Afterwards, the eunuchs beside the king read it out together, and then maids in white silk palace dresses came over with plates and served food to each table one by one.
The Burning Tail Banquet is the most famous and sumptuous banquet in the dynasty. There are hundreds of types of dishes alone, and the ingredients used in its preparation include delicacies from land and sea, vegetarian dishes and non-vegetarian dishes, striving to be comprehensive.
The meat includes fish, shrimp, crab, chicken, duck, goose, cattle, sheep, deer, bear, rabbit, and crane, and there are many other vegetarian dishes and noodles.
Not only are vegetables from all four seasons available, but each of the 134 continents in the world also has a specialty ingredient that can be used in the preparation.
Take the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Hunwon for example. The 24 Hunwon in one dish have different flavors and are made with nearly 50 kinds of ingredients.
Others include: Jushengnu (honey-made Sanzi), Brahman Qinggaomian (steamed noodles), Guifeihong (red puff pastry), Hangongqi (boiled printed round noodles), Changshengzhou (therapeutic food), Tianxue (candied noodles), Danlong Jinrusu (steamed puff pastry), Mantuoxiang Jiabing (oven-baked cakes), etc.
Tonghua soft beef intestines (cooked with mutton fat), Guangming shrimp roast (roasted live shrimp), Bailongyao (made from repeatedly pounded pork tenderloin), sheepskin shreds (stir-fried mutton shreds, cut one foot long), Xuebaoer (frogs with bean sprouts), Xianrenju (chicken stewed in milk), Xiaotiansu (deer and chicken stir-fried together), Zhutouchun (roasted quail), Guomenxiang (various meats fried together), etc.
In addition, there are exquisite dishes that are specially designed to demonstrate culinary skills and knife skills. Slices of vegetables and fruits are arranged into flowers, pavilions, dragons and phoenixes, dancing girls and fairies, and so on.
There was a fire in the open space in the middle of the table, and different pieces of meat were being cooked and roasted in a pot. After being sprinkled with spices, a strange fragrance wafted through the banquet.
Once it is roasted or cooked, the servants will put it on a wooden plate and bring it to the table for everyone to enjoy.
Soon after the banquet began, dancers dressed in flowing ribbons and feathered robes descended from the horizon. To the surrounding music, these dancers danced gracefully among the sea of clouds and water, blooming and gathering like lotus flowers, rising and falling continuously.
The beautiful scenery, feast and festival are unparalleled.
After the Burning Tail Banquet began on the top of Yuzhang Mountain, in all the courtyards of Luojing, both rich and poor families sat down at the table with their families and began to celebrate this festival of joy and reunion in the year.
A peaceful and prosperous era with singing and dancing is the portrayal of the current Plantagenet dynasty.
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