Chapter 269: Red Date Porridge, the sweetness of the original title
Quan Cong drank the porridge in the lacquer bowl that had been warmed by himself in a hurry and nodded with satisfaction: "This is red date porridge, right? It has the taste of red dates. After one bowl, the strength of the whole body is slowly restored.
The most nourishing thing in the world is porridge!"
Porridge is the number one supplement in the world. Regular consumption of porridge is as nourishing to the human body as eating ginseng.
The elderly, children and people with weak spleen and stomach use the dietary therapy of drinking nourishing porridge to treat their illnesses. "Eat all the grains, meats, fruits and vegetables you need to nourish them." A variety of ingredients can achieve better nourishing effects.
Quan Ji took the lacquer bowl and handed it to his left and right side, saying, "Father, it is made with fine red dates. Unfortunately, this year's Cold Food Festival has already passed, otherwise we would have eaten porridge at that time to celebrate the festival."
Since the Zhou Dynasty, porridge has been eaten during the Cold Food Festival one hundred and five days after the winter solstice. During the Cold Food Festival, it is forbidden to eat fire or cold food.
Among the people, "cold food is eaten for three days, and almonds are pounded and cooked to make porridge." Since porridge is easy to make and suitable for both hot and cold, it has become the staple food of people during the Cold Food Festival.
Quan Ji smiled again and said: "Actually, this porridge is meant to be cooked for father to maintain his health. After all, the red dates have the effect of replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind. The child saw that his father did not sleep so late last night, so he wanted to cook it.
Let them cook some for father this morning."
Quan Cong stroked his beard and said with great satisfaction: "Ji'er is interested."
From ancient times to the present, there are many varieties and categories of Chinese porridge, and the customs of eating porridge in various places are also varied. The princes and nobles at that time regarded porridge as a treasure of health.
As the varieties of porridge increase, the uses of porridge are also continuously extended. It is not only used to satisfy hunger, but also used to treat diseases and maintain health.
China's porridge has been used for medicinal purposes since 2,050 years ago. Due to China's tradition of paying attention to health, after extensive research by medical scientists, a unique Chinese dietary therapy has been formed. Whole grains are used for food supplements, and porridge is used as medicine. Medicinal porridge
This is a very important one.
"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic" says: "Medicine is used to remove it, and food is used to follow it." "Medicated porridge" has become a unique food existence, which is a food that integrates treatment and health care and satiety, and it has continued.
"Historical Records" records that Chunyu Yi used "porridge" to treat King Qi's yang deficiency. He told King Qi: "Mix the porridge with fire and drink it for six days." Finally, King Qi recovered.
In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a medicinal porridge prescription of taking Qingliang rice porridge to treat snakebites, which can be called the earliest medicinal porridge prescription in China. In "Treatise on Febrile Diseases", Zhang Zhongjing ordered the patient to take Guizhi Decoction and then sip the hot gruel to enhance the medicinal effect.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the edible and medicinal functions of porridge began to be highly integrated, thus entering a health-preserving level with humanistic colors. Porridge not only has medicinal value for curing diseases, but also has high health-preserving value. It is delicious, nourishing, and is worshiped.
It is a "holy product of health preservation" and has the effect of prolonging life.
Porridge is a very common thing in Chinese diet. From the princes and generals to the common people, it is very popular. Even the great Sima Quancong of the Eastern Wu Dynasty is no exception.
It was once a symbol of power and also a symbol of poverty.
With the continuous development of porridge culture, eating porridge and giving porridge has not only become a etiquette, but the habit of drinking porridge on many festivals has also evolved into the current custom.
Emperors, generals, and dignitaries eat porridge to adjust their appetite and prolong their life; poor people eat porridge to satisfy their hunger and save money.
As early as 300 years ago in the Western Zhou Dynasty, porridge was listed as one of the "six drinks" for princes and ministers.
As time goes by, the varieties of porridge have continued to develop. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, there were "wheat porridge" and "bean porridge", and it became a food for entertaining distinguished guests, and even a food used by superiors as rewards.
