"endless changes." The container is Tie Guai Li's medicine gourd, and the Eight Immortals are the first. However, this gourd is made into a disc, and it is filled with aged vinegar. As a god said, what is in this precious gourd is a panacea to save lives. "Two flutes to gather immortals" is a kind of flute plate, which contains spicy and crisp vegetables. The flute is Han Xiangzi's musical instrument. "Jade pilgrimage" is a jade plate filled with squid and pig's ear rolls, and the jade plate is a musical instrument of Cao Guojiu. "Lotus Out of Water" is a kind of lotus dish with crystal shrimp. He Xiangu is the only female among the Eight Immortals, and her musical instrument is Lotus.
In addition, the last four sets:
"Fishing Drum Daoqing" uses Zhang's fishing drum, which is filled with dried seaweed oil. Fishing drum is a musical instrument that Zhang usually uses as a backup singer. The basket-shaped box of "Flower Basket Welcome" contains radish rolls and cucumber rolls, and the flower basket is an instrument of Lancaihe. "Bao Fan Xiaoyao" is a fan-shaped dish filled with laver and minced fish, and Bao Fan is a musical instrument in Zhong Liquan. The sword-shaped dish of "long sword blowing dust" contains brine and tofu. "Long Sword" and "Dust" are Lv Dongbin's musical instruments, and Lv Dongbin is the core figure of the Eight Immortals, with the most fame and rumors.
Eight hot dishes: Among them, "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" is made of eight raw materials, such as sea cucumber, scallop, shrimp, shark's fin, ham, shredded belly, shredded mushrooms and green beans, which are abundant in Jiaodong area. "Hu Xian's treasure" means wealth and is made of sea cucumber, shark's fin, carrot, oyster mushroom, wax gourd and other seafood fungi. The extended meaning is that there are many treasures (vegetables) in Tie Guai Li's gourd, which are inexhaustible. "Wen Tao Pot-stewed" is to roast a whole fish or shrimp into a dish with sweet, salty, red and white tastes. Only by praising Lv Dongbin, can he play high, and his martial arts skills are high, can he save the people from harm. "Wanbao Zhu Xian" uses abalone as the main raw material, and uses the knife method to process abalone into precious fish. Because abalone is the king of shellfish and the treasure in the sea, it is compared to the treasure of Dragon Palace.
The "six eyes and six roads", which means all the best, is made from sea crabs. Crabs are named after them because their eyes can be more than 5 mm higher than their bodies. "There is a way to make money" is a vegetarian dish, which is cooked with raw and tender vegetables and rapeseed. It is named after the homonym of raw, vegetable and oil. This dish is a family heirloom in Cao Guojiu. He likes vegetarianism, which is not only the need of becoming an immortal, but also the secret of keeping in good health. The story of "reverberation around the beam" comes from Han Xiangzi, which takes prawns as raw materials and uses pebble heating method when cooking. When hot pebbles come into contact with shrimp balls, the reverberation around the beam is named. "Birds singing and flowers smelling" means a bright future. This dish is cooked with bird shells and Florists Chrysanthemum. It is said that Basket Cai was a stranger wandering the streets before becoming a fairy. He treats money like dirt, but birds and flowers are always around him. Once, he was drunk in the street. When he woke up, there was a big basket of flowers blooming around him. After becoming an immortal, it became his treasure.
The Eight Immortals Banquet can be called the local Manchu-Han banquet in Penglai, but its style is closer to the "official dishes" in Shandong cuisine. The ingredients are precious, but it combines the advantages of local seafood production, with dignified appearance and rich nutrition.