The writer Su Shi was the first foodie in the Great Song Dynasty, and he ate wherever he was exiled

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-21

Su Shi is a great writer almost everyone knows, but do you know that he is actually a famous foodie?

Su Shi was demoted three times in his life, and every time he went to the place of exile, Su Shi could find delicious food.

Let's start with the Wutai poetry case, this time Su Shi's place of being demoted is Huangzhou, which is now Huanggang, Hubei, after arriving at the place, Su Shi found that the pork here is very cheap, and almost no one wants it when it is thrown on the ground.

Because the rich don't bother to eat pork, but the poor aren't good at cooking.

Su Shi's eyes were bright, and the time to show his skills had come, and he wrote an ode to pork, explaining various methods and tips for pork, such as "slow fire, less water, and he is beautiful when the fire is sufficient." ”

Among a series of practices, the most famous of which is Dongpo meat, the local people saw that pork can be made so delicious, and immediately began to follow suit, which can be regarded as a feat of improving people's livelihood and food.

In addition to pork, Su Shi also found a delicious thing, puffer fish.

Artemisia is full of short reed buds, which is the time when the puffer fish wants to eat. ”

Artemisia grows all over the shore, and the scenery is very beautiful, but more importantly, the puffer fish is the most fat at this moment.

Although he knew that the liver of the puffer fish was highly poisonous, Su Shi still loved to eat it very much, and lamented that it was worth dying in order to eat the puffer fish.

Later, he was demoted to Huizhou, and Su Shi observed that the economy of the land of smoke and miasma was far worse than that of the capital, but the warm climate made it rich in fruits, such as lychees.

Eat 300 lychees a day, and don't hesitate to be a Lingnan person. ”

Su Shi saw that the lychee was made with a click, thinking that Yang Guifei had to travel all the way to transport it in order to eat the lychee, Su Shi looked at the lychee in his hand The more he ate, the more fragrant it became.

The third time he was demoted, Su Shi came to Hainan, looking at the endless sea, Su Shi did not write a "Viewing the Sea" with a big hand like Cao Cao, but looked down and found oysters.

The small ones are boiled and eaten, and the big ones are roasted, and they are really fresh.

Su Shi also wrote a letter to his son, "I am afraid that the northern gentleman will hear about it, and he will strive to do it for Dongpo, beg for Hainan (folding), and share my beauty." ”

It means son, let's eat oysters, don't tell the people in the capital, what if they find out and beg to be exiled to Hainan to rob me.

I have to say that the mentality of our Su Daci people is really good, and the exile was actually regarded as an outing by him, perhaps this kind of mentality can support him to raise his head again and again in the predicament.

Just like what he wrote in this sentence, "Bamboo canes and shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid, a cloud of smoke and rain will be lifed." ”

The obscurity in life will eventually pass, and when you look up, it will be a good day with sunshine again.

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