The local products and eating habits determine the content of hard dishes, including chicken, duck, fish, stew, stir-fry, steaming, sweet and sour, but the format is basically the same, and they all have the style of "eight bowls". Here we share the eight bowls of folk banquet in Xinyang Guangshan.
1. Overview of the banquet. Guangshan traditional mat noodles are generally sixteen dishes, commonly known as "seven dishes, eight bowls and one staple food". These sixteen dishes are divided into three levels: four cold dishes; Four hot dishes; Eight big bowls. Four of the stir-fried dishes contain a staple food, not vegetables, so they are called "seven big plates and eight big bowls".
The content of the banquet. There are no certain rules for the contents of table dishes, which are determined immediately according to the seasonal ingredients, family situation and the nature of the banquet at that time, but the sixteen dishes cannot be changed and are standard. It's just that the order of serving is particular, and the most important thing is the first cooking, which shows the nature of this banquet, whether it is a happy event or a sad event.
3. Order of serving. According to the custom, four cold dishes are served first, the guests are seated, the wine is poured, and then fried in turn, once every five minutes. After the first cooking dish was served, the guests raised their chopsticks and began to eat. The first course is the most important, which marks the nature of this banquet. If it's "white stuff", it's fried chicken first, and "red stuff" is fish. After frying, take steamed bread or snacks as the staple food. Then there are eight bowls, and the protagonist comes on stage.
8. Eight bowls. Eight bowls are composed of stews, steamed vegetables and soup, and the general format is "three stews and four soups". Steamed rice flour meat, steamed fried chicken, steamed fish; Braised beef, braised pork belly, braised chicken, braised trotters; The last egg soup. There are dozens of recipes for stews and steamed dishes to choose from.
5. The nature of the banquet. Just over twenty years ago, people in rural counties of Xinyang had something to do at home, and they all cooked at home and gave banquets to relatives and friends. Banquets are mainly divided into dividend and white. The "red event" includes marriage, having children, moving to a new home, having a birthday, hitting the college entrance examination, and all happy events worth celebrating; "White matter" means that someone in the family has passed away. This is different. White matter has joys and sorrows. The death of an old man over 80 years old is called "old marriage and funeral", and white matters are treated as red matters. There are also elderly people who have recovered from illness and other important family members who have recovered from serious illness. Wedding banquets should also be held to thank relatives and friends who visited during their illness.