隔年大菜飨家人

Feasting Family with“Genian Dishes”

在咱们胶东地区,无论过去还是现在,民间尤为看重的团圆年饭就有隔年菜。大年三十各家午宴必备的隔年菜,在牟平、福山、栖霞、莱阳、芝罘、莱山等地,此又称为过年大菜,或是年菜。烹制隔年菜的过程,叫熬大菜。芝罘等地在这天中午,还要用小米合着红枣蒸煮一锅米饭,栖霞、牟平等地则是捞一锅大米饭,谓之“隔年饭”。这个“隔”字,蕴含辞旧迎新之说,意即阻断旧岁晦气,期盼延续祥瑞好运。

In Jiaodong,whether in the past or present,among the reunion dinner on the Chinese New Year's Eve particularly val-Iued in the folk are the New Year's Eve dishes,known as"Genian Dishes"."Genian Dishes"are prepared in every household for the lunch on the last day of the lunar month and are also known as Chinese New Year's Dishes or New Year Dishes in such places as Mouping,Fushan,Qixia,Laiyang,Zhifu,and Laishan.