800多年前，西湖的孤山上，有一家姓宋的人，男主人宋五哥去世了，留下宋五嫂和十二三岁的小弟弟。“长嫂如母”，宋嫂理所当然地担当起照顾小叔的责任，他们在西湖边捕鱼为生。一天，小叔得了重感冒，身体虚弱，胃口不开。宋嫂刚打了一网好鱼回来，她准备给小叔补补身子。她一边把鱼放进油锅里炸，一边就想，怎么能变个法儿，把鱼做得鲜美好吃，又没有鱼腥味呢？想着想着，就走神儿了。她把手边的醋当做酱油，糖当成盐，藕粉当成豆粉，调了一碗汁，就往锅里倒，当她闻到甜甜酸酸的味儿，已经来不及了。谁知，小叔刚尝了一口，竟胃口大开，狼吞虎咽地把鱼吃个精光。之后几天，宋嫂天天都给小叔做糖醋鱼吃，小叔很快就恢复了健康。左邻右舍都来跟宋嫂学做这道菜，大家叫它“宋嫂鱼”。
Eight hundred years ago，on Solitary hill near the West Lake，there lived a family.The host Song Wuge died，leaving his wife Song Sao and a younger brother who was only twelve years old.Song Sao fostered the little boy as a mother.They made a living by fishing.Once the boy caught a serious cold and didn’t want to eat anything.Song Sao caught some fish in the West Lake.She wanted to cook some delicious dish for the boy.She put the fish to be fried and thought about how to cook it more deliciously.She mixed the vinegar，sugar and the lotus root starch together instead of soy sauce，salt and bean powder when she was absent-minded，and put the bowl of juice to the pan.When she realized，it was too late.But when the little boy tasted it，he had a very good appetite unexpectedly.he gobbled up all the fish in two minutes.In the next days，Song Sao always cooked the fish for the boy with vinegar，sugar and lotus root starch.The boy got well soon.Their neighbors learned to cook the fish in that way and they called it “Song Sao Yu (Song Sao Fish)”.
那年春天，皇帝在西湖荡舟游玩，暖风吹过，一股甜酸味飘来，皇帝问左右：“什么味儿，这么香？”左右告诉他是“宋嫂鱼”。皇帝马上脱下龙袍，换上便服，走到茅屋。宋嫂正在烧鱼，皇帝一看，这宋嫂颇有姿色，比宫里的娘娘多了几分自然美，情不自禁地说：“鱼好，人更美。”宋嫂不搭理。皇帝一急，就说漏了嘴：“美人儿，跟我去宫里享福吧。”这下，宋嫂知道站在自己面前的就是那位昏君，就说：“龙船难载我卖鱼妇，请自重。”皇帝碰了一鼻子的灰，气呼呼地走了。宋嫂知道凶多吉少，连夜带着小叔逃离了杭州城。住在孤山上的人们还常常做糖醋鱼吃，但怕冲犯皇帝，就改称“西湖醋鱼”。
One spring，the Emperor took a tour around the West Lake.he smelt the fragrance of the fish and asked，“The smell is so nice.What’s it？”The official told him it was Song Sao Fish.The Emperor took off his robe at once and went to the thatched cottage.Song Sao was cooking the fish.The emperor saw Song Sao was quite pretty with more natural beauty than the ladies in the palace.he said，“The fish are good and you are beautiful.My beauty，come with me to the palace，you will live in ease and comfort.”Song Sao knew it was the fatuous and self-indulgent ruler when hearing the word “palace”.She said，“I am only a common villager.I have no interest in living in the palace.”The emperor left in disappointment.Song Sao knew it would be fraught with grim possibilities and left hangzhou with her younger brother at the night.her neighbors renamed the dish as “Xi hu Cu Yu”(West Lake Vinegar Fish)in order not to offend the Emperor.
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