First of all, we look at the name, there is a limited number of "eight"; there is a description of the definition of the word "big"; there is a noun "bowl". Then specifically to analyze, eight bowls in folklore refers to the dish, "eight" number also qualifies the dish, according to eight bowls in the country's folklore, it is limited to the number of dishes can not be less than eight bowls, rather than the absolute eight bowls; "big" is "sea", that is, a very large meaning; "bowl" specifically identified as "bowl", whether it is "soil bowl" or "porcelain bowl". or "porcelain bowl", "ceramic bowl", but definitely not "bowl", nor "plate".
From the national point of view, write a lot of articles on the eight bowls, some specific point out the name of the eight bowls, and some do not, more is vague, because it is difficult to determine which are among the eight bowls, which do not belong.
In spite of this, but the eight bowls or a certain relatively stable menu, just according to different regional customs and changes, in the eight bowls of pork must be every bowl of pork, sheep eight bowls must be every bowl of mutton, halal eight bowls are not every bowl of beef. In essence, now circulating every bowl of meat eight bowls is not the traditional sense of the eight bowls, the traditional sense of the eight bowls is a good mix of meat and vegetables, rather than a color of meat dishes.
The more famous recipes of the eight bowls are: Manchu eight bowls of fried small tofu with snow peas, brine shrimp and tofu eggs, grilled pork knuckles, burnt field chicken, chickens and precious mushrooms powder, braised vegetables of the New Year's pig, the Imperial House of Tsubaki fish, Amazon-meat, of which Amazon-meat is most representative of the popularly known as the Nurhachu Golden Meat, which is the era of the Qing dynasty grandfather Nurhachu passed down; coarse eight bowls of fried green shrimp, braised shredded chicken, the whole stewed egg soup crab soup, sea cucumber meatballs, Yuanbao meat, chicken in clear soup, dismantled braised chicken, homemade roasted carp, etc.; fine eight bowls for the simmered fish, braised shrimp, the whole family, osmanthus fish bones, braised slippery fish, Szechuan shredded pork, Szechuan meatballs, loose meat, etc.; Zhengding eight bowls are square meat, crispy meat, buckled knuckles, meatballs, bean curd (deep-fried tofu or white bean curd), kelp, vermicelli, and seasonal vegetables in farms, etc.; Honghe Jianshui eight bowls of pork, simmered crispy pork, shredded bamboo shoots, vermicelli, bladders, tofu skin, yellow smothered spare ribs, smooth pork, and other dishes. Xuanwei eight bowls for lump meat (red or white), crispy meat Tete (the childish sound of the group), stir-fried meat, casserole boiled ham, bean curd, leek root, cabbage boiled in white tofu or yellow tofu, drowned vegetables mixed with vermicelli, etc.; Qujing Kirin District, although not far from each other, but a little bit different from Xuanwei, that is, casserole boiled ham replaced with black pi zi, black pi zi is a must-have dish in that place, and the Xuanwei stir-fry than the United States. The black skin is the essential dish of the place, which can be compared with Xuanwei small fry. In short, different places are not the same, depending on the time and place, it is difficult to one point out.
From these dish names, we can see that there are meat and vegetarian, meat and vegetarian collocation, and even some of them accounted for half of the dish's raw materials have not been determined, all kinds of have, which shows that the eight bowls of the folk customs of the dish, the original is due to the time and place to spell out the dish, and then later on there is a certain positioning of the menu. In essence, the folk chef to do kitchen, divided into red and white two cases, red case to meat-based dishes, white case to vegetarian dishes. Eight bowls is a synthesis of the two cases of red and white, the main dishes to meat and vegetables, to adapt to different tastes, and easier to cook the way put together. In the past years in northeast Yunnan, it was different in weddings and funerals. Funeral to the white case-based, to reflect filial piety, sadness; marriage, cover the house to the red case-based, high celebration of joy. Sometimes it is a combination of the two to do, that depends on the season and vegetables and the host family's family situation to determine.