Section 11 Royal Feast
After staggering for a long time, I sat with a sore back and finally got off the sedan chair. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info I had to step on the unfortunate maid's bent back again, and walk down with my feet up, and I couldn't wait to look forward, and I couldn't help but be stunned. The Queen Mother's dormitory, Cining Palace, is much more magnificent than the imperial study, and the atmosphere is much larger, which makes people's eyes open and breathtaking. The gorgeous pavilion is set against the backdrop of the distant mountains of Handai, lush and green, the layout is open, the red flowers and green trees are incomparably beautiful. A pool of green water like green jade surrounds it, there are dozens of flower trees, the plants are tall and handsome, the bow of the Yuan Na hangs down the slender flower branches, the wind moves and the flowers fall, with the petals like snow, flying all over the sky, it is really a thousand trees and pear blossoms. The breeze blows through the slender phoenix bamboo, the crystal dew drops slide down the graceful leaf tails, the bright sun shines through the blooming flowers and trees, sprinkles the kisses like broken gold, the mottled shadows ripple on the water, the fragrance of flowers floats in the dense water vapor, and the gentle and clear birdsong is hidden in the shadowy flowers.
The main hall is majestic and tall, towering into the clouds, magnificent, majestic and majestic, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't imagine its magnificence at all, rich in very distinct oriental artistic characteristics. All kinds of birds and animals are scattered in it, and various floral patterns are inlaid in it. The green tiles and red walls contrast with each other, and the green glazed tiles, like pieces of leaves, overlap and layer up together, full of vitality and greenery. The walls are vermilion, and the Chinese red walls are so atmospheric, heavy, and jubilant. The roof is copper tiles, engraved with dragon and phoenix Tianma patterns, sparkling and dazzling. The nine-song corridor is heavily guarded.
The red vermilion lacquer gate, the decoration is more gorgeous, there is the dragon and phoenix flying cloud stone, carved with gold nails, there is a golden pattern on the door, the façade has jade ornaments, the top hangs the black gold silk nanmu plaque, the dragon and the phoenix dance on the ground inscribed with three big characters "Cining Palace". It is decorated with inverted bell-like flower carvings, the calyx is white, the bone china is like a translucent luster, and the top of the petals is a circle of different shades of lilac, which seems to be dyed like nature. Inside, tall fragrant wood is used as the lemon, strong apricot wood is used as the beams and pillars, the rafters are made of bi as the pillars, the windows are blue, and the temple steps are red. The left in front of the hall is the slope, and the right is the step for people to pick up the steps. The wall band made of gold, with rare jade, the breeze hits, sending out bursts of exquisite and tactful sounds, intermittently, Qingyue is like a lady tapping the bell, the yellow warbler cries in the valley, and there is a sound.
The inside of the dormitory is another hole in the sky, magnificent, it is really Feng Menglong's "Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty Yi You Summons" "The pavilion is high, the windows are reflected, the secluded room is curved, the jade column is Zhu Yu, they are connected to each other, the ring is four, the households are self-passing, thousands of households, the gold and green are shining, shining on people's ears and eyes." The golden beast crouches under the building, the jade beast squats beside the house, the wall is built with light, the window is sunny, the craftsmanship is extremely ingenious, and there is no comparison since ancient times. The cost is gold, and the treasury is empty. Whoever strays into it will not be able to go out all day long. ”
Tall and precious sandalwood beams, crystal clear crystal jade for the lamp, thousands of pearls for the curtain, glittering gold for the pillar base, the white jade floor of the cloud white and smooth reflects the pearlescent crystal, ethereal and illusory, beautiful, like the heavenly realm, like a mirage, people can not tell where is the real scene, where is the reflection. The wide agarwood wide bed is hung with a thousand-layer green sara tent, the tent is embroidered with beads and gold and silver threads inlaid with pearl hibiscus flowers, the wind is moving, such as falling clouds and mountains and the sea in general, the couch is placed with green jade incense pillows, paved with soft silkworm ice, stacked with jade belts stacked Luo Shu, the inner hall is equipped with precious incense, curling up like the fragrance of flowers overflowing, sweet and fragrant. It's really a floral fragrance, like a dream, there are countless treasures filled in it, countless antiques such as Shang and Zhou Yi vessels, as well as hundreds of thousands of paintings and calligraphy by famous artists such as Wu Daozi, and more precious satin silk, gold and jade jewelry are more numerous, only the size of the night pearl is countless, I can't help but be stunned, the queen mother's bedroom is really rich and gorgeous, it is really breathtaking.
