In the eyes of Yun Zheng, a modern person, it seems that the most famous luxury meal in ancient times was the so-called "Man-Han Banquet". But Yun Zheng has never seen what the Man-Han Banquet looks like. But this year he had this meal at Yundai Mansion.
For the New Year's Eve dinner, Yun Zheng thoroughly enjoyed the New Year's Eve dinner jointly prepared by the chefs from Duke Yun's Palace and Yun Shilang's Palace. After eating it, Yun Zheng hated himself for having a mouth that was missing.
Even my tongue was swallowed into my stomach.
However, the Shandong cuisine here is no better than that in Yanjing. The New Year’s Eve dinners cooked by Duke Yun’s Mansion and Minister Yun’s Mansion in Luoyang are all Henan cuisine.
Speaking of this Henan cuisine, from the Shang Dynasty, the three soups, five soups, and eight treasures of the Zhou court, the banquets and vegetarian banquets in the east and west cities of Luoyang in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and even the palace shops in Luoyang in the Wei Dynasty are all beautiful and beautiful.
The beauty is endless; for thousands of years, Henan's famous dishes have been star-studded, decorated with ancient Shang and Zhou Dynasty styles, Han and Tang Dynasty traditions, and Luoyang's masterpiece. There are countless famous dishes such as barbecued square ribs, lamb, fat duck, stir-fried, stir-fried and fried steak.
Braised sweet and sour yellow river carp noodles, peony agarwood, white grilled tripe, fried purple crispy pork, pot stickers and tofu, shredded emerald fish, braised yellow incense tube, dongpo pork, cassia dumplings, hibiscus sea cucumber,
Juice lobster shrimp, three fresh iron pot baked eggs, pan-fried herring head and tail; unique taste of bucket chicken, the world's best Xiaolong soup dumplings, etc.
In fact, although Yunzheng loves to eat, the taste of this young comrade is not necessarily so unique and outstanding. He actually has no special hobby for some weird food. Instead, he has some common materials and some superb skills.
He is even more interested in the delicacies made with his skills, such as the plate of lamb braised with green onions that is closest to him.
Sheep is Xiang. It has always been a noble food in history. In the Wei Dynasty, 72 restaurants in Luoyang used mutton as the main raw material. Mutton is warm in nature and suitable for all ages. This dish uses cooked fat rib meat, cut into strips, and served with fried yellow onions.
Section, spread the magnolia slices on the pot grate, add stock, add the seasonings and stir-fry over a medium fire until the juice is thick, then turn it into a plate, add the soup in the pot to thicken the water, add a little pepper oil and add the sauce to the pot, and it is ready.
Soft and delicious, mellow and long-lasting
Yun Zheng's only worry now is that there are too many people around him - although those with lower rankings all sit in the large guest room next to them to eat, the people around him are those with higher rankings, older qualifications, and closer blood connections.
Although the main hall was still full, Yun Zheng had to sigh: Look, there are so many retired cadres to support, how can our Yun family not be in economic crisis?
It's not good to have too many people. Of course, it doesn't mean that they will crowd Yun Zheng, but Yun Zheng doesn't like to have many people watching when he is eating - just watching. The key is that they won't move even if you don't move your chopsticks.
They don't move until you move them, and they stop when you stop. Yun Zheng has no doubt that if he puts down his bowl and says, "I'm full, please use it slowly," these cousins, uncles, and uncles will definitely do the same.
Hui Lima put down his bowl and chopsticks to show that he was actually full.
Yunzheng doesn't like so many rules, even though he knows that these rules are good for maintaining the cohesion of a big family. After all, his family is no better than other civil servant families. As a military family, rules are sometimes more important than anything else.
Big, including family ties, but even if he understood all these, he still felt very unhappy. The modern equality and warmth between father and son and relatives could hardly be found in this prominent family.
He understands that this is the price he should pay for traveling to such a prominent status. He can only bear it.
Fortunately, not everyone is like this and follows Yun Zheng's footsteps. At least his uncle, Yun Dai, the real host of today's New Year's Eve dinner, is not like this.
Although Yun Dai is a civil servant, perhaps because he is Yun Lan's only younger brother, none of the clan generals who come to celebrate the New Year dare to neglect him. And his level of greeting people is better than Yun Zheng, a boy with very shallow social experience.
It's much better. He often only needs one or two words to make the listeners laugh. However, even if Yunzheng forces a smile and speaks softly and comforts, everyone who listens to him will look serious and nod frequently.
He said so - Yun Zheng even doubted whether these people heard what he said clearly. Otherwise, when he just said "Well, keep going", why didn't any of these people express a little doubt about the word "come on"?
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At this moment, he particularly misses Yun Yi and others who are fighting in the north. These new generation of young generals of the Yun family army who are similar to himself are good friends for him.
Then there is the Heaven and Earth Table, which is a temporary offering table specially set up for New Year’s Eve. Houses without large Buddhist halls usually pay special attention to the Heaven and Earth Table, because they usually offer less to the Buddha, but at the end of the year, they give great rewards to the gods and Buddhas.
Once, in addition, this table is mainly used to receive gods. The contents of the heaven and earth table are different from those in the permanent Buddhist hall. In addition to the common hanging coins, incense candles, five offerings, and large offerings, most of the idols enshrined are temporary.
For example: "Hundred Percent", which is a woodcut album of gods and goddesses; "Eighteen Buddhas and Gods of the Three Realms of Heaven and Earth", which is a full deity code printed with watercolor woodcut on large yellow edged paper; portraits of the three stars of fortune, prosperity and longevity, etc.
Some of the statues are burned immediately after receiving the gods, while others, such as "100%", have to be burned on the fifth day of the festival, or even burned during the Lantern Festival. The position of the heaven and earth table is not uniform.
The earth is placed in the courtyard. It is said that this night is the time when the gods from the sky descend to the realm, so the people have this custom of receiving the gods.
After all the procedures are completed, the new year has finally arrived, and the first child's hour in Wanchang's eighteenth year is about to arrive.
Yun Dai had a smile on his face, but very covertly, he pulled Yun Zheng aside, handed out a thick stack of red envelopes, and said, "Not ready? Here, take it."
Yunzheng was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that not only had he been crowned this year, but he was now celebrating the New Year on behalf of his father, Marshal Yun Lan, with these clansmen. Some of these clansmen's nephews or grandchildren were at Young Eagle Courtyard in Yanjing.
They were educated here, and some served in the military in Shanxi and Hebei provinces, but there were also some little guys under ten years old who were mostly brought with them by themselves. Naturally, they brought them here during the Chinese New Year.
Since this young marshal is "acting" for the marshal, it is natural for him to hand out red envelopes on behalf of his father. However, the inexperienced self has long forgotten about this matter and looked at the red envelope handed over by Yun Dai.
, Yunzheng said gratefully: "Thank you very much, uncle."
"Ah? It's just a few red envelopes. Why thank you? Take it quickly and be careful not to let others see it."
Yunzheng took the red envelope, nodded towards Yun Dai, put away the red envelope, looked at the sky, and heard the solemn New Year's bell from the White Horse Temple.
The eighteenth year of Wanchang has finally arrived
