What is the “cheesiest” dish to drink with wine?

It is said that there was an old man who loved to drink. One day he caught a grasshopper and roasted it in the fire to prepare for drinking. The little grandson came over and wanted to eat the grasshopper. The old man loved his grandson so much that he kept one leg of the grasshopper for food and wine, and gave the rest to his grandson. I happened to have something to do and got busy again. When I came back to drink, it was already dark. In order to save money, I didn't light an oil lamp, so I drank in the dark. After just two sips, the grasshopper's legs fell to the ground. I touched it easily, touched it, and continued drinking. After finishing the wine, I went to bed. When I got up the next day, I saw that the grasshopper's legs were still under the table, and an iron nail on the table had been smacked.

More than thirty years ago, my uncle opened a tavern by the river at the end of the village. The old people in the village like to go there to order a bowl of rice wine and chat for a long time after busy farming. According to my uncle and aunt, Teacher Li is the shabbiest among the drinkers.

Teacher Li was originally a Chinese teacher in a village primary school. When the WG first started, it was labeled as a counterrevolutionary and was tortured because it criticized the big-character posters written by certain people. After WG ended, he was rehabilitated, but he had already passed the retirement age. In the end, he was given some compensation, not even a retirement salary.

The reason why he is called shabby is because he never orders food or drinks when drinking. At that time, the wine sold in rural taverns did not earn a penny for the wine. Because there is a village-run wine shop in the village, the tavern is equivalent to consignment sales and gathering popularity. All profits come from homemade dishes to go with wine. If the drinkers don't order drinks and food, the tavern will not be able to operate. As for Teacher Li, because he was short of money, he only ordered a pound of rice wine when he entered the tavern, which only cost 25 cents. He only orders peanuts or edamame knots that cost a dime a plate once in a while. As for the slightly more expensive fried fish, roasted pork ribs, etc., he will never touch them.

I was only in elementary school at that time. During the summer vacation, I liked to sit in taverns and listen to some old people "talking about ancient times". So I saw how "shabby" Teacher Li was - he could really go to the tavern after lunch and order a bowl of rice wine, and drink and chat until the sun went down.

However, sometimes, he will do some amazing things, which makes the hotel owner think that he is even more "shabby". Once, he sat down at the table near the water in the tavern and took out a fishing line with an embroidery needle tied to one end of the line. He took out a few dried rice grains from his pocket, threaded them on an embroidery needle, and hung them over the railing half a man's height into the river. After a while, he saw a small shrimp hugging the rice grains and eating greedily. He lifted the fishing line, but the small shrimps still hugged the rice grains tightly and refused to let go. He kept the shrimps he caught in a bowl and caught a dozen of them in less than half an hour. The rice grains were too soft to thread on a needle. So he decanted the water from the shrimp bowl, asked my uncle for a cup of boiling water, scalded the shrimp directly, and asked the shop owner to add a little salt, carefully peeled off the shell of a shrimp, and dipped it in a little salt. , take a sip of wine and bite a small piece of shrimp, it feels like tasting delicacies from mountains and seas. When the powdered salt he asked for at the beginning was used up, he shouted again in a long voice, "Axiu, give me some more salt." "Axiu" is my great-aunt's maiden name. When she came out with a small spoonful of salt, her face was really full of contempt and she said: "Teacher Li, you are really good at eating! And you still do this" "人家" ("人家" means frugality in our dialect). Teacher Li smiled coquettishly and said "Thank you Nenzai" (Thank you). If a person is poor and has short ambition, what can he do?

It has been many years since Teacher Li passed away, and people in the village sometimes still mention how shabby he was when he drank. But in my eyes, I don't think he is shabby, but more of the helplessness of the poor.

There was an old couple with two girls, who were both married when they grew up. One day, the old man went to the eldest girl’s house to play. The eldest daughter’s father came to see her and invited a large table to accompany the guests. There was a large table of dishes. After the meal was finished, the old man went home. He sighed after going back. The old woman asked the old man, "Old man, what happened today? The big girl didn't greet you well today and didn't prepare the dishes." The old man said, "Oh, There was a big table with food, but I couldn't eat it well. The old woman asked me what happened. It didn't taste good or I was in a bad mood. The old man said, oh, the food was delicious, but it was a pity that there was no wine.