I don't know why, I suddenly had a sense of déjà vu and familiarity, how could it be so real, such familiarity? As if I had seen it somewhere, in a dream, or where, I had a strange feeling of being in a different world, but I guess it was probably because I had watched too many costume dramas.
"Queen Mother, the villain felt an extremely familiar feeling. I can't help but say.
"It's good to be familiar, and you'll get familiar with it in the future. The Queen Mother understated and said disapprovingly. In the future, is the Queen Mother going to keep me in her palace? I thought to myself, uneasy.
"By the way, the old body has not been out of the palace for a long time because of busy government affairs, has it been fun outside the palace?" It seems that the Queen Mother is very interested in the outside, so she called me in to learn about the situation of the people. As I thought, my eyebrows fluttered and I said, "It's fun, it's fun, it's fun." You can go to the Goolan tile shop on East Jiaolou Street to watch the trick show. Zhongwazi, Lotus Shed, Peony Shed, Liwazi, Yaksha Shed, and Elephant Shed are the largest, which can accommodate thousands of people. There are selling medicines, selling hexagrams, drinking old clothes, exploring and fighting, eating, shaving, paper painting, and songs, as well as hanging silk puppets, medicine puppets, telling history, novels, dancing and whirling, film and play, etc. The hotel of Jingshi is also lively, the door is tied to the door of the colorful building, the lights and candles are brilliant at night, and there are hundreds of singers with heavy makeup, looking at it like a fairy. The most famous is Fan Lou, Fujian Liu Zihui wrote, Liang Yuan singing and dancing is full of romance, and wine is like a knife to relieve sorrow. I remember how happy the youth was, and the lights were on the alum tower in the middle of the night.
"It's not just fun, but there's a lot of delicious food," I'm a foodie, and when it comes to eating, I'm particularly interested, because I did come to the right place - the Song Dynasty. Chinese food culture has a long history, and it can be said that it has set a new milestone in the development of the Song Dynasty. For example, the ham, Dongpo meat, shabu-shabu, glutinous rice balls, all kinds of pastries and other delicacies we eat were invented or popular in the Song Dynasty. The night markets we are accustomed to today originated in Tokyo. The American magazine "Life" once selected the 100 major events that have had the most profound impact on human life in the past 1,000 years, and the restaurants and snacks of the Song Dynasty were selected, ranking 56th.
Without thinking, I said: "Whenever night falls, the Xisi Square is so lively. The unique shouting of the stall owner, the clattering of pots and pans, and the laughter of customers all came and went. The fire on the stove is blazing, the heat is steaming, and the fragrance is fragrant. There is a lot of food in it, including street rice, boiled meat, and dried food. Badgers, wild foxes, dried meat, and chickens in front of the royal tower. Mei's deer, goose, duck, chicken, rabbit belly, lungs, eel buns, chicken skin, waist kidney, and minced chicken, each of which is no more than fifteen wen. The Cao family eats. To the Suzaku Gate, spin and fry the lamb white intestines, preserved meat, frozen fish head, ginger bean seeds, smeared dirt, red silk, batch cut sheep's head, spicy feet, ginger and spicy radish. Xia Yue Ma Yuji Chicken Skin, Sesame Drink Fine Powder, Suzhu Sand Sugar, Ice and Snow Cold Yuanzi, Crystal Horn, Raw Flooded Papaya, Medicinal Papaya, Chicken Head Sand Sugar, Mung Bean, Licorice Ice and Snow Cold Water, Lychee Paste, Cantonese Mustard Melon, Pickles, Apricot Slices, Plum Ginger, Lettuce Shoots, Mustard Melon, Fine Steamed Buns, Fragrant Candy Seeds, Sweet Lychees, Yue Mei, Knife Perilla Paste, Golden Silk Dangmei, Xiangfang Yuan, all of which are stored in plum red boxes. Winter moon pan rabbit spinning, pork skin meat, wild duck meat, dripping crispy crystal chest, fried slots, pig offal and the like.
