? Shandong cuisine has the longest history, the richest skills and the deepest connotation, and has been the first of the four major cuisines for thousands of years.
Shandong cuisine is also the only spontaneously formed cuisine. Relatively speaking, other major cuisines are influenced by it. For example, Sichuan cuisine is a spicy style formed by humid climate, Guangdong cuisine is a luxurious style formed by business atmosphere, and Jiangsu cuisine is an elegant style under the influence of culture …
Some people use audiences to summarize the four traditional cuisines: Sichuan cuisine is a civilian dish eaten by ordinary people, Guangdong cuisine is a merchant dish eaten by businessmen, Jiangsu cuisine is a literati dish eaten by intellectuals, and Shandong cuisine is a well-deserved aristocratic dish!
Qilu land, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, has been an aristocrat since ancient times. The formation of Shandong cuisine originated from banquets hosted by nobles.
More than 2,500 years ago, the Confucian culture in Shandong laid the foundation for Shandong cuisine to guide the northern cuisine and pay attention to the fine, neutral and healthy aesthetic orientation. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Qin and Han Dynasties, Qufu, the capital of Lu State, and Linzi, the capital of Qi State, were both quite prosperous cities. The catering industry once flourished and famous chefs came forth in large numbers. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Shandong chefs and dishes entered the court, which further sublimated the style characteristics of Shandong cuisine, such as elegance, integrity, harmony and health.
Different people have different dietary preferences. For example, Liangshan heroes in Water Margin like to eat meat in large pieces and drink in large bowls, but they can also eat happily and have a rough diet. The ladies in the Grand View Garden in A Dream of Red Mansions all like very delicate dishes. If you replace the people in the two books with food, you will definitely not get in.
From 65438 to 0949, when People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded, the working people became masters of their own affairs, and their eating habits changed greatly, and they began to develop into civilians. Even the first banquet of the founding of the People's Republic of China at that time was mainly based on Jiangsu cuisine, and ordinary ingredients were carefully cooked, which was in line with the taste of national leaders. Ordinary people can't accept the noble dishes of Gongting cuisine in taste or wallet, so Sichuan cuisine ranks first, while Shandong cuisine can only take a back seat.
Now, regardless of the four major cuisines and eight major cuisines, people put Shandong cuisine in the second place. In fact, Shandong cuisine has become more and more unpalatable, but Guangdong cuisine and Hunan cuisine have far surpassed Shandong cuisine.
The reason is that, in addition to a small audience, Shandong cuisine is expensive in raw materials and elaborate in production, which is unacceptable to people with fast pace of life today.
Eating habits are not formed by one or two generations, and often require long-term running-in of several generations. Even now, those rich people can afford Shandong cuisine, but the taste may not be suitable.
Shandong cuisine is like a declining aristocrat, unwilling to lower himself and integrate into today's era.
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