自古以来,我国饮食结构就是以五谷为主食,副食多蔬而少肉。但一般古人在“粗茶淡饭饱即休”的同时,达官贵人又十分讲究美食,重视“食不厌精,脍不厌细”,这种求精求细的风气传到清代中叶,发展到穷奢极欲的地步。《红楼梦》中的刘姥姥在大观园吃的“茄鲞”就是一例:一盘茄子居然 Since ancient times, China’s diet is based on grain-based food, non-staple food more meat and less meat. However, in general, the ancients in the “tea break”, at the same time, dignitaries and attaches great importance to food, emphasis on “food is not too refined, not tired of meticulous”, this refined refinement of the spirit spread to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the development of extreme poverty Desire. “Red Mansions,” Grandma Liu grandmother to eat in the “eggplant” is an example: actually a plate of eggplant