The emperor's meal is called "dining" or "eating". There is an imperial dining room in the palace that is responsible for the emperor's meals. The emperor generally did not have a fixed place to eat. Most of them were in the emperor's bedroom or in places he frequently visited.

When it is time to eat, he will eat wherever the emperor is.

The emperor ate twice a day, the first time was between 7:00 and 9:00 in the morning, which was called breakfast, and the other time was between 1:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon, which was called dinner. .

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Royal dining

Here is the Qing Dynasty as an example.

In the Qing Dynasty, the institutions that managed the emperor's meals included the imperial dining room, the imperial tea room, the pastry room, the wine and vinegar room, and the vegetable warehouse under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Among them, the imperial dining room alone has more than 370 people below the rank of chief and deputy chief cooks, and dozens of eunuchs. There are rules and regulations for meals in the palace. The emperor's daily portion is: twenty-two kilograms of meat.

Fifteen pounds of vegetables and meat, one pound of lard, two sheep, five chickens, three ducks, nineteen pounds of seasonal vegetables, sixty radishes of various kinds, kohlrabi and dried vegetables. Five each, six pounds of green onions. Seasoning: four ounces of Yuquan wine, three pounds each of soy sauce and clear sauce, and two pounds of vinegar.

Eight trays of 240 various pastries are made with 32 jins of white flour, 8 jins of sesame oil, 6 jins each of sugar, walnut kernels and black dates, as well as some sesame seeds and sand oranges. The number of concubines, princes, etc. below the queen, imperial concubine, etc. decreases in descending order. Unless there are special circumstances, the supply will be strictly in accordance with the portions and no unauthorized increases or decreases are allowed.

The main meals in the palace are breakfast (6 a.m. to 7 a.m.) and dinner (12 noon to 2 p.m.). There is another delay at 6pm. Feel free to add meals at other times. The imperial meal order must be issued by the imperial kitchen a few days before the emperor's meal, and submitted to the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for review and approval, and then prepared according to the order. The emperor ate alone.

When eating, the imperial guards pass the meal to the imperial dining room. The imperial dining room puts the meal in a lunch box or on the dining table, and the guards carry it to the dining place. The eunuch arranged the dishes according to regulations, and after the food inspection (inserting a silver plate), tasting and other procedures, the emperor began to use them.

When dining, the emperor sat facing south, with a rectangular two-tiered dining table in front of him. The table was covered with exquisite utensils and dishes. Among the emperor's dishes.

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