Nowadays, many people choose to have New Year’s Eve dinner in hotels, but most people still prefer to cook it at home. With the improvement of living standards, most of the dishes served at New Year's Eve dinner are still relatively common, but when placed on the New Year's Day, it has a better meaning. Fish is indispensable at the New Year's Eve dinner, because fish has the same pronunciation as "surplus", and everyone likes "more than enough every year". Chicken is indispensable at the New Year's Eve dinner, because chicken and "吉" have similar pronunciations, and everyone likes "auspiciousness and wealth". Common foods on the New Year's Eve dinner include: Pig's trotters, because people hope to "make a fortune" in the coming year. The eating habits and customs of the north and the south are different, and the final dishes on the New Year's Eve dinner are also different.
I looked at the answers from other friends, and some of them are from the north. Some of my friends said that the finale of their New Year’s Eve dinner is dumplings, and more friends said that the finale of their New Year’s Eve dinner is fish. I live in an inland area, where we don’t have all kinds of expensive seafood, and the only ingredients are some chicken, duck, and fish. There are always a few indispensable dishes. Although they are not the finale, they are all family favorites. Aardvark and cuttlefish soup
Aardvark is what we call Muscovy duck here. A duck is a kind of poultry that is larger than a duck and smaller than a goose. The aardvark and dried cuttlefish are cooked together. The soup is delicious and sweet. It is a big dish at the New Year's Eve dinner.
A domestic aardvark in the countryside. It costs at least 200 yuan. Every year during the twelfth lunar month, our father will make an appointment with the neighbor who raises aardvarks, and on the 29th day, he will catch them and process them. On New Year's Day, he will light up the wood stove and put all the ingredients into large sand pots. Simmer it on the wood stove for three or four hours, and the soup is so delicious. Braised pork knuckles are our father's favorite dish every year. In the Year of the Pig, my sister will specially send a big pig's knuckle and a large piece of meat to honor the old man.
Cheng Jianshan in the Qing Dynasty once said, "Like the rich families in the Red Mansion, the pig's trotters are well cooked and they are encouraged to taste it." Braised pork knuckles. The ruddy color matches the festive atmosphere of reunion, and the texture is soft and glutinous. It is a must-have for New Year’s Eve dinner. The dumplings symbolize the year of reunion, so they are also a must-have for New Year’s Eve dinner. The dumplings here are indispensable. The dumplings here are not made by mixing all the ingredients together and then frying them. The dumplings here are made of sweet potato flour and steamed taro, and the fillings are made of pork, Shrimp, fungus, dried tofu, vermicelli, etc. are mixed together to make the filling. The sweet potato flour dumplings are large and soft in texture.
The sweet potato flour dumplings are a traditional delicacy here. Around this time, every household begins to steam taro and make meatballs. This dish will often appear on the dining table when guests come during the first month of the year. Braised Wuchang fish
Fish symbolizes plenty every year and is an indispensable part of every New Year’s Eve dinner. Fish, there is a braised Wuchang fish dish on our New Year’s Eve dinner. In fact, my family doesn’t really like fish, but in order to get good luck, I will cook a piece of steamed pork every time
Hubei is known as “no steaming”. As the saying goes, steamed pork with vermicelli is naturally indispensable for the New Year’s Eve dinner. In the past, steamed pork and rice noodles were made by frying the rice yourself and grinding it with a stone mill. Nowadays, there are less of them being made at home, and they are all made by buying ready-made rice noodles. . Although the preparation process has become simpler, this delicacy still appears on the New Year’s Eve dinner table.
Nowadays, people’s living standards have improved, and there are few special ingredients. What we can’t eat is no longer like when we were children and looked forward to the Chinese New Year just for the delicious food. Now, on the contrary, reunion seems even more precious.
The elderly at home are looking forward to their children living far away from home to be reunited with their families for the Spring Festival. In fact, why don’t the young people not want to try their mother’s delicacies?