What is the name of the first bowl of Huarong banquet in Hunan Province?

Hello, the first bowl at a banquet is usually a hard dish full of ritual, which can fully show the host's taste in food and the sincerity of the guests. In Hunan, in the traditional banquet routine, the first bowl is "family fun" and the locals call it "chop lock". Whether it's a family photo or a hodgepodge, as the name implies, the first bowl is not a deduction of a single ingredient, but a synthesis. The simplest stew is actually a combination of meat and vegetables, such as red and white meatballs, sliced wool, egg rolls, lean meat, sliced chicken and belly slices, and then stewed with vegetables such as fungus, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, tofu bamboo and cabbage. Some of them are more complicated. On this basis, water-based cuttlefish, squid, shrimp, scallops and even sea cucumber, shark's fin, fish belly and other water-based seafood are added. In Hunan, whenever a banquet is held, this dish is regarded as the first bowl of the banquet. It's impossible to go down to Pengmen to sell pulp in obscurity, and go up to Gongwang to worship people like Zeng Guofan and Zuo. There are three reasons: first, the old logistics is not smooth, and the fierce seafood in the southeast is rare in the mainland. Although the recipe of this dish is certain, the simplicity of raw materials and the complexity of technology are different. Thirdly, this dish is just a bowl on the dining table, but it takes a lot of labor to cook. Whether it is fried red balls, egg skins, rubbed pork belly, steamed cuttlefish, squid, shrimp, scallop, sea cucumber, shark's fin, fish belly and other dry goods, or pretreatment of steamed meat, egg rolls, white balls and even semi-finished products, it is meticulous work. Therefore, whether the family is rich or poor, whether the chef is good or bad, this dish is worthy of careful preparation by every host and careful tasting by every guest. Every link on the kitchen table is full of a sense of ceremony, which deserves to be the first bowl!