Nine-Bend Large Intestines,Eighteen Curves of Delicacy
1 min readNine-bend large intestines is a famous local dish of Shandong Province.For the Chinese people,the number”nine” means the largest,highest and most lucky.Since ancient times, all the Chinese people,ranging from emperors and high- ranking officials to ordinary citizens,showed special preference to the number”nine”.
In the period of Guangxu reign(1875-1908) of the Qing Dynasty,the owner of Jinhualin Restaurant in Jinan created the special dish highly acclaimed and well received by customers.Prior to the cooking,the owner thoroughly cleaned pigs’ large intestines,added spices to them,then boiled them until they became chewy and crisp.He took out the boiled intestines out of the pot,cut them into sections, added soy sauce,sugar and spices to them.By then,a fragrant,fat yet not greasy and palatable dish-“Soy Sauce Large Intestines”was ready.
Later he improved the preparation method as follows:He boiled cleaned large intestines in a pot,fried them with oil,added seasonings and spices to them before cooking them until they were well done.In this way,Soy Sauce Large Intesines became more delicious.After tasting the delicacy,some men of letters compared it to”making elixir of life by nine times”,for its appealing appearance and extreme delicious taste,Therefore,its original name was changed into Nine-bend Large Intestines.
