In ancient times, palace meals were delicious that many ordinary people wanted to eat. Think about it, as an emperor, of course, you eat delicacies. In order to improve the emperor's comfort, people usually search around for chefs with superb skills. The food made by them is absolutely delicious. The Eight Pieces of Beijing, which were introduced by imperial kitchens in the Qing Dynasty, were quite famous at that time. What is Beijing Eight Pieces? In fact, it is eight kinds of cakes with different appearances and tastes, which are called Big Eight Pieces. What are the eight kinds of cakes? They are Fu Zi cake, Taishi cake, Shoutao cake, Happy Word cake, Silver Ingot cake, Crispy Roll cake, Chicken Oil cake and Jujube Flower cake. Do you think the names of these cakes are very nice?
from the palace to the folk, it became famous all over the world.
yes. These cakes were all created by chefs in the imperial kitchens of the Qing Dynasty. The products produced by famous teachers must be extraordinary. The chefs in the imperial kitchen are all experts collected from all over the world. They cook a dish casually, which is a peerless delicacy. The royal family likes to hold banquets. Whenever a banquet is held, these cakes are bound to be served, and the guests are often very happy. Some of those royal nobles even gave them as gifts to friends, relatives and subordinates. Later, after a long time, the practice of these cakes slowly spread to the people, and some small folk people would make these cakes. Slowly, these cakes became famous all over the world.
second, their origin is actually folk "imitation goods".
in popular terms, the eight pieces of Beijing are actually many cakes. If we really want to talk about their origin, it goes back to the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the predecessor of the Eight Pieces of Beijing was invented by ordinary people. Before Ming Muzong became emperor, he often asked his pages to buy snacks in the streets and alleys. When he became emperor, he was also obsessed with street snacks. However, due to their high status, they often eat folk snacks for fear of being harmful to the dragon body. So some royal chefs in the palace went to the folk food stalls and stole their skills in making snacks every day.
gradually, the chefs were able to make all those snacks. After the emperor knew it, the dragon was delighted. Although the folk snacks are delicious, they are somewhat delicate. The food eaten by the emperor should not only look good, but also taste delicious. Therefore, the chefs try their best to develop new tricks every day, so as not to make the emperor tired of eating. Therefore, those cakes with Beijing Eight Pieces have different shapes and tastes. Nowadays, people in some places in Beijing are selling eight pieces of Beijing. I used to eat them, but I don't think they taste very good. Maybe the craftsmanship of those exquisite cakes has been lost. Now these, but learned some fur.