Article 1: Wang Zengqi thinks that a person's taste is best mixed.
If I have learned anything from the five flavors, it should start with this sentence.
Wuwei is a birthday present for Qing, maybe because I am a foodie.
Reading is still slow. It took me a month to finish reading it, but it is already the fastest book I have ever read. First, because this book is not thick, the whole article is only about 200 pages. Second, because this book is really interesting, it records many interesting diets all over the country, and some of them also introduce detailed practices.
There is an article about Tricholoma. Tricholoma must be repeatedly beaten with chopsticks and rubbed with hands to remove the sediment, which will be embedded in the meat of Tricholoma. This is exactly what I saw in China on the Tip of the Tongue.
Coincidentally, when I searched online for the recurring "Garden Menu" in the book, I saw the version recommended by Chen Xiaoqing. I think maybe he has read Wang Lao's book, too.
Yuan Mei, a great talent who just wrote the list of Suiyuan food, has never been recognized as a "foodie" by Wang Lao because Yuan Mei can eat, but he can't cook.
Similarly, there is Su Dongpo. In Wang Lao's view, Su Dongpo just likes to eat pork. Coupled with the plain diet of Song people, Su Dongpo probably didn't eat anything delicious.
The book Five Flavors is mainly about food, but it should be classified as a literary work. Wang Lao's words are natural and unobtrusive, just a natural expression of emotion, which makes people feel dull but interesting to read.
In "Gourmet in Hometown", fried rice, pickles and salted duck eggs are just simple foods, but they are all foods that Wang Lao used to eat when he was a child. Reading them is full of nostalgia of Wang Lao.
Fried rice was also often eaten when I was a child. At that time, every household would fry some and seal them in jars. According to Wang Lao, fried rice is not a staple food, but an emergency food. When I was hungry, it was not the time to eat, so I put half a cup in that old enamel cup, brewed it with boiling water and added some brown sugar. Now that I think about it, that sweet taste will still linger on my tongue.
There is such a passage in "I want fish":
1938, I had fried fish in Huai 'an. Live mandarin fish, weighing three pounds, was fried in a large oil pan with a flower knife. Crispy skin and tender meat, white and tender fish. Dip it in pepper and salt and it will be delicious. I have dinner with my uncle Wang Lansheng and my cousin Dong Shoushen. Both Wang Lansheng and Dong Shoushen have been dead for many years.
There are only a few words about mandarin fish and my cousin's brother-in-law, but reading them makes me cry and feel that life is gone. It can be seen that the deepest feelings can often be told only by the simplest words.
This article was written by Wang in two years. I am sad to think that Wang Lao died on 1997.
Say the beginning:
Wang Lao said that a person has better taste, better ears and can understand several dialects. It doesn't matter if the taste is monotonous and the ear sound is poor. The most important thing is to have a wider interest in life.
The taste is a little mixed, because we will inevitably go to some different places. If we don't like the food there, we will be in trouble. For example, in Inner Mongolia, the whole sheep is put into a big pot, boiled in clear water for 30 minutes, and then the meat is cut with a knife. People who experience life with Wang Lao can't get used to it, but Wang Lao can enjoy it. I also look forward to reading this.
My taste should be mixed.
Yesterday, I heard the foreign teacher at school say that he would make chicken curry. I suddenly thought of something to eat in Bangladesh.
I don't know how to cook this dish. Maybe the chicken nuggets are cooked and covered with a thick curry. My colleagues are a little sick, but I eat very sweetly.
Speaking of which, when I was working in Changsha, the company was in charge of meals, but it was not delicious. Many colleagues chose take-out. I don't care much about it. I eat a big bowl at a time. Some colleagues said that when they saw me eating, they felt particularly appetizing.
In the past two years, there have been many places coming and going. Every time you go to a place, you must try some local specialties.
Eating big buns in Shandong, the buns in the north are not as soft as those in the south. It feels a little heavy in your hand, chewy, and the noodles are more fragrant than those in the south.
I went to Henan to eat a bucket of chicken, and I don't know much about it. I only know that cockfighting is round when cooked, so it is called cockfighting. Chicken is tough and chewed with skin. Salty and crisp, the more you chew, the more fragrant it is. When I went home, I specially brought one for my parents. They didn't like it very much, saying that the meat was too tight, and it wouldn't rot if it was cooked in an ingenious pot for a long time.
I went to Hangzhou to eat beggar chicken and Dongpo meat. Dongpo meat is ok, but beggar chicken is not as delicious as rumored. I don't know if it's genuine. I went to Kaifeng to eat soup buns, which were really delicious, but not as full as the soup I saw on TV. Probably the kind on TV is a little more upscale.
All kinds of cuisines in Kunming are the most common in Wang Lao's works, which should be the reason why he studied in the National The National SouthWest Associated University. Cross-bridge rice noodles, steamed chicken, various mushrooms and fruits are the most comprehensive descriptions. Once I passed through Kunming, I only ate rice noodles once at the airport. It's a pity.
It's just that I can't eat Kunming food written by Wang Lao As he said, the original steamed chicken only used authentic Wuding Zhuang chicken, but now it is more popular to use all kinds of chickens, but it has lost some purity and ugliness.
My hearing is better, which I can't do, but I admire Wang Han. He can not only understand, but also speak, which is great.
Of course, the difference in ear sounds is not important at all. The most important thing is to have a wider interest in life, which is consistent with Mr. Montessori's interest in speaking good faith. Try all kinds of things. If you find something different, you will have more flavor of life.
After reading this book, I was a little disappointed. I didn't see the description of Hunan cuisine, and several references were incorrect. For example, Hunan rice noodles are mostly wide and flat. Hunan rice noodles are round and wide, and rice noodles vary from place to place.
