Zuien Shokutan - Zuien Shokutan

Japanese: 随園食単 - ずいえんしょくたん

A cookbook written by Yuan Mei (Suiyuan is the name of his garden and his pen name), a famous Chinese literati of the Qing dynasty. 1 volume. Published in 1792 (57th year of the Qianlong era). "Shidan" does not mean "Cuidan (menu)" but a document that describes cooking methods. First, general knowledge about cooking is described in the "Suchidan" and "Keidan" sections, then the ingredients are divided into 7 sections (217 types): Seafood Tan, Special Tan, Miscellaneous Tan, Feather Tan, Aquatic with Scale Tan, Aquatic without Scale Tan, and Miscellaneous Tan. To these are added 43 types of Small Vegetable Tan, 55 types of Dim Sum Tan, Rice Porridge Tan, and Tea and Wine Tan, with cooking methods and evaluations for each.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，清代の文人として名高い袁枚（えんばい）(随園は，彼の庭園の名であり，また雅号でもある)が著した料理書。1巻。1792年(乾隆57)刊。〈食単〉とは〈菜単(メニュー)〉ではなく，料理法を記した書付けの意である。まず料理に関する一般的な心得を須知単，戒単で述べ，ついで料理の材料により，海鮮単，特牲単，雑牲単，羽族単，水族有鱗単，水族無鱗単，雑素単の7部(217種)に分け，これに小菜単43種，点心単55種，飯粥（はんしゆく）単，茶酒単を加えて，それぞれの調理法や品評を記している。

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