What does a cold cup mean and what is a cold cup?

A cold cup is a cold food, so it should be renamed "cold cup".

Since the early 9s of the last century, from early summer to late autumn every year, there are countless food and beverage shops and stalls in Rongcheng to achieve business in the streets, courtyards, and riverside greenery. Most of these food stalls sell some home-cooked side dishes such as boiled peanuts, stirred beans, edamame, dried tofu, braised chicken wings, braised duck feet, pickled phoenix feet, fried snails, fried lobsters, etc., as well as some "soaking wine", beer, draft beer and other drinks.

Every sunset and dusk, within the "sitting" range of these food stalls, there is always a lot of people and it is very lively. This form of eating in the outdoor open-air courtyard or eating on the street side of the shop is called a "cold cup" by the residents of Chengdu.

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Similar to a late-night snack at a food stall

A cold cup is a cold food, so it should be renamed "cold cup".

Since the beginning of the 9th century of the last century, from early summer to late autumn every year, there are countless restaurants and stalls in Rongcheng, and the business has been done in the streets, yards, dams, and riverside shade. Most of these food stalls sell some home-cooked side dishes such as boiled peanuts, stirred beans, edamame, dried tofu, braised chicken wings, braised duck feet, pickled phoenix feet, fried snails, fried lobsters, etc., as well as some "soaking wine", beer, draft beer and other drinks.

Every sunset and dusk, within the "sitting" area of these food stalls, there are always people buzzing and lively. This kind of eating form in the outdoor open-air courtyard or dining on the street side of the shop is called a "cold cup" by the citizens of Chengdu.

From early summer to late autumn every year, there are countless businessmen who set up stalls in the courtyard of the street or by the river, most of them sell some boiled peanuts, stirred beans, edamame, dried tofu, braised chicken wings, braised duck feet, soaked phoenix feet, fried bucket hungry snails, fried lobster and other home-cooked side dishes, as well as some soaked wine, beer, draft beer and other ruined drinks. Sichuan people called this way of eating cold food, and later.

The cold cup is a form of eating and drinking in the outdoor open-air courtyard or on the street side of the shop, and every sunset and dusk, the hail is lost in the sitting area of these food stalls, and it is always full of people and lively.

Food is a culture, and Chinese cuisine is famous all over the world. It is an indisputable fact that Chinese food is delicious, and foreigners love to eat it. China's food culture has a long history.

For thousands of years, the people have formed eight major cuisines of Chinese cuisine through continuous summarization, namely Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Anhui.

Most of these food stalls sell some home-cooked side dishes such as boiled peanuts, stirred beans, edamame, dried tofu, braised chicken wings, braised duck feet, pickled phoenix feet, fried snails, fried lobsters, etc., as well as some "soaking wine", beer, draft beer and other drinks.

Every sunset and dusk, within the "sitting" range of these food stalls, there is always a lot of people and it is very lively. This form of eating in the outdoor open-air courtyard or eating on the street side of the shop is called a "cold cup" by the residents of Chengdu.

I don't know why, a few years ago, someone criticized the "light" on the "cold cup" signboards in various parts of Chengdu as a typo, saying that the "cold cup" should be changed to "cold cup". So, should the cold cup be written as "cold" or "cold"? Here, let's take a look at the folk customs and food customs of old Chengdu!

The term "cold cup" was originally a common saying among the people of Chengdu. In his book "Miscellaneous Conversations on Sichuan Cuisine" published in 1990, Che Hui Lao mentioned: "Having wine without food is precisely the habit of Sichuan people serving 'cold cups' and eating wine without food."

In the old days, Chengdu was a famous consumer city, and due to the blessings of nature and the Dujiangyan water conservancy project, the residents living here lived a relatively leisurely life. At that time, most civilian families in Chengdu only ate two meals a day, one at around 10 a.m. and one at around 5 p.m. In the evening, even if you are hungry, you can only "sharpen up" and eat something temporarily (this was recorded by the literati at the time as "intermittent food").

In the summer, the citizens like to set up a small square table in the courtyard dam or on the edge of the street in the evening, bring a few dishes of boiled peanuts, edamame, dried tofu, braised pig's trotters, bacon sausages and other appetizers. If the neighbors also come outside to enjoy the coolness, the host will often invite them to sit down at will and serve this "cold cup" together. If the neighbors also have "sharp" food in the cold, sometimes they will put their small tables together and set up a "dragon gate array" while drinking.

At that time, whenever neighbors and friends came to take their seats, the host would humbly say something like "please be hot, eat indifferently". This kind of scene can be regarded as one of the more typical food customs in Chengdu in the old days.

1. Since the beginning of the 90s of the last century, from early summer to late autumn every year, there are countless food shops and stalls in Rongcheng to do business in the street yard dam and riverside greenery, most of these food stalls sell some boiled peanuts, excited beans, edamame, dried tofu, braised chicken wings, braised duck feet, pickled phoenix feet, fried snails, fried lobster and other home-cooked side dishes, ** some "soaking wine", beer, draft beer and other drinks, every sunset and dusk, in the "sitting" range of these food stalls, always full of people, lively and abnormal, This form of eating in the outdoor open-air courtyard or eating on the street side of the shop is called a "cold cup" by the citizens of Rongcheng;

2. According to the statement of the person who made a "flat statement" on the cold cup, the cold cup is the cold food, so it should be buried and renamed the "cold cup", the traditional family-style "cold cup", in addition to boiled peanuts, edamame, dried tofu and other cold food, there will also be some "rake and rake vegetables" such as white water winter melon and boiled pumpkin in rice soup, but some such hot dishes are not big fish and meat with thick oil red sauce, let alone a big dish cooked with precious raw materials. Its biggest feature is that it is simple and light.