Change knife meat

Pingquan, the ancient city of Saibei, has a traditional snack-Gaidao meat. Chopped pork and bamboo shoots are used as the main ingredients, and stir-fried. Chicken and duck soup, mushroom soup, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine and sesame oil are added while frying. After the meat and bamboo shoots become golden yellow, pour the juice into the dish, and the finished product will be changed into knife meat. The shape is like a pyramid, the shredded bamboo shoots are flexible, the shredded pork is hard, delicious, refreshing and not greasy. The changed meat also has the advantage of storage resistance. Basket can be stored for three months in winter and for about a week in hot summer. It can be heated when eating, and its taste remains unchanged. Legend has it that the stunt of changing the knife and meat came from the Qing palace. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a master named Liu in the imperial dining room of the palace, who had a unique skill in changing the knife and meat, and served the emperor for decades. The emperor was very satisfied with his craft. Later, when Master Liu was old, he retired and returned to his hometown Pingquan to open a restaurant. Master Liu accepted five apprentices in Pingquan, and unreservedly passed on the skill of changing the knife and meat to them. Master Liu also earnestly told his five disciples when he was critically ill, asking them to work together with Qi Xin to pass on the stunt of changing the knife and meat. The five disciples changed the name of the restaurant to "Wukuiyuan" according to the master's wishes, which means that everyone will carry forward the stunt of changing the knife and meat together. The five disciples were well-run, and the reputation of changing the knife meat spread everywhere. At that time, 48 princes of the Mongols outside Zhangjiakou went to Beijing for pilgrimage. When passing by Pingquan, they not only stopped to have a taste, but also took the changed knife meat into Beijing as a senior gift for friends and relatives. Since then, "Wukui Garden" and "Gaidao Meat" have been famous all over the country.
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