The food standards of emperors in Qing Dynasty were very high. After all, the royal rules were very big. In the imperial kitchen where the emperor cooks, the delicacies are delicious all the year round, and the variety is extremely rich. There are strict requirements for cooking techniques, plate setting art and nutrition collocation, which can be described as a collection of ancient and modern achievements. But if it's delicious, it's another story.

Now people may not be used to eating

Times have improved and the tastes of modern people have changed. And the Qing emperor's eating imperial meals can't be changed, not only the formula can't be innovated, but even the salty taste can't be changed, because the practice of every dish is? Ancestor system? .

since it is the ancestral system, it can't be changed casually!

but the problem is that everyone's tastes are different, and people of every era have different tastes. If the recipe of dishes does not keep pace with the times, it will be eliminated by the times.

For example, Yuan Mei, the first foodie in the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a cookbook named Suiyuan Food List, which recorded many delicious foods at that time. Some contemporary catering businesses use antique dishes as their selling points, and the original ones are made according to Yuan Mei's recipes, but not many people like them at all.

after the investigation, the merchants generally replied that the taste of antique dishes was too weak to be used to. (Modern people's taste buds are spoiled by all kinds of spices)

So it's really hard to say whether the emperor ate well or not. The standard of imperial food is certainly not bad, but modern people may not be used to it.

The form of the emperor's eating is bigger than the reality

There are two management institutions for imperial meals in the Qing Dynasty palace, namely Guanglu Temple and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which have both the responsibilities of the People's Bank of China in the financial system and the General Logistics Department in the military system, and all ingredients should be uniformly distributed from these two institutions.

Among them, Guanglu Temple is a national banquet institution, which, together with the Ritual Department, is responsible for all kinds of ceremonies and sacrifices in the imperial court, foreign affairs reception and food for ministers in the DPRK. For example, the famous Manchu-Han banquet belongs to Guanglu Temple.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs only manages the daily meals in the palace, which is what the emperor eats every day. Attention, the imperial kitchen is only responsible for the meals of the emperor. The queen mother and concubines in the harem are not responsible for their daily diet.

It is precisely because the imperial kitchens are not responsible for the diet of concubines that the important figures in the Qing Dynasty, such as the Empress Dowager, Empress, favored concubines and princes, all have their own tea rooms. The so-called? Small stove? . Some emperors prefer small stoves to formal royal meals, which will be discussed later.

according to some historical records, the emperor's eating rules were big, and the emperor himself was not satisfied at all.

anyone who knows history knows that an emperor can't eat as much as ordinary people when he looks at a table full of delicacies. No matter how delicious each dish is, you must never eat three bites, or you will never see this dish again for half a month. The main reason for this is to prevent outsiders from finding out the emperor's taste and to prevent evil people from taking the opportunity to poison him. The palace calls this rule? Pass the meal and don't advise it? .