After a few days, the old man went to play with the little girl again. The little girl knew that the old man liked to drink, there was not much food at home, and the fields were busy, so she fried a plate of soybeans with the old man, put a pot of wine in and grinded the mill at home. The old man was left to eat alone, and she went to work in the fields. When the old man came home in the evening, his face was red and very happy. The old woman saw that the old man was so happy, and asked again, "Old man, why are you so happy today? Miss Yao did it to you." What delicious food? The old man said with a smile, haha, round soybeans, four or six cups, sitting on the grinder, drunk. It can be seen that when drinking, as the saying goes, if you blame the wine but not the food, you will eat it quickly if you don’t drink enough. A real drinker, someone who doesn’t pay attention to food

I live in a rural area. When it comes to drinking, the most powerful person I have ever met is my uncle. Growing up, I have seen many people drinking. But this is the first time I have seen my uncle drink. He is not particularly good at drinking. Every time I see the food that goes with his drink, I am in awe. How can he still drink like this?

My uncle is almost 60 and drinks a few taels of wine almost every day. According to my aunt, he feels exhausted even if he doesn’t drink. Just like a heavy smoker who is addicted to cigarettes. Every day when I have free time, I will gather some friends to come to my house to have a fistfight and drink. At first, my aunt will cook a few dishes to go with the wine and let them eat and drink. But who can stand it like this every day? Gradually, my aunt stopped cooking food to accompany the wine.

Later, they would go to other people’s houses to drink. Today they go to my house, and tomorrow they go to his house. Some families will hide the wine and prevent them from drinking it. When they all drank all the wine at home, they broke up unhappy. Just because you don’t gather to drink doesn’t mean you don’t drink anymore. You will also collect change to buy wine at home. One time during the Chinese New Year, I was going to my aunt's house. My uncle called me the day before. When I came tomorrow, I didn't need to bring anything. I just wanted to bring two bottles of wine to my uncle.

Although my uncle was a heavy drinker, he never drank too much. I only remember two or three times when he drank and vomited. Normally, it was okay, at least. Able to communicate normally.

My aunt really tried her best to prevent my uncle from drinking. She strictly controlled the money in his pocket, hid the wine, kept the food in the house without alcohol, etc., but nothing worked. Because my aunt knows that if you drink like this, something will happen sooner or later. It's not far from the hospital. He had a drinking buddy who drove his car into a ditch because he was drinking, but neither the child nor him were able to rescue him. Already gone.

In the beginning, whenever there was a wedding or wedding for anyone in the village, my uncle would go to help them. If not for any other reason than to have a few drinks, he would also take the opportunity to hide some wine for himself. He drank when he stopped drinking, and he didn't hide the wine at home. The countryside was large and the wilderness was where he hid the wine.

Later, he discovered that the wine he had stored in the village was no longer enough for him to drink. He would also help others with some farm work. When he was paid, he would go back to the supermarket in the town to buy bulk liquor, all at once. You can buy several large bottles and drink them slowly.

One time I went to my uncle’s house. As soon as I arrived, my uncle went out and took out the bulk wine he bought. He asked me to drink it with him, and asked my aunt to make him two dishes to go with wine. My aunt He keeps winking at me, which probably means, don’t cook, let him drink by himself, don’t drink with him. After I roughly understood what he meant, I stopped sitting at the dinner table and kept trying to persuade my uncle to stop drinking. It would be better to drink less of this in the future. Although my uncle promised well in words, his actual actions were in the opposite direction.

He went around the kitchen, but couldn't find any food that could go with the wine, so he went out. Others thought he had gone to buy peanuts for himself. Who knew that after a while, He came back, took out a handful of chili peppers from the plastic bag, put it on the table, and went to eat the chili peppers and drink.

While eating chili, he said that this wine is not as good as the one last time, and the alcohol content is a bit low. The chili is not as spicy as last time.

