Old family members say: It is better to feed the dog with tofu than to drink wine! Why do you say this?

Our Hakka cuisine here has the famous dish Yong Tau Foo. The tofu and meat fillings are all made in-house. The soybeans are soaked every day, grinded starting at 6 a.m., and sold in the market for the whole day.

Returning to the topic, in fact, although there are many ways to make tofu, haven’t you noticed that most of them are dishes that are used to serve meals? For example, if you eat mapo tofu, you can eat two large bowls of rice because it is full of flavor and is perfect for meals.

So, eating tofu and drinking alcohol are fine, but they don’t go well together. Because it is not an accompaniment to drinks but a meal.

Another thing is that tofu is made of soybeans. Eating too much soybeans will make you angry, especially if you drink beer. If you drink beer, you will be angry, and you have to eat tofu, which will make you even more angry.

Therefore, if we drink, we should try to choose dishes that can go with the wine, such as cold vegetables, cold cucumbers, and fungus. Or some stir-fries, such as the stir-fried river prawns with chives and flowers that I answered. There are recipes in my Wukong question.

What do you think?

I don’t know what the question is about! Every restaurant in Tianjin has tofu dishes!

Green onion mixed with tofu! Toon mixed with tofu! Preserved egg tofu! Fried tofu!

There are so many tofu side dishes above.

These are all side dishes for ordinary people in Tianjin to drink with wine!

There are even more hot dishes!

Spicy tofu! Homemade tofu! Caviar tofu! Braised tofu with tile fish cubes! Hot pot tofu! There’s so much to wait for, it can be both a drink and a meal!

There are also many tofu-based soups!

For example, tofu casserole! Vinegar pepper tofu! Just wait.

As for what the questioner said, I have never heard of it.

Oh no!

After eating, it was all water, and after peeing, I was empty. That’s why we have this saying

China has a long history of drinking culture, and friends and relatives always have a few drinks when they get together. However, unlike foreign whiskey, Chinese people are accustomed to eating and drinking with food. As for the types of dishes that go with wine, the rich mostly eat chicken, duck, and fish, while the poor eat dried sesame seeds, braised peanuts, and the like. Over time, these combinations have gradually become "standard configurations."

However, among the dishes that go with wine, there is one thing that has always been criticized. There is even a saying about it among the people - tofu is not as good as feeding dogs when going with wine. Why do you say this? At first, Youshujun thought that tofu and wine had conflicting properties, and eating and drinking together would lead to poisoning. However, after checking the information, I realized that I was too naive.

Common sayings passed down from the ancients generally have more than a simple superficial meaning, not to mention the properties of tofu and wine, and there is nothing wrong with the pairing of the two.

This proverb actually not only reminds us of the considerations of hospitality, but also has scientific truth that is also recognized by modern medicine. Below, Youshujun will explain the meaning of this sentence to you from these two aspects.

1. As a dish to go with wine, tofu is too low-end and not decent enough to entertain people.

Since ancient times, the word "wine" has been closely linked to "meat", such as " "Good wine and good meat", such as "wine and meat pass through the intestines" and so on.

Wu Song drank wine before hunting the tiger, and it was served with soy sauce beef. The scholar drank to relieve his boredom and ordered the most famous beggar's chicken in the shop. All in all, when it comes to drinking alcohol, the standard dish should be meat.

Therefore, when hosting a banquet to entertain people at home, the host is accustomed to serving some meat dishes, which are commonly known as hard dishes. In particular, Chinese people are extremely hospitable and face-saving. When entertaining people, they should not only serve the best wine at home, but also the best food at home.

Although this is for the host's dignity, it also shows respect for the guests.

However, if you use tofu to serve your guests with wine, the guests will have to think twice. After all, tofu has always been a model of affordable food, and you can even afford it from a random dumpling on the street.

It doesn’t matter whether the wine is good or bad, the guest has traveled thousands of miles to be a guest, but you just serve him tofu that you can easily eat at home. This is not typical of not taking it seriously. Do you think the person is angry or not?

Moreover, there is a popular saying among the people, "A poor person will not eat carrots, and a rich person will not eat tofu." Tofu has a strong sense of satiety. If you use tofu to serve wine to your guests, you haven't drunk much wine yet. , the guests are already full of tofu, and they don’t even need to serve other dishes. Isn’t this clearly a deliberate act of stinginess and unwelcomeness?

After combining the above two ideas, the more petty guests will definitely secretly complain in their hearts that a snack like yours might as well be fed to the dog. So, remember, when entertaining people to drink, even if you are serving some cold dishes, do not serve the tofu outside, otherwise you will attract people who are not shabby, and "it is better to feed the dogs."

2. Tofu contains hangover-relieving ingredients, which makes it less intoxicating and less addictive when used with alcohol.

China’s wine culture has a very magical side. To entertain people well, You must make your guests drunk, even if they are tipsy.

However, wine is very easy to intoxicate, and a group of people can be overturned after drinking for a while. As for the subsequent conversation or relationship, it will be useless. Therefore, the choice of food to accompany wine is very important.

The ancients have always understood this truth, so they like to eat with wine and vegetables. Through long-term observation, they discovered that tofu is actually the nemesis of wine, because using tofu as a drink can almost prevent you from getting drunk after a thousand cups of wine. However, it doesn't matter if you don't get drunk all the time. That doesn't mean the guest didn't drink at all.

Therefore, more discerning people began to deliberately prevent tofu from being served on the wine table. After all, drinking alcohol after eating tofu is the same as not drinking at all. You might as well feed the tofu to the dog.

Because the main ingredient of tofu is soybeans, and soybeans contain a large amount of protein peptides. When protein peptides encounter alcohol, alcohol dehydrogenase is formed. Alcohol dehydrogenase is what we commonly call a hangover artifact. Only through it can alcohol be metabolized to the maximum extent.

