These dietary customs are mainly influenced by the Central Plains, Fujian and Vietnam. There are traces left by Baiyue people in ancient times, such as eating raw fish, snakes and insects, and eat areca.
In the Qing dynasty, hipsters still had the habit of spitting betel nuts, which was regarded as a "gift fruit" for entertaining guests, but it is rare in contemporary times. According to the cloud, betel nut has the functions of sterilization, expectoration and appetizing.
Generally speaking, the eating habits and hobbies of hipsters are: three meals a day, mainly porridge; The staple food is rice, and the non-staple food is diverse; Aquatic fish dishes, pickled and boiled; Pay attention to freshness and don't avoid fishy smell; Smoking and drinking tea are flourishing. In recent years, some changes have taken place in dietary customs. Western food, fast food, breakfast and buffet have become the fashion of some people in Gushi.
Before smoking, smoke more cooked cigarettes, which are spicy. Use wooden and bamboo pipes and water cigarettes.
Chaoshan people also like to eat raw fish since ancient times, which may also be a custom left by Baiyue people.
Like the Japanese
Mi often drinks porridge.
Dietary characteristics: Chaoshan's geographical environment and climate are conducive to fishing and breeding, with criss-crossing canals, a large number of aquatic fish and shrimp, and a large number of small families, which can last for hundreds of years. Yuan Ye is evergreen all the year round, and fruits and vegetables are listed in turn all the year round, forming a rich and varied diet.
Hipsters like porridge for breakfast, which may be related to their subtropical location. They sweat more at work because they need water balance in their bodies. They are used to eating porridge, which makes them feel comfortable and delicious. Although I have to work long hours in the morning, I don't want to eat dry food for breakfast. He asked his family to send snacks to make up for the lack of consumption, and he could have a rest while eating snacks. This is one of the main dietary customs. Chaozhou people likes pickled pickles, such as pickled pickles, dried radish, olives, boiled olives, etc., often accompanied by peasant flavor. Chaozhou people likes to eat fresh fishy, and every dish likes to keep its original flavor. Chaozhou cuisine is characterized by steaming and stewing, such as steaming lobster, stewing black-eared eel, steaming grass carp and stewing carp with taro. Chaozhou people loves them, and even eats fish, shrimp and oysters raw. Condiments also like fishy and fresh, such as fish sauce, fish sauce and shrimp sauce, which are daily necessities in coastal villages.
Foreign viscera and fish heads are often worthless, but Chaoshan people like them very much. Many internal organs, heads, feet and wings are more expensive than meat, and ribs are also more expensive than meat.
Chaoshan's diet
Chaoshan people have unique eating customs, such as porridge, various snacks made of rice flour, pickles (pickled vegetables) and exquisite snacks (oyster sauce, meatballs, etc. Chaozhou cuisine is most famous for Chaozhou cuisine and Kung Fu tea. Chaozhou cuisine is well-known at home and abroad, and it is an open system composed of Chaoshan original unique cuisine and Chaoshan flavor cuisine. Chaozhou cuisine is more influenced by Fujian cuisine, but also by exotic dishes such as Guangzhou cuisine, which combines the advantages of Fujian and Guangdong and forms its own family. Among the high-quality Chaozhou dishes, there are not only rare high-quality dishes such as bird's nest, shark's fin and abalone, but also some special dishes refined from coarse vegetables, such as "national protection dish" made of sweet potato leaves, "taro paste" made of taro and "big vegetable soup" made of mustard. The main characteristics of Chaozhou cuisine are wide selection of ingredients and heavy seafood, fine and light production, and heavy "taste" with many seasonings. Moreover, the banquet pays attention to rules and human feelings, and etiquette culture permeates everywhere. Kung fu tea is a kind of tea art with local characteristics. From tea sets, tea leaves, water, brewing to tasting, they are all very particular. Yixing teapot or lid and small porcelain cup are used for tea set, and oolong tea is used for tea making. Brewing includes the steps of taking tea, waiting for soup, brewing, scraping foam, pouring the lid, scalding the cup, washing the cup, screening and so on. Adopt high impact and low screen, and operate strictly. Drink slowly and carefully.
Today, some dietary customs in Chaoshan have been influenced by Fujian and Vietnam. For example, "eating raw fish" refers to slicing raw fish and adding fishy seasonings such as Jiang Mo and tick marks, which are delicious. The custom of eating snakes also comes from crossing the border.
The food culture of people in a region is of course deeply influenced by the living customs handed down from generation to generation by ancestors; On the other hand, it must be influenced by climate, soil and water, products and cultural exchanges with foreign countries. Therefore, the food culture of Chaoshan people is the same as that of Han people in Central Plains, but there are also differences.
Some unique diets of Chaoshan people, such as Chaozhou porridge, congou, Chaoshan pickles, Chaoshan snacks, etc., are formed due to the specific climate, water, soil, products and many other human factors in Chaoshan area.
Chaoshan area is rich in animal and plant resources, with a wide variety of aquatic products and countless varieties of vegetables and fruits. It is not an exaggeration to be praised that things are rare.
The dietary materials of Chaoshan ancestors have a wide pedigree. In addition to these staple foods, such as potatoes, rice, fresh fish and livestock, snakes, frogs, turtles and soft-shelled turtles, ranging from wild elephants to insects, have all become delicacies of Chaoshan ancestors. Due to the origin of this eating habit, in modern times, the diet pedigree of Chaoshan people is one of the best in China and even in Guangdong Province. For example, many Chaoshan people go on business trips in other places and find that people in many places don't eat or like pig offal, but in Chaoshan area, the prices of pig bellies, pork loins and other viscera are much more expensive than lean meat, which is why Chaoshan people like to eat these things.
The climate in Chaoshan area is warm, hot and humid, the soil and water are not cold, and the diet should not be greasy and spicy, otherwise it is easy to get angry. "Damp heat is easy to accumulate fire, and diet should be light" has certain scientific truth.
There are many kinds of fresh goods in Chaoshan area, and Chaoshan people have the habit of eating fresh things. Coupled with the warm and hot climate in Chaoshan, food cannot be preserved for a long time, so people naturally want to eat fresh things.