Spices of Shu

Records of the people of Shu loving pungent, spicy food go back a long way. The Chronicles of Huayang, Records of Shu, says: its celestial branch falls at Wei, so they prize rich flavors; its virtue lies with Shaohao, so they love pungent spice. Before chili peppers arrived, the spicy flavor of Shu came mainly from Sichuan pepper, supported by dogwood and fresh ginger. The Fanzi Jiran records: Shu pepper comes from Wudu, and the red kind is best. A Tang poem has the line "Chrysanthemum wine wards off evil; noodle soup is fragrant with dogwood," which shows that a fondness for spicy flavors has existed since ancient times.

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