radiothebook Chapter 267 Monkey Brain
Chapter 267 Monkey Brain
Chapter 267 Monkey Brain
Time flies and it’s Friday, September [-]th.morning.
"Ding, the host's reward for signing in today is 'Taifeng Building' Pot Burned Pork X10."
'Wok burning' is a cooking method of Shandong cuisine.A "guo siu knuckle" is first boiled, then steamed, and then deep-fried in egg batter.
In later generations, there were many criticisms of Chinese food being overcooked and losing the original flavor of the ingredients. This 'pot roasted elbow' may be one of them.
Having said that, I have to digress again.Is Chinese food overcooked?
To answer this question, we must first talk about the big brother of Chinese cuisine, Shandong cuisine.
Shandong cuisine is the well-deserved No. [-] cuisine, and its status is unshakable.The establishment of the Shandong cuisine system actually originated from the home cuisine of Confucius and Mencius.
The old Confucius has very high requirements for food, 'he never tires of fine food, and he never tires of fine food. The word 'fine' determines that the cooking techniques of Shandong cuisine must not be simple.
"Confucianism" is our cultural gene, and then the development of catering history and the inheritance of this gene lead to the same goal.
Growing flowers has historically been plagued by food scarcity.In the case of frequent food shortages, we always collect as much as we can eat and find ways to make food.
It is precisely because of the shortage of food that the 'upper class' regard eating as a kind of 'showing off', and the cooking techniques become more and more complicated;
The "bottom level" is to make the crude ingredients as "delicious" as possible, and the cooking techniques have begun to become more complicated.
Working together from top to bottom, coupled with the support of Confucian culture from the perspective of 'jurisprudence'.Over time, it evolved into our culinary culture today.
So it would be unreasonable to talk about cooking without the culture and history of a nation.
Having said that, I can't help but mention the question of 'chicken'.
Raw fish and raw meat are chopped and sliced and called "chicken".This should be the easiest cooking method.
Planting flowers has a history of eating vegetables since ancient times.There is "脍" on the inscriptions on Zhou bronzes.
The "Analects" of food such as "chicken" is: "If you don't have the sauce, don't eat it."It shows that Confucius is not only not tired of the details, but also very particular about the dipping sauce, which must be made according to the "spring onion and autumn mustard" stipulated in the "Book of Rites".
In the Three Kingdoms, Cao Zhi liked to eat shrimp dipped in shrimp paste.In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a famous dish called "Jin Yu Yu".
RB's specialty food 'sashimi', its old name is 'sashimi'.No need to ask, this word must have been brought back by the Tang envoy.
From the Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, from the Jin Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, the tradition of planting flowers and "eating chicken" has never been interrupted.
'饼' is on the side of the word moon, so it doesn't just refer to 'Yusheng', but also '肉饼' of beef and mutton.
In the Ming Dynasty, "meat roti" was no longer recorded.The ancestors gradually discovered the dangers of parasites in freshwater fish through continuous trial and error.Li Shizhen clearly opposed raw food in "Compendium of Materia Medica".This is tantamount to proclaiming the death sentence of 'food sticks'.
In the Qing Dynasty, 'Yujiao' disappeared, leaving only some parts of the south still retaining this tradition.
In fact, the Manchu people's traditional diet includes "fish and clams", which was recorded in the palace, but after entering the customs, they were seduced by the Han people and stopped eating it.
To be honest, it's a pity that a large category of food has disappeared from the mainstream recipes for growing flowers.
In China, 'chicken' has a long history, but it does not mean eating 'live food'.
There is an essential difference between 'raw food' and 'live food', and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is 'the opposite of good and evil'.
There are some 'famous dishes', such as 'three screams' made from rat cubs; monkey brains eaten alive, etc.Do you think that is something only the rich and powerful can afford?wrong.These are remote areas where uncivilized people use them to hunt for novelties and show off.No one with status would touch these.
"A gentleman stays away from the kitchen" is because he can't hear the cry of dying animals, which is the embodiment of "benevolence".
