Kuai (dish) meat in large thin pieces in the manner of carpaccio, however the term "kuai" was used to refer to this method. "Kuai" is the preferred preparation of raw beef and lamb, or fish such as the carp, while meat from wild deer and boar were prepared as "xuan". Thinness in the slices or strips was an important factor for judging the quality of the dish. During the Zhou dynasty and the Warring States period, "kuai" made from all fauna were widely consumed. During the time of the Qin (221–206 BC) and Han (206 BC–220 AD) dynasties, "kuai" made from the
Collops Collops A collop is a slice of meat, according to one definition in the "Oxford English Dictionary". In Elizabethan times, "collops" came to refer specifically to slices of bacon. Shrove Monday, also known as Collop Monday, was traditionally the last day to cook and eat meat before Ash Wednesday, which was a day of fasting and abstinence from meat, and part of pre-Lenten activities. A traditional breakfast dish was collops of bacon topped with a fried egg. At Christ's Hospital, which was founded before the reign of Elizabeth the First, the word collops was used on the menu to mean