If nothing else, the names of these dishes alone will whet your appetite and appetite. Even those tables and stools look different from other places, fat heads and big ears, oily faces, even the figures are reluctant to leave, lingering for a long time, even the leaves on the trees, the breeze and the moon can't help but come over and drink a sip of the Tokyo night market, drink too much, get drunk and messy, the leaves are drunk and fall to the ground, a mess, the bright moon and the breeze are crooked, looking left and right I don't know the way to come——"
I originally wanted to add oil and vinegar to say more interesting, aroused the interest of the Queen Mother and then went out of the palace, by the way, I slipped away, just thinking about it, my stomach was not angry and cooed a few times, the Queen Mother looked at the copper kettle dripping, and said: "You eat some snacks first, and you will go down." As soon as the words fell, the Queen Mother called for someone to bring me many exquisite pastries and told me to eat them at will. I'm really flattered and restless, what the hell is going on, can I just talk nonsense, I can actually enjoy such a high standard of treatment. Regardless of 3721, try the royal products first and then say - I saw that there are many kinds of dim sum inside, there are scorched golden flower cakes, quiches, hu cakes, peony cakes, hibiscus cakes, chrysanthemum cakes, plum blossom cakes, sugar cakes, sugar cakes, flower cakes, honey cakes, glutinous cakes, bee sugar cakes, chestnut cakes, wheat cakes, bean cakes, small retort cakes, chongyang cakes, all kinds, exquisite, and with osmanthus, Rose fragrance, sweet taste, fragrant, dazzling, with exquisite agate inlaid gold plate, I don't know where to start, thinking about such a beautiful plate, how much does it cost, can bring back one or two, I can't put down those plates, rubbing for a long time to eat half of it, it is really fragrant on the tip of the tongue, the aftertaste is endless.
I suddenly remembered that the rice balls were also invented in the Song Dynasty, and I couldn't help but chant a poem: "The little one suddenly remembered a poem of the current dynasty - the Lantern Festival is competing to see the lotus picking boat, and the BMW incense car picks up the falling Tian; "I thought that the Queen Mother praised me a lot and praised me for my erudition, but I didn't think that she seemed to be in a trance between her eyebrows and eyes, and nodded inexplicably, I suddenly remembered that this was a poem by Jiang Baishi, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, and she naturally didn't hear it.
Seeing the amiable appearance of the Queen Mother, I said in a stumbling voice: "Just now, the villain didn't know that the Queen Mother arrived, but he just saw that the Queen Mother was extremely young, so he called the wrong title." The Queen Mother smiled and said, "It's nothing, in fact, the old body's favorite is the title of queen." You don't know, how kind of affection the old body and the emperor were, the piano and the emperor sang together, raised the eyebrows, and the love was incomparable, although the old body was two or three years old before the emperor, but he still understood me everywhere and loved the old body. Hey, it's a pity, the emperor's body was weak, and he left the old body early, hey, the poor old body is now alone, and the orphans and widows depend on each other. If only the emperor could live until now, the old body doesn't know how happy he is, you better eat it quickly-" I still want to ask the queen mother why she is looking for me, but the chameleon's mood is like a cloud in the sky, it is better to provoke her less, and it is better to listen to her.
"Listening to what you just said is so fun and delicious, no wonder the emperor wants to run outside every day, and the old body will definitely go out of the palace to have a good visit another day-" The Queen Mother's thinking did jump, but it was just right, it was just what I wanted, and I could just leave.
"Okay, if you choose a day, it's better to hit the day, or you will pay the queen mother for a walk today-" I saw that the queen mother was rising, and hurriedly said.
"Queen Mother, today is the Queen Mother's birthday, has the Queen Mother forgotten whether the Queen Mother wants to dress up a little. "The turkey was so faithful that he muttered to the sidelines, completely ruining my plans.