So you see, tofu is indeed "incompatible" with wine, it's just that tofu unilaterally crushes wine.

In summary, the saying "Tofu is better to feed a dog than to drink with wine" arises not only because tofu is relatively cheap, so using it to drink with guests will make the guests feel shabby, but also because tofu itself contains hangover-relieving properties. It will give the guests the illusion that they are not drinking well at all. However, looking at the current situation, this proverb has gradually lost its relevance. Instead of saying "it is better to feed the dog with tofu", it is better to say "when drinking, you must use tofu to accompany the wine".

After all, the current wine culture is already somewhat deformed. If there is a magic weapon like tofu on the wine table, many orders and contracts will not be easily obtained. This kind of food is not harmful to the body and is very cost-effective. It is really delicious when paired with wine.

What's more, even if you drink it by yourself, tofu, which has more nutrients than meat, which has more nutrients than fat, should be the best choice to drink with alcohol.

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Personally, I don’t think tofu should be served with alcohol! The classic one is peanuts! Perfect with wine!

This statement is mainly to bring out China’s wine culture. If the ancients could invent this sentence, it must still have its true meaning! In fact, the reason for eating this way is that in addition to containing a large amount of protein, tofu also contains various amino acids. Amino acids can decompose the ethanol in liquor. After eating, the alcohol can be quickly excreted through the urine and reduce the chance of drunkenness. Therefore, this The saying goes that tofu can relieve hangover.

In ancient times, wine was a relatively precious thing. People actually drank to experience the feeling of being tipsy. Therefore, if tofu is used with wine, it will cause the liquor to decompose quickly, so this saying goes This means that if the liquor is wasted, metaphorically speaking, it is better to feed the dog.

Drinking wine and eating tofu is very popular in our Tangshan area. In particular, tofu with scallions is a home-cooked dish. Rich and poor alike like to eat it. Cut the scallions into small cubes and add salt, sesame oil, and a little light soy sauce. Oil, some people like to add some vinegar and minced garlic, which is very beautiful. Another way is to stir-fry tofu at home, which is also delicious. Heat the oil first, cut the cabbage, put it in the pan, add salt, and add the tofu. Acetate into. , Serve on the table and start eating

Personally, I think this sentence means people who like to drink. Drinking and eating tofu is equivalent to drinking the wine in vain! What does it mean? It’s just that tofu actually has the effect of relieving hangover. We all know that usually drugs or food for hangover contain an element called alcohol deoxygenase, and tofu contains this element. The main component of tofu is beans, and the main components of beans are protein peptides and water. When encountering alcohol, alcohol deoxygenase will be produced, which is the hangover food, so there is this saying.

Let me tell you something that happened in the countryside when I was a child. After reading it, you will understand why the rural old people said, "It is better to feed the dog with tofu than with wine."

Fried tofu

I remember when I was 8 years old, in the first month of that year, my grandma took me and my cousin to visit my aunt’s house.

In our rural areas, we like to fry a little tofu every year to prepare for entertaining guests in the first month.

My aunt was very enthusiastic. We were a guest during the first month of the year. There were twelve plates and twelve bowls, and a large table full of dishes, which made me dazzled.

When visiting relatives in the 1980s, distant relatives had to stay at least one night. It was the same when we visited our aunts' houses. We had to have a meal at each cousin's house before going home the next day.

After lunch, my aunt and grandma sat in the yard chatting. There were fruit plates and fruits beside them, as well as a plate of fried tofu and a pot of hot rice wine.

I saw my grandma and aunt pour a little rice wine into the bowl, then pour in some sugar, soak the fried tofu in the wine, and eat it deliciously.

This was the first time my cousin and I had seen this way of eating, and we were both very curious. Watching others eat helplessly is not what our children should be like. So the two of us went to get chopsticks, put them on the bamboo chairs, and sat next to us to eat.

Not to mention, the crispy fried tofu and the sweet rice wine were a perfect match. We couldn’t stop eating, and my cousin kept saying it was delicious.

But the strange thing is that my cousin and I didn’t get drunk even after eating so much fried tofu soaked in wine.

Hakka Rice Wine

When my cousin came back from his aunt’s house, he still wanted to eat tofu. He often said that he would go to her aunt’s house to eat tofu. It got dark, and my cousin was almost beaten to death by an adult.

In our rural areas, it is taboo to say that other people’s tofu is delicious, especially on New Year’s Day and the first lunar month. Rural elders think it is unlucky to say this.

"Eating tofu" in rural areas does not mean taking advantage of others, but refers to eating funeral banquets.

Tofu has a certain hangover effect. People who drink tofu will not get drunk easily. They will not feel drunk after drinking, and there is a suspicion of wasting wine. In addition, others ate your fried tofu with wine, and kept talking about going to your house to eat tofu every day. You said the diaphragm should be correct or not, so the elderly people in rural areas said, "It is better to feed the dogs than tofu with wine."

In fact, not only the fried tofu soaked in sweet rice wine is delicious, but the fried potato buns soaked in sweet rice wine are also delicious. If you haven’t tried it, you can try it.

Of course, now that people’s living standards have improved, everything they eat has no taste, unlike twenty or thirty years ago. Nowadays, when people eat fried tofu soaked in sweet rice wine, they probably won’t stop eating it.

Gannan Potato Buns

Hello, this may be an old saying. Now tofu and wine can be eaten together. These two foods are not mutually exclusive and may have some influence. In fact, there is not much difference in your protein absorption. You can eat it with confidence. After all, in today's society, there are many kinds of food combinations. As long as there is no problem with your health, the more food, the better