When it comes to Shandong's cuisine, people from the outside world seem to have their first impression of pancakes, or "high-end versions" of pancake rolls and scallions, as if pancakes have become the label of Shandong people.
In fact, Shandong's cuisine is very rich, Lu cuisine has long been the first of the eight major cuisines, classic dishes are also countless, such as sweet and sour Yellow River carp, scallion roasted sea cucumber, nine turns of large intestine, oil braised prawns, a pint of seafood tofu, etc., are very representative and very delicious Lu cuisine.
So, why can an inferior pancake become a representative of Shandong's cuisine?
In fact, pancakes are not all Shandong people like to eat food, mainly popular in Lunan, Luzhong, Lu southwest region, the author is Shandong Yantai people, from childhood to adulthood have never seen pancakes, let alone eaten.
It wasn't until I went to college in Jinan that I saw pancakes for the first time, but I didn't taste it, and I wasn't interested in eating it. Later, I found a wife in Linyi, and only ate some, but I couldn't bite it, and I gave up after eating it a few times.
Therefore, pancakes are actually just a regional food in Shandong, and they are not so popular.
Once "Run Bar Brothers" came to Jinan, Shandong to record a program, and also specially performed the link of eating pancakes, which caused many Shandong people to resent, saying that there are so many delicacies in Shandong, why choose pancakes? This is territorial discrimination!
Complaining is complaining, which also shows a reality, that is, in the eyes of outsiders, pancakes are the most famous food in Shandong.
So, why can pancakes become the most famous food in Shandong? According to my research, it mainly stems from two major events in history.
The first incident was to break into the Kanto Region.
At the beginning of the last century, shandong had few people and many people, disasters and famines were frequent, and many people could not eat, so there was a huge "breaking into the Guandong" and going to the northeast where the land was sparsely populated and rich in products to make a living.
What to eat on the road? If it is a steamed bun, a flatbread or something, it will be broken in a few days, even if it can be put for a few days in the winter, it is frozen like a stone, can not move, not suitable for taking on the road.
At this time, the pancake shows its advantages, the pancake moisture is very small, very dry, easy to store, before many people burned on the moon for a few months, put in the first half of the year will not be bad.
Moreover, even in winter, pancakes are very thin and not as hard as steamed buns, making them very convenient to eat.
Therefore, on the way to the Kanto, pancakes are the most convenient food, and they have also been carried forward and become a symbol of Shandong people.
The second incident was Yi Menghong's sister-in-law during the Liberation War.
During the Liberation War, "Yimeng Red Sister-in-law" has become an important symbol known throughout the country, and the picture of the red sister-in-law baking pancakes for the officers and men of the People's Liberation Army has also become a classic image in film and television dramas, which has further deepened the impression of pancakes on Shandong people.
At that time, the main battlefield of the East China Field Army was in the areas of Lunan, Luzhong, and southwest Lu, which was also the most popular area for pancakes, and when the officers and men of the People's Liberation Army could not supply food, they mobilized local women to bake pancakes for the People's Liberation Army, which greatly solved the logistical supply problem of the East China Field Army.
Many of the Huaye soldiers of that year, when they later recalled that period of history, they would still remember the pancakes of Yimeng Hongjiao, and the memories were endless.
After the huaihai campaign, Mr. Chen once said affectionately: "The victory in the Huaihai campaign was pushed out by the masses of the people with a small cart. In fact, it can also be said that the victory in the Battle of Huaihai was also baked out by the masses of the people with pancakes.
It is said that at that time, the Kuomintang agents had an important task, that is, to observe where a large number of pancakes suddenly began to be baked, indicating that HuaYe began to prepare for the war where. It has to be said that this is indeed a "good way" to obtain intelligence.
It is these great contributions that make Yimeng Hongjie and pancakes an important label for Shandong people, and also form a very important impression of Shandong by outsiders.
Of course, there is also a very important reason, that is, pancakes and the traditional character of Shandong people also have many similarities.
Pancakes are simple to make, a pot, a pusher can be completed, not so many ways, like the simple, direct, and real character of Shandong people.
Pancakes eat hard and tough, at first bite can not move, but the more chewy more fragrant, swallowed in the stomach is still full of fragrant, can not help but want to eat another bite, this is also the Reputation of Shandong people in the outside world, may make people feel a little rude, impolite at first, but after a long time together, you will find that Shandong people are proud and righteous, and they are definitely friends who can make you trust.
If you add another Shandong people's logo - green onions, it is more image, pancake rolls green onions, call him cannon boom!
The great literary scholar Pu Songling also wrote a special article "Pancake Fu", which wrote: "Wild old here, imitate sauce in Zhongni, imitation of scallions in Hou's family." Duo Shuangyi, according to the wall, the whale swallows arbitrarily. The left holds a huge scroll, the right picks up the pendant, and the square and laughs at the bottom of the pot of rice, and the five Hou Mackerel's excesses. There is a prince in brocade who is envious of him: May I cook in my heart, and what is left behind in Bol's hands? Wild old man, it is not easy to turn around! ”
Look at it, Pu Songling took the pancake roll onion, ate proudly, a rich second generation wanted to use the five-star luxury dinner, to exchange for the little pancake slag left in his hand, people Pu Songling did not pay attention to it, Lao Tzu did not change!
This is the arrogance of Shandong people!
(References: Qilu Evening News, Yimeng Evening News, Liberation War)