After Nuerhachi entered the Central Plains from outside Shanhaiguan in the Qing Dynasty, he not only kept the dishes of the state banquet in the Ming Dynasty, but also brought in the game and traditional food from outside Shanhaiguan, which was equivalent to the integration of various technologies and made the level of various dishes reach the peak. Many emperors have all kinds of royal chefs, and sometimes they invite famous chefs from different regions to cook in the palace. There are 108 dishes recorded at the Manchu-Han banquet, 54 dishes in the north and 54 dishes in the south.
According to historical records, the emperor's daily raw materials are:? Twenty-two Jin of vegetable meat, five Jin of soup meat, one Jin of lard, two sheep, five chickens (three chickens in that year), three ducks, nineteen Jin of Chinese cabbage, spinach, parsley, celery and leek, sixty radishes, one radish, carrot, wax gourd, five kohlrabi and five dried water spinach (six. In addition to these, there are various staple foods and so on. The weight in the menu is amazing, but the emperor didn't eat every dish, maybe he didn't even eat a bite.
In TV series, concubines often advise the emperor to eat? Both rain and dew? Don't pick up your favorite food more than three times. There are so many dishes that even the emperor can't finish them.
It is very complicated to let the emperor see what to eat and what dishes to put on which stools and chairs before the meal is passed. All the foods eaten by the emperor are also recorded, such as Kangxi's? Bottom gear? By comparing the overlapping items of food eaten by the emperor every day in the archives, we can infer the different tastes of the emperor.
Through research, it is found that the raw materials used in Kangxi's favorite food are mainly all kinds of animal meat and sheep, chicken and pork produced in Northeast China. Emperor Qianlong likes to eat bird's nest, Suzhou cuisine, potted vegetables and vegetarian dishes, but he doesn't like fish dishes. Moreover, Emperor Qianlong paid attention to health preservation and usually paid great attention to collocation. He is especially famous for eating ducks. Emperor Guangxu likes to eat seafood dishes such as shark's fin, sea cucumber and jellyfish. But during the Spring Festival, the most important meal for the emperor is to eat some jiaozi in the early morning of the first day of the lunar new year, which indicates an auspicious year.