Those who eat "three squeaks" are better off, and take pleasure in listening to wailing.Is this really... wanting to rebel against Confucianism?
If any dignitary dares to touch this, he will be a good looker.No matter which dynasty or generation, impeachment, dismissal, house raid, exile, one-stop service is waiting for you.
In history, there was a high-ranking official in Guizhou who was dismissed from his post and exiled because he ate a mouthful of live monkey brains at a banquet hosted by the chieftain.Originally, being an official in Yunnan and Guizhou was far enough away, but this exile was even more limitless.
Some people will say, isn't monkey head one of the top eight treasures?How could no one eat it?
Speaking of which, let's go a little further.
Where did the word Bazhen come from?From "Book of Rites. Inside".
The original text is too awkward, so let me translate it briefly. "Bazhen" refers to: meat sauce mixed with rice, meat sauce mixed with corn and rice, roast pig, roast lamb, roast tenderloin, wine marinated lamb, spiced beef, grilled dog liver with net oil.
Northeast people want to 'hahaha' after reading it, right?The ancestors also "a small barbecue every day"?
That's right, half of the eight treasures of our ancestors are barbecue.
I don’t have any information on the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties at hand. Maybe there is no mention of Bazhen at all. I don’t know.
Mongolian Yuan has "eight treasures", but cheese, goat's milk, and mare's milk account for more than half, so I won't talk about it.Skip straight to Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty of Niucha is here.The eight treasures at that time were: dragon liver, phoenix marrow, leopard fetus, carp tail, owl (xiao) roast, scarlet lips, bear paw, and crisp cheese cicada.
What kind of mess is all this?
Dragon liver is said to be white horse liver, and it is also said to be doll fish liver.The former is too low-grade and poisonous, so let’s take the latter.
Phoenix marrow: pheasant brain.
Leopard fetus, there is no doubt about this, leopard placenta.
The tail of the carp is a matter of guesswork.The tail of an ordinary carp is definitely not enough for the card, so it may be the tail of a pangolin, because pangolins were called "scaled carp" in ancient times.
Owl roast, roast owl.I went big!
Scarlet lips, bear paws, and butternut cicadas.
The last possibility is to fry the cicada monkey.It's not impossible, knowing that there are ranks in the flower-growing civilization, and it's it if it's not done well according to the ethics of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, it may also be cream puffed snails, a dairy product that continues from Mengyuan.Anyway, together with the bear's paw, it is the only serious thing in Ming Bazhen.This thing was indeed recorded in the documents in the palace of the Ming Dynasty, but it was vague, and no one could tell what it was.
Do you understand?The Ming Bazhen are all with loud names and few serious things.It is almost similar to the "scholar style" of the late Ming Dynasty, and it is vain.
Some people may say that all of the above are Song Bazhen.Anyway, as far as I know, it was indeed created by the literati of the Ming Dynasty.
The four characters 'dragon liver and phoenix marrow' first appeared in Su Shi's "Jiang Yao Biography".
The complete version of the above-mentioned eight treasures first appeared in the "Yuzhitang Tanhui" in the Ming Dynasty. Before that, no one had made up such a thing.
Of course, this is just nonsense on the Internet, so just listen to it.
So far, "monkey brain" has never appeared in the delicacies of the past dynasties, and the word "monkey" has never appeared.The one that eats the brain is only a 'phoenix marrow', and the one that is similar to a monkey is only a 'scarlet lip'.
In the Qing Dynasty, Bazhen was divided into several types.
The most advanced ginseng fin eight treasures refer to: sea cucumber, shark fin, fish cartilage, fish maw, bird's nest, bear's paw, deer tendon, clam.
Can you see it?Yishui's swallow-wing mat material, this is the more normal version.In addition, there are several versions such as "Shanshui Bazhen", but "Hericium erinaceus" all refer to "Hericium erinaceus".
Think about how the dish 'monkey brain' is eaten, and you will know that it will never appear in the recipes of the ethical society.
A hole is made in the middle of the round table, the monkey's neck is clamped, and then the hair is shaved, and the head of the sky is cut open to reveal the white brain.
