According to Gong Deling, a woman who worked beside Empress Dowager Cixi, one of the favorite dishes of Empress Dowager Cixi in her later years was "cherry meat", which was the favorite dish of Empress Dowager Cixi. Deling said that the production method of cherry meat is to cut the best pork into small pieces like chess pieces, add seasonings, and then put them in a white magnetic altar with fresh cherries (not fresh, but also preserved or prepared cherries, soaked in warm water until they look as beautiful and tender as fresh), add water, and simmer on a warm fire for about 10 hour. The author also saw in Jin Yong's Tian Long Ba Bu that he mentioned "cherry ham" blindly. Jin Yong didn't write the formula, but said it was delicate and red, with bright color and natural fragrance. Cherry meat, cherry ham, I wonder which restaurant cooked these delicious foods today?
The poem "Cherry" by Yang Wanli, a poet in the Song Dynasty, said: "This fruit is not too much, and it is delicious."