It's time for the annual Chinese New Year's Eve Photo Contest.

The unique food preparation for the Chinese New Year in many northerners is not to make dumplings, but to open the oil pot. After all, dumplings are eaten all year round – dumplings for the Lantern Festival, dumplings for the Dragon Boat Festival, dumplings for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and dumplings for the beginning of spring – but a lot of fried foods are usually only made once a year.

In the past, when the conditions were difficult, you could only open the oil pot once during the Chinese New Year, otherwise the oil stored at home could not hold up; now there are big fish and meat every day, and you can only open the oil pot once during the New Year, otherwise the oil in the body and blood vessels will not be able to hold up.

There is no definite number of what to fry, such as shrimp with or without flour, fish pieces with or without flour, crab with or without flour, various tofu balls, radish balls, meatballs, and all kinds of dough and fruits.

Basically, a barrel of five liters of oil is standard, and two barrels may not be available for those who change the oil for the ground crew.

These fish, shrimp, crab balls can then be made on a separate plate or as a raw material to become part of a variety of dishes. Often on the seventh day of the new year, you can still see them fighting tenaciously at the dinner table.

In contrast, the people in the free shipping area are more subtle, and the common memory of New Year's dishes is probably egg dumplings.

You don't need complicated tools, just take a handy spoon and heat it on the gas stove, and then use chopsticks to pick up a piece of lard and wipe it. Experienced mothers know if the heat is just right when they hear the sound of grease squeaking, and then pour a spoon of egg liquid into it, and a little golden sun is a light flick in her hand.

While the egg liquid is not completely solidified, gently put the adjusted meat filling in, and as soon as the egg skin is turned, the semi-circular plump egg dumplings are ready. A plate of egg dumplings is neatly stacked, like a pile of chubby gold ingots.

So, what is your family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner tonight?

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