There is a tradition of eating New Year's Eve dinner in our country, and the dishes we make will be given a more auspicious name and a good moral. In this way, the new year will be smooth and profitable. What kind of dishes do you cook for dinner in 2019? Xiaobian will give you a menu. And tell you what these dishes mean.
Menu of 2019's dinner
Family reunion dinner
Menu of 2019's dinner: full of gold and jade
"Hundred flowers", "rich brocade", "Peony", "white jade" and so on are common expressions used by Cantonese dishes to express "wealth, wealth and beauty". "Baihua" usually refers to lac or shrimp glue, such as "Baihua fish maw", "Jiangnan Baihua chicken", "Baihua Niang double mushroom", etc.; because of the idiom of "Baihua brocade", sometimes "Baihua" is derived from "Brocade", such as "Brocade jade pouch", "brocade & Times & times; soup". "Peony" means crab roe, such as "preserved pigeon with peony", "Peony & times; & times;", and "Peony" in it means crab roe. It should be noted that 'Peony' and 'hundred flowers' are flowers, so' flower 'in the dish name sometimes also refers to' Peony '(crabmeat). As for whether to use pectin or crabmeat, it depends on the choice of the chef, such as' blooming flowers and wealth'. More inquiries should be made when ordering.
"White jade" is also called "Jasper", that is, winter melon or zucchini, such as "white jade zucchini preserved" (zucchini, Yuanbei, shrimp stuffed zucchini ring), "Jasper Hydrangea" (white gourd fish ball).
"Auspicious and auspicious" dishes are commonly seen in terms of "colorful cloud", "Yushu", "money", "auspicious gas" and "dragon and phoenix". They refer to cloud legs (HAM), mustard orchid, North mushroom, turtle (also known as Shanrui), shrimp eel and chicken and bird, which represent dishes such as "colorful cloud and flying phoenix" (fried pigeon slices with cloud legs), "Yushu money" (braised North mushroom with mustard orchid), "auspicious Qi" (stewed turtle with whole turtle or mullet. Turtle has a long life, so it is called "auspicious" Xiang ',' & times; & times; Dragon and Phoenix soup '(soup made of fresh shrimp, chicken, etc.). There are many such dishes, some of which are named casually, which are hard to be understood. We should pay more attention to them, such as' lucky luck shines on lucky stars' (eight delicacies of Fish Maw Soup), 'grand exhibition of Hongtu' (crab roe fried with osmanthus shark's fin), 'prosperous business' (braised mushrooms with scallops),' zhujunruyi '(a collection of scallops, elm ears, bamboo pith, crab meat, protein, asparagus, etc.), etc.
Menu for dinner in 2019: making money in four seasons
There are also those with the meaning of shunjiawang, such as' smooth sailing '(originally only cooked fresh crabs in the fire department, covered with crabs and Yu Fengfan),' top scholar and pot '(Yuanbei, shrimp, raw intestines, Shuifa tendons, etc., with the sound of yuan, hoof (number one) and dragon, meaning of hair),' splendid hongluan '(steamed duck with shrimp glue, night fragrant flower pavement),' reunion at the end of the year '(bamboo shoots, fresh mushrooms, white fungus, meatballs, tofu, vermicelli, etc., with chelizi in the middle) 。
The selection and combination of Cantonese food materials are very extensive and changeable, but there is a certain correspondence between materials (main materials) and dish names. Common names include Rose (rose wine), Ruyi (yellow ear, elm ear, tremella, cloud ear, etc.), jadeite (green vegetables), multicolored ingredients (such as barbecued pork, mushroom, cooked ginger, bamboo shoot, leek), Pipa (the shape is like pipa, mostly called shark's fin and three birds), hibiscus (protein, or Hibiscus like vegetables), Xiangxue（ Bai Xueer, Zan hairpin, etc.
The menu of pig's annual dinner and its implication
Family reunion dinner
New Year cake
It's a celebration to prepare New Year cakes. Because of the homophony "Nian Gao" and the changeable taste, New Year cake has almost become a necessary food for families. The style of New Year cake has square yellow and white New Year cake, which symbolizes gold and silver, implying the meaning of making money in the new year.
In the north, rice cakes are mainly sweet, steamed or fried, and some people simply eat them with sugar. The rice cakes in the south are both sweet and salty. For example, the rice cakes in Suzhou and Ningbo are made of Japonica Rice with light taste. Besides steaming and frying, you can also slice and fry food or boil soup. The sweet rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour, sugar, lard, rose, osmanthus, mint, vegetable paste and other ingredients. It can be steamed directly or fried with egg white.
Fish -- more than a year
Because there is a saying in Chinese tradition that there are more than fish every year, fish is a necessary dish for new year's Eve dinner. New year's Eve to eat carp, carp with the 'gift' homophonic, new year's carp to eat good luck. New year's Eve to eat crucian carp, crucian carp with the 'auspicious' homophony, carp and crucian carp to eat together is auspicious. New year's Eve to eat silver carp, silver carp with the 'Lian' homophonic, Chinese new year to eat silver carp for more than a year.
In order to have more than a year's good intentions, you can have two fish on New Year's Eve, one for dinner on New Year's Eve and one for the first day of the new year. If you make one, you can eat the end of the new year's Eve meal. On the first day of the new year, you can eat the head and the tail, which means that you have more than one year in a row and have a head and tail.
Pig hand -- get rich
Pig's hand can be braised, cooked, peanut, etc. there are many ways to eat it, because pig's hand means to be rich, to do everything smoothly and profitably, to be rich, to do anything. So this dish is also one of the most favorite auspicious dishes in Guangzhou!
Celery -- diligent
New year's Eve dinner is not only a family reunion and a good expectation for the next year, but also an opportunity to educate children. Celery in the long-term vegetables, which is homophonic with diligence, teaches children to be diligent, and only diligence can lead a good life.
Ridgeline -- great auspicious, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner stresses auspiciousness, 'ridgeline' and 'Liji' are homophonic. The sweet and sour sirloin of great auspicious Italy, as an important part of the opening ceremony, is also the most thoughtful of course. The combination of sour and sweet taste and golden appearance, crispy on the outside and tender in the inside, tightly packed with marinade, is not only a summary of the year, but also the expectation and blessing for the next year. No one can refuse it.
Mutton chops -- joyful. Mutton is one of the most popular dishes. Mutton has a warm nature. It can not only keep out the wind and cold, but also nourish the body. It has therapeutic and tonic effects on many empty forms of the human body. It is most suitable for eating in winter, so it is called winter tonic, which is very popular.
Beef -- the spirit of ox is soaring. Eating beef in the new year symbolizes that the spirit of ox will soar in the next year, good luck and great wealth. Beef provides protein, minerals and B vitamins including niacin, vitamin B1 and riboflavin. Beef is also the best source of iron for every day. In addition, there are many simple methods, such as stewing, stewing, stewing, cold mixing and so on.
Green vegetables - simple, ordinary is a blessing, green vegetables indicate innocence, celery implies hard work, the Spring Festival dinner table for the new year's hard work and a good life of vegetables are absolutely indispensable.