The custom of ten bowls for red wedding is most common in the south, it is a ten-course meal in many provinces and cities for wedding, birth, promotion and other joyous banquets, the custom varies in different provinces and cities, but basically it is more or less the same. Ten bowls contain a variety of meat, eggs, vegetables, seafood, etc., through the steaming, boiling, frying, stir-frying and other cooking techniques to complete. And each dish has its own instructions and contains a different meaning.
The first bowl is sea cucumber with high nutritional value. There are many ways to make sea cucumber, and because of its inherent fishy flavor, it will be eaten with a tasty sauce to cover its fishy taste and improve its texture.
The second bowl is the meat of the animal, there are lamb, chicken and so on, the practice is also different, but lamb is still basically baked and eat mainly, after all, other practices can not eat out of the freshness of lamb. For poultry, basically the whole brine to eat.
The third bowl is the eight treasures of rice made from various kinds of rice, which heralds the abundance of grains.
The fourth bowl is fried shredded pork, which can be fried in many ways and is made into different dishes according to local customs.
The fifth bowl is buckled pork, which is usually made of pork, but may be replaced by other meat if it is religious, and then flavored with prunes, which is fragrant, sweet and tasty.
The sixth bowl is fish, depending on the region there are different varieties of fish, there will be different ways to do it, some fish is good roasted, some fish is good steamed.
The seventh bowl is the haggis type of organs, people in many places like to eat this dish, think the more you taste the more flavor.
The eighth bowl is prawns, which in some regions are made to be eaten twice, with the body boiled and the head fried.
The ninth bowl is the large intestine, due to the special nature of the large intestine, if it is not done well the flavor will be heavy, so for the cooking of the large intestine on the culinary skills of the requirements of the cook is also very high.
The tenth bowl is soup, after all, a table of delicious food less a soup.