Especially in the Tang Dynasty, where economy, politics and culture were unprecedentedly prosperous, pleasing dishes and snacks emerged one after another from the folk to the court. The custom of taking fat as beauty in the Tang Dynasty allowed foodies to relax and enjoy themselves. Today, I will introduce you to the delicious food of the Tang Dynasty, many of which are still very popular today. Both taste and artistic attainments have reached an unattainable height, which has been imitated and never surpassed.
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1, all kinds of cakes
The food in the Tang Dynasty pays attention to color, fragrance and taste, and both dishes and snacks are full of artistic attainments, which are not only pleasing to the eye, but also amazing in taste. For example, among all kinds of cakes dyed with rice flour, "Crystal Dragon and Phoenix Cake", "Flower Folding Goose Cake", "Glutinous Rice Cake" and "Cheese Cherry" are the most popular. Ordinary people eat them as desserts, while nobles and bureaucrats directly serve as staple foods.
2. Hu cake
In the Tang Dynasty, people ate two meals a day, while in remote areas, they ate three meals a day. The diet structure is mainly cakes and rice.
There are dozens of folk cakes, among which Hu cake, pancake, sesame cake and soup cake are the most representative, and Hu cake is the most popular. Grease the white flour cake embryo, sprinkle with sesame seeds, bake it in the oven, and chew it crispy. The key is long shelf life and storage resistance, which is a good product for ordinary people to eat at home or out.
3. Cold Noodles
3. Cold Noodles
In addition to Xiao's wonton, the soup can be filtered with oil to make tea, and there is also a kind of cold noodle called "cold scouring of Sophora japonica leaves" circulating in the Tang Dynasty. The juice of Sophora japonica leaves and noodles is boiled into noodles, which are naturally cooled in well water and eaten in the mouth, refreshing and sweet, bringing the breath of nature.
4. Water basin mutton
In the Tang Dynasty, eating beef was punished. People mainly eat mutton, boiled, steamed or roasted. A pot of mutton with Hu cake is delicious. Cooking was not invented until the Song Dynasty, and ordinary people simply could not enjoy it. Fortunately, there are all kinds of spices to enhance the taste, among which pepper used to deodorize mutton is a luxury and expensive.
5. Sashimi
Besides mutton, people in the Tang Dynasty also like to eat fish. The usual practice is to preserve, that is, to make sashimi. The way the Japanese eat sashimi is handed down from the Tang Dynasty. In Du Fu's poem, "The snow falls silently, and the shallots have been chopped into bones." A master of exquisite knife work, the sliced fish is light enough to be blown by the wind.
6.candied fruit
There were few vegetables in the Tang Dynasty, such as tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers and corn. People use okra as the main material, supplemented by wild vegetables and fruits. There are many kinds of fruits in the Tang Dynasty, including litchi, peach, pear, apricot and jujube, but cherry is rare. This kind of fruit belongs to the royal tribute, and ordinary people have no happiness to enjoy.
7.sushan
Every summer, people in the Tang Dynasty will come up with endless ways to cool off, including frozen desserts. Come to a cup of crisp mountain in hot summer, the bottom is full of cream, and you are tired of it. Dye it red and green with imperial concubine red and eyebrow indigo, and dye it fairy with fake flowers. The entrance is sweet and greasy, which is the predecessor of modern ice cream.
8. wine
Speaking of drinks in the Tang Dynasty, most people like to drink tea with salt, ginger and sugar. Nobles and grandchildren like to drink wine from the western regions. "The wine in the luminous glass, if you want to drink pipa, you will be urged immediately." A glass made of glass filled with gold and silver has a mellow taste. This beauty is fascinating.