The so-called "send-off dish" is the last dish of the banquet that everyone tacitly knows. When this dish is served on the table, it is equivalent to telling the guests at the table that "the dishes are all here" all say that ten miles are different. According to observation, it is really the case. Let's say that the "Fujian cuisine" on this rural banquet is different in different towns and villages here in my hometown of Jiaodong. Here are a few "Fujian dishes" I have experienced to share with you:

1 Before the 1980s, my hometown paid attention to "the head of a chicken and the tail of a fish", and the last dish to send guests away was fish.

Why do you emphasize the pre-1980s? This is because before that, the countryside was not rich, and it was a "big banquet" to have chickens and fish for banquets, which was very respectable. The first main course is chicken, which means good luck, and the fish is served at the end, which means that there is more than one year. Generally, when fish is served, everyone knows that the food is served, and they can withdraw after eating. In fact, there is another reason why fish is the last "send-off dish": In the past, rural banquets were cooked at home by themselves (or by a cook in the village), and the fish was fishy. If the fish was cooked first, the big iron pot would be affected before cooking, so farmers used to cook other meat dishes and vegetarian dishes first, and then fish was cooked last.

2. Wire drawing

I have been to a rural area, where the custom is that the last dish to send guests away is "drawing silk". As soon as the silk drawing was served, everyone had a lively "pull" and pulled the sugar silk crystal bright and long. After eating, you can leave and leave. Personal guess, maybe this wire drawing is also a moral, which means that I hope my relatives and friends will come and go often and have deep feelings.

3. Stir-fried belly silk

In our northern rural areas, one or two sets of goods are indispensable for making banquets. In some places, the last dish to send guests off is "fried shredded belly". Some people say that it means blocking, and there is also "no more", suggesting that there are no dishes below and the banquet can be over. 4, frozen, some rural habits, the last dish to send guests is "frozen." Whether it's pigskin jelly, pig's trotters jelly, ribs jelly or chicken jelly, in short, seeing the frozen food on the table proves that the dishes are all served.