中国美食文化《残羹剩饭》The leftovers of Chinese food culture

“残羹剩饭”的意思就是吃剩下的饭菜。客家可带走，在中国北方叫折萝，南方叫打包，在中国自古就有。在中国古代宴席文化盛行，官场交际、生意谈判、喜宴、生日宴等，都会在饭桌上沟通、庆祝。中国人自古就好面子，所以宴席上的菜不能随便，有很多好菜，但宴席是谈事、应酬为主，真正在意吃的人会很少，宴席上就会剩下大量的菜肴，有的完好没动过筷子，十分可惜。因此，在每次宴席完毕后，店家会把剩下完好的食物，原封不动的送回给客家。所以在中国古代晚上的街上，经常有人打著灯笼在送餐。这些残羹剩饭怎么做好吃了，可以做成烩菜，烹饪在一起，也十分美味。

"Leftover food" means remains of a meal, which is called "Zhe Luo" in north China and "packing" in south China, which has been existing since ancient times.In ancient China, feast culture was prevailing. Officialdom communication, business negotiations, wedding banquet, birthday feast, numerous names. People will communicate and celebrate festivals at the dinner table. Since ancient times, Chinese people have been good at saving face, so the dishes on the banquet can not be casual, the best ones must be chosen. But at the banquet, talking about things and social intercourse is the main purpose, few people really care about eating, so the banquet will be left with a large number of dishes, some are intact, do not touch the chopsticks, it is a pity. So, at the end of each banquet, the restaurant would return the remaining intact food to the guests’ home. So at night in ancient China, people often carried lanterns to deliver food.How do people eat the leftovers?They can be made into a chowder, cooked together, which is very delicious.