The three dishes eaten in Hunan and Hubei during the Spring Festival are as follows:

First, the practice of fish with saliva:

Raw materials: one silver carp, two tablespoons of starch, a small piece of ginger, five chives, two tablespoons of lobster sauce, three tablespoons of cooking wine, two tablespoons of soy sauce, one tablespoon of vinegar, one tablespoon of sugar and red wine.

1. Wash the fish into pieces, marinate with salt and cooking wine for a few minutes, then add water and starch and mix well to taste. Chop the fried peanuts into pieces, chop the lobster sauce, and chop the onion, garlic and ginger.

2. Heat the oil in the pot to 6% heat, then add the lobster sauce, Jiang Mo and minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant.

3. put salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, fried ginger, garlic and fermented soybean, red pepper, pepper oil, sesame oil and fried peanuts into a large bowl, and mix them evenly to make a sauce.

4. Put the oil in the pan on a high fire and heat it to 4%. Add the fish fillets and stir-fry until cooked.

5. Take out the drained oil and put it into a bowl.

6. drizzle with sauce, then sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds and chopped onions.

7. Mix well.

Second, the method of spiced braised duck:

Materials: half a duck is chopped quickly (washed after flying water), eggs (cooked and shelled), ginger slices and peppers.

seasoning: marinade: two cups of chicken soup, one cup of rose wine, one cup of soy sauce, one cup of clear water, one teaspoon of allspice powder, one serving of marinade [containing pepper, clove, fragrant leaves, cinnamon, star anise, licorice and tsaoko], three tablespoons of ginger, pepper and crystal sugar. After all the marinades are boiled, turn to low heat and cook for 3 minutes.

1. Heat a tablespoon of oil and add ginger/pepper until fragrant.

2. Add the duck pieces and stir fry for a while.

3. After the oil is forced out, take it out and put it in the marinade with the eggs. Boil it for 15 minutes with high fire and then turn it to low fire for 3 minutes.

The meaning and implication of Sanquan cuisine:

Hubei people pay attention to "Sanquan", "Sangao" and "Sanwan" when eating New Year's Eve. "Sanquan" means whole chicken, whole duck and whole fish; "Three cakes" are fish cakes, meat cakes and sheep cakes, and "three pills" are fish balls, meatballs and lotus root balls.

there is a saying that no pill will make a meal, no fish will make a meal, and no soup will make a meal. In order to avoid cold dishes, in recent years, Hubei people used to put a hot pot on the dinner table, which was steaming and more festive.

Chicken is not a novel dish in the New Year's Eve dinner, but Hubei people have their own unique customs. For example, they are used to drinking chicken soup at the first meal of Chinese New Year, which symbolizes the meaning of "Qing Tai Ping An". It is also very particular about which part of the chicken belongs to whom. It is said that the main laborers in the family have to eat chicken feet, which means they can "get rich" in the coming year, while young students need to eat chicken wings, which means they can fly high, while the rest have to eat chicken bones, which means they can "get ahead".