, and the nest is built in the rock crevice of the stream, so it is called "Lushan Stone Fish". According to the "Lushan Chronicle", "The sand carp is large and inching, and the small ones are three or four points, swimming in the stream in groups." "It is a juvenile of a small fish, ctenophora, with a flat head, a slender body, a rounded front and a flattened back, two dorsal fins, an adult body length of only 50-60 mm, and most of the juvenile fish caught are about 10-30 mm, about the size of an embroidery needle. Therefore, it is also named "embroidery needle". Lushan stone fish meat is tender and mellow, and the dried fish after processing is creamy yellow and has a bright luster. Lushan stone fish is very rich in nutrients, especially a rare tonic for pregnant women, and now the production is very small, which is also a rare mountain delicacy at the banquet. At present, the ingredients used in the restaurant are alternative imaginary products produced by the lakes under the mountain, rather than the rare Lushan stone fish in the streams and waterfalls of the Lushan Gorge.
partridge
Lushan stone ear, one of the "Three Stones of Lushan Mountain", is in the same family as black fungus, "edible stone ear". It is a kind of limb fungus plant that grows in the wild on the cliffs and cliffs that are inaccessible, because its shape is flat like a human ear, and it grows attached to the rock wall, so it is called "Lushan stone ear". Stone fungus has a very high nutritional value, which contains liver sugar, gum, iron, phosphorus, calcium and a variety of vitamins, while having the effect of clearing heat, detoxification, lowering blood pressure and so on. Zhao Xuemin, a medical scientist of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Chicken soup is eaten crispy and delicious, the taste is the sweetest, and it is the first mountain treasure." "It can be seen that Lushan stone ear is not only a delicious dish on the table, but also a tonic product. In the past, Lushan Shi'er was a poor talent from a poor family who would go up the mountain to the cliffs and cliffs to pick and sell to maintain his livelihood, but now the industry has long been ignored due to the large risk coefficient of picking. Nowadays, it is difficult to meet authentic Lushan stone ear in the market, and restaurants and restaurants are imported from other places to taste stone ear fungus instead.
Casserole stone chicken
Speaking of another "Lushan Three Stones" one of the Lushan stone chickens, many people will immediately think of a certain kind of chicken, in fact, the stone chicken mentioned here is a kind of frog that grows in the cave of the yinjian rock wall all year round, called "stone frog", the standard name is spiny-breasted frog. Also known as stone chicken, stone clam, the back of the body skin is black ochre or brownish yellow and rough, small forelimbs, strong hind limbs, delicious flesh, because of its call for "grunt, grunt, grunt" special like a chicken chirping and so named "stone chicken". Stone chickens mostly hide in stone crevices or caves during the day, and come out at night to forage and crouch on rocks or between stones. Lushan stone chicken is large, adult stone chicken generally weighs three or four, and the largest weight can reach about one pound. According to historical records, the stone chicken was praised as "medicinal sores, food longevity", is the ancient imperial palace feast in the precious mountain treasures, but also the scholar class on the table of the rare game and gifts. If there is a stone chicken delicacy on the banquet of ordinary people's homes, it is enough to show the host's magnanimity, and the guests are also honored to be praised as "a rare taste of stone chicken feast".
Stone ear
It can be seen that both the nutritional content and the medicinal health effect of the stone chicken are irreplaceable by other animals, and have its high nutritional content and medicinal health value. Therefore, traveling to Lushan can taste the authentic Lushan stone chicken, which is a thing that can be encountered and not sought, and it is not easy for ordinary restaurants and restaurants to get their hands on it.