The Culture of Fuzhou Diet 余水莲 2009120020

Contents 1 Resources of Fuzhou folk dietary culture 2 Characteristics of Fuzhou folk diet 3 Famous snacks

1.Resources of Fuzhou folk dietary culture According to the cookers which were kept in the site of Minhou county, we can know that people steped into the age of cooking food instead of baking food 5000 years ago. Since the Ming dynasty, Fuzhou cuisine is developing gradually. Now the Fuzhou dietary culture is rich, and has a long history. It not only has the basic parts of many delicious snacks, but also has a unique minority nationality dietary culture, which makes the fuzhou diet richer and more splendid.

1.Resources of Fuzhou folk dietary culture There are more than 40 ethnic groups in Fuzhou, their different diet characteristics, dietary materials, tastes, taboos. All of these make great influences on people's life. Moreover, these foods meet the needs of tourists to some extent.

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall（佛跳墙） Braised Chicken Preserved with Red Vinasse（醉糟鸡） Buddha Jumps Over the Wall（佛跳墙） 2.Characteristics of Fuzhou folk diet Due to Fuzhou city is located in the southeast coast, they usually choose seafood to prepare all kinds of delicious dishes. Flavourings: Strict, Exquisite. Shrimp sauce, red vinasse（酒糟）is often used in fuzhou Cuisine, They seldom used spicy condiment. Shark fin鱼翅, Abalone鲍鱼, Sea slug海参, Dried scallops干贝, Duck, Chicken breast, Pig's trotters, mushrooms, pigeon eggs and other ingredients

2.Characteristics of Fuzhou folk diet Dou Fu Li（豆腐蛎） Litchi meat(荔枝肉) 2.Characteristics of Fuzhou folk diet C. Pay attention to the real tastes of food. D. Taste :Light, Sweet, Sour. E. Pay attention to make soup, A bowl of soup has ten kinds of tastes(一汤十变). F. Fuzhou folk diet chase not only the delicious of food, but also the nutrition.

3.Famous Snacks—Fish Ball (鱼丸) Bubble delicious soup after cooking, adding chopped green onion which is floating on the soup, called “seven stars fish ball”. To be regional flavored snack, the outsiders feel pleasure to eat fish balls.

The enthusiastic fan send a bowl of fish balls to Eason, Eason swallowed two grain of fish balls on the spot, he said he particularly like fish balls. Guys, give me a few more later.

3.Famous Snacks—Bian Rou（扁肉） Bian Rou is also called “Tai Ping Yan”, which is a main dish at the wedding or in celebration of the birthday. Then the guests have to wait to eat this dish until after the bride and groom to thank their elders.

3.Famous Snacks—Pan Edges Paste（锅边糊） Pan Edges Paste is a unique snack of Fuzhou. Long ago, the people around south Fuzhou, when they welcome the Earth God Festival, doing Pan Edges Paste in march. Now Pan Edges Paste still is the favorite breakfast in Fuzhou.

3.Famous Snacks—Guang Bing(光饼) In lunar september 27, 1562, resisting Japanese national hero Qi Jiguang, led the troops in pursuit of pirates in Fuqing.

3.Famous Snacks—Guang Bing(光饼) In order to improve the speed of marching soldiers ,Qi Jiguang layout every camp to make round biscuit by using flour. Then they play a small hole in the middle, with ropes together backing to the body, so that the soldiers carried as temporary dry food. because it was widely available to fill their stomachs, making contributions to fight Japanese. To commemorate Qi Jiguang, people called this biscuit “guangbing”.

3.Famous Snacks—Yu Ni(芋泥) Yu Ni is a sweetmeat, which is very popular among girls.

3.Famous Snacks—Extra-thin noodles(线面) Extra-thin noodles is very common in people’s life, people usually eat a bowl of extra-thin noodles on New Year or at birthday. Extra-thin noodles means peace and safe.

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