Tofu love.
Tofu, from south to north, is a unique delicacy of the Chinese. During the Spring Festival, eating tofu is also a dish that every household can't live without.
Chinese eat tofu, there are historical records, to start from the five metabolism of the "Song Records":"The art of tofu has been passed down in the world since the king of Huainan of the Han Dynasty"。Huainan King not only achieved the tofu culture of the Chinese, but also added a delicacy to the people.
Lu You wrote in "Neighbor Song":
Turbid wine gathers neighbors, and occasionally comes to the non-kiln period;
Wipe the plate pile and exhibit, wash the kettle and cook Li Qi.
sentence"Li Qi"Instant tofu.
Lu You is a famous gourmand who eats all over the world, especially white tofu. Neighbors gather, turbid wine tofu, vegetable wine mellow, refreshing and appetizing, happy to drink, endless fun.
Come to think of it, at that time, for convenience, Lu You had a small gathering with the neighbors, and it was probably not shallots mixed with tofu, or toon mixed with tofu. Tofu is served with wine, refreshing and pleasant.
Made from tofu, soybeans or black beans. Tofu made from black beans has a purer taste. Whether it is fried, stir-fried, slipped, grilled, shabu-shabu, boiled or stewed, it can be harmoniously paired with cabbage. Innocent and wishful, bitter and fragrant, white and moist, easy to digest, quench thirst, very pleasant.
There is a joke in my hometown about a thick-skinned man who eats white food, and when he eats white food, he only picks up tofu to eat. A friend smiled and asked him, why do you only eat tofu? He said, "Tofu is my life!" Another time he ate white food, and there was meat in the dish, and he only picked up meat to eat. My friend asked again, isn't tofu your life, why don't you eat it? He said, "I don't even want my life if I have meat." √
Now, people's living standards have improved, material abundance, tofu has become not only a holiday food, people can eat tofu all year round.
More than 40 years ago, eating tofu was not an easy task.
Every Spring Festival, the non-staple food company issues 1 kg of tofu tickets to each resident, and a family of 4 can only buy 4 kg of tofu. It is impossible to eat more, and even the secretary of the county party committee cannot be special.
I remember that in the lunar month of that year, I bought back 4 catties of tofu with a ticket and sent it back to my father and mother who lived in the village, and I couldn't eat tofu during the festival at home.
That morning, a classmate from Shizuizi Village called Jia Erwang to come to my unit, and learned that I couldn't buy tofu, he said, we have a tofu workshop in our village, and we are grinding tofu for the people in the village these days, and I have black beans at home, so I asked him to process a pot of tofu for you. I know that Erwang was an electrician and accountant in the village at that time, and he had this ability.
I thought about it, and exchanged the black beans of Erwang's family for a pot of tofu, and I paid the processing fee for others, which was nothing, so I happily agreed.
On the afternoon of the 28th day of the lunar month, Erwang asked me to go to the village to get tofu.
I rode a bicycle from the county seat, walked in the direction of Yangfangkou, crossed the river from Ximayu Village, and arrived at Shizuizi Village. Erwang had already cut the ground tofu into several large pieces and put them in two bamboo baskets, with wheat straw underneath. Erwang found me another wooden stick, tied it to the back seat of the bicycle, hung bamboo baskets on both sides, and sent me out of the village.
I rode my bike back the way I came, riding carefully along the way, for fear of falling and throwing the tofu out. In case you get out, that's it"Tofu falls in the ash heap", blow and blow and can't shoot. I don't know where to start.
Riding up the slope of Majiawan, riding was full of breath, sweating, and the collar was also soaked with sweat.
By the time I got home, night had already fallen.
Taking advantage of the night, he distributed 40 catties of tofu to his fourth uncle, cousin and other relatives, which attracted the envious eyes of the neighbors.
Time is like an arrow, and in an instant, nearly half a century has passed.
Yesterday morning, I had a cold infusion, and I invited a doctor surnamed Jia to ask him about Jia Erwang in Shizuizi Village, only to learn that Siren died early.
Nowadays, eating tofu is like eating potatoes, and it is a common and cheap home-cooked dish. But I still inherited the old habit, every festival, I must buy a few pounds of tofu, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with chicken and fish, but also a plate of stir-fried tofu, used to drink, refreshing, light, warm and pleasant.
Tofu, still with an unforgettable appeal, unpretentious, concise and innocent.
Nowadays, although life is rich, we cannot forget the purity and simplicity of tofu, and we cannot forget the fundamentals of life.
February 3, 2024.
Wake up to the east.