Literary reference:Su east ascent with braise in soy sauce meat

Su Shi is the big author of the our country north Sung period Zhao.He isn't only very deep to poem text, calligraphy scholastic attainment, and is rated as the our country ancient delicacies house, to cook the food also have much of a research and particularly excel creation to braise in soy sauce meat.

Send a present in return the meat woulds be Su Shi to create to make during the period of Xu2 Zhou of braise in soy sauce meat, Sung absolute being believes in Xi rather 10-year April and Su Shi goes to assume office Xu2 Zhou Zhi's state.On July 7, yellow river at the Chan state Cao village once the Sao take to overflow and go to on August 21 flood to besiege Xu2 Zhou, the water level is up to two the Zhangs be 8 Chinese foots.Su Shi with body soldier it, the Ben of the lotus puts in person, lead to forbid the soldier martial Wei camp, and whole city common people anti- Hong the embankment protect city.Through more than 70s and day and night of the hardship courageously fights and finally protected Xu2 Zhou Cheng2.

Whole city the common people be all filled with exultation, they for with gratitude this lead properly and together breathe with Xu2 Zhou people, so know of the total alive or dead state, kill pig to slaughter sheep in succession, the load wine holds vegetables a top a mansion to comfort.Su Shi declines not to drop and point out family to make in to braise in soy sauce meat in person after receive, and then send a present in return to the common people who attend the anti- Hong.The common people all feel after eat that this meat is fatty but don't get fed up with, crisp flavor the United States, consistently call him as "send a present in return meat".Henceforth, "send a present in return meat" take to spread at Xu2 Zhou Yi, and become Xu2 Zhou a traditional vegetables.This all has already recorded to say in 《 Xu2 Zhou the historiography data 》 , 《 Xu2 Zhou the sights ambition 》 , 《 Xu2 Zhou Gu3 now the Zhuan 》 .

Dollar plentiful February 1, three years, Su Shi is devaluated Huang2 Zhou Ren2 's regiment to practice a pair to make.He opens up wild country a kind of ground by himself, then here allege"east ascent recluse".This be the cause of "Su east ascent".During the period of yellow state, he begins a cooking to braise in soy sauce meat to combine to write in experience in person 《food pork poem 》medium.Su Shi at Xu2 Zhou and the yellow state boil to make of braise in soy sauce meat, just have influence in the region, there are no many name spirits in the whole country.Real call ring and be known for meat in the braise in soy sauce of whole country, is Su Shi for the second time at Hangzhou of"east ascent meat".

Sung Zhe July 3, four years of Zong Yuan2 祐 , Su Shi arrives at to live apart Hangzhou a term to know state for 15 years.Dollar 祐 five years five, June, Zhe west a take heavy rain not only, too lake deluge, the farm goods big slice is flood.Because Su Shi early adopts valid measure, make Zhe west a take of the people spent the most difficult period.His organization people's work dredges West Lake, construct dam to set up bridge and make the West Lake old looks become new Yan.The common people of Hangzhou appreciates this good matter that Su Shi is very much, everyone all Kua he is a wise parents officer.Hear he at Xu2 Zhou, yellow state like to eat pork most , hence till the time in New Year's Day, everyone lifts a pig load wine to make New Year's visit for him.Su Shi then points out family to cut into meat a square piece after receive and burn red and very crisp, then send separately to attend to dredge West Lake of people's the workses eat, everyone all calls after eat it's strange, deliver him of the meat be benignly called "east ascent meat".

Make track for this poor source, Su Shi of this kind of braised in soy sauce meat to make at create of Xu2 Zhou at the earliest stage, at yellow state get a further exaltation, at Hangzhou be known for a whole country.