I come from Chaoshan, which is a very controversial place. There are some controversial people living there, including world-famous "specialties" and accusations. For example, some people think that this place is very backward and remote, and the people here are very traditional, very patriarchal and very masculine. There are also some people who think that the girls here are "very virtuous", and the men here are very responsible and have strong family values. Some people think it is barbaric and exclusive, while others think it is outstanding.
I remember once, I heard a man say that he would go to Shanwei around 21, but he didn't even dare to go out. He thought that Chaoshan area was afraid of his life, so I almost laughed, and of course I despised it. Although it is a leader, the rebuttal still needs to be refuted, and there is still a sense of regional identity.
When it comes to Chaoshan, it is inseparable from the food here and the people here. The food has nurtured one person, and this Renye Fang has created the food here.
Chaoshan people have a great feature, which is also a traditional virtue praised by many China people-"modesty", which is actually saving face. Chaoshan people's modest words can only be said by themselves, not by others. If others violate them, the consequences will be very serious. Chaoshan people are likely to argue with you, ranging from a red throat to a broken relationship. How can the Chaoshan people who have always made money with kindness become people who are torn by disagreement?
Because Chaoshan people love face the most. Chaoshan people often think that if you are modest, you can say it yourself, and everyone with a discerning eye knows that it is modest, but when others say it, it is contempt, provocation, trampling on personality and insulting dignity. One of the philosophies of Chaoshan people is that it is difficult to wear a high hat. Don't blow it too loudly, it will be kicked out and you will lose face, so you often talk about modesty.
Chaoshan people's love of face is also reflected in the food. The best ingredients must be given on important occasions, and must be reserved for entertaining important people. The best dishes I ate when I was a child were all at the wedding banquet of my family. At that time, I didn't understand what a Manchu banquet was and what a seven-star moon was. I only knew how to eat. Now I know why it is so delicious, because half of a Chaoshan banquet is seafood.
Chaoshan banquet pays attention to the ingredients to the extreme, which also makes Chaoshan cuisine the most expensive dish in the well-known Cantonese cuisine. There are many kinds of seafood here, such as lobster, three-eyed crab, white-eyed crab, big conch, clam, all kinds of deep-sea fish, tiger spotted fish, peeled fish, elder brother fish, stone pillars and lovely fish. If you want to eat the best fish in Chaoshan, you must look for this "international brand", which is "local". As long as it is local, it will taste pure.
the second characteristic of Chaoshan ingredients is freshness. People here are probably the first in the world to go shopping actively. At four o'clock in the morning, some people began to wholesale fish products in the fish market, and they could snap up the freshest ingredients in the market around five o'clock. The seafood that has been fished up is preserved by thick ice cubes, and the price is estimated.
lobster is the first thing that reflects the character of Chaoshan people. In the eyes of Chaoshan people, big lobsters are not necessarily good. South Australian lobster, although small, is compact and delicious. The handling of lobsters here is also rare and simple in the world. First, the lobster is processed, then steamed, and the shrimp meat is directly dipped in the light juice. Compared with foreign lobster processing, it has many ingredients, heavy taste and bright colors. The idea here is that the original flavor is the best food.
Although Chaoshan people like decency, of course, such generosity is reciprocal. If one party is stingy, it will definitely not continue. Therefore, Chaoshan people have a second characteristic, that is, they have a clear distinction between love and hate. Just like a pot of seafood porridge.
The seafood porridge in Chaoshan is different from the porridge in other places. This dish embodies another personality of Chaoshan people, with clear love and hate. The porridge that Chaoshan people like to drink must not be porridge, nor is it the kind of porridge that Guangzhou people like to drink that can't even see the shape of rice. The porridge that Chaoshan people like to drink is clear soup porridge. This kind of porridge pays attention to the separation of water and rice, so that a lot of ingredients can be put into it. First, prepare a pot of white rice porridge. When it is boiled, first put the beef in and cook it until it is 8% cooked. Then put Harry, shrimp and crab in and cook it slowly until it is cooked.
Seafood porridge in Chaoshan also doesn't need much seasoning and ingredients, and the ingredients themselves are very sweet and delicious. The food concept here is that only those ingredients that are not delicious enough need a lot of seasoning to supplement their shortcomings.
The third way to reflect Chaoshan people's character is dried radish. Chaoshan people are very hardworking. Although they are rich in products, they are not the kind of products that fall from the sky. The products here require a lot of physical labor and have a long fishing moratorium. During the long fishing moratorium, Chaoshan people have developed a hard-working personality. The men here are very capable of manual labor, and the women here can take care of the children and do housework. The man who makes money here has face, and the woman who can teach children is also very famous. Chaoshan people can never live without dried radish on the table. In rich days, they can clear their stomachs, and in hard days, they can eat, porridge and wine to survive those dark days.
when you look at delicious food in three courses, the first characteristic is seafood feast, the second characteristic is extremely fresh, and the third characteristic is simple beauty. Three dishes to see Chaoshan people's character, first, courtesy, second, clear love and hate, third, hard work and hardship.
Chaoshan people's personalities can't be finished, just like Chaoshan's delicious food can't be finished. They may not all be to their liking, but they must have their temper there.