Quan Cong said with emotion: "I can't believe that time flies so fast. It seems that thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye. The beauty has also turned from black hair to white hair and has even passed away. I am also getting old. I remember the time when Your Majesty gave you sweetness for the first time."
Give me the bean porridge,
It was in the 24th year of Jian'an that after I proposed the plan to attack Guan Yu, Governor Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes to capture Jingzhou, at the dinner party that His Majesty conferred on me the title of Marquis of Yanghuating.
The taste of the porridge is really sweet. Perhaps it is not only because of the addition of rock sugar in the bean porridge, but also because of His Majesty's appreciation and the joy of the feudal lord."
As early as the late Shang Dynasty, people had already understood the process of extracting maltose from grains and fruits.
There is a record in "The Book of Songs": "Zhou Yuan caressed the people, and the pansy leaves were as sweet as tea."
It means that the Zhou people migrated to the Zhouyuan area and found that the land here was extremely fertile, and the fruits and vegetables grown were as sweet as "祴". This shows that during the Zhou Dynasty, people had already discovered and refined the "饴"
There's sugar.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, people had begun to drink syrup. Sugar culture had developed to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and people had already partially classified sugar.
It is recorded in "Book of Rites·NeiZe": "For those with sweet tooth, "dates, chestnuts, glutinous rice and honey."
The malt inside is actually maltose in modern society. People know how to classify various sugars, which shows that people have different needs for sugars, and they also have detailed recording methods for obtaining syrup.
"Chu Ci·Zhaohun" says: "The shy turtle wraps the lamb, which is more like the pulp."
The syrup inside refers to sugar cane syrup, which was specially used for people to drink during the Warring States Period, while maltose is extracted from malt.
There is proof in "Songs of the Chu": "The honey bait with heavy makeup is long. The glutinous rice soup is made by boiling wheat medicine or grain buds with various rice. In ancient times, people ate more when they were cold, so they were also used in medical prescriptions."
There is also a method for refining maltose in the "Shu Jing": "Gather manuscripts to make sweet sugar."
It can be seen that from the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, people used malt or grains to boil maltose, which could even be used for medical purposes.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, sugar became a rare commodity as a tribute. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the people innovated on the previous technology of refining malt sugar.
With the opening of the Silk Road, various foreign cultures were introduced, and sugar culture was also improved during this period.
Liu Xin's "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing" once recorded: "The king of Minyue presented Gaodi with five husks of stone honey."
The stone honey inside is solid sucrose refined from sugar cane. The transformation of sugar from liquid to solid is not only an advancement in technology, but also a great leap forward in sugar culture.
In the Qin and Han Dynasties, this kind of "stone honey" was still a rare thing, and was even used as a tribute. The Gaodi in it refers to Liu Bang. Small sugar cubes can also be sold in the palace, which shows that in that era, stone honey was also a noble product.
A great enjoyment.
It has even appeared on the stage of history as a hangover drink. There is a record in "Song of Suburban Sacrifice": "Tai Zun Zhe slurry is analyzed to wake up." It can be seen that this sucrose juice can also be used to relieve hangover.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the technology for making "sugar" matured, the types increased, and the output also increased a lot. People eating cane sugar has become a social custom, and it has become widely popular among the princes and nobles...
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In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Guan Yu launched a large-scale attack on Cao Wei and besieged Cao Ren in Fancheng and Xiangyang. Quan Cong sent a memorial to discuss a plan to attack Guan Yu. However, at that time, Sun Quan had secretly discussed with Lu Meng to attack Jingzhou, fearing that the incident would be revealed.
Therefore, he ignored Quan Cong's remarks.
After Guan Yu was captured, Sun Quan hosted a banquet at the police station and said to Quan Cong: "You told me about this before. Although I didn't respond to you, your success today is also due to your contribution." So Quan Cong was granted the title.
Marquis Yanghuating.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao also made porridge from red beams to reward his ministers. Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, who "did not ask about the common people or ghosts and gods", used porridge to reward Confucian scholars who recited "Chu Ci". "Each recitation is like porridge." Porridge was given as an imperial gift to his ministers.
The wind continued to later generations, which was a rather rare honor at the time...