purslane

"Longevity dish", also known as "roasted mushrooms", was originally a famous court dish in the Ming Dynasty and later spread among the people. Lentinus edodes is the top grade of edible fungi and is known as the "queen of mushrooms". It contains more than 30 enzymes and 18 amino acids. There are 8 kinds of amino acids needed by human body, among which 7 kinds are contained in Lentinus edodes. Every 100g of dried Lentinus edodes contains 13g of protein and various other nutrients. As a delicious dish, as early as the Warring States period, it was recorded that "the beauty of the taste is the bacteria of the camel" ("Lv Chunqiu"). In the Ming dynasty, mushrooms became a famous "longevity dish" in the court. According to legend, Jinling (now Nanjing), the capital of the Ming Dynasty, was in the midst of a severe drought. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, prayed for rain and took the lead in being a vegetarian for several months, and his appetite was poor. At this time, Liu Bowen, a military adviser, just returned to Nanjing from Longquan County, Zhejiang Province, and specially soaked the famous specialty mushrooms brought from his hometown and seasoned them to make a delicious dish of "burning mushrooms" for Zhu Yuanzhang to taste. Zhu Yuanzhang smelled a burst of fragrance before he got off chopsticks. After eating it, he felt that this dish was rich in fragrance, soft and delicious, and the taste was extremely delicious. He repeatedly praised it as a rare good dish. Then he asked Liu Bowen: "Why is this dish so delicious and where is it born?" Liu Bowen told him about the characteristics of Longquan shiitake mushrooms and the story that Xianggu women fled to eat shiitake mushrooms and were rescued in Qingyuan, Zhejiang Province in ancient times. Legend has it that a girl named Xiangzhan fled to the barren hills to escape the persecution of the rich man and fainted from hunger. After waking up, she ate the mushrooms grown here, which not only restored her health, but also lived to be over 100 years old. From then on, Zhu Yuanku often ate this dish in the palace, and also called it "longevity dish". In the Qing dynasty, the imperial palace also used it as a delicacy. During the Qianlong period, there were dishes such as "fragrant duck" and "fried mushrooms" in the "Manchu-Han banquet", but the production method and ingredients were different, and it was cooked with vegetarian foods such as winter bamboo shoots or chickens and ducks.
Reprinted with attribution： https://cnlocality.com/(Chinese Specialty Products)