老革命家、作家、书法家李尔重在《毛主席二三事》一文中，述说了毛主席视察湖北，品尝沙湖盐蛋的轶闻，现摘抄一段如下：“1954年冬，他老人家（指毛主席）来了，要听我们汇报……我们想弥补以前的招待不周，给老人家摆了一大桌。他严肃地说话了：‘你们以为越多越好，其实是 Li Erzhong, an old revolutionary, writer and calligrapher, recounted the anecdote of Chairman Mao’s visit to Hubei to taste the salt and pepper shahu in his article “Chairman Mao’s Second and Third Things,” which is reproduced as follows: "In the winter of 1954, That Chairman Mao) has come, we must listen to the report ... We want to make up for the ill-treatment of the past, set a table for the elderly, he spoke seriously: ’You think the more the better, in fact