What dishes are there in Henan Eight Bowls?

There are four kinds of meat and four kinds of dishes in eight bowls in Henan. The four kinds of meat are mainly pork, and elbow meat and hip meat are selected, which are divided into sufu, crispy meat, braised meat and square meat; The four ingredients are mainly skin dregs, kelp, vermicelli and tofu, which are made by a unique process.

Eight bowls of Manchu banquet are the most common dishes in Manchu families, and the early eight bowls of Manchu banquet were only eaten in Manchu families. During the Qianlong period of the Qing dynasty, it was even more prosperous. Man-Han banquet has been developed in the catering industry. The Manchu-Han banquet was divided into eight treasures, the middle eight treasures and the next eight treasures. Eight bowls of Manchu are regarded as the next eight treasures of Manchu banquet.

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According to the Textual Research on the Sacrifice Ceremony of the Han Banner, banquets are five ding and eight lights, commonly known as eight bowls, which are mostly used for banquets such as New Year's Day, festivals, celebrations, welcoming and marrying the rich. At that time, the eight bowls concentrated on cooking techniques such as roasting, stewing, sauce, roasting, stewing, frying, steaming and frying.

At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan became the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, and followed Wuzhong customs, paying attention to diet and daily life. When the guests arrived, the famous chef was specially invited to cook all kinds of delicacies to entertain them, which was called "Three Thousand Family Banquets". There are "eight bowls".

The "Eight Bowls" take celadon bowls and bamboo chopsticks as utensils, and the Wansan Banquet includes dishes such as Wansan hoof, Sanweiyuan, fresh sauce, braised eel tube, stewed snail, braised mandarin fish, brewed oil, farm eel and carp, as well as snacks such as Wansan March wine, Wansan cake and sugar taro.

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