The origin of roast pig

1400 years ago, Qi Yao Min Shu, edited by Jia Sixie, a native of Shandong Province, described in detail the selection of materials, slaughtering and processing, barbecue and other matters, and called it "baking method". It can be seen from the 22 barbecue methods recorded in it that the barbecue production technology before the Southern and Northern Dynasties has reached a very high level.

Roast pig has a long history.

Not to mention Charles Lamb, a British writer, joked that roast pig originated from ancient fire, and its credible and recorded history can be traced back to the early Western Han Dynasty. A stove was unearthed from the tomb of Nanyue King excavated in Guangzhou. Four piglets were cast on both sides of the furnace wall, and the remains of suckling pigs were found in a nearby bronze tripod, which proved that the furnace was used to burn suckling pigs. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Jia Sixie recorded the method of roasting suckling pigs in Qi Yao Min Shu, describing the roast suckling pigs as "amber in color and real gold, but it disappears in the mouth, looks like it, contains cream and is moist, unique and ordinary". In the Qing Dynasty, roast suckling pig was an indispensable barbecue for the Manchu-Han banquet. After the Qing Dynasty, roast suckling pig seems to have disappeared in other places, but it is still popular in Guangdong, which is said to be related to the vigorous promotion of Xishi restaurant in Xiguan, Guangzhou in the 1920s. In order to enhance the competitiveness, the store specially set up a rectangular iron stove in front of the store, and invited two roast suckling pig chefs in public to serve the food immediately. At that time, diners scrambled to tell each other about the taste of Manchu cuisine. Later, restaurants followed suit, and roast suckling pig became the first dish of the "eight major dishes" of the Cantonese banquet in the early Republic of China and became the first dish of the traditional Cantonese banquet. Eating the first roast pig can officially start.