First, it is said that Su Dongpo has been to Yongxiu, Jiangxi, and cured a local farmer's child. To show his gratitude, the farmer specially kept him for dinner. Su Dongpo was intoxicated by this beautiful country and couldn't help reciting a poem: "The fragrance of grass pearls is in my heart". The farmer who was cooking in the kitchen thought it was Su Dongpo who was teaching him how to get to cook the meat-"Everything cooked with grass is fragrant", so he quickly put pork and straw tied with meat into the pot to cook, but the cooked meat really has a unique flavor!

Secondly, it is said that in the 1940s, four students from the Chinese Department of Sichuan University found two words from Ban Gu of the Han Dynasty in ancient poems: "Give your life to yourself, it doesn't taste good", so these four scholars opened a "bad-tasting" restaurant in Chengdu. At that time, they collected the word "Wei Zhi" from Su Dongpo's ink handed down from ancient times, and made it into a shop sign together with the plaque at the moment. In addition to telling the world that these three words were written by Su Dongpo himself, they repeatedly stressed that the making method of "Dongpo elbow" sold in the store was created by Su Dongpo himself and passed down in secret. In this way, Dongpo elbow's reputation naturally spread like wildfire and spread all over the country. Of course, the business of "Wei Zhi" is very prosperous.

Dongpo elbow is a traditional dish of Mrs. Su Dongpo and Wangfu, named after Su Dongpo's great love. It has the characteristics of fat but not greasy, crisp but not rotten, and has good color, fragrance, taste and shape. Some people call it "beauty food", and foreign guests praise it as a world famous dish. Meishan Dongpo elbow is much better than Mrs. Su Dongpo's. First of all, in the selection of materials, only pig's trotters are selected. After washing, put it in clear water and stew it until it is eight minutes hot. Then pick up the elbow and steam it in a steamer. After degreasing twice, the elbow has reached a fat but not greasy position, neither rotten nor rotten. There are two forms when eating: one is clear soup. Take out the steamed elbow, put it in a bowl and serve chicken stew. If there is no chicken soup, boiled water will do. Add a little salt and onion. It's best to put the soy sauce in another bowl and dip it in it when eating, which tastes fresher. The second is seasoning. Take the steamed elbow out of the palace bowl and pour in the prepared seasoning. Dongpo elbow in Meishan is very particular about seasoning, and it is composed of 17 kinds of raw materials. With distinctive features, it suits the tastes of guests from east, west, north and south and overseas friends.