"Yes, the old body almost forgot about this top priority, it's not good to let the officials and ministers wait for a long time, you go and help the old body prepare. "I was glad that I had another chance to escape. I didn't expect the Queen Mother to seem to see my careful thoughts, she turned back to me and said, "By the way, you will go with the old man later, look at your gray head, hurry up and take a bath, pothos, don't hurry up and make arrangements." At this moment, the Queen Mother has become very kind, like an amiable big sister. "The little one too?" I couldn't believe my ears, it was really a pie in the sky, but it was so good that I finally had the opportunity to see the emperor, satisfy my curiosity, and be able to catch a look. "The official family is going too?" I blurted out involuntarily.
"Your Majesty didn't go, he went out of the palace to inspect, but he put the gift in the imperial study early, this immortal body just went over early in the morning to see, but it was a coincidence, I met you An interesting person, the emperor is really a good child, a caring person. The Queen Mother said casually.
After the turkey arranged for the palace maid to wash me carefully, I put on an expensive silk satin, which was completely new and fragrant, and the queen mother asked the turkey to hand me a white brocade to cover my face. Looking back at the Queen Mother, she has already finished her makeup, and put on a gorgeous phoenix robe with three layers of ingenuity and ingenuity, and the carved dragon painting phoenix beads on her head are brilliant, and the Queen Mother is radiant, and her demeanor is indescribable.
After the preparation, it is already the bright moon in the sky, the breeze is coming, the bustling palace is brightly lit inside and outside, although it is night, but still "the fire tree and silver flowers do not sleep in the sky", "BMW carved car fragrance full of road", our black pressure of a group of people with the queen mother moved to the main hall, only to see the inside of the lanterns, the lights are red and green, Zhang Luo is very luxurious. Listening to the turkey said that it is specially for the palace diet of the Hanlin Division, the imperial kitchen, the account division, the kitchen division, the tea and wine division, the table plate division, the fruit bureau, the honey frying bureau, the vegetable and vegetable bureau, the oil candle bureau, the incense medicine bureau, the arrangement bureau and other departments coordinated in the preparation, according to the "Capital Jisheng" said - "the government and the noble family set four divisions and six bureaus", "each has its own palm, so the banquet is arranged, everything is neat", among which "the kitchen department is in charge of the ingredients, batch cutting, cooking, eating, blending sections", "the vegetable and vegetable bureau is in charge of ou dumplings, vegetables, and dregs It seems that this is indeed the case, the aroma of all kinds of food is mixed and wafted in, the strong aroma of all kinds of fine wine is in the nose, take a deep breath, every inch of pores is comfortable.
I was about to pretend to go with the servants to go to work, waiting for an opportunity, but I didn't expect the Queen Mother to pull my dress: "You don't have to go, just sit next to the old man-" I was so frightened that my hair stood on end, did I hear it wrong, or I was in a trance, until the turkey unceremoniously pressed me in a trance to the top of the mountain, I came to my senses. This is Alice's version of the adventures of the Chinese Song Dynasty, this is the presidential-level treatment, like a head of state suddenly meeting you for no reason, which really surprised me. "Thank you, thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother. "I'm just an ordinary person, nervous, excited, incoherent, and stammering. I'm really flattered, helpless, not standing, not sitting, uncomfortable up and down, this is completely beyond my imagination, what the hell is going on, but I don't dare to say much, I have to be cautious in words and deeds, in case one is not careful, this is ancient, but the mind will be divided, I have to say yes.
I saw that all the guests were dressed in fancy clothes, the female guests were beautiful, and the male guests were well-dressed, which opened my eyes, this aristocrat is indeed a royal nobleman, every word and deed has everyone's demeanor, and ordinary people are indeed different, and their manners are extraordinary, whether they walk in a posture or speak in a manner, the degree of discomfort is really similar to the models on the catwalk in modern society. I also vaguely met a few acquaintances, some of whom participated in the non-sincere Do Not Disturb in Lizhou, and those who met later in Pingshui - Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi, Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Su Shi, Di Qing, Bao Zheng, Zhang Yaozuo, etc., are obviously in high school and are working for the imperial court. But they apparently didn't recognize me either, which is what I want, lest I get out of the way.