It is not surprising that this is limited by the author's own life experience. However, as Mencius said, it is better to believe in books than to have no books.
In short, I am more interested in life.
Chapter two: Wang Zengqi's five tastes after reading. I don't read many books by Wang Zengqi. The book "Five Flavors" was read from his wife's "Dowry". First reading is like drinking light tea. Between the lines, there is a sense of self-satisfaction in reading the world, full of wisdom in the vicissitudes of time.
Just like opening the home page, it is "Kwai Chi", and the opening quotation is "Tenth Five-Year Military Conscription". "Poetry is plain and true, and there is no passion for grabbing the land, but it is sad and shocking." Like his own article. This "Kwai Qiu" is a book written by Han Yuefu to Qi Yao Min. Textual research on plant names from The Book of Songs to Jiaqing Wu Qi Jun: from Inner Mongolia, Shanxi and Beijing to Jiangxi and Hunan; From diet writing to creation; Finally, it is meaningful to put forward:
"First of all, I hope young people can accumulate more knowledge about life ... being interested in plants, insects and fish shows that they also have a wide range of interests in people."
"Second, I advise you not to be too narrow-minded. You should try everything ... many things taste terrible at first sight. "
These words about diet imply creation, and the implication is not aimed at human heart, humanity and life.
This is what the author said and did. The whole book is only 100 pages, but it is all ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign; Jiangnan Saibei, mountains and rivers, like a few treasures; All kinds of descriptions of delicacies, home-cooked dishes, exotic customs, and amorous feelings seem to be watching an encyclopedia to eat, and a drama that laughs and curses the ups and downs.
Five flavors are like tea, as good as fine products. If you can't finish reading it at once, it's like writing Grandpa drinking tea, "Drink slowly, take a sip and have a aftertaste."
Most people who love food love life. This sentence was perfectly interpreted by Wang Zengqi. In fact, the taste of many foods is not important. What matters is the memories contained in it, the feelings at that time and the faint sadness in the long years, as well as the calmness and indifference derived from it.
Like the article Hometown Wild Vegetables with the same name as Zhou Zuoren, "There is rain on the head of gouqi, and there is rain in the girl's voice." "My hometown used to be a poor place, and there were many famines ... it is very common to sell children and girls ... Now the water conservancy has been greatly improved ... The tragic scene no longer exists ... I am happy for my hometown." Boxing has nothing to do with romance or years.
When he wrote about three years of natural disasters, he gave Huang Yongyu homemade mushroom beans. Yongyu's son Heiman ate them and wrote in his diary: "Soybeans are not delicious, but Uncle Wang Can cooked them delicious." . Uncle Wang is great! Between the lines, the affectation makes people laugh but not without respect-it takes a broad mind to leave such a warm memory after three years of suffering! I think.
There is also a story about a child in the book, saying that the mung bean cake in Beijing is neither oily nor delicious, but he bought a box because cholecystitis was not suitable for eating oil for a while. His grandson "loves eating very much and ate several pieces at a time", which he found incomprehensible. In the article "Chasing Taste", he said that American friends invited him to eat stinky cheese, thinking that he could not eat it. "In Wang Zhihe, I can even eat stinky tofu in chunks, but I still care about stinky cheese! I'll show you how to treat the old lady! "
On the back cover of "Five Flavors", a paragraph written by the editor was added. There is a sentence in it: "What a lovely old man!" I quite agree with this sentence, but unfortunately there are no photos in the book and I don't know this old face. Until a coincidence, I read the Collected Works of Wang Zengqi-Prose Volume of Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House, in which there was a photo of Wang Lao and his little granddaughter at the "strange slope" in Shenyang-the old man was holding his granddaughter in his left hand, holding an angular round summer cool hat in his right hand, frowning slightly, looking at the camera, and his brow was shining-indeed, some old urchin demeanor.
Over the years, I have experienced some ups and downs in my life, and the more I find the truth and dullness in the five flavors, the more precious it is. I also tried to imitate Wang Lao's practice, coding Malantou into a "pagoda" and putting it on a plate, then pouring sesame oil and balsamic vinegar on it. Unfortunately, the "pagoda" is always unsuccessful, and there is nothing I can do.
Chapter three: Wang Zengqi has a good impression after reading Five Flavors. A Wang Zengqi, the great land of China, has so many delicious foods that he can choose at will and talk about them in Kan Kan, Kan Kan, which makes the younger generation have to admire him! Sweet, sour, spicy and salty, the old man put all kinds of delicious food in front of us with his profound life experience, which made my mouth water.
Gourmets can't write about their food in such words; The author can't easily show food in his words. Only Wang Zengqi. There is no delicacies and feasts, but all kinds of snacks and famous dishes from all over the country are enough. Similarly, Wang Zengqi's writing has no flowery rhetoric and flashy style, only fresh, simple, cordial and sincere feelings. Such approachable words make me feel the kindness of the old man.
Plain but interesting words are created by plain but interesting life. This is the life of the elderly. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Gaoyou, Jiangnan water town. Life in the water town is always so carefree and exudes a fresh pastoral atmosphere. Of course, it is not enough to have reality, and life also has five flavors. After the Anti-Japanese War and Wenger, the old people tried to be "bittersweet" in their lives, and their words were more simple and interesting. I don't want to tell the old people that the stinkiest thing in America is called "cheese". Translated as "piss me off" is a classic. There is also "down with Chinese cabbage doctrine", which also makes people laugh. Easy-going words make me feel that I am not writing an article, but that people are chatting and teasing.
The old man has been dead for many years. For so many years, the old man has never been forgotten. Respect for Wang Lao needs no reason. If you really want to find one, it is the "five flavors" life of the elderly.