So people are dumbfounded, is this okay? My uncle smiled and said, he has been drinking chili pepper and white wine like this for several years. It was because your aunt refused to give me food and drinks, so he tried this way. He felt that the drink tasted delicious and he wanted to give me a chili pepper. , you should also try it. I picked up the chili and took a small bite. The sweat on my head immediately fell down. Isn’t this spicy? My uncle finished eating the chili on hand and said with a smile, "Isn't it spicy?" This chili paired with garlic and white wine is simply delicious!

I touched my aunt with my hand, don’t let him drink like that. The chili is very spicy, but my aunt feels like she is used to it. Speaking of which, I can’t control him, let him Drink like this! I drank too much that day and left! I can still live a little more peacefully.

My uncle said that Deng Xiaoping was a heavy drinker at that time, and he never had any problems. Alcohol is a grain essence, and the more he drinks, the younger he becomes. After saying that, I had already finished the more than a pound of chili peppers and wine in front of me. Everyone who looked at me was surprised. I had seen many people drinking, but this was the first time I had seen chili pepper paired with wine. My uncle was quite proud of it. It's not that he's bragging. Among the drinking friends within a radius of fifty kilometers, he is the only one who is better. If you dare to drink like this, everyone else is a child. After seeing the way my uncle drank, I was scared. Chili peppers go with white wine, and the chili peppers are very spicy. I don’t know what it will feel like when I drink it in my stomach. Anyway, I’m already scared.

I pulled my aunt aside and whispered, I didn’t dare let him drink like this. There will definitely be problems after drinking like this. I have to watch my uncle closely from now on and don't let him drink like this. His health is important. It’s better to buy some dishes to pair with wine and eat healthily. Just let him take a few sips of the wine. My aunt looked at me and nodded.

I have seen many kinds of dishes to go with wine, but this is the first time I have seen chili with wine. I think it is the "worst" dish to go with wine. I sincerely warn people who drink alcohol to drink in moderation! Don’t drive when you drink, don’t drink when you drive! Don’t use weird things to go with wine or food. The body is your own. Don't wait to lie in the hospital with regrets. What's the "worst" dish you've ever seen? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area for discussion!

Oh! Let me tell you, listen, there are three "drunkards" in our neighbor. In the summer, they drink a bottle of inferior liquor that costs more than ten yuan a bottle under the shade of a tree. They smoke two yuan cigarettes. The food is only one per person. Dip long beans in soy sauce and move them around when the sun is drying until you get drunk

I think the most shabby dish to go with wine is definitely cucumber and peanuts. But these two dishes are enough for wine lovers, and they are considered "hard dishes"! [呲ya] In the early 1990s, the most prosperous hotel in our county was called "Fully Hotel". It could be said that it was the most "prestigious" hotel for weddings and funerals at that time. The chefs inside were all invited from other places. Yes, the grade is quite high. Just like two sides of a mirror, behind the prosperity there is glory and desolation. Today we will tell you how Lara got to eat the "most shabby" snacks in the most prosperous hotel in the county. 1. Every day around five o'clock in the afternoon, there is always a little old man pulling a cart of swill out of the Fuli Hotel. The difference is that the old man's car smells of swill, but his body smells of alcohol.

At first, everyone didn’t know what was going on. They thought it was embarrassing to “swill”, but they didn’t expect that the old man would brag about the food in the Fuli Hotel all day long without him. He also mentioned several dishes by name, such as Peking duck, Mapo tofu, and Dongpo pork. He could even tell how the chef was feeling today.

Because the chef is in a good mood, the food he cooks is particularly delicious, and the color, aroma, and aroma are of a high standard. If the chef is scolded by his wife the night before, the food he cooks the next day will definitely be like "a primary school student fooling his teacher." Done hastily.

But no one can taste it, because many people are eating this traditional dish for the first time or several times, and novices cannot taste it.

I was almost in the third grade of elementary school at the time. I remember one day at noon, I saw this old man pulling a swill cart motionless beside the trash can in front of the hotel. Many people passed by and took a few glances, but They were all smelled by the strong smell of swill, and some curious people tried to use their fingers to test whether the old man's nose was breathy. As a result, they accidentally woke up the old man. The old man got quite angry and said that he dreamed about a rural village. Sister, I finally woke up from my dream. What a bad luck!

