Dongpo elbow is named after Su Shi, a great writer. When Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou (now Huanggang City, Hubei Province), he found that pork was cheap, but ordinary people didn't pay attention to how to eat it, so he introduced the method of stewing ribs in Meishan, Sichuan. Later, people called the ribs stewed by Meishan folk traditional method "Dongpo elbow".

Dongpo's elbow cooking technique originated from Su Shi's Pork Fu, which recorded that "clean pot (pot), lack of water, firewood can't afford to smoke." Don't hurry when it is ripe, it will look good when the fire is enough. Get up in the morning and play two bowls, so as not to worry about yourself. "This refers to Su Shi's cooking technique of simmering pork elbows with charcoal in Meishan, and simmering slowly to stop the soup from boiling and reduce evaporation.

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Pure Dongpo elbow cooking technique, paying great attention to raw materials and heat. The whole process from elbow selection, cooking, steaming and feeding to finished products must be manually operated. Only the upper part of pork leg is selected, washed, stewed in clear water until it is eight minutes hot, and then the elbow is picked up and steamed in a steamer.

After degreasing twice, the traditional pure taste of Dongpo elbow can be achieved, which is "fat but not greasy, (fire handkerchief) but not rotten, with color and flavor, leaving fragrance in the mouth" Experts from Meishan Institute of Cultural Relics Protection believe that Dongpo elbow has a long history, from the original written records of Su Shi to the actual ordinary dishes, from the single cooking techniques to the folk eating customs.

Today, it is not only a "history of food customs", but also reveals the evolution and evolution of food customs culture in China. This paper records the unique charm of an ordinary dish sublimated into a cultural phenomenon from another angle, which has important literary value for studying the cooking skills of pig elbow and the cultural phenomenon of pig elbow eating custom in Song Dynasty.

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