What did the ancient emperors eat?

What does the emperor eat? You can only express it in one sentence:? Only what you can't think of, nothing he can't eat! ?

So what does the emperor usually eat?

Jun tells you the breakfast of two Qing emperors who lived in the Forbidden City:

First of all, Emperor Kangxi, who had a better diet among all the Qing emperors? Frugality? Yes, but according to records, there are hundreds of side dishes in Kangxi's breakfast, such as bird's nest, red and white duck, eight immortals hot pot, green pepper duck hot pot, fried shredded chicken, braised kelp hot pot, shredded mutton, steamed duck tail, braised pork, sunflower box, silver dish, bacon and wild chicken feet. . .

At the end of Qing Dynasty, Xuan Tong Emperor Puyi, at that time, the country was at the end of the road, but where was our little emperor? Eat? It's still a luxury, according to his memoir:? His breakfast includes fat chicken with mushrooms, three fresh ducks, five pieces of shredded chicken, stewed meat, stewed persimmon, stewed cabbage with sliced meat, braised mutton, stewed spinach and tofu with mutton, and Chinese yam with cherry meat. Stewed cabbage with donkey meat, sliced radish and mutton, sliced sea cucumber with duck strips, diced glutinous rice duck, roasted mushrooms, sliced magnolia stew, shredded mutton stew, fried spring rolls, fried leeks, smoked pork belly, stewed tofu, shredded smoked vegetables, shredded cabbage with pepper oil, spiced dried meat, sliced meat soup for offering sacrifices to the gods, boiled stuffing and cooked white meat. ?

Some people say that the Qing Dynasty was? Eat it? Yes, of course, it's a bit exaggerated, but the empresses of emperors of all ages are so extravagant? Eat? For such a riddled dynasty, it really accelerated its collapse.

Where are these delicious things made?

There must be a place to cook. The place where ordinary people cook is called the kitchen. What about the emperor's house? I believe that some friends are influenced by costume dramas and must blurt out: Imperial Dining Hall? !

This? Imperial restaurant? Where is it? What kind of existence is it? Next, Xiaojun will take you to see the imperial dining hall in the Forbidden City.

First of all, the emperor? Imperial food? Its origin. ? Imperial food? That is, the emperor's meal. Its origin can't be verified now. Anyway, since the emperor (king). I can't help it The emperor is human, too. Eat? It is also the top priority of his life.

The emperor is very particular about diet. Not only do hundreds of people have to wait on him, but the food is also 800, and the utensils for eating are extremely expensive. For example, according to the Book of Rites:

During the Zhou Dynasty, the diet of the Emperor of Zhou was Liugu (rice, millet, millet, sorghum, wheat and rice), Liuqing (water, pulp, rice, vinegar, cold and rice) and Liulivestock (cattle, sheep, tapirs, dogs, geese and fish).

Eating more than 200 dishes alone really scares you!

All the kitchens that made imperial meals had their own rules, but in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this mysterious imperial dining hall was hidden in the Forbidden City. Where is it?

Right here:

Hey! Isn't this hall of mental cultivation? How can it be a chef? Is the emperor a good man who goes to the hall and goes to the kitchen? Will he show off his cooking after he finishes his government affairs?

Of course not! The emperor has been served by more than n people since he was a child. Even the most basic clothes and socks are available. How can he cook?

Actually, this is really? Imperial restaurant? Hidden in the deepest part of the main hall of Yangxin Hospital. This is the emperor's private kitchen. People generally call it? In the royal restaurant? .

First, the imperial dining room: the emperor thinks that the takeaway is too slow, and it is necessary to set it up privately? Kitchen?

This? In the royal restaurant? , is relative to? External imperial restaurant? Generally speaking, whether inside or outside, their full names should be? Royal tea restaurant? . According to historical records, in the early years of Shunzhi, in fact, imperial meals were divided into? Waiter? And then what? Accommodation? Yes, people in China like to drink tea, and the emperor is no exception, so we set up a teahouse to supply tea. During the Qianlong period, the two rooms merged into one? Royal tea restaurant? , later referred to as? Imperial restaurant? Yes

? External imperial restaurant? Located outside the Jingyunmen Gate of the Forbidden City, far away from hall of mental cultivation where the emperor lived. In order to catch up with the emperor's special hunger for food, it is estimated that the food was cold when it was sent from the chef to hall of mental cultivation. So, the emperor also felt too cold? Takeaway speed? Slow, so I set up my own kitchen in my hall of mental cultivation. According to Pu Yi's memoirs, he wrote:? Hall of mental cultivation's chef's meals are all simmered and kept warm in advance, and delivered directly to the emperor when he wants to eat. ?

In those days when there was no microwave oven, the chef in the kitchen could only heat the food in this way.

Second, the imperial kitchen: the emperor does not love it, and the maid-in-waiting eunuch cannot do without it.

The emperor usually eats in his own small kitchen? What about the inner kitchen and the outer kitchen? Is it empty?

In terms of scale, the outer kitchen is actually larger than the inner kitchen (as shown below):

But the food here is generally not for the emperor, but mainly for ladies-in-waiting and eunuchs? Collective canteen? , but also the minister who entered the palace to handle affairs? Temporary restaurant? .

Third, how many establishments does the Imperial Chef have?

Seeing this, friends must ask, how many chefs in this imperial chef serve the emperor? Listen carefully, these chefs are not ordinary chefs, but they are all? National civil servants? According to historical records:

? Hall of mental cultivation Imperial Restaurant. Equipment: 2 directors, 2 deputy directors, 27 directors, 2 foremen, 20 directors, 20 contract workers, 44 contract workers, 2 supervisors, 6 supervisors, 57 cooks with three flags, 65,438+00 cooks and 30 husbands. Promise to send someone to eat? .

There are many more? Chef eunuch? For example, in Qipin, 100 eunuchs are in charge of seating, 10 eunuchs are in charge of carrying water, specializing in dining, snacks and offerings of various officials, seasonal banquets, attendants and shifts.

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There are hundreds of people in this forest. How can this be a meal? Just once. Eat a carnival? .