Traditional Cuisine of the Tang Dynasty

The country is based on the people, and the people take food as the sky", as a well-deserved food empire, China's food culture has a long history. Regardless of the past dynasties, people were very fond of food and were keen to study various cooking techniques to satisfy their appetite.

Particularly in the Tang Dynasty, which was characterized by unprecedented economic, political, and cultural prosperity, delightful dishes and snacks emerged from the folklore to the court. The Tang Dynasty's custom of taking fat as beauty allowed foodies to relax and gorge themselves. Today to introduce you to the Tang Dynasty period of food, many of which continue to this day is still very popular, whether it is the flavor or artistic attainments have reached an unattainable height, has been imitated, never been surpassed.

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1, a variety of pastries

Tang Dynasty food focus on color and flavor, whether dishes or snacks full of artistic attainments, not only pleasing to the eye, the taste is also amazing. For example, with rice flour dyed production of various kinds of pastries, which "crystal dragon and phoenix cake", "flower folding goose cake", "glutinous rice cake", "cheese cherry "the most popular, ordinary people eat as a dessert, the nobles and officials directly as a staple food.

2, Hu cake

Tang Dynasty people two meals a day, remote places to eat three meals a day, the dietary structure to the cake and rice-based.

There are dozens of folk cake practices, of which the most representative of the Hu cake, pancakes, pancakes, soup cakes, etc., of which Hu cake is the most popular. White cake embryo oil sprinkled with sesame, put the stove baked, a bite of crispy, crisp, the key is a long shelf life and storage, is the people at home or out of the house, a good food.

3, cold noodles

3, cold noodles

In addition to the soup can be filtered oil bubble tea Xiao Jia Hundun, Tang Dynasty rumors called "acacia leaf cold amoy" cold noodles, acacia leaf juice and noodles boiled into noodles into the well water, natural cooling, eat in the mouth refreshingly sweet, summer heat relief, bring nature! It is a sweet and refreshing way to relieve heat and bring in the flavor of nature.

4, water basin mutton

In the Tang Dynasty, eating beef is to be sentenced to death, the people's meat to lamb-based, boiled, steamed or fire-roasted, a pot of water basin mutton with hu biscuits can be eaten very cool. Fried until the Song Dynasty was not invented, onion fried lamb ordinary people simply can not enjoy, fortunately at that time there are a variety of spices to enhance the flavor, which gives the lamb to the pepper belongs to the luxury goods, the price is expensive.

5, sashimi

In addition to lamb, the Tang Dynasty people also like to eat fish, a common practice is chopped, that is, made into sashimi, Japan's sashimi eating method is the Tang Dynasty passed over. Du Fu's poem "no sound under the fine flying broken snow, have bone has chopped the spring onions", knife master, cut the fish slices so light that can be blown up by the wind.

6, dried fruit

Tang Dynasty can eat very few vegetables, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, chili peppers, corn is not eaten, people's main ingredient is okra, with wild vegetables, fruits to supplement the body's nutritional needs. Tang Dynasty, a rich variety of fruits, lychee, peaches, pears, apricots, jujube everything, cherries are rare, this fruit belongs to the royal tribute, ordinary people are not blessed to enjoy.

7, Crispy Mountain

Every summer, the Tang Dynasty people's summer methods are endless, including frozen desserts. The hot summer days to a cup of pastry mountain, the bottom layer covered with cream, tired of seeing the white, with Guifei red, MeiDai green dyed red, green, with fake flowers fairy, sweet and creamy in the mouth, is the predecessor of modern ice cream.

8, wine

When it comes to drinks in the Tang Dynasty, ordinary people like to drink tea, adding salt, ginger, sugar and so on. Aristocrats and gentlemen like to drink Western wine, "grape wine night light cup, want to drink the pipa immediately urged", into the gold, silver, glazed to create a wine cup, drink a mouthful of flavor mellow, the beauty of people intoxicated.