Put a spoonful of boiling hot oil down, and then give each person a small silver spoon the size of a fingernail, and dig it out by yourself.During the whole process, the monkey was still alive, screaming continuously.
So you know why the chief soldier was impeached?That is to say, a martial artist who has never read a book.Anyone who knows the five words "a gentleman far away from the kitchen" will never pick up that little silver spoon.
The "vegetarian monkey head" in Bazhen is intentionally misleading to be "true monkey head".It was at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, when the rituals collapsed and the music was broken.Who are you kidding?foreigners.
It was originally a toast dish, but it was deliberately "impersonated" and became a catering item on the foreign cruise ship on the Li River to fool foreigners.I won't talk about this any more.
Whether it is monkey head or overcooked, it is too far away from the topic. Let's go back to Du Shouyi's "Pot Burning Elbow".
The pot roasted elbow is delicious, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, fragrant and fragrant.But the deaf grandma sighed a long time while eating, with some sadness on her face.
Du Shouyi knew there must be something going on here, so after thinking for a moment he asked: "Old lady, what's wrong with you?"
"The last time I ate this taste was when I was in confinement. How many years has it been?"
There is no way to answer this, when the old lady was in confinement, Xuan Tong might not have left the palace yet.But it's a good thing that she can talk about this. If she lives on her own every day, how can she mention the past?
After thinking for a while, he decided to have some fun and soothe the old lady's grief.
"Grandma, you have dinner early tonight, and when I come back from get off work, I will drive you out to see the excitement."
"You have a car?"
"Yes, I haven't told you all this time." Du Shouyi smiled. "Xiaobei went to study in Tangshan today, and he won't come back at night. My grandfather and grandson went to Wangfujing and Chang'an Street secretly, and they didn't bring anyone with us."
The car was seen by Zhou Xiaobai, and it would be fine to have one more old lady.The old lady is a very tight-lipped person, belonging to Pixiu, and the news basically disappeared when she got to her.
"Okay, okay." The old lady agreed with a smile. Now she is no different from an old urchin, and she doesn't even care about motion sickness when she hears interesting things.
The matter of taking the deaf grandma out to play was still not hidden from everyone, but everyone felt relieved when they saw that the old lady had disappeared with Du Shouyi.
It wasn't until after eight o'clock in the evening that the grandparents and grandchildren came back contentedly, still carrying a big bag of things in their hands.
There are flowers for Xiao Dang Sophora japonica, stationery, handkerchiefs, creams, etc. In short, everyone has a gift, even the baby Xiao An has a rattle.
Holding a can of shoe polish, He Yuzhu couldn't help complaining, "Old lady, why don't you just say something when you go out to play? We'll make it easy to find."
The old lady said cheerfully: "Don't blame me, blame the second grandson, he insists on taking me out."
"Don't blame me, but the box where the old lady hides her private money. It's always 'boom boom' jumping around, and it doesn't take two old ladies to sleep at night."
The old lady giggled and said, "Yes, I have to blame the box."
Seeing the old and the young play tricks, no one can do anything.
The uncle looked at the sheepskin gloves in his hand and said, "This will cost a lot of money, right? You'll spend it."
The old lady looked at Du Shouyi.In fact, apart from the gadgets for the children, he paid most of the money and tickets today.But she didn't tell the truth, and said: "You are the most expensive. The second grandson said that your hands are the most precious, so you must protect them."
"Hey, if you listen to his nonsense, he'll squander money."
After all, the elder was very moved.He knew best how much money the old lady had, and this was definitely the money Du Shouyi spent.What's this?This is filial piety.
With the kindness of the old lady and Du Shouyi's filial piety, with He Yuzhu and his family making a fuss in front of him, and with his wife and children by his side, he suddenly felt that this life was worthwhile, and he felt a little bit dead without regrets.
Originally, I only wanted to write 'sashimi', because I will touch sushi later, so I will get a vaccination first.
Unexpectedly, one foot slipped so far and had to be dragged back.I'm a little confused myself.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been a little too wild lately and I haven’t hugged her for a while.
(End of this chapter)