In Manchu culture, because Manchu people used to hunt for a living, their diet was basically convenient, such as boiled pork, rice with yellow rice, rice cakes with yellow rice, roasted pork and sago.

So, what are the dietary traditions and taboos of Manchu?

Manchu people like to eat sticky food, because sticky food can resist hunger and is conducive to hunting and hunting. One of the most distinctive snacks is exquisite and unique, collectively referred to as Manchu-Chinese banquet cake, which is often called Manchu-Chinese banquet. Manchu pastry has a long history, and the most representative one is chestnut steamed bread, also called small steamed bread.

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Before Manchu entered the customs, there was a banquet called cake. Each table used 80 kilograms of flour, which shows the scale of the banquet. The flour used is mostly sticky noodles, that is, glutinous rice and yellow rice are the main raw materials, with a proper amount of other rice residue, and then with stuffing such as bean paste, nuts and sugar. The main varieties are Shaqima, mung bean cake, Suye cake, pea yellow, beef tongue cake, sesame cake, fried cake, bean bag and so on. Every winter, Manchu families usually make several cans of bean buns and eat them after freezing. At present, you can often hear the cry of bean bags in the winter market in Shenyang.

For dishes, Manchu people especially like pork and sauerkraut, and there are many cooking methods. The more distinctive dishes are meat ceremony, white meat sauerkraut sausage, hot pot, sour soup and so on.

In case of festivals or sacrifices, a meat-eating ceremony should be held. A table of eight people, the host served a square piece of braised pork. Instead of chopsticks, guests cut the meat into pieces or slices with a knife, immerse the meat in the gravy, and then drink it in bowls in turn. Very generous.

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White blood sausage is a main course for Manchu people to entertain relatives and friends. Slice pork belly and put it in the pot with chopped pickles. After the pot is boiled, put the filled, cooked and cut into small pieces into the pot. This dish is delicious but not greasy, and has high nutritional value. At present, this restaurant in Shenyang is very popular with consumers because of its delicious white meat and blood sausage.

Hot pot is the most typical Manchu diet. This diet was closely related to the hunting lifestyle of Manchu people at that time. Therefore, both primitive Manchu hot pot and modern hot pot that can be seen everywhere in China are reminiscent of crackling forest fires and creaking pots. It can be said that Manchu hot pot has been popular all over the country now. In addition to chrysanthemum hotpot, there are also famous assorted hotpot and three fresh hotpot.

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Sour soup is a traditional Manchu food. After the new grain matures in autumn, almost every rural family will make sour soup. Soak and ferment the whole freshly beaten corn in a vat, then rinse it with clear water to remove the sour taste, grind it into water, and filter to remove the residue and peel to get the noodle soup. When eating, boil water in a pot, put the special noodle soup on the thumb of your left hand, hold a mass of noodle soup in your left hand and squeeze it with your right hand. Boil the extruded noodle soup directly in the pot, take it out, and mix it with seasonings such as meat sauce, egg sauce or onion sauce.