Why do people in Liangshanbo eat beef instead of pork now?

Beef is an essential ingredient for Liangshan heroes. No matter where the heroes eat, two Jin of beef is standard. Eating beef seems to be a hero's criterion.

"Small two, two jins of good wine and two jins of cooked beef. Hurry up, cudgel is hungry! "

Beef, eaten by Lin Chong in the forage field, in Jingyanggang and Lu in Wutai Mountain. ...

It seems that only eating beef can show heroism. If it is changed to "Xiao Er, two pig elbows!" I always feel something is wrong.

When Shi Xiu robbed the court, he came to a restaurant and sat in a seat facing the street. The bartender came over and asked, "guest officer, are you eating alone or inviting someone to dinner?"

As soon as Shi's eyes opened, he angrily struck the table: "Take a big bowl of wine and a big piece of meat. What bird do you ask?"

Xiao er was taken aback. This man has a bad temper. He rolled up the pie and left. Soon, he brought a large piece of beef and triangle wine.

Like Shi Xiu, Song Wu ate and drank everywhere, without wine or meat. He lives on beef, and beef and wine are his daily meals.

In Chapter 14 of Water Margin, Wu used Shi Jiecun to invite Ruan Jinyong Sanxiong to join in and participate in the criminal activities of robbing the birth class.

The four of them came to the country hotel. Ruan Xiaoer asked the store what to eat. The store owner said, "A new cow has been slaughtered, which is very fat and tender!" Ruan Xiaoer said, "Better, ten pounds less!"

When the beef was served, Wu Yong was full after eating a few pieces. After all, Wu Yong is a scholar and eats less, but the three brothers Ruan are different. They are rude people, and they devour whatever they eat. After a while, they ate them all.

The three Ruan brothers make a living by fishing. According to common sense, it seems that a few fresh fish should be used to entertain guests, but the three Ruan brothers are not. Why?

This shows that beef is expensive! Just like when we invite guests to dinner, when they come, they will definitely serve the best dishes, and they are generally reluctant to eat them.

The same is true of the three Ruan brothers. Judging from the way they gobble up beef, they should not eat much beef at ordinary times, because beef is too expensive for them to eat.

In ancient times, beef was the top grade, and only nobles could afford it; Followed by mutton, which wealthy families can afford; Finally, pork is affordable for ordinary people.

Liangshan heroes eat beef every meal, which is really embarrassing! So, where did Liangshan heroes get so much money to eat beef?

Robbed! Liangshan heroes are all single dog. They have no wife and children. One person is full and the whole family is not hungry. It is useless for them to keep the money. They all buy beef to eat!

Some people say that Liangshan heroes often eat beef and seldom eat pork. Why?

Some people explained that this was because Shi Naian was from the Ming Dynasty and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was surnamed Zhu, so he was not allowed to eat pork. Is it true?/You don't say.

This is not the case!

Throughout the Water Margin, there are many scenes of eating pork, no less than eating beef. For example, Lu hit Kansai Town, which sold pork instead of beef.

And:

The next day, the gangsters discussed it, scraped together some money, bought ten bottles of wine and took a pig to invite Shen Zhi. And so on, there are many similar scenes, no less than a dozen. It can be seen that Liangshan heroes eat not only beef and mutton, but also pork and dog meat. Even some unscrupulous heroes eat human flesh, for example, Li Kui jy cooks Gui Li, who pretends to be him, to eat ribs; There are also Wang Dwarf Tigers who dig people's hearts to eat; Even the good man Song Jiangdu cut Huang Wenbing alive, dug his heart and made a pot of hangover soup. ...

For a hero, as long as it is meat, you can eat it!

But in the Song Dynasty, pork did not seem to be popular, which can be seen from the consumption of various meats by court chefs. For example, in the Northern Song Dynasty, the imperial court consumed 465,438+0,365,438+0 Jin of pork and 430,000 Jin of mutton a year, and the consumption of pork was less than a fraction of that of mutton.

Su Dongpo once wrote a poem called "Ode to Pork", which was about the second brother's cheap meat.

Huangzhou good pork, the price is as cheap as dirt. If you refuse to eat, the poor can't cook. Second brother's meat is so cheap that the rich don't eat it. What about the poor? Because cooking pork consumes a lot of firewood, and there are no good ingredients in ancient times, and the cooked taste is not good, so the poor don't like to eat pork. For a time, pork became the meat that nobody cared about.

Until Su Dongpo invented Dongpo meat, and later invented soy sauce. With soy sauce, there is braised pork, and pork gradually returns to the table.