Fish cake, also known as meat cake or fish tofu, originated from the end of the Han Dynasty, that is, the eve of the Battle of Red Cliff in the twelfth year of Jian 'an of the Eastern Han Dynasty (207 AD). After Cao Cao unified the north, he went south to unite the whole country. At that time, Sun Quan and Liu Bei jointly rejected Cao Cao in the Red Cliff of the Yangtze River. General Huang Gai was sent by Sun Quan to drill his sailors at Huangjiehu in the upper reaches of the Red Bibi River of the Yangtze River. Lu Su built an earthen city along the Xinxi River in the upper reaches of the Huangjiehu River. He planned to store up grain and grass and planned to bring Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu to Huangjiehu to inspect the sailors' drill. On the one hand, General Huang Gai made arrangements for the drill, and on the other hand he made arrangements for the banquet and wining of the two princes Sun and Liu. The two princes, Sun and Liu, with their generals, watched the naval exercises while drinking on the ship. Suddenly, Sun Quan stopped drinking and his throat got stuck by a fish-bone that was part of the feast. Zhou Yu hurriedly poured out some vinegar and ordered his Lord to drink it, but the fish-bone was still in his throat and he felt very uncomfortable. At this time, Zhuge Liang slowly poured a cup of vinegar, holding the vinegar in his hand and saying something to himself. After a while, he asked Sun Quan to drink the vinegar. After Sun Quan drank Zhuge Liang's curse vinegar, the fish bone was swallowed with the vinegar. The place is called this method: Kowloon into the sea. Zhuge Liang said with a smile, "This is a very clever trick." Guan Yu also smiled and said, "My master is very jealous. At this time, Liu Bei drank a mouthful of wine and said: Huangjiehu fish fat, delicious, but how annoying it is thorns. Guan Yu felt Changxu beside him and remained silent. Zhuge Liang smiled and said: Tonight, I will go to Red Cliff and ask my younger brother Guan Yu to arrange dinner. After Sun and Liu led their generals to inspect the naval drill, they served a long, delicious, tender, fish-tasting dish at the dinner party in the red cliff of Yingxinxi River. People called it fish tofu. They ate it and were full of praise. It turned out that Zhuge Liang asked Guan Yu to apply his family's technique of making tofu to eating fish. The first class of fresh fish cut open, remove the main thorn, fish skin, fish head, fish mince as mud, and then add starch, oil, salt and other condiments mixed processing, and then into the steamer steamed after cut into pieces can be. Under the direction of Guan Yu, Liu Bei named the dish Yugao. Sun Quan highly appreciated it and ordered the barracks to learn how to make it. The dish was spread to the rear area of Chibi. Fish cake, the handicraft has been handed down to the present day, the fish cake is indispensable for local guests in Chibi. It is usually served out in the sixth bowl of dishes, implying that the sixth bowl will be prosperous. Some of this dish inserted red flags, the main guests are sent red packets to the chef, to show gratitude.
