What does the rural saying "fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger" mean? Is it reasonable to cook like this?

The rural proverb "Fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, sheep is not ginger" is actually a proverb circulating in Shandong coastal areas and Dalian. And it's not a rural saying, but some taboos about stuffing in the catering industry!

The subject should write "sheep is not ginger" as "meat is not ginger"!

When I was studying in cooking school, the pastry teacher often said that "fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and sheep is not ginger" when making stuffing, because the collocation of these ingredients can easily affect the taste of stuffing, so this is a taboo.

First, "fish is not garlic"

Second, "Cows have no leeks"

Third, "sheep are not ginger"

The first question: What does "fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger" mean? As we all know, it goes without saying. Let's go straight to the second question. Is it meaningful to cook like this?

First, fish is not garlic?

The first one is wrong. Whether garlic can be used to cook fish mainly depends on which method is used, and it cannot be generalized.

1, fragrant practices: for example, steaming fish, cooking fish soup, etc. , pay attention to the original flavor. You really can't put garlic. Its rich smell will overwhelm the unique sweetness of the fish itself.

2, Luzhou-flavor practices: braised, fried, braised, stewed, etc. For example, the most common "pickled fish" and "boiled fish" always have garlic paste, which can better show the fragrance of fish and enrich its taste level. If you don't let it go, it feels strange and lacks a certain taste.

Second, are cows not leeks?

This is quite controversial. There are three reasons for agreeing that beef should not be put with leeks.

1, beef and leek are grams, which will be poisoned if eaten. If it is true, I may be reincarnated many times.

2, beef and leeks are hot things, can not eat together, otherwise it is easy to get gum inflammation. How could I not! )

3, beef, leeks are warm foods, easy to make up with food, and even nosebleeds. (No, it's terrible! Pure rumor)

4, leeks taste very heavy, can not be fried with beef, otherwise only leeks taste, without a trace of beef. (When beef leek jiaozi doesn't exist! )

Anyway, the above are just netizens' guesses and my blind teasing. After all, where did this proverb come from and where did rural people say it? There are few ancient allusions in China, so it is impossible to know. Maybe this sentence means something else. Maybe beef was more expensive and taboo in the past. Ordinary people rarely ate a meal, while leeks were relatively easy to deteriorate. They were all mixed and fried for a long time before they were left unfinished. I was afraid that the beef would turn sour, so there was no refrigerator.

If so, it was meaningful at that time, but it is not applicable today.

Third, meat is not ginger?

My family used to cook pork without ginger, thinking that the function of ginger was to remove fishy smell, but pork itself had no fishy smell, so it was unnecessary. Under the mutual influence of local cuisines, new sparks collide. Now cook the meat is also used to seasoning with ginger.

Of course, the individual is not everything. Will you let go? Does it make sense? It depends on local eating habits, food culture, and ultimately personal preferences! Personal opinion!

Delicious is subjective! So I think "fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger" is unreasonable.

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What does the rural saying "fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger" mean? Does it really make sense?

"Fish without garlic"-simply put, garlic is not allowed in boiled fish. To tell the truth, when I first saw this sentence, my mind was really a little confused. Are you kidding when you cook fish without garlic?

First of all, I can tell you with great certainty that garlic is absolutely an essential seasoning for cooking fish, whether it is stewed, boiled or braised. The spicy taste of garlic can well remove the fishy smell of fish itself, and at the same time, like the cooking of these meat foods, garlic also has a good bactericidal effect. I remember when I was a child, I liked to eat braised fish cooked by my grandmother. At that time, I never cut the garlic of the fish cooked at home. After peeling, I put the whole handle in the pot. To tell the truth, although my father doesn't like fish, he always eats garlic in the fish pot.

"Cows don't have leeks"-simply put, leeks are not allowed in home-cooked braised beef. When I first saw this sentence, I especially wanted to ask such a question. Do you always put leeks as ingredients when cooking beef on weekdays? I think this should be impossible! Fried leek with beef is so big that I have never heard of it.

In fact, there is a very unwritten saying in our countryside that cattle are not leeks. First of all, beef has a good effect of nourishing yin and strengthening yang. As we all know, this kind of leek also has a good effect of nourishing yin and strengthening yang. Therefore, many people in our rural areas say that mixing beef with leeks is too nourishing and may be unbearable. Therefore, beef is not leek. It says that beef and leek must not be mixed together, otherwise it is easy to have an accident.

"Meat is not ginger"-simply put, home-cooked braised pork, braised pork and boiled meat don't need ginger.

