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The History and Origin of China Cuisine

There is a record of "Eight Treasures of the Zhou Dynasty" in the Book of Rites.

"Eight Treasures of the Zhou Dynasty" is a feast for the Zhou Emperor, which consists of two staple foods and six dishes. Eight treasures of Luoyang Palace in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the staple foods are "Chunkao" and "Chunmu". "Chunkao" means steamed rice with meat sauce, and "Chunmu" means steamed yellow rice with meat sauce. Dishes include "cannon dolphin", that is, small suckling pigs cooked by stewing, frying and stewing in water; "cannon fat", the lamb is cooked in the same way; "liver camp", the dog liver is cut into silk, wrapped in oil and fried; "Boil", spiced beef made by boiling beef pieces; "Stain", cut the veal tenderloin into thin slices and marinate it with wine and vinegar before eating; "Dao Zhen" is to remove fascia from cattle, sheep, dogs, deer and pork with a stone mortar and make them into meatballs for cooking, similar to meatballs.