1. Long cuisine has bear wax, while Qin cuisine only has yang soup. ? [Song Dynasty] Su Shi's "Ci Yunzi is sent by Churi Jian".
Translation: The dishes in Shaanxi include bear meat and barbecued meat, while the cuisine in Qinzhong only has mutton soup.
2. Simmer the lamb until it is fat and tender for several days in Beijing. The sauce is boiled red with clear soup. It will be charred and rotten at noon. I like it without the smell of mutton and greasy throat. - [Qing Dynasty] Yang Jingting's "Miscellaneous Odes of Dumen"
Translation: The mutton simmered in thick soup is as fat and tender as any in the entire capital. The sauce uses clear soup to cook the meat red. It started cooking at noon and now the meat is charred and rotten. What's even better is that it doesn't taste sour to gratify one's throat.
3. Shaqingcao soft lamb fat, jade fat and wine are also suitable. [Song Dynasty] Chao Gongsu's "Drinking the Lamb Wine from the Soldier's Kitchen".
Translation: The beach is sunny, the grass is soft, the lamb is plump, and the fat as white as jade complements the fine wine.
4. Cold mutton is like paste, and river fish is like cut jade. [Song Dynasty] Zhang Lei's "Twenty-One Words in Winter".
Translation: The mutton in winter is as white as grease, and the delicious river fish is like white jade cut into pieces.
5. The remaining sheep on the stack are beautiful, but slightly muddy when pressed close to the wine. [Song Dynasty] Lu You "I haven't eaten meat for many days on the road, and I got a sheep in the west county city for a drink."
Translation: The remaining mutton in the inn is very delicious, and the local wine produced nearby is slightly turbid.
Extended information:
The emperor who likes to eat mutton
1. Wei Daowu Emperor Tuoba Gui
Tuoba Gui defeated the Xia Kingdom Later, Mao Xiuzhi, who was good at cooking, was captured. Later, he found an opportunity to stew a bowl of mutton soup for Cui Hao, the minister. Cui Hao tasted it and thought it was the most delicious dish in the world, so he recommended Mao Xiuzhi to Tuoba Tao.
After Tuoba Tao ate Mao Xiuzhi’s delicacies, he also nodded in praise, and appointed Mao Xiuzhi as a eunuch and became the emperor’s personal chef. From then on, Mao Xiuzhi rose to prominence, and his official career was smooth sailing. He later became a minister, Guanglu doctor, and finally became the Duke of Nanjun.
2. Emperor Xuan of Zhou Yuwenyun
While eating, Yuwenyun ate a mutton rib. After finishing the meat, he gave the bone to Fu Fu and said: " You must keep these bones carefully. These are the bones I have chewed." Fu Fu quickly collected the bones and ate with Yu Wenyong.
3. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin
Zhao Kuangyin suddenly got up in the middle of the night. At this time, he wanted to eat mutton liver, but he was hesitant and refused to give the order. The servants on the left and right looked confused and said: "If you have anything to do, just tell us, and we will definitely do it!" Then, Zhao Kuangyin replied humorously: "If I told you, one sheep would be killed by you every day."
4. Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty
The invention of mutton-shabu-shabu is related to Kublai Khan. When Kublai Khan led his army on an expedition, he thought the food was too poor and wanted to eat stewed mutton. The cook slaughtered the lamb and selected the mutton for cooking. But the enemy suddenly attacked, so the cook cut the mutton into thin slices in a hurry, stirred it up in a pot, took it out, put some ingredients, and brought it to Kublai Khan.
After Kublai Khan finished eating, he went into battle. Not long after, Kublai Khan returned in triumph. After returning to the court, Kublai Khan did not forget the chef's contribution and asked the chef to cook it again, saying that the taste was too bland and that more ingredients should be added. After eating, the civil and military ministers all gave a thumbs up. Kublai Khan was so happy that he named this new dish "shabu-shabu mutton".