Steamed Multiple Preserved Hams,Odor from the Aged Meat
2 min readSteamed Multiple Preserved Hams is a famous dish in Hunan cuisine,and it’s really legendary.Long time ago,Liu Qi,once the owner of a small restaurant in a town,was forced to wander in an alien land by a landlord.Having nothing to do,Liu Qi begged for survival.With the New Year approaching, he was given some preserved fish,pork and chicken.
One day,feeling badly hungry,Liu Qi washed the given preserved stuff and added some condiments into a steaming pot and began to cook them under the roof of a rich family.Meanwhile,the house was full of guests.
After the drinking had gone through three rounds and all the dishes served, there was another flow of scent coming into the house.The guests couldn’t help but ask the servant to bring out the dish.Tracing to the back door of kitchen,the servant found a beggar being about to open the steaming pot and enjoy his meal.
The servant bought the food in the steaming pot twice as much as its value and brought it to the dinning room.All the guests spoke highly of it.One of the guests on the table was a man of wealth who possessed a hotel in the city of Changsha. He inquired Liu Qi’s background and took him to Changsha,working as a cook in the hotel.The dish steamed multiple preserved hams attracting many people far away to have a try.
Since then,the dish passes on and on to present days.
