The "cooking right" of New Year’s Eve welcomes the generational change: delicious "double" but more labor-saving.
Changchun, January 21st (Li Dan) The New Year’s Eve dinner is the highlight of the Spring Festival, which represents gathering and reunion. There is love for family behind the sumptuous dishes. The reporter’s investigation found that with the younger generation such as the "post-90 s" taking over the New Year’s Eve dinner, the traditional New Year’s Eve dinner has more new "opening ways".
Li Shan, a native of Changchun, boasts of being "a little white in the kitchen". In order to make a big meal that can break through the "Battle of Versailles" on the New Year’s Eve, she turned her attention to the prepared dishes early.
"In the past, it was very hard for my parents to organize the New Year’s Eve dinner, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive. This year, I cooked it myself, mainly focusing on whether it was delicious, beautiful and inconvenient." Li Shan said that this year she bought many "high-end dishes" such as Golden Soup, Abalone, Huajiao Chicken, Buddha Leaping Wall, Sweet and Sour Mandarin Fish, and so on. When making them, they only need to be oiled, poured with sauce, or cooked directly, which saves time and effort, and has a fresh taste.
Li Shan said that his family has a wide range of tastes, and he paid attention to all kinds of information about New Year’s Eve before the Spring Festival, and ordered semi-finished products and pre-cooked dishes in combination, making this year’s New Year’s Eve a "gathering of local delicacies".
The intergenerational change of the "cooking right" of the New Year’s Eve dinner makes the semi-finished products and prefabricated dishes in the market very popular. The promotion staff of a large supermarket in Changchun told the reporter that the vegetable packages currently on the shelves are welcomed by many consumers, among which young people who are married around the age of 30 are the main buyers.
"Cooking instructions are provided on the boxes of most dishes." The promoter said that the dishes with good taste and good appearance can better meet the needs of young people to "take photos".
Hao Qiuning, a 64-year-old Changchun native, bluntly said that making New Year’s Eve dinner made children addicted to chefs. "My daughter is not very good at cooking at ordinary times. This year, she bought some prefabricated dishes and wanted to show off, which made her feel very fulfilled."
In addition to traditional dishes, all kinds of hot pot and barbecue are also popular choices for New Year’s Eve. Rao Lei, a native of Changchun, ordered a grilled fish set meal on the takeaway platform. The dishes were delivered with simple heating stoves, which added different flavors to the New Year’s Eve dinner.
"This year, my family’s New Year’s Eve dinner is mainly made by myself, supplemented by buying some take-away dishes. In this way, relatives and friends can not only eat my craft, but also taste the delicious food of some restaurants, killing two birds with one stone. " Rao Lei said.
According to the data of Meituan’s takeaway, in the last two weeks, the number of merchants offering New Year’s Eve dishes on the platform has increased by 20 times compared with the same period of last year, and the search volume of keywords such as "New Year’s Eve takeaway" and "New Year’s Eve takeaway" has increased by 4 times year-on-year. On the platform of Hungry, the search volume of "family banquet" takeaway has increased by 10 times since the twelfth lunar month.
When the old tradition of cooking is combined with various new ways, the content of the New Year’s Eve dinner is also richer. "I am very satisfied when I see the food made by myself and the smile of the whole family. The first thing is to take photos and send a circle of friends, which is the taste of the year and family." Rao Lei said.