The Cultural Story Behind China Traditional Cuisine

Jujube cake, also called cut cake, is a favorite snack of northerners. Legend has it that Guan Yu initiated it. That year, Guan Yu fled to Zhuozhou, and after selling mung beans with a little savings, he opened a small shop selling yellow rice cakes.

One day, a hungry and sick child fell in front of the shop. Guan Yu saw him, carried him into the house, gave him food, and took medicine to cure the disease. After the child was ill, Guan Yu found him a job to look after the jujube garden. In order to thank Guan Yu for his kindness, the child asked his master for a basket of red dates and took them back to honor Guan Yu.

Unfortunately, Guan Yu went to get the cake, leaving only one helper in the shop. The helper is busy steaming yellow wheat cakes. When he saw the boy coming back with a bamboo basket of red dates, he scolded, "Boy, why don't you work for your master and steal red dates?"

The child was impatient and angry, so he grabbed the red dates and threw them in the helper's face. As soon as the helper dodged, the red dates fell into the pot and sprinkled a layer. The child ran and grabbed the red dates and threw them, while the helper scolded and chased them out.

When Guan Yu came back, he found that the cake was steaming and steaming. He didn't look carefully. After spreading a layer of yellow wheat, he covered it and continued steaming. The cake is steamed, and Guan Yu cuts the cake. Seeing red dates in Huang Chengcheng's rice cakes, he felt strange and asked what was going on.

The helper looked silly and said, "Oh, no! It wasn't me. " Guan Yu got it wrong and said, "Jujube cake! That's great. Who told you to put red dates in the yellow cake? " The assistant had to tell the story in detail.

At this time, the child came back and told him about sending red dates. Hearing this, Guan Yu lost half his anger. What shall we do? It's a pity to throw away a pot of yellow cakes. Jujube is also edible, so it's better to taste it first. Guan Yu cut off a piece and took several bites. He thinks this cake is fragrant and sweet, which is much more delicious than the original yellow cake.

He pushed the jujube cake into the street to sell, and everyone who bought it said it was delicious, and soon it was all sold out. Since then, jujube cakes have spread.

2, enema

Zhang Fei sells meat in Zhuozhou city, and his business is getting better and better, so he is hated by many fellow butcher shops. They can't beat him, so they want to do bad things in the dark.

One day, Zhang Fei slaughtered a pig, washed the pig's large intestine and cooked it in a pot with meat. At this time, someone just asked him to discuss buying pigs. He left in a hurry and forgot to close the door. Two colleagues who wanted to harm Zhang Fei saw it and took the opportunity to sneak into his shop. They looked around and saw the minced meat on the chopping board, so they mixed the flour with the minced meat in the next pot, poured it into the pig intestines, and then pressed the pig intestines to the bottom of the pot and ran away. They thought, "I don't know what the strange smell of this intestine is after cooking, so let Zhang Fei smash the brand."

Zhang Fei is a careless person. After the meat and intestines were cooked, it was strange to find that some pig intestines bulged. He cut it open with a knife, and when he saw it was ground meat powder, he took a few bites. It tasted good, better than just eating intestines and meat. He just looked carefully, and the broken meat on the chopping board and the flour in the basin were gone. He knew that someone must have come to make a name for himself.

However, he believes that if he likes it, others will like it. So, he simply poured minced meat and flour into his intestines, and he specially added some seasoning. Do a good job of stuffing this sausage. He sells it on the street, and many people watch it. Someone asked, what the hell is this? Some asked, can I have a taste? Zhang Fei said, "Taste it, taste it!" People listen to "tube flavor" as "enema" and say it's delicious after eating it.

Everyone exaggerates that the flying man is careless and meticulous, and enema is really good. Zhang Fei is worried that this thing has no name. He was very happy to hear everyone shouting enema and shouted, "Buy enema, buy enema!" " "Since then, the enema food has spread.