A list of food in the garden
This was written by Yuan Mei, a famous writer in Qing Dynasty. The book is divided into 14 aspects: information list, warning list, seafood list, river fresh list, special animals list, miscellaneous animals list, feather family list, aquarium scale list, non-family scale list, miscellaneous vegetables list, small menu, dim sum list, rice porridge list and wine list.
Wake up the garden record
Written by Li Huanan in the Qing Dynasty and compiled by his son Li, it was named after "Wake Up the Garden" at home. The book is divided into two volumes, and records the methods of making 120 kinds of spices, drinks and foods. The dishes collected in the book are mainly Jiangnan flavor and Sichuan local flavor.
Record of gourmet treasures
This is one of the special books on diet in ancient China, which was written in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Yu Zong, a native of Yuyao, was a faithful believer in the Southern Song Dynasty. His official position was Huang Menlang, who was promoted to the son of the prince in the Southern Dynasties and later served as the minister of the ancestral temple. From 483 to 493 AD, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was in power. Once the emperor asked him the secret of cooking, and the conversation was speculative. The emperor didn't feel drunk and was very uncomfortable. Yu Zong presented a "sober shark", which helped the emperor a lot.
Yu Zong's "Shihuozhi" recorded the most precious cooking utensils among the famous families in the Six Dynasties. For example, "The Imperial Chef Yang-ti eats with a nine-toothed plate", "Xie Chuan has a method of making soup", "You can make cherries with the same color", "Jinling's cold drink bothers Shili people" and so on. All these reflect the high achievements of China's ancient food culture.
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Qing Louis is a collection of essays by Gu Tao in the Northern Song Dynasty, covering the period from Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Five Dynasties. The book includes 37 categories such as astronomy, geography and vegetation, and there are 648 related articles. Among them, there are 238 articles related to diet in eight categories, including fruits, vegetables, poultry, animals, fish, wine, tea and glutinous rice, accounting for more than one third of the book. The characters have humorous entertainment style, which reflects the rich history of food culture in many ways. The book records the Sui Dynasty's "Xie Satire's Classic of Eating" and the Tang Dynasty's "Burning Tail's Food List", which is the only relatively complete food list we can see today for the court and government banquets in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Other cooking materials, such as fruits, vegetables, poultry, animals and fish, some write about their nutritional value and some talk about cooking technology, which are valuable materials for studying the development of cooking technology.
Gourmet classic
Xie's satirical "Shi Jing" was written in the Sui Dynasty and is one of the masterpieces in the history of food culture. This book records about 50 kinds of food in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui Dynasty. Among them, there are pickles, soups, cakes, cakes, rolls, baked noodles and cold food utensils, including dishes mainly made of animal raw materials, such as "flying twins", "plucked chicken" and "cut clouds and fish soup". Judging from all the champions at present, such as "Northern Shengyangbian", "Yueguo Referee Golden Rice", "Duanxing", "Wanglao Sheep", "Yuehua Rice and the Marquis of New Governance in Spring" are all drinks of the nobles. However, some of them pay attention to various projects, such as "thousands of gold broken cookies", "dry sesame cakes full of flesh" and "a high-skilled jar filled with cakes", which reflects that drinking has reached a very exquisite and noble level at that time.
Ben Xin Zhai recipe
The author's signature is Chen Da Sou of the Song Dynasty. Because the room is called Ben Xin Zhai, it is also called Ben Xin Weng. The author's self-report: I often sit in my study and meditate on the Book of Changes. There is a paper book with plum blossoms on my bed, and tea brewed by Shi Ding, so I advocate a light diet. A tourist from other places showed a hungry expression on his face. The author asked extremely young people to serve a vegetarian meal. After the guests tasted it, they all said that there was no earthy smell. This book was formed when the host and guests were discussing recipes. All 20 kinds of vegetable foods are marked with vegetable class names, such as vegetable soup, leek, yam, bamboo shoots, lotus root, mung bean vermicelli, water-made butterfly noodles, water pills, white rice and so on. There is a compliment behind each category, which is concise and sixteen words. There is also a "small quotation" to explain its preparation method or reveal its characteristics. For example, "water polo" is made by "adding pink sugar and bathing in fragrant soup" Zanwen is "Tuan Tuan powder, a little sugar cane paste, soaked in bath, sweet and fragrant." This narrative method shows that the author is rich in literary accomplishment, and it is easy to popularize because the praise words used are simple, similar to rhyme and easy to recite.
Confessions of the Mountain Family
Shanjia Qing Palace is an important cooking work in the Southern Song Dynasty. The content is vegetarian, including 104 kinds of food that were circulated at that time, which is rich and colorful. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu had a poem: "The mountain family steamed chestnuts to keep them warm, and the wild rice shot the new moose." In the Southern Song Dynasty, Lin Hong wrote "Confessions of a Mountain Family", that is, the mountain family and Yi in Du Fu's poems, which means a light drink for the mountain family to entertain guests. There are two volumes in the book. The first volume lists 47 kinds of drinks and the second volume lists 57 kinds of drinks. Description is mainly vegetarian, but there are also a few meat dishes, such as rice, soup, soup, cake, porridge, cake, bacon, chicken, fish and crab. Most of the selected materials are domestic vegetables, wild vegetables, flowers and fruits, grains and rice, and some of them are taken from birds, animals, fish and shrimp. Although the materials used are very common, the wonderful cooking methods have also brought rich inspiration and reference to people. Many dishes are unique and unique, which can give people a glimpse of the level of cooking technology and art at that time.
Many books are diet drinks made from Chinese herbal medicines. For example, the title of the article "Radish Mixed Noodles" is as follows: "Dr. Wang promised that he would often smash the juice of radish to find noodles to make cakes, saying that he could remove the toxins from noodles." Ophiopogon japonicus soup is a pure medicine, and its name is: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, take root and remove heart, mash juice and honey, and cook soup with silverware." If it is simmered, it is stored in a magnetic device, and the wine is heated and supplied, which is beneficial and beneficial. This shows that it is a health drink made of pure drugs and honey, which can be taken after drinking. In a word, this book provides good historical materials for understanding Jiangnan's food style and the cooking history of the Southern Song Dynasty.