38. Men cook
Relatives came to the house, and Mr. Zhu Ji personally cooked, made a few side dishes, and drank a few glasses of wine. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
I know that when it comes to "men cooking", there must be a lot of men who laugh dumbly, especially those "successful men" and even "successful women". Moreover, the saints have taught us to stay away from the kitchen, and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism, the "Book of Rites", the Yuzao chapter: "The gentleman is far away from the kitchen, and everything that has flesh and blood will be practiced." The first part of "Mencius" King Hui of Liang also said: "A gentleman is also a beast, and when he sees his life, he can't bear to see his death; Hearing its voice, I can't bear to eat its flesh. It is a gentleman who cooks far away."
However, many celebrities in the past dynasties seem to like to cook, Taoism revered as the ancestor of Lao Tzu once said, "If you govern a big country if you cook a small fresh", cooking a small fresh refers to fried fish, which means that as small as cooking and frying fish to govern the country must master the heat, if he has never fried fish, how can he feel this way? And many allusions to diet and dishes are related to celebrities, such as "Kublai Khan's Shabu Mutton", "Du Fu Five Willow Fish", "Wen Tianxiang Wenshan Meat Ding", "Qianlong Huanggu Cuisine", "Su Shi Dongpo Meat", "Wang Anshi Double Happiness Meat", "Cao Mengde Cao Cao Chicken", "Chongzhen Emperor Steamed Pork" and other classic dishes, if these gentlemen have never cooked, then how to hang up with them, why is it not called "Zhu Zhi Meat Ding", "Zhu Gong Double Happiness Meat"?
In fact, there are great benefits for men to cook, and Canadian health experts say that men go to the kitchen more often, which is beneficial to their physical and mental health, for three reasons: First, cooking can stimulate the five senses, cultivate creativity, enhance physical strength, strengthen nerve reflexes and aesthetics, and can prevent some diseases. The second is that people only use the left half of the brain when they work, but if they cook a meal, they will activate the right half of the brain and make the right half of the brain active. The third is that cooking delicious food can unconsciously develop many abilities, such as correct judgment, agile movements, and creativity in using the brain to analyze and reproduce the delicious food that has been eaten. The words of the experts are conclusive, and we do not allow the slightest suspicion.
In fact, for an ordinary family, a man's cooking is a part of life. Among my friends, there is not a single man who can't cook. So there's no need to argue about the ridiculous question of whether a man should cook or not. My friend Zhu Jun is the son of a rich family, and for more than 20 years, he has never set foot in the kitchen, and even after getting married, he is still alive and dead. If your wife doesn't cook, then go to the restaurant and eat instant noodles. My wife has a plan to make some dishes he doesn't like every day, either steamed eggs or fried leeks with eggs. asked his wife what his intentions were, and his wife ridiculed each other and said, if you want something delicious, you can come by yourself, I am at this level. Zhou had no choice but to learn from scratch and specialize in two dishes, one is stir-fried beef with tomato, and the other is braised tofu.
When men walk into the kitchen, their mentality is very different, it can be said that all roads lead to the kitchen, no matter how rough and tortuous. Many people say that it is because the man has no identity and no status at home, and he is scared into it by his wife; Some people also say that the wife is a clumsy cook, and the husband can't bear it, so he is forced into it only by himself. Of course Zhu Zhi is not, Zhu Zhi has a deep family tradition, extremely talented, ears and eyes, good cooking, he wants to show his hand, and since then he has fallen in love with the kitchen, and his hands are itchy if he doesn't cook for a day. It's also true that a man like Zhu Zhi cooks more art than art, how many people of the same sex are envied by that heat, and how many women are fascinated (just talking).
Women cook, use fire and knives, are conformist, dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool, there is no change in the dishes, there is no novelty in the matching, there is no aura in cooking, just to complete the task. And when a man cooks, just like Zhu Wolf, all the eighteen martial arts are used, and all kinds of tricks emerge in endlessly, like making a painting with appropriate shades and writing a poem with sound and color.
Just think about it, in my spare time, about three or five friends, Zhu Ji personally cooked, but saw oil, salt, sauce and vinegar dancing together, pots and pans are the same color. The white blade flew over, the fire was blazing, and the fragrance was overflowing in an instant, looking around blankly, full of ambition, wouldn't it be happy!
In my years of cooking, one of the biggest things I have learned is that cooking can regulate my mood. Whenever something depressed, I would keep my head down, go to the vegetable market, and come back to bury my head in the kitchen, haunting the halls. Put all the anger on the chopping board, chop, chop, and cut it; Put all the unhappiness in the pot, burn, fry, and steam, and the mood will be as good as ever. No wonder, neighbors always ask: Do you have a deep hatred for the cutting board? I heard that sound so terrifying! There is an allusion, Mr. Cai Yong, a celebrity in the Later Han Dynasty, often went to the neighbor's house to drink some wine, once when he arrived at the door, he heard someone playing the piano in the screen, the sound of the piano was full of murderous aura, and he was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he turned his head and ran. Later, I learned that it was the person who played the piano who saw the praying mantis catching cicadas, and unconsciously showed a murderous aura from the sound of the piano. Everyone, the next time you come to Mr. Zhu Zhi's house, don't turn around and run away because the sound of the chopping board is full of murderous energy!
It is also said that a man who can cook is a good man who knows how to be tolerant and considerate, and that cooking is a compulsory course for a husband, and it is also an emotional investment between husband and wife. In contrast to the traditional habit of leaving all the housework on women alone, men can make the relationship between the sexes more equal, more harmonious and more reasonable. I think that's nonsense, cooking is cooking, there's no need to talk so much.
At the same time, men should cook and cook, and it is best to stay in the vegetable market less. Going to the vegetable market more often will make a big man's personality weird, shabby, and stingy. For example, when Mr. Zhu Zhi went to the vegetable market, at the beginning, he felt that it was not easy for them to earn a few cents, so he couldn't bear to bargain, and was scolded by Mrs. Zhu Zhi, (it should be!) said on the Internet that Director Feng Da's wife, the famous movie star Xu Fan, has so much money, and she bargains in the vegetable market. Xu Fan said: Why not? Since everyone is bargaining, why can't I cut it. What's more, the current price is like a kite with a broken string, rising higher and higher! Later, I practiced the lotus flower: how to sell green vegetables? A piece of eight? How about a piece of five? How much do ribs cost? 58 pieces? I bought it for only 50 yuan yesterday, how about 50 yuan? Since then, I have become calculating, mother-in-law and mother-in-law. Once I had dinner with the leader, Mr. Zhu was in charge of ordering, and the lady said: 68 pieces of pork belly for an example. I blurted out: So expensive? 65 blocks OK no? The young lady gave me a blank look and said, "Do you think this is a vegetable market?" Let Mr. Zhu Zhi be very faceless.