Staple food is very important if you want to have a full meal.
Millet (that is, millet) and wheat were common staple foods on the table of our ancestors. The famous article Shuo Shu, which accuses the exploiters, wrote:
"Shuo Shu Shuo, no food for my millet"
"Shuo Shu Shuo, no food for my wheat"
"Shuo Shu Shuo, no food for my seedlings"
Feng Wang Mi Li not only mentioned millet, but also millet. "When the millet leaves, it is the seedling of the millet", which means that the millet there is lush and numerous, and the sorghum there has just sprouted.
Qi Baishi's Sorghum
More than 3, years ago, the "food areas" of our ancestors were still quite miscellaneous. "Da Ya Sheng Min" includes "Yi (ì), pèi (pè i)" and "Wei (ù)". Here "Zizania latifolia" refers to soybean, "Zizania latifolia" refers to black millet, "Mi" is a kind of millet, and "Zizania latifolia" refers to a kind of white seedling sorghum.
the ancestors also ate pasta. There is a saying in "Daya Gong Liu" that "it is wrapped in food (hóu) and is in the bag". "Food" refers to dry food, including steamed cakes and steamed bread.
2. Vegetables
In the era of The Book of Songs, vegetables were collected and planted.
in Guanju, there are "uneven water chestnut, picking it from left to right" and "uneven water chestnut, picking it from left to right", and in Lu Song Pan Shui, there are "Sile Pan Shui, picking it lightly (mao)". In other words, shepherd's purse and shepherd's purse (that is, shepherd's purse) are both delicious meals on the plate of our ancestors.
in addition to picking wild vegetables, the ancestors also planted their own vegetables. It is recorded in "The Wind in July" that "the garden was built in September and the crops were harvested in October", and "the garden was built" is a true portrayal of the ancestors' enclosure planting.
In the era when there was no cooking, people used to cook vegetables. In "The Wind in July", it is said that "July is a month of sunflower and water chestnut", and "Heng" is the same as "cooking", that is, "cooking", which shows that our ancestors could cook sunflower and beans.
It is recorded in "Elegance and Deliberation" that "if you note this, you can (fēn) and (xī)". "Steamed rice" refers to steamed vegetables. In other words, steamed vegetables, a "local dish" welcomed by many people, appeared at least 3 years ago.
3. Big fish and big meat
"Kill the lamb and go to court" ("July")
"I will enjoy myself, and I will watch the sheep and watch the cows" ("Zhou Song I will")
"Who can catch fish? The kettle of irrigation "("the hurricane ")
beef, sheep and fish are all together,
so what should we do to make it delicious?
the ancients also liked BBQ very much. Xiao Ya Xuan Ye has a description of "there is a rabbit's head, which is burnt by a cannon", "there is a rabbit's head, which is burnt by a cannon" and "there is a rabbit's head, which is burnt by a cannon".
"Cannon" refers to cooking hairy rabbits, chickens, ducks, etc. with mud on the fire, huh? Do you feel like a beggar in Hong Qigong? "Burnt" means that the meat is cooked on the fire and roasted in large pieces. "Braised" means barbecue, which means skewering the meat and grilling it on the fire. It turned out to be kebab!
when the meat is roasted, the seasoning is also very important, otherwise it will be tasteless. As early as that time, Zanthoxylum bungeanum wine became a seasoning for the barbecue. "tang style Jiao Chat" records that "pepper chat is real, and it is rich and colorful", and "pepper" refers to pepper.
Meat can be not only roasted, but also cooked into "sliced pork soup". In Lu Song Tang Gong, it is recorded that "sliced pork soup" means a kind of "sliced pork soup".
the ancestors also liked to enjoy all kinds of fish.
According to rough statistics, there are about 3 places where the word fish and its name appear in the Book of Songs, and there are more than 2 kinds of fish names directly mentioned, including bream, trout, tuna, carp, etc. Although it is not ordinary people who can eat fish, it also reflects a way of life of our ancestors.
4. Wine
How can you eat meat without drinking?
In July, it is written that "the jujube is peeled in August and the rice is harvested in October; For this reason, spring wine is called "spring wine", which shows that jujube and rice are both raw materials for brewing, and they are brewed in winter and made in spring. From the description of "longevity by introducing eyebrows", we can know that this wine can also protect the body and mind. In "Zhou Song Zai Heng", it is also said that "there are real products, trillions and tens, and wine is the best." Here, "Yi" refers to sweet wine.