Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Then flip to the next video.

[The imperial court's delicacies were quite complex. Today, we present to you Braised Shark's Fin with Yellow Sauce. The ingredients include pumpkin, shark's fin, chicken fat, etc.]

Let’s soak the shark’s fin first…

Watching a large piece of shark fin slowly coming out of the pot, the tempting appearance made even dignitaries greedy. This technique had not appeared before the Ming Dynasty.

[Next is the braised sea cucumber with scallions...and the fish slices in fermented rice wine.]

Daqin

Qin Shihuang looked at these dishes carefully and found that some of them had appeared before, but in terms of the level of sophistication, this time they were even more amazing.

It is indeed very different from ordinary restaurants.

"Li Si, does our Great Qin have any imperial delicacies that we can pass down?" Qin Shi Huang asked. "Are there any that are not available in later generations?"

"It seems... there are no wild rice and sunflower vegetables."

He hadn't said anything more. The taste of these things was really average. Maybe later generations had given up on them. Compared to later generations' food, the Qin Dynasty really didn't have any strong points.

Qin Shihuang thought about it and it seemed that wild rice really no longer existed. No matter whether the host went to the supermarket or the vegetable market, this thing was not sold there.

This is good stuff.

"Have someone carefully record the wild rice and carve it on stone." Qin Shi Huang laughed heartily. "This can be considered a palace delicacy left behind by our Great Qin."

Wild rice is indeed rare nowadays. It was popular as a health product for a while, but it did not become popular due to its taste.

Qing Dynasty

Emperor Qianlong, while twirling the iron ball in his hand, smiled and said to the eunuch beside him: "These dishes look decent, but they are still a little inferior to the dishes in the palace."

The eunuch whispered that the emperor was right and the food in the palace was still more delicious.

In fact, the vegetables these people eat are raw and hard, and the chickens and ducks are old and thin.

It is clearly stated on the sky curtain that most of these dishes are from the Qing Dynasty court. People in all dynasties have only felt envy when looking at these dishes.

There are some things they dare not even think of.

Qi Cheng continued to scroll down.

Everyone must think that the imperial court cuisine of the Qing Dynasty was incredibly delicious, but in fact, everyone is overthinking it. During the reign of Emperor Daoguang, he once asked a minister what he had for breakfast.

[The minister replied that he ate four eggs in the morning.]

Emperor Daoguang expressed his envy, saying that eggs in the palace cost twenty taels each, something he normally wouldn't even be willing to eat.

The minister understood what was going on and could only say that he ate ordinary eggs, while the eggs in the palace were carefully selected.

Now people of all dynasties are getting upset. Aren’t those dishes just now palace delicacies? Why are they reluctant to give up an egg? Which video is real?

Tang Dynasty

Zhang Sun Wuji thought for a moment and replied, "Both videos are probably real. In the early days, these dishes were available. Later, when the eunuchs gained power in the palace, these dishes were still available, but the prices were much higher."

Li Shimin nodded. If he met someone who was stingy, this kind of thing might really happen.

Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted heavily. He himself had a relatively simple diet and looked down upon such complicated dishes.

Just eat some tofu and cabbage.

[When it came to the last emperor, Puyi, he couldn't even eat hot dishes. He only had hot sesame cakes after he left the palace.]

[He had no connection with any of the imperial delicacies.]

Tang Dynasty

After reading about the experiences of later emperors, and thinking about the fact that Emperor Xian of Han could only eat rotten beef bones, it was indeed not easy to be the last emperor.

I can’t even eat.

I don’t know what the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty was like. I hope he could eat something good.

Qing Dynasty

Emperor Qianlong was so angry that he threw the iron ball in his hand away. He thought about the food he ate and then looked at the two cowardly emperors in later generations. What a waste.