Meat is not ginger. If this sentence was put in the countryside 20 years ago, I think it is correct. When the family is about to celebrate the New Year in the twelfth lunar month, every household in the village will kill pigs for the New Year. To tell the truth, at that time, the local pork tasted really good. There is no seasoning at home on weekdays, but simply putting some salt makes it delicious. However, the statement that meat is not ginger is definitely wrong today, because most of the pork we eat today is factory-produced feed pigs. Compared with the previous rural pork in the village, this kind of pork is getting worse day by day, and it is impossible to express the specific differences between the two kinds of pork in general language. I believe that only those who have eaten will have a personal experience.

It is estimated that many people often hear this proverb from some old people around them. Some chefs in rural areas do strictly abide by this proverb when cooking. Its meaning is also relatively simple, saying that when cooking fish, try not to put garlic, but when cooking beef, you can't put leeks; It is best not to put ginger in fried pork. Is this statement correct?

Today, it is estimated that many people don't do this when cooking, so this proverb feels unreliable and unreasonable. But there used to be such a saying, which was also an old saying handed down by the ancients. Don't put garlic when cooking fish, because eating fish means eating umami. As the saying goes, "Summer fish eat fresh, preserved fish eat pickled". In the past, the material conditions were not good, and it was rare to buy fish several times a year, so eating fish was to taste the fish. Garlic has the function of removing fishy smell and improving taste. If garlic is added when cooking fish, it will destroy the umami taste of the fish and only smell garlic. Today, the concept of diet is different. More people pursue fat but not greasy, fresh but not fishy, so many people put garlic when cooking fish.

The old saying "Fish is not garlic, beef is not leek, and meat is not ginger" is actually easy to understand. Fish is not garlic, which means don't put garlic when cooking fish, but isn't it fishy without garlic? The answer is yes, there must be a fishy smell. This is the origin of the old saying. According to my mother, when my family was poor, fish could only be eaten if they wanted to. So when I used to cook fish at home, I would deliberately keep the fishy smell, but I didn't have to worry about not eating it. The smell of cooked fish is not as strong as that of raw fish, so it is also a kind of flavor, which is what parents and grandparents often say, "the taste of childhood."

Now that living conditions are good, cooking pays attention to "color, fragrance and taste", so garlic is generally used when cooking fish. If old people cook fish at home, they seldom use it unless they are in a big family.

Say "fish don't put garlic", and then say "cows don't put leeks", that is, don't put leeks in beef. Everyone in jiaozi has eaten leeks, and the taste can sum up everything. Beef is delicious. Putting leeks completely summarizes the flavor of beef itself. Generally speaking, we put more potatoes in beef.

"Meat is not ginger", the meat here refers to pork, and ginger is not used in cook the meat. At a gourmet party, a sister fried a plate of shredded Chili, and then someone asked, why not put ginger? My sister paused and said, "Can fried pork with ginger be delicious?" I was a little confused at this moment, and I said that there was no experimental proof.

Let's do the experiment of "Fish-flavored shredded pork" and fry two dishes, one with shredded ginger and the other without shredded ginger. Experiments have proved that shredded pork with fish flavor tastes better with shredded ginger, and I have consulted many "home chefs". In their experience, shredded ginger was also put in the fish-flavored pork.

Then the problem comes again. Among the famous meat dishes I found in the online cookbooks, ginger is rarely put in the cookbooks, only a few pieces of ginger are put in the cookbooks, so not all meat dishes are free of ginger, and Jiang Ye can better remove the fishy smell of meat.

So I summed up a few points.

1, ginger is rarely used in fried meat dishes. If you seldom cook, don't take the risk of adding ginger.

2, stew, stew ribs must put ginger, because there is more meat, put ginger pieces to play a good meat flavor.

The cooking methods in north and south are slightly different. All of the above are based on the north. I come from the north.

Thank you for watching, and I hope you can point out the shortcomings!

Do you know why you put potatoes in beef? Discuss it in the comments.

There are many proverbs in the countryside. I have to say that these proverbs are a summary of some experiences. If you know some proverbs, you will take fewer detours in your life.

There are many common sayings about eating, such as "fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger". People who cook every day, or cooks, must know what this means.

Just say it in general.

The so-called fish is not garlic, which means that garlic can't be put in fish dishes. Because we eat fish mainly because of its freshness.

Only when the fish is cooked lightly can we feel the delicacy of the fish. So when cooking fish, you can't see anyone putting garlic in the fish.

