Su Shi: The Cultivation of a Gourmet

11kloc-0/June, the last two months of life, 64-year-old Su Dongpo looked back and made a serious summary of his life.

He said: Ask your occupation, Danzhou, Huizhou, Huangzhou.

He believes that the achievement of his life is not the highest position he has ever held, nor is it the "satrap" period of those local officials.

His own achievements are only a few places in exile.

This is very interesting.

In the third year of Yuanfeng (108 1), an uncle dressed as a farmer was working hard on a soil slope in the east of Huangzhou.

This uncle can really be called Su Dongpo now.

This is the first time that Su Dongpo has been demoted. As we all know, Wutai poetry case.

At that time, he was the satrap of Huzhou, and was arrested and imprisoned because some so-called "improper words" were used by the villain of Yushitai.

After more than four months in prison, Su Dongpo narrowly escaped death. After a series of soul-stirring rescues, he was demoted to Huangzhou.

This time, being demoted, an angry young Su Shi, who was "Yao Shun, the supreme monarch", gradually disappeared, while another lovely image began to appear on the stage.

We call it Su Dongpo.

One side of this lovely image is called a gourmet.

In other words, gourmets are the dividing line between Su Shi and Su Dongpo.

Gourmet Su Dongpo opened up a "base area" on the slope in the east of Huangzhou City.

There are five rooms in the house, there is a Mao Ting, and the famous Tang Xue is below.

Tang Xue, it snowed on the day it was built, so it was named Tang Xue.

This slope is actually not small, about ten acres.

So Su Dongpo is almost a farmer.

What does it mean to own a farm?

It means having the most important ingredients.

Su Dongpo, a gourmet, is about to show his talents.

He invented vegetable soup.

The ingredients are very simple, that is, Chinese cabbage, radish, rape root and shepherd's purse he planted himself.

Wash it, add some ginger, steam it in a double pot, and put rice on it.

The food is cooked, light but delicious.

Su Dongpo enjoys himself.

Later, this soup was called Dongpo soup.

Gourmet Su Dongpo also transformed an important food, leaving a mouth-watering name in the history of China cuisine.

This dish is Dongpo pork.

Pork has a very low status in Huangzhou. It is not in the eyes of local tyrants, but ordinary people don't know how to eat it.

After repeated experiments, Su Dongpo made Dongpo meat that made people covet.

The practice is very simple, pork, wash clean, less water, add soy sauce, simmer until soft and glutinous.

He deliberately took out a small notebook and wrote it down:

Clean the pot, no water, no firewood. Don't rush him when he is ripe, he will be beautiful when the heat is enough. Huangzhou good pork, the price is as cheap as dirt. The rich refuse to eat, and the poor don't know how to cook. Get up in the morning and play two bowls, which are full, so don't worry at all.

"What's the matter? This delicious food made me laugh unconsciously. "

Su Dongpo, who is eating Dongpo meat, laughs like a 200-pound fat man.

At that time, Su Dongpo's mood began to change. He wrote: Now some people grow rice in Dongpo, and they also have fun through hard work.

His anger, nervousness and sharpness have reached blowing in the wind.

He began to be humorous, tolerant and lovely.

Know how to cherish and grasp the little happiness in life slowly.

For example, I take off my clothes at night and get ready for bed. I was overjoyed when I suddenly saw the bright moonlight shining into the room.

So I didn't even sleep, and got up to enjoy the moon. That's not enough. We must invite our good friend Zhang Huaimin.

Two uncles are enjoying the moon in the yard.

The moonlight is as clear and transparent as water, and there are aquatic plants swaying in the wind.

Look carefully, the bamboo and cypress trees in the yard are dancing.

Ha ha ha ha.

This faint joy was later written in a sentence by Su Dongpo.

Human taste is pure happiness.

In the ninth year of Yuan You, namely 1094, Su Dongpo was exiled to Huizhou.

Huizhou is what we call Lingnan.

Being demoted this time, Su Dongpo lost his temper.

In his eyes, there must be distant lychees in addition to the depraved distance in life.

Yes, there are many lychees and Lingnan lychees. I want to eat them well.

Take 300 tablets a day, but Kaifeng can't!

I also send a circle of friends after eating.

300 lychees a day, I will grow up to be a Lingnan person without hesitation.

In addition to litchi, gourmet Su Dongpo also quickly discovered the local good wine-Guijiu.

This kind of wine is slightly sweet and has a special flavor. If you drink it on your head, it won't affect your head, but it can also benefit qi and nourish your face.