The throne of the Queen Mother is naturally located in the middle of the main hall, because the official family is young, the Queen Mother is regent, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, so naturally everyone does not dare to slack off, I was added a small "imperial tea bed", that is, the dining table, sitting in a dark place not far from the Queen Mother. In front of the seat, there are artificial flower branches made of jewelry, a number of plates of rare fresh fruits, and a fruit plate for viewing only, the plate is a pagoda made of candied fruits, carved melons and fruits, it is really dazzling, beautiful, my hand can't help but stretch out to the jewelry several times, but unfortunately under the eyes of everyone, it is difficult to get it, and I am afraid of extraneous branches, so I have to swallow my saliva and do it.
It was really the Queen Mother's treat, leaning towards the banquet, with a large number of people, and the scene was extraordinarily huge. And just from the seat, you can see the dignity of the rank. On the opposite side of the throne, four rows of seats are set up, the first row is a high stool, a brocade cushion is laid, a low table is arranged in front of each seat, and a fruit plate with carved flowers or candied melons and fruits is arranged, and the prime minister, prince and others of the current dynasty and the envoys of the Liao, Goryeo, and Western Xia countries are seated. The next three rows were changed to low stools, and the three of them shared a low table, and the seats were also important officials of the court. The seats of the rest of the ministers and the low-ranking attachés of the countries are set up outside the main hall, under the eaves of the side halls on both sides, and the same is a table for three people, and the table is furnished with ring cakes, oil cakes, and jujube towers to form a "look at the plate", which is purely for decoration, and is not allowed to really eat, and everyone looks jubilant, and has a sense of joy with the sky.
The whole banquet lasts for a long time, and is divided into "pre-feast" and "post-feast". The first half consisted of five wines, and the second half consisted of four. Each round consists of three glasses of wine, with the head of the relevant government department first toasting to the Queen Mother, accompanied by the ministers, then toasting to the Prime Minister, accompanied by the Queen Mother and the ministers, and finally the Queen Mother symbolically toasting the officials of other departments, and the big guys toasting together, following strict procedures.
However, in my opinion, it is more like a tea ceremony, in front of the railing of the hall stands a teacher called "Kanzhan", he is dressed in a proper way, every time he toasts, he will sing "pour the imperial wine" in a subdued tone, and at the same time the wide sleeves stretch like a white crane spreading its wings, and then slowly fall, and finally a dragonfly falls on the railing like a little water. The Queen Mother solemnly slowly raised the gold and diamond wine glass, I don't know how much it was worth, and showed it from east to west, and then loudly invited the ministers to drink together. The scene is very huge, the full banquet is densely spread to the outside of the palace, so the palace door also stands to proclaim praise, the shift bows down with the action of the queen mother and announces the "drinking" three times, the ministers stand up together, salute the queen mother, stand and drink all the wine in the cup, and salute again, pretend to be a bit to take a seat, so repeat the five rounds again and again, quite hard,
Fortunately, the halftime break was arranged humanely, but naturally there was no football baby to accompany the dance, but it was also quite interesting, because the Queen Mother sent people to give the ministers all kinds of splendid artificial flowers, and a group of big men had to helplessly reluctantly they hairpins to the crown with a head full of flowers, flowers and branches to re-play, spectacular, I couldn't help laughing, secretly laughed, and they sat one by one, obviously accustomed to it.
The queen mother didn't know when she changed into a gorgeous dress, hairpins on her head, and after returning to the throne, the "back feast" began, and it was still a round of toasting and drinking, and it was not until the ninth that it was the final seat. However, the palace wine of the imperial feast is indeed endless, the flavor is unique, there is a sweet and mellow rose dew, there is a wonderful flowing fragrant wine, as well as the self-brewed family wine of the dignitaries, Blue Bridge Fengyue, Zijinquan, etc., each has its own merits, and the wine fragrance is charming.
Drinking was only part of the feast, and from the third onwards, the eunuchs knelt down to deliver the various beautiful and dazzling cooked foods to the tables, and everyone began to eat and drink and feast. Of course, these people are still very elegant. Moreover, this menu from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, as an ancestral law, has never changed for hundreds of years, and there is no new idea, so they are estimated to have eaten tastelessly and are used to it.
