Secret Braised Pork
by Heart clear as water and pale as clouds
Favorite
Difficulty
Easy
Time
1h
Serving
4
Speaking of braised pork, we can't forget the person who pushed the business of eating braised pork to the peak-Su Dongpo. It is precisely because of his efforts that braised pork from the grassroots level to the upper level, from the common people’s cooking pot to the literati and ink guest’s table. In fact, the long-standing and famous Dongpo pork is the braised pork in brown sauce. Su Dongpo is not only a great poet, but also a gourmet. He has a song "Ode to Pork": "Washing the pan, lack of water, and the flames of firewood and smoke can not be flared. When he is familiar with himself, don't urge him. At that time he was beautiful. Huangzhou has good pork, the price is as cheap as the earth. The rich refuse to eat it, and the poor do not decontaminate. When they get up and play two bowls in the morning, they are full of their own masters." His love should have started when he was demoted to Huangzhou’s deputy commissioner for the "Wutai Poetry Case". Huangzhou is an important turning point in Su Dongpo’s life. There, Su Dongpo, who was frustrated in his official career, not only wrote the majestic "Going east, the waves are exhausted, the eternal heroes...", but also self-satisfied. Studying food happily and writing beautiful essays. The most common gluttonous things in the world are full of elegance and refinement in his writings. Between the vulgar and the elegant, between the pride and frustration, his mind and boldness are very comparable. It's no wonder that his life can be open-minded with "no wind and rain nor sunny".
It can be seen from Su Dongpo's poems that braised pork in brown sauce was in the category of "the price was as cheap as dirt, and the rich refused to eat it", and its status was very civilian. But now it has become a popular darling all over the country, Su Dongpo should be a great contributor, when food and culture are connected, even if it is ordinary eating, it is a little more elegant.
It can be seen from Su Dongpo's poems that braised pork in brown sauce was in the category of "the price was as cheap as dirt, and the rich refused to eat it", and its status was very civilian. But now it has become a popular darling all over the country, Su Dongpo should be a great contributor, when food and culture are connected, even if it is ordinary eating, it is a little more elegant.
