1877年的晚清粤菜宴席有什么好吃的[干饭人](来自Fourteen months in Canton)
首先,开席小碟有:
Oranges cut into small slices切成小片的橙子
Pears cut into thin slices切薄片的梨
Bitter almonds苦杏仁
Preserved walnuts糖渍核桃
Ducks’ gizzards cut into small pieces鸭胗小丁
Preserved eggs, green in colour皮蛋(切小块)
Tiny square pieces of pork, very dark in colour, looking more like a sweetmeat than meat. 深色小方块猪肉,看起来更像糖果而不是肉。[疑问]这个我感觉可能是咕咾肉或蜜汁叉烧,广东甜口酱色肉在英国人看来很像甜点。[干饭人]
每个人面前有四个调味小碟:pepper胡椒,salt盐,sugar糖,soy酱油。
正式上菜:
Bêche de mer (Sea slugs)海参
Stewed boned duck, served with forcemeat 去骨炖鸭,内填肉馅,而且炖得非常软烂,可以直接用筷子分开。
Hashed pigeon with ham火腿鸽丁
Birds’-nest soup燕窝汤
Stewed mutton and bamboo shoots焖羊肉竹笋
Boiled conch cut into slices白灼海螺切片
Stewed crab焖蟹
Black fish, fried炸乌鱼
之后中场休息,上茶和两种点心:
Cakes named “A Thousand Storeys.”千层糕
Sponge cakes about an inch and a half square海绵小蛋糕(约一寸半见方),可能是旧式的广式鸡蛋糕
继续上菜:
Fowl and ham鸡肉火腿煨炖
Turtle soup with pieces of fat turtle floating in it甲鱼汤,里面浮着肥嫩龟肉,用瓷勺食用。
Hashed dog狗肉羹 / 狗肉碎烩?
Stewed black cat炖黑猫?[疑问]
Fried rat炸鼠?[疑问](可能是竹鼠?)
Maccaroni soup通心粉汤,疑似当时广州已经有西式食材输入
Salt fish咸鱼
Salted eggs咸蛋
Pork minced so small as to represent bread crumbs剁得极细如面包屑的猪肉末,可能是某种肉松或者细肉粒炒制
Ham cut into small pieces and placed upon a green vegetable火腿丁铺青菜
Basins of rice一盆盆米饭
Congee (rice water)粥(米汤)
Melon seeds瓜子
Betel-nuts wrapped up in green leaves bearing the name of Tching-Lau, the whole to be eaten. 用荖叶包着的槟榔,整包一起咀嚼。
Betel-nuts pounded捣碎的槟榔
Tipsy shrimps醉虾
Soups of various kinds各种汤品
