Chinese New Year Cooking Ideas
There are few festivities that are felt around the world
on quite the grand scale that the Chinese New Year is celebrated.
This is an event that affects people all around the globe and the
celebrations are quite exotic and a lot of fun for everyone involved.
One thing that many outsiders may not realize is that many of the
aspects of the Chinese New Year celebrations have a very specific
purpose and meaning even the food. Whether you are Chinese are not,
I know very few people in the world that couldn't use a small degree
of good fortune to make things in their worlds run a little more
smoothly.
When it comes to cooking for a Chinese New Year celebration there
are a few things you might want to keep in mind. The foods that
are prepared each have their very own meaning and a definite reason
for being prepared.
Dumplings are believed to bring wealth in the New Year to those
who eat them on this special day. Of course wealth is something
that many people wish to accumulate so there are many paths to
doing so. Other foods that are symbolic of wealth on the Chinese
New Year are bamboo shoots, black moss seaweed, egg rolls, and
oranges. Wow, this is just the beginning of the symbolic nature
of food for the Chinese New Year so be sure to bring your appetite
if you choose to celebrate.
Longevity or long life is something else that the Chinese are
quite famous for. Eternal youth is what some may call it though
these days it is far less eternal than may have been the case
in centuries past. The secret however, to that long life was in
consuming the proper foods as part of the New Year festivities.
Those foods include: noodles, Chinese garlic chives, and peanuts
(circus elephants everywhere rejoice at this news).
Prosperity is attributed to foods such as lettuce, whole fish,
and pomelo. IN addition to prosperity whole fish and pomelo are
believed to bring abundance and togetherness (as in marriage or
romance) during the coming year.
Chicken is the main course when happiness is the goal. In addition
chicken is associated with marriage, particularly when served
with foods such as lobster that are considered to be dragon foods).
For those planning for children in the near future you might
want to add eggs, seeds (such as watermelon seeds), and pomelo-the
last two especially if you want several children.
Finally, if luck is what you are most in need of try to add a
tangerine or some seaweed to your plate on this special day. If
your run of luck has been really bad you may want to double up
on your servings of both.
The Internet is filled with wonderful recipes for to help you
celebrate the Chinese New Year in as traditional a setting as
possible. Foods such as Jiaozi (Chinese noodles) and egg rolls
are commonly found online and will go a long way towards creating
the proper atmosphere for all good things to come your way in
the coming year. Add a few lettuce wraps and longevity noodles
and you have a good grasp on the good things that most of us hope
will come our way in the coming year.
If you can't manage to eat all of the foods that are believed
to be symbolic of good things to come in the coming year be sure
to pick those you feel are most important and focus on eating
those. This is, after all, quite a bit of food to take in during
the course of one day unless you are barely getting a bite in
of any of them and that would most likely defeat the purpose.
Take time and make sure that you manage to enjoy cooking and preparing
the dishes that make a Chinese New Year so special as well as
you enjoy eating them.
Author: Mind Farms
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