He has a strong hands-on ability and soon learned to make wine.

When the wine was ready, he wrote to his good friend Lu.

Sorry, I made good wine. It's just fairy dew Too bad you won't try.

Qian Wei is here.

The journey is two thousand li.

Just for a glass of wine.

Besides vegetarianism, gourmet Su Dongpo certainly wants to eat meat.

In Huizhou, he once again developed the talent of a gourmet and invented the roast sheep spine.

Huizhou, a deserted market, kills a sheep a day.

As a relegated person, Su Dongpo dared not compete with others.

After he and others bought mutton, they went to buy the rest of the sheep spine, because there was still a little meat between the bones.

Su Dongpo used his intelligence to cook the sheep spine, sprinkle some wine and salt to roast it, and then he could eat it when it was slightly burnt.

He also likes to eat bones.

But in this way, I didn't expect to offend the dog.

"But feeding the dog is not pleasant."

At that time, he had reached the age of knowing destiny, and at this point in his life, he was suddenly enlightened.

He still retains his love and optimism about real life.

He often sits on a big rock near the West Lake and fishes.

One day, he caught a big eel and went to his good friend to sail with fish and wine.

He fully showed the side of food and cooked food according to his own creation.

After dinner, take a happy nap.

He lay on the bamboo chair with his eyes closed.

Behind the house, the bell is ringing.

He thinks he can put everything down.

Born four years less, 1097, Su Dongpo was demoted again, this time directly to a foreign country Danzhou.

This is not a small punishment, you know, I was demoted to Hainan with the same thing at that time.

As for the reason for being demoted, it is said that Su Dongpo was once happy after a nap.

So he wrote a few more poems and sent them to a circle of friends.

I didn't expect this to be seen by Zhang Dun, an official who opposed him.

Zhang Dun felt that Su Dongpo was too comfortable.

So Su Dongpo was demoted.

This incident tells us that people in the company must be prevented from posting things unrelated to work in the circle of friends.

This is one of the three laws of making friends.

Danzhou is a place where birds don't move bowels, and it is inaccessible, so it is not suitable for people to live at all.

As for eating, the local diet is incredible.

The natives eat potatoes and taro, and recommend smoking mice and burning bats.

When I first heard the honey pumping, I was a little close to the custom of toads.

Potatoes and taro taste simple, but what the hell is it to smoke rats, burn bats and smoke honey?

Is this for people?

But Su Dongpo, he is a gourmet. Let's not worry.

He quickly took out a magic weapon-relying on mountains to eat mountains and relying on water to eat water.

He found oysters.

Seafood!

Still free!

It is also a great supplement!

There was no pollution at that time, natural and original ecology!

He immediately got busy in the kitchen. Oysters were cooked with wine, and they tasted particularly fresh!

After eating the delicious food, he thanked his third son, Sue, in his letter.

After all, oysters are really delicious. You must not tell the scholar-officials in the DPRK, otherwise they would rather be demoted to Hainan and taken away by me!

Naive, there is no one left.

He is as diligent as a little girl picking mushrooms, digging creeping weeds, reeds and bitter weeds everywhere.

Using the magic of gourmets to tap their nutritional value.

Because of its high nutrition and good taste, it is praised by all localities and is a necessary healthy food at home.

Sometimes I miss the taste of Dongpo meat when I see peach blossoms.

I hope the petals are dyed red in spring.

When I went to work in spring, I dyed it pink like meat.

But even if there is a lot of helplessness in life, fate always tells some lame cold jokes from time to time.

Su Dongpo can still find the punch line from cold jokes, and then use the humor of gourmets to blend into food.

As the poem says: I always have no choice but to sell books and beg my boss for a living. I dragged my hair to your house while listening to chicken crowing and porridge cooking.

This is Su Dongpo's magnanimity.

It is also the happiness of a gourmet.

There is a famous saying that life is not a lack of beauty, but a lack of discovery.

In fact, happiness is the same. Life is not a lack of happiness, but a lack of satisfaction.

Su Dongpo is good at finding happiness and satisfaction.

Just like that day, he was released from prison because of the Wutai poetry case.

He slowly walked out of the prison gate on the north side of Dongcheng Street.

Walking in the cold air, he suddenly stopped.

Today is New Year's Eve.

There is a fresh smell of gunpowder in the air. It's just a burnt firecracker.

Smell it again, and there is a faint smell of Tu Su wine.

He suddenly felt the wind blowing on his face, and he was very happy.