1. Clean the pan, use less water, and there will be no smoke or flames from the firewood. Don't rush him until he matures. When the fire is sufficient, he will be beautiful. ——"Ode to Pork" Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Translation: Wash the pot clean, add a little water, burn firewood and weeds, suppress the fire, and simmer it with a virtual fire that does not emit flames. Wait for it to cook slowly on its own, don't rush it, when the heat is enough, it will naturally taste delicious.
2. It is spring at all times under Luofu Mountain, and oranges and bayberries are fresh every time. I eat three hundred lychees a day and live a long life as a Lingnan native. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, "One of the Best Things to Do in Huizhou"
Translation: At the foot of Luofu Mountain, you can see the spring sceneries of the four seasons. Oranges and bayberries bloom one after another. You can eat 300 lychees every day. It does not disappoint. I can always be a Lingnan native.
3. Moxiao’s farmhouse is full of cured wine, and in good years the guests are full of chickens and dolphins. ——"Visiting Shanxi Village" Song Dynasty: Lu You
Translation: Don't laugh at the turbid wine brewed by farmers in the twelfth lunar month. In years of good harvest, the dishes for entertaining guests are very rich.
4. Walnuts are wrapped in sweet-scented osmanthus stuffing, and glutinous rice is washed like pearls from a well. I heard that Ma's rice dumplings are good, and they sell Yuanxiao in the lantern style. ——"Shangyuan Zhuzhi Ci" Qing Dynasty Fu Zeng
Translation: The sweet osmanthus stuffing is wrapped with walnut kernels, and the well water is used to wash the pearl-like rice. I heard that Ma Siyuan's dripping powder The glutinous rice balls are cooked well, and I take advantage of the light of the test lamp to sell yuanxiao in the wind.
5. The grass needles are fragrant, soft and gradually become velvety, and are fluffy, sweet and sour and half dyed red. ——Fan Chengda, Song Dynasty, "Late Spring Pastoral Miscellaneous"
Translation: The pointed thatch hidden in the green stems, the white buds about to bloom, are fragrant and refreshing. Food containers decorated with Taotie patterns were stained red.