Tenth: Fry the squid
As we all know, fried squid is not only a dish, but also a special term in the workplace.
Firing a squid means being fired or fired, and encountering a major setback in work and career.
Therefore, although fried squid is delicious and many people usually love to eat it, the meaning of this dish is not good, and it seems out of place on occasions such as Chinese New Year's Eve.
Just imagine, if this dish is made for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the family gathers around, and someone says when the dish is served: Come on, eat a fried squid!
Ninth: moldy tofu
Moldy tofu is a flavor snack with Chinese characteristics, although some areas in the north do not eat moldy tofu much, but in most provinces and cities in the south, moldy tofu is a home-cooked side dish.
For people in Sichuan, Chongqing, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other provinces, moldy tofu is simply an artifact for rice, which has the effect of enhancing flavor and aroma and regulating the taste of food.
However, the name of moldy tofu is not very good, and in the eyes of the older generation, "mold" represents touching the moldy head, which is not very lucky.
As the most important meal for Chinese, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is not only a symbol of family reunion, but also a symbol of prosperity in the coming year.
Besides, in the past, the food was not good, and moldy tofu could regulate appetite, but now every family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is big fish and meat, and there is no need for moldy tofu seasoning.
Eighth: bitter melon
Bitter gourd, also known as cold gourd, originated in Southeast Asia, although the taste is bitter, but nutritious, crisp and has a greasy effect, deeply loved by the people in the mainland.
However, because there is a "bitter" word in the name, it does not match the festive atmosphere of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
After all, for us Chinese people, eating Chinese New Year's Eve is a happy and happy meal.
In the eyes of the older generation, eating bitter melon at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner means that you will suffer in the coming year, just like moldy tofu, which is somewhat unlucky.
Bitter melon, don't serve it to the Chinese New Year's Eve table.
Seventh: pickles
Like moldy tofu, pickles are also a favorite hors d'oeuvres among Chinese people, which not only regulates the taste of the dish, but also serves well with rice.
In the early years, almost every household would eat pickles.
In the past, people ate Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, pickles are frequent customers, because the food is not good, there are few dishes for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, pickles on the table is actually a helpless move, it can be regarded as a number!
Therefore, in the eyes of the older generation, pickles represent the hard days of the past, and there is no way to do it.
But now it's different, the Chinese New Year's Eve rice is big fish and meat, the table can't be placed, why do you need pickles to make up the number?
They believe that if pickles are served on the table for Chinese New Year's Eve, it not only means that they are stingy and unwilling to eat, but also means that the coming year may be hard and not too lucky.
Sixth: plum cabbage button meat
Plum vegetables are buckled with meat, no vegetables, no wealth...... It's not good!
As a classic representative dish in Hakka cuisine, plum cabbage button meat is also called salty and roasted white, which is deeply loved by the people of the mainland.
In the south, plum cabbage button meat is a classic dish, is the "town table dish" in the folk banquet, the button meat is fat but not greasy, plum cabbage is sweet and refreshing, and the next meal is a must.
However, because the two words of plum vegetables and meat are homophonic "no wealth", the older generation feels that this meaning is not very auspicious, and it is a bit strange at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
In addition to the word plum cabbage, there is also a bit of a problem with buttoning meat.
Because the buckle meat is the meat that is buckled backwards, although it is a classic traditional cooking technique, in the traditional cognition of the older generation, the meaning is not very good.
Therefore, Chinese New Year's Eve can only endure the pain of love on dinner......
Fifth: Cut the fish into sections
There are more than every year, and there are fish every year. In the traditional understanding of Chinese, fish is a necessary hard dish for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
Although the mainland is vast, the food differences between the north and the south are huge, and each region has its own food customs, but burning a fish on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is the consensus of the people of the whole country.
There is no fish, how to eat this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?
However, although fish must be served at Chinese New Year's Eve, there are two types of fish that are not suitable for serving. The first type of fish has been mentioned above, fried squid, because the meaning is not good.
The second type of fish is the fish that is cut into sections. In fact, it does not refer only to a certain species of fish, but to the practice of fish, which cannot be cut into pieces, but must be burned as a whole fish.
This means that the head, bones and flesh of the fish must be burned together, and only then can they be counted as surplus every year.
