Min: joyful big stove
Southern Min people for "stove", that is, on the night of the New Year's Eve meal is a special attention, the stove is cooked that is sacrificed to the ancestors after the gods and god of the food, will be sacrificed to the food into the pot to cook together, the formation of the smorgasbord.
In southern Fujian, once upon a time, when eating New Year's Eve dinner, in the center of the table should be placed in a special hot pot, there is a chimney in the middle, inside the charcoal, this kind of hot pot in some places are still in use today. There is no substitute for the aroma that comes from the old hot pot.
The people of southern Fujian attach special importance to the "fire", the meal on the night of the New Year's Eve, in which the food cooked in the fire is sacrificed to the ancestors and gods, and the sacrificed food is put into the pot to be cooked together to form a big stew. The name of the food and the combination of food are all very particular, for example, there must be fish, it is called Niannianrui (fish), eating fish head heralds the coming year "rich and fertile" (southern Fujian local dialect); some people should have mustard on the table, called "longevity vegetables", symbolizing the long life; there is also a "long life" on the table. The family table to have "leek", "leek" and "long" resonance, symbolizing longevity; radish is also indispensable, Minnan called it "head of vegetables ", that" good luck "(good omen); but also have chicken, chicken resonance" Ji ", Minnan language means" home "; eat fish balls, shrimp balls, meatballs The "three yuan and the first" meaning ("pill" and "yuan" homonym, three yuan is the first, will be the first, the first, the first) ... ...
Fujian New Year's Eve Recipes I. Buddha jumps over the wall
To put all the good luck in the New Year's Day into the belly of the whole family, but the task is arduous. Fortunately, the ancestors of the Fujian people as early as more than 100 years ago for future generations to cope with this complex and elaborate New Year's Eve dinner preparation program - "Buddha jumped over the wall": shark's fin, abalone, ginseng, fish maw, chicken, duck, sheep's elbow, pig's trotters, gizzards, asparagus, ham, Tendons, flower face mushrooms, pork belly, dried scallops, bone broth, etc., plus green onions, ginger, tangerine peel, cinnamon ...... mountain treasures and sea food, birds and beasts all together. And peculiarly, dozens of raw materials, ingredients *** simmered in the Shaoxing flower carving wine altar, both *** the same flavor, but also to maintain their own characteristics.
Putting an altar of Buddha jumping over the wall on the table of the New Year's Eve dinner, the symbolism, nutrition, flavor and atmosphere are all there. If you are worried about not buying all the materials or grasp the fire, then go directly to the hotel to enjoy this year's New Year's Eve dinner. Many hotels in Xiamen are doing Buddha jumped over the wall, and can do this dish out of the blue is still considered the Yuehua Hotel, the flavor of the classic.
Min cuisine New Year's Eve recipes two, salty and sweet son to celebrate the reunion
Minnan New Year's Eve dinner, "sweet" rice cake and "salty" taro essential, meaning special and passed down: sweet and salty are all together, is the reunion. In fact, here and the rice cake is similar. All over the country on New Year's Eve have the habit of eating rice cakes, symbolizing the annual rise. Minnan people believe that when steaming, there will be "rice cake God" guard, do a good job, related to the next year's luck. So when doing (rice cake) will be the children of the family to support away, strictly prohibit the children in the stove beside the ask this and that, more forbidden to say unlucky words, so as to avoid "rice cake God" angry.
Wire oven New Year's Eve dinner table, but also sweet taro puree, because "taro" and rich "Yu" homophonic, but also arkshells, arkshells shells are similar to the ancient silver, there is a symbol of gold and silver ten thousand taels, is generally eaten at the end of the fire oven, this seafood does not need to be steamed, just use the boiling water to cook, the sea is not a good idea, but to eat the sea is not a good idea. This kind of seafood does not need to be steamed and boiled, only need to be scalded with boiling water, if you take it to boil, it will lose its fresh flavor and is not good for consumption. In the southern Fujian people New Year's Eve dinner menu with universal dishes are: oyster fry, fresh scallops, red sturgeon (crab), shrimp, taro Castle ...... and so on. Silk, red melon silk, walnuts, melon seeds, lotus seeds, sugar cinnamon these eight treasures material, is Hangzhou New Year's famous lard fine sand eight treasures rice.