1. Color: refers to the color of dishes, which is an organic combination of the natural colors of raw materials and the colors of seasonings, and sometimes some vegetables, tomatoes, onions, etc. are used as a foil to achieve better visual effects.
2. Aroma: It refers to the aroma of dishes, including air aroma and bone aroma.
3. Taste: It refers to the taste of dishes and is the soul of dishes. It is the product of organic combination of main ingredients, seasonings and different cooking methods.
4. Meaning: Associative or meaningful dishes.
5. Shape: In fact, the shape is gradually separated from the color, mainly focusing on the shape and decoration of the finished dish.
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Dietary etiquette
In ancient China, there were strict rules on the eating of rice and vegetables, and the difference in grades was reflected by dietary etiquette. For example, princes and nobles pay attention to "cattle should be ranked, sheep should be millet, elephants should be straight, dogs should be Liang, geese should be straight, fish should rise, and all gentlemen should eat constantly."
The daily meals of the poor are mainly bean rice and huotang. "What people eat is mostly bean rice and huotang". There are more than twenty kinds of dishes. "Where the king gives you a gift, you can eat 611, eat six animals, drink six clear foods, use 21 products for shame, use eight things for treasure, and use 21 jars for sauce." This tells us that the diet offered to the king should conform to certain ethics.
Etiquette comes from diet, and at the same time, it strictly restricts dietary activities. Not only pay attention to food specifications, but also have rules for the placement of dishes. "Book of Rites Quli" says: "When eating, the food is left and the quilt is right, the eater is left, and the soup is right. Outside the stir-frying place, inside the sauce-dredging place, right of the onion slices and right of the wine paste.
If a guest is mixing vegetable soup, the host will apologize and say that the cooking is not good. If the guest drinks sauce food, the host should also apologize, saying that the food prepared is not enough. Wet and soft meat can be bitten off with your teeth, and you have to share it with your hands.
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