The reason is that the smell of garlic is really too strong. Add the smell of garlic, and they will make the taste of fish fade.

Therefore, when cooking fish, you must not put garlic.

So, why not put leeks in beef?

Beef is the favorite meat on the daily table, but when cooking beef, you will definitely not see someone putting leeks.

In fact, leeks are rarely eaten with other dishes.

Because leeks are spicy, one thing is that leeks are small and easy to rot in a pot. The cooked food not only tastes bad, but also seems to have no appetite.

Leek can't be paired with beef, because beef has a trembling taste, mixed with the spicy taste of leek, and many people are not used to eating it.

Leek with beef feels a bit like carrion. So there is a saying that cattle are not leeks.

Finally, what does it mean that meat is not ginger?

The meat here refers to pork. When meat is not ginger, you can't put ginger in pork. Because pork itself has no smell.

Ginger is a spicy condiment. When we cook fish, we like to put ginger. Because fish smells fishy, ginger means to cover up the fishy smell.

Pork has no fishy smell, so when cooking pork, ginger is rarely used. Also, meat and ginger are similar in color when cooked, and cooked ginger is easy to eat.

Therefore, when cooking pork, it is best not to put ginger.

China has been a gourmet kingdom since ancient times. It can be said that China people eat to the extreme, and China's food culture occupies an important position in the world. In the long-term practice, China people have their own unique views on eating, and there are certain rules for what kind of dishes to match with what kind of condiments.

For example, "Fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger" is a typical example. Is it meaningful to cook like this? Of course it makes sense. This is a summary of many years' valuable experience of China and master chefs, which is produced through continuous practice. Besides, fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger.

First, fish is not garlic. Garlic here refers to our common garlic, that is to say, garlic can't be put in when cooking fish dishes. Why? Because garlic is very strong, it will offset the umami taste of fish. Put garlic in fish dishes, you can't eat the umami taste of fish, and you can't eat the fragrance and spicy taste of garlic.

Finally, it became a "four unlike" dish. Especially in China, fish dishes contain fish soup, but garlic is not allowed. The pungent smell of garlic can make people lose interest in fish soup instantly. The real practice of fish dishes lies in the word "fresh". As long as you add a little thirteen incense, it will be fresh, and what you eat is the original flavor and umami flavor of fish dishes.

In addition, cows don't have leeks, which means you can't put leeks in beef dishes. This should be said from two aspects. First, beef and leeks are hair products, and people with poor immunity are inevitably uncomfortable. On the second day after eating beef and leeks, some people began to have little red dot all over their bodies, with a low fever, which was obviously allergic.

Second, beef is difficult to rot, and it takes a long time to stew, while leeks are vegetables, which will rot when cooked. If the two are added together, the beef has not been cooked thoroughly, and the leek has become paste, the dish will fail. Who can eat?

Finally, meat is not ginger, so you can't put ginger in meat dishes. Ginger has a strong taste and was originally used to remove fishy smell. And pork has no fishy smell. If you throw a piece of ginger down, the taste of the finally cooked pork will become neither fish nor fowl, and the original flavor of the pork will be completely lost.

The use of ginger should be put on the stewed chicken and duck, and even only one or two pieces of stewed chicken and duck are put. If it is a little fishy, it will be very strong if it is put in too much, which will cover up the original flavor of chicken and duck meat. "Fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger" represents the cooking principle of China, but this principle is not immutable.

With the development of modern society, the cooking technology of food is constantly improving, new ingredients are constantly appearing, and some original practices and rules are gradually broken. In particular, the last sentence "meat is not ginger" has actually been abandoned by many chefs. It can be seen that there are no immutable rules in the world, and the development of everything must meet the needs of social development. All kinds of rules can be changed when society needs them.

But these proverbs about food are still of great guiding significance to novice chefs who have just entered the food industry. They can not only learn some basic industry norms through these cooking proverbs, but also learn about the profoundness of China's food culture, thus strengthening their confidence in doing it all the time.

These three proverbs handed down are some cooking principles that need to be followed, and they have been handed down to this day, and they are not unreasonable.

"Fish is not garlic" means that when cooking fish, don't put garlic. Garlic is strong and spicy, but fish is fresh. Many people like to eat stewed fish in clear soup, and the addition of garlic will affect the flavor of the fish itself. In order not to let the smell of garlic affect the freshness of fish, people have the saying that "fish is not like garlic".

But this is not necessary. Many places also have the habit of putting garlic in fish. As for whether to put garlic, you should choose according to your own taste.

