Foreword
Things in the world often come from diligence and frugality but defeat by luxury. ——Lu You
As my country’s first great man, Chairman Mao’s status is very noble, and the treatment he enjoys is naturally also very good, especially after the founding of New China, he has worked for China for decades Chairman Mao should also enjoy life, not only has a dedicated dance partner and nurse, but also a private chef.
Yu Cun’s cooking skills are highly praised
In 1981, the Beijing Hotel sent a group of cooking groups to Tokyo, Japan to study and visit. In this cooking group, the chairman's private Chef Yu Cun was one of them. Later when people learned that he was the chairman’s personal chef, they all respected him very much, and wanted to ask him to show off. At this time, he has been a chef with the chairman for more than ten years. Yu Cun couldn't refuse everyone's request. After that, he performed exquisite Chinese cooking in a Japanese restaurant. After the performance, everyone present was amazed by his superb cooking skills. After
, his culinary skills had a great influence on Japan, and besides Japan, Americans were also conquered by his culinary skills, because in 1971, Sino-US diplomacy was normalized and the US Secretary of State Kissin When Ge visited China, the chairman arranged for Yu Cun to be the chef. After that, Kissinger admired the chef’s cooking skills while eating. Bush, who came with him, even asked Yu Cun what is the recipe for this dish. Yu Cun smiled. Answer: This is also China’s Sichuan cuisine, a traditional Sichuan cuisine. How do you feel about it? Bush repeatedly nodded: "OK!" and gave a high evaluation. After the banquet, Bush also offered an invitation to Cun, asking him to go to the United States if he had the opportunity in the future.
As the relationship between China and the United States is getting better and better, many American leaders have also visited China one after another. For example, when former US Vice President Rogers visited China, the chairman still sent Yucun to serve as the chef. Rogers’ visit ended Later, I was very satisfied with China’s hospitality,In particular, he is full of praise for Cun’s cooking. It is precisely because of Yu Cun’s superb cooking skills that he was personally dispatched by the chairman to participate in the formulation of our country’s banquet recipes for leaders of various countries, and received foreigners’ advice every time. Praise, Yu Cun has been transferred to Zhongnanhai since 1962 and became Chairman Mao's personal chef. He has also cooked for Chairman Mao for more than ten years.
Yu Cun regretted not letting the chairman have a decent meal
According to reason, Chairman Mao should have eaten many of his good dishes, but this is not the case. After many years, Yu Cun recalled the time when he was cooking, saying many times that he didn’t put his expertise to use, and he also regretfully said many times: “After spending so long with the chairman, he hasn’t let him eat. After a decent meal I have cooked, every time I think of it, I feel really sad..." What is the reason for Yu Cun's statement? Let's talk about it next.
According to Yu Cun’s introduction, it turns out that Chairman Mao’s daily recipes are very simple, so Yu Cuncai said that his superb cooking skills have never been shown to the chairman, and the chairman has never done it himself. The chairman’s recipes are usually simple four dishes and one soup. The staple food is also ordinary whole grains. The most commonly eaten staple food is the "two rice" made with rice and millet. The other four dishes are also very simple. It is braised pork and pork knuckle with sauce, because the chairman likes to eat these two kinds of meat the most, and these two kinds of meat are the most frequently exchanged. The rest are some vegetables, such as purslane is the most common. The chairman is a Hunanese The red pepper in the dishes is essential. Therefore, red pepper is often used in these dishes, which is also the habit of the chairman.
A soup is mainly celery leaf soup or coriander leaf soup. In short, these proteins are very simple. If the chairman has no appetite, he can just cook a cylinder of cereal or roast a few sweet potatoes. It can be said that the chairman is in There is no pursuit in eating, as long as you can eat enough, even a chef with a superb cooking skill like Yu Cun can't open the chairman's mouth. Yu Cun also tried to get the chairman to change his appetite and try more local specialties.But every time I was rejected by the chairman, just keep it simple.
Chairman’s saving spirit
Once Yu Cun cooked a very famous hometown dish for the chairman. The red and green set a large plate. He thought the chairman would like it after eating. Unexpectedly, after eating, not only did not praise, but instead was a criticism, saying that you should not follow the appearance of a big restaurant, and make the food fancy and delicious. This simple sentence has also benefited Yu Cun a lot. From then on, when he cooks for the chairman, he pays more attention to taste rather than appearance, which greatly reduces the pressure on Yu Cun.
Because when Yu Cun was transferred to Zhongnanhai to cook for the chairman, he was actually very nervous and anxious before going, and the pressure was very high. After all, he was going to cook for the country’s leader, so he was afraid that he would come. The dishes cooked at that time did not meet the chairman’s appetite, and then affected the chairman’s work. That would be too troublesome, but now it seems that I have no worries at all. After all, the chairman’s requirements for food are too low, and the chairman also asked to do it. Be casual, don’t have too much psychological burden, and Yu Cun did not disappoint the chairman. He made a meal that satisfies the chairman, so that the chairman is no longer busy with food, so that he has more time to manage everything for the country. .
In the long-term relationship with Chairman Mao, a deep friendship has been established. According to the regulations of the central government at that time, the staff around the chairman had to be replaced every three years, worrying about the fixed dietary structure. The health of the chairman has a negative impact. Yu Cun also thought about leaving the chairman for the sake of the chairman’s health, so he was transferred after three years of existence, and then the central government replaced his senior brother Huang Ziyun. Come, but after Huang Ziyun came, he cooked the chairman’s meal for a few days. The chairman didn’t have any appetite. Everyone guessed that maybe the chairman wanted to save the master, so afterwards the central government would transfer back, and Yu Cun Naturally, he became the chef who stayed with the chairman the longest.
Conclusion
Being good at selecting points means saving time.The fuss is tantamount to empty cannons. ——Bacon
Although it is the chairman’s request to make the meals a bit simpler, Yu Cun sees that these meals do not match the chairman’s identity. In his eyes, these are undecent meals, so In his later years, he also regretted that he blamed himself for not cooking a decent meal for the chairman and his elderly, but this was not because of his poor cooking skills, but because the chairman was very frugal and respectable. Our great leader, do you have anything to say? Feel free to leave a comment in the comment area at the bottom of the article. If you want to learn more about Chinese and foreign historical events, remember to like and follow. Thank you!
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