What is the food culture of Shandong people?

Shandong people are good at drinking, the world knows. But as a Shandong man, I have been drinking for more than ten years, and I found that the Shandong people are not as good as the Mongolians, and not as good as the Northeasterners in terms of the intensity of their drinking. However, Shandong people on the table customs and etiquette, drinking methods are also many. These things are a mixture of good and bad, some enhance the atmosphere, while some people do not like, here for you to say a one or two.

First of all, the seat. Shandong since ancient times is the help of etiquette, so the guests and hosts at the table, the distinction between young and old is not sloppy. At the table, generally rushing the door position is the master or the proprietor of the (is to buy a single invitation to the people), sometimes jokingly referred to as the table "Lord of the bank";

On the opposite side of his position is the master of the hosts to entertain the guests, called the "main accompaniment". These two positions are called a little different, but the meaning is similar.

Friends in the field if you can not figure out in addition to the original, to tell you a simple method: just look at the table in the cup napkin folding method can be distinguished. These two positions of the napkin folding method is different. The host's napkin is usually folded into a cylinder shape and inserted inside the cup. The host's napkin is folded into a fan shape. The location of the napkin is generally triple folded in the shape of petals. The whole layout of the napkin is a bit like a phoenix spreading its wings. Fixed these two seats, other positions are good to determine. Sitting on the master's right is the "guest of honor", the left is the "second guest"; the main accompanied by both sides, the right for the top, but also more important, together with the meal is best not to be wrong. The rest of the position of the guests can sit casually, the table jokingly referred to these people are "not three", the reason is that there is no "three guests", "four" called.

The guests were seated, and began to pour wine. Shandong people like to drink, especially like a big bowl of wine. This seems to have the legacy of the Liangshan warriors. Nowadays, although the big bowl is not used, but the small cup is not used. If you see in movies or TV dramas that Shandong people drink from small cups with three coins, that's pure bullshit. The standard cup in Shandong nowadays is a three-two-three tall glass (there is no way to prove what kind of people first popularized this kind of cup, but a bottle of white wine can be poured into exactly three glasses). Wine is usually white wine, the degree is usually about 38 degrees (Shandong people do not like to drink a high degree of wine). Of course, you can also drink beer, but generally in accordance with the ratio of white wine, beer 1:6 discount. After being seated each first full of such a cup, called the door cup. It means that you sweep the snow in front of the door. This glass of wine is every person must drink, do not drink is disrespectful to the host or proprietor. This first drink should of course be led by the host. The host usually has to make an opening speech, be polite, and then set a standard. That is to say, this cup of wine should be divided into several times to drink. Usually it is 6 times, called "six times". The meaning of "up" includes the meaning of "development", which is good luck. In this way, everyone under the leadership of the host, while drinking, eating, talking. This wine is generally not clink glasses, Shandong people called "clink drink does not count". But when you raise your glass, you can point on the table, called "over the electricity". Often can be heard in the restaurant inside the ping-pong sound of such a wine glass knocking on the table. Drinking table jokingly called "beggars meeting".