There is no doubt when to eat New Year's Eve, but some families may eat it in advance for work or other reasons, and even some places have different customs from ordinary New Year's Eve. However, in most areas, New Year's Eve is still a common time.
What time is the New Year's Eve dinner? Most families will have a family reunion dinner between 4 pm and 8 pm. New Year's Eve, also known as the reunion dinner, is the last meal on Lunar New Year's Eve (the last day of each year). On this day, people will get together for dinner. The annual reunion dinner shows the mutual respect and care among family members in China, which makes the relationship between families closer. There is no exact time to eat New Year's Eve. When family members get together, it is the best time to watch the fireworks outside the window and be happy together.
The origin of New Year's Eve dinner is in China, and the custom of having a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve dates back to the Han Dynasty. In the old society, because of the low standard of living, we couldn't make a rich diet at ordinary times, so we could only improve it during the New Year. Therefore, the quality and content of the New Year's Eve dinner are higher, and the food should be as rich as possible. First of all, it is to satisfy your desire. Second, this feeling of fullness indicates that you will have plenty of food and clothing in the coming year.
The characteristics of New Year's Eve dinner in all parts of the country Beijing Babao rice Babao rice is one of the characteristics of Beijing New Year's Eve dinner. It tastes sweet and is a good product for entertaining guests every Spring Festival. Sweet eight-treasure rice, with strong fragrance, is one of the traditional delicacies in China.
Shanghai Xian Xian Shanghainese should have eaten Xian Xian, and everyone who has eaten it will be full of praise. This Shanghai local dish is simple to cook and delicious to eat. The soup is white and thick, the meat is crisp and fat, and the bamboo shoots are crisp and memorable.
Taste it on the day of reunion. When the soup was just served, it was still rolling, and the meat was fragrant with bamboo shoots. I couldn't wait to pick up the spoon and drink a mouthful of soup. This satisfaction is indescribable.
Northeast New Year's Eve, one of the four major events in Northeast China, pays attention to the four-based, and strives for a stable New Year.
There must be "four big items" on the Spring Festival menu, namely chicken, fish, ribs and elbows. Stewed chicken with mushrooms, using rural chicken, hazelnut mushrooms and vermicelli in Changbai Mountain, is authentic. Braised bean with ribs is made of dried bean curd, which perfectly blends with the taste of meat, and the full aroma soon permeates the whole room!
Hunan spicy elbow 3 kg elbow, served on the table, is a good color-Hunan locals call this "wrangling", which means "the past unhappiness is over, and it's time to usher in a new year, so we should reinvent ourselves and start over".
Fujian Buddha jumping wall "Buddha jumping wall" is a stew of dozens of raw materials, which not only has a common meat flavor, but also maintains its own characteristics.
It tastes soft and moist, rich and fragrant, not greasy; The ingredients penetrate each other and taste delicious. At the same time, it has high nutritional value, and has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, clearing away lung heat and moistening intestines, and preventing and treating deficiency and cold.
There is a Buddha jumping wall on the table of the New Year's Eve, which is meaningful, nutritious, tasty and atmospheric.
Sichuan Sausages Sichuanese usually receive homemade sausages from their hometown even if they are not at home for the New Year. In their New Year's Eve, there can be no chicken, duck and fish, but there must be no Sichuan sausage.
Different from sausages in Huainan and Guangdong, the biggest difference is the mastery of seasonings, and "spicy" is its essence.
The thin sausage is taken out of the steamer and served on the dinner table, which means the official start of the New Year's Eve. Sweet and spicy sausages can make Sichuanese in a foreign land feel the warmth and yearning from their hometown.
Xinjiang hand-grabbed mutton "Gexi", cooked with mutton with bones, is a necessary dish for Xinjiang members.
There are three ways to eat it, that is, eat it while it is hot: slice it, steam it in a cage, and dip it in three heavy oils; Cold food: directly dip in refined salt after slicing; Stir-fry: stir-fry in a pot and eat while frying.
Guangdong boiled chicken reunion dinner is the highlight, which is not only colorful, but also very meaningful. Worship ancestors or gods before meals, and eat after burning incense.
Generally, there are chicken (planned), fish (more than one year old), oyster sauce (good market), lettuce (rich), yuba (rich), garlic (calculated) and so on for good luck.
Shaanxi iron pot stewed mutton in northern Shaanxi, a pot of hot and delicious iron pot stewed mutton is a must for New Year's Eve.
People in northern Shaanxi cook mutton stew, including clear stew and spicy stew. Bian Xiao thinks that the most authentic way to eat mutton is stew, so don't worry! Seasoning slowly as the meat matures, so it takes 3-5 hours from the meat to the pot.
Hubei whole chicken soup Hubei people are used to drinking chicken soup at the first meal of the New Year, which symbolizes the meaning of "Qing Tai Ping An". It is also very particular about which part of the chicken belongs to whom.
It is said that the main laborers in the family have to eat chicken feet, which means that they can "make money" in the coming year; And young students need to eat chicken wings, which means they can fly high; The rest will eat chicken bones, which means "getting ahead"
Shandong jar meat The delicious jar meat is an indispensable "New Year's dish" in Shandong. In fact, jar meat, like roast duck, is a traditional Shandong dish, which was later introduced to Beijing and became popular.
Round and stocky little jar covered with pork belly and some quail eggs or mushrooms, shining with attractive light.
Anhui braised fish everyone eats fish during the New Year, and Huizhou locals prepare braised mandarin fish.
Braised fish not only tastes delicious, but also has high nutritional value. Its protein content is twice that of pork, and it belongs to high-quality protein with high absorption rate. Braised mandarin fish is also a must-have dish on the table, which means it has been more than a year.
Zhejiang eel owl [xi m: ng] Eel owl is a famous dish in Ningbo, Zhejiang.
According to legend, at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Fu Cha, the king of Wu, went to war with the State of Yue and led troops to capture a city in the State of Yue, Yi Yin, which is now Ningbo. In addition to beef and mutton, elk meat and pork, the chef also treats local eels as a dish instead of fresh fish.
After the king of Wu ate it, he thought it was delicious and delicious, which was different from the carp and crucian carp eaten in the palace in the past. When I returned to the palace, although I ate fish, I always felt that they were not as delicious as those in Yi Yin. Later, he sent someone to the seaside in Yinxian to catch an old fisherman and cook fish dishes for him. Seasoned steamed eel, full of praise after eating Fucha, eel has been worth a hundred times since then.