Wait for everyone to sit down, the first to send up is called "embroidered high gluttony eight fruit base", this is to see the dish, respectively, piled up fragrant rounds, real oranges, pomegranates, oranges, goose pears, milk pears, hawthorn, flower papaya. Xiangyuan is also called citron, Han Yanzhi's "orange record" said, its "long as a melon, there are long and one foot four or five inches, the fragrance strikes people, put it in the bright window net a few, quite enjoyable", is an ornamental fruit hawthorn like papaya and slightly larger, its color is yellow and its taste is astringent. These eight fruits are not edible, but only for ornamentation. Then serve the twelve flavored dried fruits, called "Lexian dried fruit fork bag", which are lychee, longan, fragrant lotus, quince seeds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, ginkgo, pear flesh, jujube rings, lotus seed flesh, Lin Xuanxuan, and large steamed jujubes, which also belong to the fruit. Then he took out ten boxes of "wisps of gold incense medicine": brain flowers, licorice flowers, cinnabar balls, wood-scented cloves, water dragon brain, Shi Junzi, shrunken sand flowers, official osmanthus flowers, atractylodes ginseng, and olive flowers. Its function has nothing to do with eating, and it is assumed that it is just to make the air fresh and fragrant.
Then bring out 12 products of "carved honey fried", there are carved plum balls, red children, carved bamboo shoots, honey winter melon fish, carved red group flowers, papaya large sections, carved kumquats, green plum lotus leaves, carved ginger, honey bamboo shoot flowers, carved oranges, papaya square flowers, from the name is not difficult to imagine its exquisite and clear carved shape. "Capital Jisheng" said, "The Honey Frying Bureau is in charge of molasses flowers and fruits, salty and sour wine", a major category of candied fruits.
The next 12 "fragrant and salty sour" are fragrant papaya, pepper plum, fragrant vine flower, fragrant cherry, perilla incense, fragrant daylily, whisk, fragrant grape, licorice flower, ginger plum, plum meatloaf, water red ginger, and miscellaneous plum cake. It seems to be a special processing method to contrast with the previous type of sweet and greasy candied fruit in terms of taste, and the next thing that is sent to the table is the ten-flavor preserved meat, corded meat strips, soaphorn collars, Yunmeng pigs, shrimp curd, meat curd, milk room, spin bream, Jinshan salted soy sauce, wine vinegar meat, and meat melon. The collar is also known as the puff, which refers to the straight strip of dried meat. The pickling method of Yunmeng Pig may be similar to that of the Counting Bar, and the spinning fish seems to be a kind of dried minced meat, "roast pork and mutton legs, make slices in fine batches, beat them evenly three or twice with the back of a knife, and cut them into pieces." Bring out the boiling soup and twist it dry in a cloth. Each catty is filled with a cup of vinegar, four coins of salt, a little pepper oil, grass fruits, and sand kernels, and the food is also precious." Pigfish is already a common name for preserved food. Then there is the so-called "Eight Plates of Hanging Hands", which include bee picking, grapes, rosary, prawns, kumquats, new coconuts, ivory plates, small olives, and elm oranges. Although these eight plates are also seasonal fruits, they are mainly small fruits, which are different from the "Embroidered Gluttonous Eight Fruit Bases" that are mainly served with large fruits. This is the end of the first tour of reception.
After the Queen Mother sat down again, the second tour of hospitality began. The first to be delivered were eight plates of "cut fruits", which were spring lotus root, goose pear cake, sugar cane, milk pear Yue'er, red persimmon, cut orange, cut green orange, and raw lotus root collar. Then there are the 12 new fruits, including kumquat, bayberry, new Luoge, cut honey mushroom, cut crisp orange, elm orange, new coconut, Cheyi mother and child, lotus root, sugarcane incense, new mandarin orange, pear and five flowers. Following the two batches of fruits, the 12-grade carved nectar fried and the 12-course brick fragrant salty and sour were served in front of the scene. Then there are the twelve flavors of "Long Wrapped Fruit", the names include lychee manna cake, lychee knotweed flower, lychee good Langjun, long wrapped peach strips, crisp walnuts, wrapped jujube rings, wrapped pear flesh, fragrant lotus incident, fragrant medicine grapes, wrapped pine nuts, frosted jade bees, white wrapped peaches. It's nothing more than something like dried and fresh fruits wrapped in icing, which is still classified as a candied leisure food. Wait until you send the same color as the previous ten flavors of preserved meat, and this second tour of food will be over.