My family was poor at that time, and no one cared about me, so I would often squat in front of the hotel and watch the old man play tricks. The old man knew everything, from the bosses in the county to having banquets in the hotel to the bosses. He knows how the driver packs good wine and food, even our elementary school principal’s favorite sweet and sour fish. One time he asked me, if I take you to eat delicious food, will you come with me? I asked him, where to go?

He squinted his eyes and said to me, "It's a big banquet, the kind of banquet that decent people eat. There's a table full of dishes. You can eat whatever you want. It's very satisfying." I'm a little excited. He said to me, you have to call me "Uncle" before I will take you there. I happily called him "Uncle" at that time. He was very satisfied and took me and pulled the cart into the hotel. The guard also greeted him and said, who is this child? He was very proud and called him "godson". I didn't refute it at the time, because I was curious, is there such a good thing in the world, eating and drinking for free? 2. The old man casually picked up the chopsticks used by others. With a flick of his wrist, a piece of chicken went into his mouth, splashing the chicken juice on his stubble. He glared at me - eat, do you still want me to teach you?

When we entered the hotel, we did not enter through the main entrance. We made a long circle and entered the restaurant from the kitchen at the back. Several waiters inside, their clothes tightly tied around their bodies, like wrapped "vegetarian chickens", shouted to the old man - Lao Jia, you are in a good mood today. The guests were in a hurry today at noon, and the dishes were not served. We got up and packed a few dishes, and there were still a lot of them on the table!

At this time, I learned that his name was Lao Jia. Lao Jia blew a puff of smoke at the old ladies - I see who ate my food, I will have to eat something from her later, so that I can do my job! The waitresses laughed loudly, and some even put the packed food into the arms of a young girl and said to Lao Jia - it's her, if you are a man, eat it later and show it to us! Lao Jia spat on the ground - I'm not interested in children. I'm old and have bad teeth, so I still enjoy my little wine.

The group of older lesbians are making noises again - it’s not because of bad teeth, but because of bad health! Lao Jia took my hand and walked towards one of the restaurants. He told me, don't listen to their nonsense. They are just a bunch of hens that can't lay eggs. They can't read a basket of words. They can only serve people. It's a menial job, you have to study hard and be more promising than them in the future! I feel that these words are a bit familiar. It seems that my parents have said it to me, but I don't have the mind to think about it now because I can already smell the aroma of the food. 3. Lao Jia had a mouthful of wine and a mouthful of food. He ate the hot and cold dishes until his saliva jumped up and down. I sat aside and watched in a daze.

There are about thirty dishes on the table, with plates piled on top of plates, soup pots piled on top of the plates, and snacks placed on top of the soup pots. I have never seen or eaten many of them. Lao Jia picked up the chopsticks on the main table, put them in his apron and wiped them. When he took them out, they were new chopsticks. When he saw that there was still wine in the cup, he took a sip and pointed it at me. He winked--Aren't you hungry?

I thought it was a bit unhygienic, but seeing that Lao Jia was eating so deliciously, I didn’t care so much. I peeled off a clove of garlic, thinking it was sterilized, and started a "whirlwind chopsticks" meal. I was only in third grade at the time, and I couldn’t reach it because of my short arms. Lao Jia shouted at the top of his voice - stand up, you can reach it if you stand up!

After all, this is a big hotel in the county, and even the leftovers are so delicious. Lao Jia had a mouthful of wine and a piece of meat, and I had a mouthful of garlic and chopsticks of meat. My mouth was red from the spicy food. The more I eat, the more I want to eat.

Lao Jia was cursing while eating - the old ladies at the door are going to become sperms, the mandarin fish cooked today has been packed away, and the honey knuckles are gone too!

I asked Lao Jia, how did you know? Lao Jia said, "Didn't you see the leftover hem of the skirt on the main seat? The mandarin fish needs to eat the hem of the skirt, and the honey elbow needs to eat the outer layer of skin. Now there is only one stick bone in the big soup bowl. Guests I definitely wouldn’t eat it, those old ladies must have taken it away!

