Then, you must be curious about what the emperor would do when he met his favorite food in ancient China. You will always be like us, remember? Can you eat more of this dish? Will the royal kitchen cook this dish for the emperor several times according to his preference? In fact, the emperor is also a normal person. Naturally, he likes and dislikes food.
Today, let's talk about what the Qing emperor would do when he met his favorite food. Although the emperors of the Qing Dynasty all had their favorite foods, traditional etiquette and royal rules strictly required their eating habits, because they were the body of the emperor.
First of all, the emperor's daily weight is as follows: 22 kg of meat, vegetable meat 15 kg, lard 1 kg, 2 sheep, 5 chickens, 3 ducks, seasonal vegetables 19 kg, 60 kg of various kohlrabi, 5 kohlrabi, 5 vegetables in dry jars and 6 kg of onions. 42 bottles of seasoning yuquan wine, 3kg of sauce and 2kg of vinegar. Eight plates of 240 kinds of sesame cakes, eight catties of sesame oil, six catties of white sugar walnut kernel and six catties of red dates. Secondly, the Qing Dynasty was ruled by Manchu people, who used to eat only two meals a day. The emperors of the Qing Dynasty kept the eating habits of Manchu people in their daily lives, and two meals were enough.
A meal is about 6 am to 8 am. This meal is called breakfast. The other meal is from noon 12 to afternoon 14. This meal is called dinner. Finally, the emperor's menu should be drawn up by the emperor's restaurant a few days before the emperor eats, and then submitted to the Minister of the Interior for approval. Then according to the list, the emperor ate alone.
Seeing this, you will be confused. Is it enough for the emperor to eat only these two meals Won't the emperor be hungry at night? The answer to this question is of course yes. After all, emperors are human beings. So the emperor eats snacks after every meal. Snack time is not fixed. Generally speaking, when the emperor is hungry and wants to eat, someone will hand him the rice in time. These foods are called snacks. Snacks are mainly cakes, fruits, porridge and so on. Secondly, in the past history, the emperor's food was often poisoned by people with ulterior motives, and finally the emperor was poisoned.
So in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor attached great importance to food safety. Therefore, before eating, the emperor specially set up two steps to check whether his food was poisonous: first, put a small silver sign next to the food he sent. This brand is called "Silver in Drug Testing". When food is presented to the emperor, eunuchs will put some small signs on the food to check whether the food is poisonous in front of the emperor.