People are the foundation of the country, and food is the most important thing for the people. As a well-deserved food empire, China's food culture has a long history. No matter which dynasty in the past, people liked eating very much and were keen to study various cooking techniques to satisfy their appetite.

Especially in the Tang Dynasty, when the economy, politics and culture were unprecedentedly prosperous, pleasing dishes and snacks emerged one after another from the folk to the court. The custom of taking fatness as beauty in the Tang Dynasty allowed foodies to relax and enjoy themselves. Today, I will introduce you to the delicious food of the Tang Dynasty, many of which are still very popular today. Both taste and artistic attainments have reached an unattainable height, and they have been imitated and never surpassed.

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1. Various cakes

The food in the Tang Dynasty pays attention to color, smell and taste, and both dishes and snacks are full of artistic attainments, which are not only pleasing to the eye, but also amazing in taste. For example, among all kinds of cakes dyed with rice flour, "Crystal Dragon and Phoenix Cake", "Flower Folding Goose Cake", "Glutinous Rice Cake" and "Cheese Cherry" are the most popular. Ordinary people eat them as desserts, while nobles and bureaucrats directly serve as staple foods.

2. Hu Bing

In the Tang Dynasty, people ate two meals a day and three meals a day in remote areas. The diet structure was mainly cakes and rice.

There are dozens of folk cakes, among which Hu cakes, pancakes, sesame cakes and soup cakes are the most representative, among which Hu cakes are the most popular. The white flour cake embryo is oiled and sprinkled with sesame seeds, baked in the oven, and chewed crispy. The key is long shelf life and storage resistance, which is a good product for ordinary people to eat at home or go out.

3. Cold noodles

3. Cold noodles

In addition to Xiao's wonton, which can be used to make tea after the soup is filtered, there is a kind of cold noodles called "Sophora japonica leaves cold scouring" circulating in the Tang Dynasty. The juice of Sophora japonica leaves and noodles are boiled into noodles, which are naturally cooled in well water, and when eaten in the mouth, they are refreshing, sweet, and bring the breath of nature.

4. Pot mutton

Eating beef in the Tang Dynasty is punishable. People mainly eat mutton, boiled, steamed or roasted. A pot of pot mutton with Hu cake can be delicious. Stir-frying was not invented until the Song Dynasty, and ordinary people couldn't enjoy it at all. Fortunately, there were all kinds of spices to enhance the taste, among which pepper to deodorize mutton was a luxury and expensive.

5. Sashimi

In addition to mutton, people in the Tang Dynasty also like to eat fish. The common practice is to preserve it, that is, make it into sashimi. The Japanese way of eating sashimi was handed down from the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu's poem says, "The snow falls silently and finely, and the spring onions have been chopped with bones." A master with exquisite knife work, the sliced fish slices are light enough to be blown up by the wind.

6. Preserved fruit

There were very few edible vegetables in the Tang Dynasty, such as tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers and corn. People's main food is okra, which is supplemented by wild vegetables and fruits. There are many kinds of fruits in the Tang Dynasty, such as litchi, peach, pear, apricot and jujube, but cherry is rare. This kind of fruit belongs to the royal tribute and ordinary people have no happiness to enjoy.

7. Sushan

Every summer, people in the Tang Dynasty have endless ways to cool off the summer, including frozen desserts. Come to a cup of crisp mountain in hot summer, the bottom layer is covered with cream, and I am tired of seeing white. It is dyed red and green with imperial concubine red and eyebrow indigo, and it is full of fairy flavor with fake flowers. The entrance is sweet and greasy, which is the predecessor of modern ice cream.

8. Wine

Speaking of drinks in the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people like to drink tea with salt, ginger and sugar. Nobles and grandsons like to drink wine from the western regions. "The luminous glass of grape wine, if you want to drink pipa, will be urged immediately." Fill the glass made of gold, silver and glass, and have a mellow taste. The beauty is fascinating.