Ginkgo Nuts of Poetry and Etiquette,a ish Fresh to Your Surprise
2 min readConfucius Family Mansion,long known as the”first house of Chinar,is the mansion for generations of Confucius’direct elderly son and elderly grandson and also the”mansion of poetry and etiquette”with the most profound oriental cultural heritage.
In Song Dynasty,the descendants of Confucius built a Hall of Poetry and Etiquette”within the Temple of Confucius and planted two ginkgo trees.The dish”Maidenhair of Poetry and Etiquette”uses the ginkgo fruits from the ginkgo trees in the Hall of Poetry and Etiquette as the ingredients.Though planted more than one thousand years ago, the two ginkgo trees remain luxuriant,lush,tall and strong.The fruits growing in the trees are extraordinary in which each of them is big in size and full,emitting scents. The chefs of Confucius Family Manson just take the ginkgo fruits off the trees and remove the peel and lipocortin while the fruits are still fresh.Then,put the nuts into the boiling water for a short while and remove the off-smell before bringing them into the juice made of sugar and honey.When the nuts are crispy and tender,put the well prepared gingko nuts in plate,a dish thus being named as”Honey Ginkgo Nuts”.This dish tastes cripy and soft and exceptionally sweet,quite popular with the patrons.
Nevertheless,Kong Xiangke,one of Confucius’seventy-fifth generation thought that even though the taste of this dish was good,the name could not be considered presentable and acceptable.Since the ginkgo fruits were from the old haunt of nome Education of Poetry and Etiquette”,this dish was then renamed”Ginkgo Nuts of Poetry and Etiquette”,which carried profound meanings,not only remembering the”Family Education of Poetry and Etiquette” of the ancestor Confucius,but also expressing the anticipation that the Kong’s family doctrine can pass down through times and become more and more prosperous by reference to the longevity of ginkgo.Since then,this dish rose to its fame.
