When it comes to eating, for us, food is the most important thing for people.
There is even a sentence like this: "You can insult my IQ, you can insult my personality, but you can't insult my food!" Most of us Chinese care very much about eating, and we are also very particular about it.
We are proud to offer not only major cuisines, but also folk snacks to delicacies from mountains and seas!
Nowadays, most people consider themselves “foodies”.
It is inevitable to think about whether the dining tables of ancient kings were full of delicacies.
In fact, before the ancient kings ate, the concubines could not eat, and they would be used as scapegoats.
The "Emperor" is most afraid of death. Although the imperial chefs and eunuchs used have been carefully selected, they still cannot be trusted. In order to prevent poisoning in the food, the emperor often adopts methods such as "rewarding the meal" and "tasting the meal", that is, before the emperor eats
, give a portion to the concubine first, or let the personal eunuch taste it first, and then eat it. When eating, you must use a silver plate and ivory chopsticks to check whether it is poisonous before eating it. Moreover, the ingredients of the imperial meal are not available to ordinary people.
Including drinking water, the water from Yuquan Mountain in the west of Beijing was almost used by the emperor. Every day, there were carriages carrying water from Yuquan Mountain to the Forbidden City. The rice eaten by these kings was divided into yellow and white!
Some of them are tribute rice from Yuanli, and some are Jingxi rice and Nanyuan rice. The Qingfeng Division was established under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, which specialized in raising cattle and sheep for the emperor and supplying milk, beef and mutton and other foods. It’s curious to think about rice.
Countless delicacies from the mountains and seas, as well as rare dried and fresh fruits, were paid tribute to the emperor from all directions. According to records, on February 11, the 26th year of Qianlong's reign, "bird's nest stewed with rock sugar" and "hanging stove" were served.
There are 19 varieties of dishes such as "duck", "fat duck", "hanging stove meat", "wild hot pot" and one dish of "duck porridge"; for dinner, "steamed duck with bird's nest", "salt fried pork", "Dongpo"
"Pork", "Shredded Pork Mountain Vegetables" and the dishes given to the concubines are ***37 items. Only two meals on the 11th were served with 76 items, and if two snacks are added, it will be even more. When Empress Dowager Cixi arrived, she
Empress Dowager Cixi pays more attention to the ostentation. Every day, the chef collects delicacies from the mountains and seas, fishes and plants, and prepares them carefully. The dishes for each of Cixi's meals must be spread out on at least three dining tables. There are often more than a hundred kinds of dishes, including cold dishes.
, hot delicacies, hot dishes, and side dishes are all available. The most grand banquet in the Qing Dynasty was the "Man-Han banquet". It started in the Qianlong period, and it was even more extravagant. Let's imagine the delicacies of the mountains and seas, rare animals, and fresh vegetables.
There are many kinds of fruits.