This fish is eaten for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner
The braised fish pieces, boiled fish fillets, and chopped pepper fish heads that everyone likes to eat are not allowed to eat on Chinese New Year's Eve according to the rules of the older generation.
Isn't it strange to see this?
Fourth: lotus root
Lotus root is a favorite ingredient of the Chinese people, it is tender and soft and glutinous, the nutritional value is extremely high, a pork rib lotus root soup has been popular in the north and south of the river for thousands of years.
Not only in Hubei, Guangdong, Hunan and other southern provinces and cities, but also in most parts of the country.
In addition to pork ribs lotus root soup, fried lotus root slices, lotus root steamed meat patties, and cold lotus root slices are all excellent home-cooked food, but at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, few people serve lotus root to the table, why is this?
In the eyes of the older generation, although the lotus root is delicious and outstanding, the special pore-like structure of the lotus root causes a lot of holes inside the root after cutting.
Condo, on the other hand, means "leaking money", which is something that everyone is unwilling to accept on a particularly particular table such as Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
On the other hand, why do everyone like to eat chicken feet at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?
Third: goose meat
This can't be eaten, that can't be eaten, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner still eats a woolen yarn? Wait, I haven't finished yet!
In addition to these dishes just mentioned, according to the older generation, there is another dish that everyone loves that is not suitable for serving on the Chinese New Year's Eve table, and that is goose meat.
Isn't the goose meat delicious? Why can't it be served?
According to the rules of the older generation, you must eat more chicken for Chinese New Year's Eve, because: good luck, eat chicken tonight!
I silently took on all...
Chicken, a symbol of auspicious (auspicious) auspiciousness, the coming year will be smooth and smooth, and eating chicken feet means grasping money, good color!
But goose meat is different, "goose" is homophonic to "hungry", and at the important moment of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, which is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, there can be no dishes related to "hunger".
After all, everyone wants to have enough food and clothing in the coming year!
Second: cabbage and tofu soup
Today's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, every household is a table of big fish and meat, and I am tired of eating it if I am not careful.
Therefore, in the face of a table full of dishes, everyone wants to serve a light dish, one is to relieve greasy, and the other is also out of nutritional balance.
When it comes to light dishes, the first thing that comes to many people's minds is the classic home-cooked dish of cabbage and tofu soup.
However, according to the older generation, Chinese New Year's Eve rice can be served with stir-fried oil and wheat vegetables, stir-fried sea greens, stir-fried choy sum, stir-fried kale, and stir-fried lettuce......
But it's better not to serve cabbage tofu soup. Why?
In the concept of the older generation, first of all, cabbage and tofu soup is a dish of soup and water, which means that the career in the coming year may be "wasted".
Second, this dish also has the meaning of "one poor and two white", which is somewhat unlucky.
First: dog meat
As the old saying goes: Dog meat rolls three times, and the gods can't stand steadily.
Although many people scoff at eating dog meat, there has been a habit of eating dog meat since ancient times in Yulin in Guangxi, Zhanjiang in Guangdong, Huajiang in Guizhou, Xuzhou in Jiangsu, Jilin and other places.
But no matter where you are, on Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve meals, dog meat is never allowed to be served.
First, there is a folk saying: "Dog meat is not on the table", which means that dog meat is a relatively low-grade ingredient, and it is easy to lose its share if it is not on the big scene.
Second, dogs are human friends, in addition to helping us take care of the home, but also an important companion for humans, many people have a deep relationship with dogs, like family.
If dog meat is served to the table at the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, wouldn't it be embarrassing if someone in the family who eats with you may like dogs or oppose eating dog meat?
Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, eating is a reunion, harmony, as for those things that may bring disharmony and controversy, let's not serve it on the table, what do you say?
Finally, Chinese New Year's Eve is a day of family reunion, a hard year, the family gets together for a meal, the most important thing is to have a happy family, and by the way, also ask for a lottery, hoping that the coming year will be smooth and prosperous.
As for some folk taboos and sayings, they may be related to specific customs in history, and there is no scientific basis.
For example, if you eat hollow lotus root, will you really lose money? For example, eating chicken feet can catch money......
These statements are somewhat superstitious, but there are some specific customs in our traditional Chinese culture, which cannot be fully believed, but it is quite interesting to think about.
It's still the same sentence: eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, happiness is the most important.
I wish you all a Happy New Year in advance!