Then the official feast began. The official royal feast has "fifteen cups of wine", each with two dishes, which is sent in pairs, implying that good things come in pairs. A total of 30 kinds of dishes are each five lamps for a section, each has a sitting, then sitting interval, between the banquet, there is music and dance accompaniment, as well as small singing, singing earning, drum board, miscellaneous drama and other performances. During the banquet, fifteen lamps were served in turn by beautiful maids with dignified appearances. The first one is a flower cooker quail and a lychee white kidney. The second one is the milk room sign and three crispy soups. The third is the sheep's tongue stick, the budding belly. The fourth is a palm stick and a quail soup. The fifth is belly belly and mandarin duck fried belly. The sixth is pangasius and fried pangasius soup. The seventh is fried horseshoe crab with eel and goose gizzard soup. The eighth is crab stuffed orange and milk room jade soup. The ninth is fresh shrimp hooves and fried eel. The tenth is hand-washed crabs, mandarin fish, and fake clams. The eleventh is five delicacies and crab soup. The twelfth is quail crystal and pork belly. The thirteenth is shrimp orange and shrimp fish soup. The fourteenth is jellyfish and two-color cocoon soup. The fifteenth lamp is raw clams and blood meal. In addition, there are eight kinds of food insertion, which are fried white kidney, moxibustion belly, moxibustion quail, moist chicken, running rabbit, moxibustion cooking cake, non-moxibustion cooking cake, and belly bone; There are also the so-called ten flavors of kitchen persuasion wine, namely Jiang Yao fried belly, Jiang Yao sheng, pike crab stick, ginger vinegar snail, fragrant snail fried belly, ginger vinegar fake public power, simmered oysters, oyster fried belly, fake public power fried belly, cockroach fried belly, and the same as the insertion of food is not included in the official wine fifteen lamps, it is really dazzling, dizzying, it is simply too rich, too delicious, and from the two-color cocoon, soup, quail crystal can imagine its color; from the fragrant snail fried belly, moxibustion quail can smell its fragrance; from the shrimp orange belly, fresh shrimp hooves can measure its taste; from the flower cooking quail, The crab stuffed orange can be inferred from its shape, which is extremely exquisite, which opened my eyes, it is really a delicacies of the mountains and seas, extravagant and extravagant, and there are no wonders. And mutton still occupies an important position in meat, which is also the legacy of northern food. These seem to be mentioned in "Tokyo Menghualu", and there is a sense of déjà vu.
In particular, it is worth mentioning that the crab stuffed orange, the most distinctive, the aftertaste is endless, unforgettable, in the modern society are the state banquet dishes for entertaining VIPs at home and abroad, sour and salty, mouth-watering, the sigh of the autumn wind. Everyone ate with relish, and the Queen Mother said with great interest: "These dishes are particularly delicious, see that everyone is happy, the old body will simply announce the secret recipe to everyone, and if you have time, ask the servants to make it, crab stuffed orange orange with yellow ripe big one, cut off the top and remove the grain, leave a little liquid." The crab paste flesh is used to cover it, and it is still covered with branches. Put it in a small retort and steam it with wine, vinegar and water. Vinegar and salt are used to make people have new wine, chrysanthemums, oranges, and crabs. Hand crab, chop with raw crab, boil with sesame oil first, cold, and grass fruit, fennel, sand kernels, peppercorns, ginger, pepper, all for the end, and then add green onions, salt, vinegar a total of ten flavors, into the crab and mix well, immediately edible", this recipe will be given to everyone. "What the Queen Mother said is exactly the same as the records I saw in "Wu's Feed" and Lin Hong's "Mountain Family Qing Offering" by the Song Dynasty. Someone below has already said loudly: "The Queen Mother is knowledgeable, it is really an eye-opener for us, I wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old." ”
There is also potato porridge that has also been on the elegant hall of the imperial feast. And just now I ate those shredded meat cakes, rich sugar cakes, milk cakes, chestnut cakes, mirror cakes, chongyang cakes, jujube cakes, flower cakes, molasses cakes and cakes in the dormitory as snacks interspersed in the middle of the wine feast. The most memorable is the ice and snow cold yuanzi - first fry the soybeans, remove the shell and grind them into soybean flour, mix well with honey, add water to form small balls, and then soak them in ice cubes, and you're done. There is also a big delicacy called ice cream - it really seems greasy and refreshing, and it is condensed and floating. The bottom of the corn pan is broken, and the snow is dissipated at the mouth.
