How did sour plum soup come from? Who invented plum soup?

How did sour plum soup come from? Who invented sour plum soup?

Sour plum soup is an ancient summer drink in China, especially in hot summer. Drinking a cup of sour plum soup is really wonderful. Sour plum soup has many functions besides relieving summer heat. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, "In Shi Mei, semi-yellow smoked mume" can clear away heat and cool blood, relieve pain, and even treat cough, cholera and dysentery.

Many people know that sour plum soup tastes good in summer, but little is known about the origin and who invented it. However, don't worry, the following article will mention it for you. Let's have a look.

Who invented soup?

According to records, sour plum soup was invented by Zhu Yuanzhang.

According to legend, there was a plague in Jingxiang, Hubei Province at the end of Yuan Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang made a living selling ebony in Xiangyang. Unfortunately, he was infected and fell ill in a hotel. When Zhu Yuanzhang went to the hotel warehouse to get ebony, he smelled the sour taste of ebony and cheered at once. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang cooked some dark plum juice to drink, and he recovered. Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang popularized the dark plum juice.

Cooking and sour plum soup became popular in the imperial palace of the Qing Dynasty, and the formula of sour plum soup originated from the royal teahouse of the Qing Dynasty.

According to historical records, Cixi, Jin Fei, Cui Yugui and other Qing court figures also like sour plum soup best. There is a reason why plum soup was so popular in Qing Dynasty. Manchu people have a history of drinking acid.

Hunting and gathering are the most important modes of production for Manchu people from Baishan to Heishui. Manchu people like fishing and hunting and eating meat, so they invented sour soup, a Manchu food. Soup is made from corn flour by fermentation.

I ate hot greasy meat and drank some sour soup, which was really delicious. Later, sour soup was brought to Beijing. Because of Beijing's climate and geographical environment, Manchu people who live in the northeast all the year round have different degrees of physical and life discomfort. Sour soup is fermented from corn flour with high sugar content. Excess sugar will be converted into fat and stored in the body without being ingested, leading to weight gain. Eating venison and bear's paw with high calorie frequently, and then drinking sour soup made of corn flour, can easily make internal and external damp heat compete and gain weight.

So Emperor Qianlong ordered a diet adjustment. The royal teahouse racked its brains and finally concocted a drink-sour plum soup, which can replace sour plum soup. Its formula is: dark plum is greasy, osmanthus fragrans has phlegm and blood stasis, licorice has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, beautifying face, hawthorn has the functions of lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure, and rock sugar has the functions of benefiting qi and moistening lung. Plum soup is rich in organic acids, citric acid, vitamin B2, crude fiber and other nutrients.

Sour plum soup was loved by Emperor Qianlong as soon as it came out. It is said that Emperor Qianlong drank sour plum soup before and after drinking tea, which was widely promoted as a daily health drink in the palace.