I think Lao Jia is very knowledgeable and can hide nothing from him. At noon that day, I ate several dishes that I had "heard of but never eaten" in my life - three cups of chicken, fresh fish and mutton, fried scorpions, eight-treasure rice, whitebait soup, and several more, like Farewell My Concubine. I had a round belly after eating, and Lao Jia also drank half a catty of wine and felt a little bloated. 4. Child, you have to remember, don’t learn from me in the future. To do it, you have to be a master, eat the first table seat, and eat the leftovers for the rest of your life without success!

After Lao Jia took me to eat, he burped and poured all the soup and water left on the table into the swill bucket. He was pulling the trolley in front, and I was beside him, holding a half-full bottle of Coke in my arms. It was the first time in my life that I drank Coke. I hiccupped after drinking it. It was indeed quite "coke". Lao Jia said that their pigs also like to eat the food in the hotel. It was almost three o'clock when they got home, and the pigs were so hungry that they were grunting.

On my way home, I happened to pass by Lao Jia. He was drunk and taught me a life lesson, which I cannot learn in school.

1. There must be people and connections wherever you go.

Lao Jia said, do you know how many people are thinking about my job? I shook my head and didn't know. Lao Jia was very mysterious and told me - they thought, but it was in vain that the hotel manager's father and I were brothers. At first it was his father who did it, but then his father drank to death, so it was my turn to do the good job. I was a little scared when I heard what Lao Jia said. I thought it would be enough to eat and drink. Why did I drink myself to death?

Lao Jia said that the county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now. The father of the driver who used to drive for the county leaders also wanted to come and eat the leftovers, but in the end he was not "robbing" him. The hotel manager called him "uncle" when he was naked. Now that he has grown up, he will give this good job to Lao Jia, it's just a matter of words.

Lao Jia also said that today is a society of personal relationships. You have to have connections wherever you go. It is easier to do things when you meet noble people. You will definitely meet noble people in the future, but today I will take you to have a nice meal. Yes, I should be considered your noble person. I nodded, feeling that Lao Jia should be the first noble person I met in my life.

2. If you endure hardship as a child, you will be blessed when you grow up.

Lao Jia told me that if you want to eat well next time, come directly to him, but you have to pass the exam before you can bring me to eat. I didn't understand and asked him, what does this have to do with the exam? Lao Jia said to me - this is to cheer you up and let you study hard. Only when you study well can you take the first seat and sit upright. The food has just come out of the pot and is on the table. You take the first sip and the wine is boiled. Bottle stopper, I will fill it up for you first. The premise is that you must study hard and be a decent person in the future.

I asked Lao Jia how many children he had, and he smiled and said that his whole life was ruined by drinking, and he never even got a wife. I asked him, those waitresses were very enthusiastic towards you just now. Lao Jia said - they are also making fun of me. They are the waiters and I am the swill collector. They did not study hard when they were young, and now they have fallen into this situation. After a short pause, Lao Jia burped and said to himself - before, he used all his strength and had nowhere to go, but now he has too much energy and energy, he is old!

3. The most priceless thing in a person's life is face. Once you lose face, it will be difficult to pick it up again.

I asked Lao Jia, can you take me to collect swill in the future? Then the two of us will eat and drink together. Lao Jia gave me a "brain bust" with his knuckles and said to me, you are a student who is studying. In the future, you will take the exam, a very big exam. Go to a big city and tell me that your wife in the city has someone to collect swill. What a future?

I didn’t understand it well.

Lao Jia said to me again - it is a bit too early to say something to you now. When you go to work in the future, you must remember that after eating and drinking, no one will blame you. Pretending, once someone finds out, it will be a bad thing! I asked Lao Jia, why did you remember to say this to me? Lao Jia said mysteriously, - I have eaten all these bastards. If I don't worry a little and think about things, do you think I can stand up to those bastards? I thought Lao Jia was a master. He took me to a big banquet and said some mysterious words to me. When I grew up, I recalled the experience of eating leftovers with Lao Jia. I felt really shabby. People who are poor have short ambitions. On the same table, the upper class eats first, and the lowest class eats last. The meal opened my vision for the future. Although it was very shabby, it was unforgettable. Today, twenty years later, when I walked into the Fuli Hotel again, eating the steaming dishes, I thought of Lao Jia, and the scene of him eating wine and meat seemed to come to mind again.

