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Baoyu asked, "Is it snowing?" "It has been snowing for half a day," said the wives underground. ..... Aunt Xue put some excellent tea fruits here, and kept them for making tea. Baoyu praised the goose's feet and the letter from the duck's sister-in-law Jane in that room the day before yesterday. Hearing this, Aunt Xue quickly brought him some bad ones she had made. Baoyu said with a smile, "This one wants wine." (the eighth time)
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Rotten goose's web, a rotten dish named Jiangnan food custom, has a long history. In the Five Dynasties, Qian Guang, a monk, said that "a goose in May has four palms" and was extremely addicted to this kind of food. Cao Yin, Xueqin's grandfather, also likes this kind of food. His book "Avoid eating Xie Fangnan and fried chicken in winter and winter after taking medicine, there must be a trip to Jingjiang" has the saying that "a hundred addictions are not as good as a pair of foot soup", which is also the meaning. It seems that this is also Cao's dish. Bad geese use cooked paws, and the Song Health Department said, "Bad: cooked geese belong to the same genus as chicken paws, feet, wings, liver and lungs. The geese are all sealed, and they can stay for a long time, which is suitable for the winter moon. " When Baoyu ate goose's feet, it had been snowing outside for a long time, and it was just the right time to eat.
Bad duck letter, duck letter, that is, duck tongue Duck tongue as a dish is a dietary custom in Jiangnan. Rotten duck tongue was a famous dish in Yangzhou during the reign of Qing emperor Qianlong. Tong Yue recommended "Tong's Dietary Rules" and said: "Bad duck tongue, winter bamboo shoots wear bad duck tongue." Suzhou also cooks this dish. In the Book Collection of Yuan Dong in Qing Dynasty, he said, "He is not diligent in feasting and often takes pride in listing the treasures in the boat (that is, Tiger Hill). It goes without saying that there is no need to taste mountains and seas in the spring and autumn and summer. Chickens have skins, ducks have tongues ... "There are many famous duck tongue dishes in Yangzhou and Suzhou today, such as pipa duck tongue, stewed duck tongue palm, ladle duck tongue, rotten duck tongue and so on.
Tofu skin steamed bun
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Baoyu smiled and said, "Well, it's too early." Because he asked Qingwen again, "I had breakfast in that mansion today and had a plate of tofu-skin buns. I thought you liked it. I told grandma Jane that I would only stay until evening and have it delivered. Have you eaten? " (the eighth time)
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Tofu skin, tofu coat. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica said: "The method of tofu began with Liu An, king of Huainan in Han Dynasty. Black beans, soybeans, white beans, mud beans, peas and mung beans are all acceptable. Methods: Mashing with water, filtering to remove me, frying, precipitating with brine or alum juice or vinegar, and collecting. Others are put in vats, and gypsum is collected at last. Generally, bitter, salty, sour and spicy things can be restrained. Those things that condense on their surfaces are exposed and dried, which is called tofu skin. " In the Qing dynasty, there were several ways to make steamed buns with tofu skin. One way is to wrap the stuffing with tofu skin, for example, make a square bag with a paper bag at a 60% discount, paste it with egg white and steam it in a cage. One is to cut the bean curd skin into small pieces, wrap it in a bag, seal it with hemp thread, steam and shape it, and then remove the hemp thread. There are also tofu chopped, mixed with spices to make stuffing, wrapped in dough and steamed. Looking at the name "tofu skin steamed stuffed bun", it seems to be the former rather than the latter. Tofu skin steamed stuffed bun was also a tribute in Qing dynasty, which was found in the archives of imperial meals in Qing palace.
Jujube paste yam cake
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This year 1 1 30th is the winter solstice. In the first few days, Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, Xifeng and others sent people to see Qin every day ... Xifeng promised one by one. The next day, after breakfast, I came to Ningfu ... Qin said, "Well, we will know in spring ... Yesterday, the old lady gave me two pieces of jujube paste yam cakes, which looked like a gram." (11th time)
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Jujube is not only a delicious fruit, but also a nourishing medicine, which has the effects of strengthening muscles and bones, enriching blood and promoting qi circulation, nourishing the body and caring skin. Jujube can be used as medicine, which was described as early as in Materia Medica. It is said that red dates can invigorate qi, nourish spleen and soil, moisten heart and lungs, regulate nutrition, slow down yin and blood, promote fluid production, delight the eyes, dredge nine orifices, help the twelve meridians and treat various medicines. Li Shizhen, a great medical scientist in Ming Dynasty, wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica: Jujube is sweet in taste and flat in nature. Long-term administration can tonify the temper, calm the stomach, dredge the nine orifices, help the twelve meridians, replenish less vitality and prolong life.
Yam is the root tuber of Dioscorea opposita Thunb, which has the functions of invigorating spleen, regulating stomach and tonifying lung and kidney. As a health food, Chinese yam has a history of at least 2000 years in China. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was listed as the top grade in Shennong Materia Medica, but it was probably wild at that time and had not yet entered the stage of artificial cultivation. The Outline of the Four Seasons in the Tang Dynasty quoted the Taoist Wang's Mountain Residence, and recorded the planting situation of yam in detail. Chinese medicine believes that yam "tonifies deficiency in the main injury, eliminates cold and heat, tonifies middle energizer, grows muscles, and becomes smart after taking it for a long time". Many classic medical books have a high evaluation of yam, which plays an important role in regulating female endocrine. It contains protein, sugar, vitamins, fat, choline, amylase and other components, as well as iodine, calcium, iron, phosphorus and other indispensable inorganic salts and trace elements. In the folk, yam is a well-known tonic.