What is barbecued pork?

Barbecued pork is a traditional dish in Guangdong province, which belongs to Cantonese cuisine and is a kind of Guangdong roast flavor. Mostly red, made of lean meat, slightly sweet. Is to hang the salted lean pork on a special fork and barbecue it in the stove. Good barbecued pork should be tender, juicy, bright in color and rich in flavor.

Barbecued pork is divided into kitchen and snacks. Snacks are generally used for barbecued pork buns and crispy pork. The dim sum barbecued pork is mostly cooked in a pot, and the juice is drained. It's delicious. Barbecued pork in the kitchen is used to stir-fry rice and eggs.

extended meaning

In Cantonese, barbecued pork has a derogatory meaning of "stupid, fat" besides food.

Take Cantonese as an example. The popular lesson for parents to naughty or low-motivated children is: "It is better to have a barbecued pork than to have you", which means that it is not as valuable to the family as a barbecued pork.

Because this is mostly from the mouth of parents and elders, barbecued pork belongs to a group that relies on parents but violates their expectations, even worse than the neet.