"Cows don't eat leeks" means don't put leeks when cooking beef, because beef and leeks are hot foods, especially leeks are irritating. Eating too much is not only difficult to digest, but also easy to cause symptoms such as getting angry. And the taste of leek is also very rich. Chinese chives mixed with beef will affect the special aroma of beef itself, so there is a saying that "cattle are not Chinese chives".

"Meat without ginger" means cooking pork without ginger. Ginger is a good seasoning ingredient, because many people don't like the taste collocation of ginger and pork, and think that ginger masks the taste of pork itself, so it is also said. But this collocation is not necessary. Fried tenderloin with shredded ginger is also a very delicious and healthy dish.

Although these three statements have some truth in cooking, they are all based on certain dietary preferences. As for cooking, everyone should follow his own tastes and preferences.

Rural proverbs originated from farmers' life practice and social background at that time. With the changes of the times, people's minds are more open, and sometimes they can't recognize some unreasonable rural proverbs. Anyway, "take its essence and discard its dross". Let me explain the meaning of the rural proverb "Fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger".

Fish is not garlic.

It means: don't put garlic when cooking fish. Because farmers in the past paid great attention to freshness, they often caught fish in rural streams and took them home for cooking. The fish at this time is delicious and fishy. If you cook fish with garlic, the pungent taste of garlic will change the umami taste of fish and cover up its fragrance. Therefore, farmers do not recommend putting garlic when cooking fish. In the past, the rural ecological environment was good, and the fish was very fragrant and fresh. Therefore, it is very delicious to cook fish without any seasoning and keep the fish fragrant and delicious. Unlike the fishy smell now, some fish still have a heavy muddy smell. And now people cook fish in a variety of ways, and many young people like to eat heavy flavors, such as boiled fish, grilled fish, hot and sour fish, sweet and sour fish and so on. And they will put some garlic to taste in different degrees.

Niubujiu

It means: don't put leeks when cooking beef. Leek contains more crude fiber and is not easily digested by the human body, so it is not easy to eat more leeks. The reason why boiled beef does not put leeks is because eating leek beef will be hot, and eating too much will also cause gum swelling and sore mouth. Moreover, leek has a special flavor, which easily affects the flavor of beef. But when we cook pork, we can cook it with leeks, because leeks contain sulfide elements, which can let us absorb vitamin B 1 in pork well.

Meat is not ginger.

Don't put ginger when cooking pork. Ginger can be said to be a good seasoning, which has a particularly good deodorization effect, but because of its pungent taste. So many people don't like ginger. When cooking pork, you don't put ginger, mainly because you are afraid that the taste of ginger will overwhelm the smell of pork. Moreover, the main function of ginger as seasoning is to remove fishy smell, and pork has no fishy smell, so farmers do not recommend putting pungent ginger when cooking pork, but they can put some onions and garlic. When cooking fish, put some ginger, which can remove the fishy smell of the fish and keep the fish delicious better.

What seasoning to put in cooking mainly depends on personal taste. But leek and beef are very similar, so we don't want them mixed together. However, for "fish is not garlic, meat is not ginger", it still depends on personal taste habits.

There is indeed an old saying in our countryside that "fish is not garlic, cattle is not leek, and meat is not ginger". In fact, the meaning of this sentence is also very easy to understand. Fish is not garlic, which means we should not put garlic when cooking fish, because most of our rural areas used to be poor.

You can't eat fish several times a year, so you will keep the taste of fish every time you cook it. If garlic is added, the taste of fish will be removed a lot. Eating it will make you feel bad. That's the taste you used to eat. If you add garlic, you will lose a little.

When we cook beef, we don't put leeks. Everyone knows how much leek tastes. If cooked with beef, the taste of beef can be said to be completely gone. Even if we cook beef now, we won't cook it with leeks and beef together.

There is also meat without ginger, that is to say, when we cook pork, don't put ginger in the pot, because ginger also tastes heavy. If ginger is added, the taste will be enough to cover the taste of pork, so the cooked pork will not have the taste of pork.

As for the truth of this old saying, I personally think it has some truth. No matter in the past or now, this old saying can be used more, but the last sentence is not ginger. Personally, you can put a little less according to your own taste.

As for fish without garlic and cattle without leeks, it is completely in line with my own eating habits. I don't put more garlic when I cook my own fish. When I cook beef, I can't cook it with leeks. If I really want to put leeks, it will completely ruin the beef and waste my money.