Why do Chaoshan people like to eat like this?

I come from Chaoshan, which is a very controversial place. There are some controversial people living there, including world-famous "specialties" and fees. For example, some people think this place is very backward and remote, and the people here are very traditional, very patriarchal and very masculine. Some people also think that the girls here are "very virtuous", and the men here are very responsible and have strong family values. Some people think it is barbaric and exclusive, while others think it is excellent.

I remember once, I heard a man say that he would go to Shanwei around 20 10, but he didn't even dare to go out. I felt that the Chaoshan area was afraid of his life and almost laughed. Of course, I despised it. Although he is a leader, he still has to refute it, and he still has a sense of regional identity.

When it comes to Chaoshan, it is inseparable from the food here and the people here. Food raised a person, and this Renye Fang created the food here.

Chaoshan people have a great feature, which is also a traditional virtue respected by many people in China-"modesty" is actually saving face. If Chaoshan people are modest, they can only say it themselves, not others. If others violate it, the consequences will be very serious. Chaoshan people are likely to have disputes with you, ranging from a red throat to a broken relationship. How can Chaoshan people who have been making money with kindness become people who disagree and tear?

Because Chaoshan people love face most. Chaoshan people often think that if you are modest, you can just say it yourself. Everyone with a discerning eye knows that this is modesty, but what others say is contempt, provocation, trampling on personality and insulting dignity. One philosophy of Chaoshan people is that it is difficult to wear a top hat. Don't blow too loudly, you will be kicked out and lose face, so always be modest.

The love face of Chaoshan people is also reflected in the food. The best ingredients must be given on important occasions, and must be reserved for entertaining important people. When I was a child, I ate the best food, all at my wedding reception. At that time, I didn't understand what a Manchu-Han banquet was and what a seven-star moon was. I only know how to eat. Now I know why it is so delicious, because a Chaoshan banquet is half seafood.

Chaoshan banquet pays attention to the ingredients to the extreme, which also makes Chaoshan cuisine become the most expensive dish in Cantonese cuisine. There are many kinds of seafood here, such as lobster, three-eyed crab, white-eyed crab, big conch, clam, all kinds of deep-sea fish, tiger grouper, skinless fish, elder brother fish, stone pillar and lovely fish. If you want to eat the best fish in Chaoshan, you must find this "international brand" and this "local". As long as it is local, it will taste pure.

The second characteristic of Chaoshan ingredients is freshness. The people here may be the first people in the world to go shopping on their own initiative. At four o'clock in the morning, people began to wholesale fish products in the fish market, and the freshest ingredients on the market could be snapped up around five o'clock. The fished seafood is preserved with thick ice cubes, and the price is estimated.

The first thing that reflects the character of Chaoshan people is lobster. In the eyes of Chaoshan people, lobster is not necessarily good. Although the South Australian lobster is small in size, it is compact in structure and delicious. The handling of lobster here is also rare and simple in the world. First, the lobster is processed, then steamed, and the shrimp meat is directly dipped in light juice. Compared with foreign lobster processing, it has many ingredients, heavy taste and bright color. The idea here is that the original flavor is the best food.

Although Chaoshan people like decency, such generosity is of course reciprocal. If one party is stingy, it will definitely not continue. Therefore, Chaoshan people have a second feature, that is, love and hate are clear. Just like a pot of seafood porridge.

Seafood porridge in Chaoshan is different from porridge in other places. This dish embodies another personality of Chaoshan people, with clear love and hate. The porridge that Chaoshan people like to drink must not be porridge, nor is it the kind of porridge that Guangzhou people like to drink that even the shape of rice can't be seen. The porridge that Chaoshan people like to drink is clear soup porridge. This kind of porridge pays attention to the separation of water and rice, and can put a lot of ingredients in it. First, prepare a pot of white rice porridge. When cooking, put the beef in first and cook it until it is medium-cooked. Then put Harry, shrimp and crab in and cook slowly until cooked.

Chaoshan seafood porridge does not need too much seasoning and ingredients, and the ingredients themselves are very sweet and delicious. The concept of food here is that only those ingredients that are not delicious enough need a lot of seasonings to supplement the shortage.

The third thing that can reflect the character of Chaoshan people is dried radish. Chaoshan people are very hardworking. Although the products are rich, they are not the kind of products that fall from the sky. The products here need a lot of physical labor and have a long fishing moratorium. During the long fishing moratorium, Chaoshan people have developed a hard-working character. The men here have strong physical labor ability, and the women here can take the children to do housework. The men who make money here have face, and the women who can teach children are also famous. Dried radish can never be separated from the dining table of Chaoshan people. In rich days, they can clear their stomachs. In hard days, they can eat, drink porridge and drink wine to spend those dark days.

See the food in three courses, the first characteristic seafood feast, the second characteristic is extremely fresh, and the third characteristic is simple beauty. Three dishes look at the character of Chaoshan people, one is politeness, the other is clear love and hate, and the third is hard work.

The character of Chaoshan people can't be finished, just like the food in Chaoshan can't be finished. This may not be what everyone likes, but it must have its temper.