Let me tell you about the most shabby wine shop in the world. Once, some Cambodians working as security guards asked me to go to their dormitory to drink wine and eat chicken. Two bottles of wine and a case of beer. When everyone sat around the table, I was dumbfounded. There were six or seven people, and the appetizer was only half a salted egg. I don’t know why it was only half, but the brothers are looking at you sincerely, so drink it, Kong After drinking for a long time, no one touched the half salted egg, so I just drank it dry. Finally, I couldn't help it anymore and asked, "Aren't you talking about eating chicken?" Where's the chicken? The Cambodian friend replied: We are catching it.

Speaking of this dish that goes with wine, and it is the "shabbiest" one, there are actually two of them in historical legends, and these two dishes can be said to be "classics among classics". Let me tell you about them. .

The first is the door panel nail, which is an ordinary nail, but this nail is ordinary, but it is really extraordinary. These nails are all pulled from the door panel, and the door panel must be from a traditional time-honored brand. Paved door panels.

I can’t remember exactly what era it was. It should be the Republic of China period. At that time, the society was in turmoil and there were many poor people. But for some people who relied on their own strength to make a living, no matter how poor they were, they still had to drink wine every now and then. To relieve fatigue. Of course, I can't afford rice wine, so I can only drink some high-strength white wine.

People today don’t know that at that time, liquor was a drink for the poor. On the one hand, it was cheap, but the key was that it had a high alcohol content. You could get addicted to alcohol by drinking just a little. Kong Yiji had to drink rice wine after pawning his gown. Kong Yiji, who regarded himself as a noble man, never regarded himself as a poor man working as a coolie, so he had to drink rice wine after pawning his gown. Although the dishes to go with the wine were relatively shabby, they were A small dish of fennel beans is indispensable.

What about the poor who can only afford liquor? Not to mention the dishes that go with the wine, I guess something with a little flavor will be enough, and the iron nails mentioned above are said to be their daily dishes with the wine. The iron nails on the door panels of the sauce shop have absorbed the essence of the sauce shop over the years and have their own flavor of sauce and salt, so they have become the first choice for many poor people to go with wine. The key is that this iron nail can be recycled and is extremely cost-effective.

How to eat it? Take a sip of wine and suck on this iron nail, mainly to taste the salt flavor. Salt is the "king of flavors". In addition, it also has the traditional sauce flavor, which is enough. It is said that it is not easy to get this iron nail. You must have a good relationship with the waiter at the sauce shop. When drinking, you have to show off this iron nail in front of your fellow poor friends for a long time. It’s people who have connections.

Although another dish is also very shabby, it is obviously a grade higher than the iron nails above, that is, cobblestones, which is of course also a special dish for the poor to go with wine. You don’t need too many pebbles, just one is enough. Of course, they are carefully selected to ensure a “silky smooth” taste.

Why is this dish one level higher than the iron nails mentioned above? Because the people who use cobblestones to serve food and drinks are not too poor, and they can at least afford soy sauce.

Before drinking, prepare a small plate, put the soy sauce in it, take a sip of the wine, then dip your favorite pebbles in the soy sauce, put it into your mouth and gently suck it, the texture and taste are both delicious, delicious in the world, let the next person People who eat nails are so envious!

Do these two dishes have a place on the list of the "worst" snacks to drink?

In the early 1980s, I once went to Liaoning from Daqing. There are a lot of people on the green train, but it has to wait all night for the reverse train to Tongliao. Next to where we were sitting, there were two tourists in their forties, apparently Mongolians. They spread their sheepskin coats on the ground and sat on the ground. Take out a plastic bucket with about five kilograms of white wine in it. There are no cups. Pour the wine into the lid of the bucket. You cover it and I cover it. There are no grasshopper legs or nails. Just talk and drink. By the time it was time to get in the car, there was only the bottom of the wine left.