I also wore a white veil, sat upright, and ate with sincere fear, although the position was high, it happened to be in the dark, and I didn't see the current emperor, and I couldn't help but feel a little lost in my heart. It is really amber wine, jasper, golden foot bottle, jade plate, food is picturesque, wine is like a spring, the guqin is swaying, and the bell is dingdong. The delicacies can be called works of art, the color is fragrant, the fragrance is pure, and people are reluctant to eat, for fear of destroying this art treasure. At first glance, the appearance of the guests eating is extremely elegant, fully showing the royal aristocratic demeanor, calm, slow, gentle, and sometimes brushing the face with their hands. I took a closer look and found that they ate quietly, quietly, their mouths should not grow too big, they could not pick too much food, and they had to put it in their mouths in one bite. As soon as I picked out a chopstick, I shouted to raise a glass, raise a glass at every turn, and wish the Queen Mother a thousand years old, a thousand years old, it is really a red tape, and the etiquette is complicated. For a person like me who has not experienced any big world, for a child like me who is a flat-headed ordinary person, not a wealthy family, and a rich second generation, I have never had a bizarre experience. I had to pay great attention and be extremely cautious, just like Lin Daiyu when she first arrived at Jiafu's house. I didn't dare to come out, for fear of doing something wrong, so I laughed generously. Even if the saliva in the mouth is like a flood, it will pour out, and the rescue and dredging work will be forcibly carried out, and they will be eaten alive. Then according to the gourd to draw the scoop, according to their way of eating, the food will be slowly and leisurely little by little, quietly sent to the mouth, cautious, cautious words and deeds, where is this eating, it is clearly being tortured, it is too uncomfortable. I'm uncomfortable all over my body, hey, it's not moving, it's not moving, it's not good if it's large, and I can't pick up vegetables when it's small. Where is the pride of eating meat outside and drinking in a big bowl, unspeakably uncomfortable and aggrieved. Just having a meal, I washed dozens of times before and after, wiped more than a dozen times, and had to eat tea or something, and said that the Queen Mother Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose, her hands were numb, in short, she was in trouble. Finally boiled until the end of the meal, thought it was all over, but the result was not over, and there was a special person in turn to take a beautifully carved small golden basin, if Xiao Fei came, it would really be a golden basin to wash his hands, and then take the trouble to wash and wipe it with a brocade white face towel. And these exquisite silk satins were thrown away at random like disposable paper towels, and my distressed little heart trembled.
A royal feast, a gluttonous feast, eating makes my heart beat faster, my eyes are full of stars, I am hungry, it is better not to eat it. It is not easy to pick dishes that are far away, and you don't dare to pick more dishes when you are close, and you can't eat too fast, so you have to chew and swallow slowly. An ordinary man like me, who has never eaten on such a noble table, naturally seems frizzy and hurried, and the servants led by the turkey cannot help laughing at me generously, but I pretend to be calm, and my heart is like a lively rabbit, thumping.
Especially the turkeys, when they saw that I, who was still the same status as them just now, actually dining with the Queen Mother and their dignitaries, I was so amazed that my eyes were about to fall into the silver plate. Although they were serving the food in an orderly manner, they did not forget to stare at me dissatisfiedly, showing their envy and jealousy. In particular, the turkey's red turkey eyes, coupled with her swaying and fluffy hair, resembled a turkey shaking her head, "How is it possible, how can she be treated well? How many generations of virtue has her family accumulated to have such good luck?" I had to deal with their stunned eyes with a sweet smile.