A Record of Food in Song Dynasty —— Confessions of Shan Jiaming

People in the Song Dynasty should be the most able to eat, drink and be merry in the history of China, and the catering industry in the Song Dynasty was also quite prosperous. The grand occasion and food culture of Bianjing in Tokyo recorded in Chinese Dream occupy a large part. Lin Hong, a scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty, recorded many delicacies of the Song Dynasty. "Shanjia Qing Palace" roughly means "Shan Ye people's white tea and rice", and all the dishes recorded in the book were easy to get ingredients, simple cooking methods and light taste.

The names of the dishes recorded in "Shan Jia Qing Gong" are also very poetic. For example, "Bi Jian Tang" is a soup made from celery. "Guanghan cake" is a cake made by sprinkling sweet-scented osmanthus with licorice water and mashing rice into powder. Among them, I think the most interesting dish is "Lotus House Fish Bag", which uses tender Lotus House, cuts off the bottom, digs out the pulp without hurting the skin, then puts the fish marinated with wine, sauce and spices into Lotus House, drags it out with the cut bottom and puts it in a steamer for steaming.

Author Lin Hong, Zi Longfa,No. Keshan, is a Shaoxing scholar in Southern Song Dynasty. He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, not only studying diet, but also making achievements in gardening. "Shanjia Qing Palace" is not only a cookbook, but also records many poems and songs, anecdotes and celebrities' anecdotes. When reading, you can not only learn about the food culture of the Song Dynasty, but also learn about the interesting people in the Song Dynasty, which is also very interesting.