Speaking of pot side paste, Fuzhou people must be very familiar with it, it is no exaggeration to say that as a Fuzhou person, they do not like to eat this pot side paste, almost every household will make gourmet snacks, especially on the first day of summer every year, according to the customs of Fuzhou, locals have to make pot side paste, called "making summer". As long as the people of Fuzhou in a foreign land hear the three words "pot side paste", homesickness instantly surges into their hearts, and the first thing to do when they return to their hometown is to eat a bowl of long-coveted pot side paste. In the hearts of Fuzhou people, it is not only a gourmet snack, but also a memory, pinning on the nostalgia of countless Fuzhou people, which is the authentic Fuzhou flavor.
For many friends who have not been to Fuzhou, they have not heard of this gourmet snack, and they really don't know what it is at first glance. In fact, the pot side paste is the characteristics of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, the famous flavor snack, also known as Dingbian paste and Dingbian hanging, is a very distinctive early product in Fuzhou, is the use of clam juice as the base soup, into the pot after boiling and then the advance grinding of the rice milk with spoons and other tools along the side of the pot poured a circle, rice milk after the heat in the pot side of the formation of a layer of dry skin, and then scraped into the soup pot with a shovel, and then add seaweed, dried shrimp, dried fish, clams, cabbage and various ingredients, after boiling again, it becomes a pot of delicious pot side paste (Dingbian paste). Serve a bowl of hot pan-edge paste, paired with taro, sea oyster cakes, fritters, oil cakes, raw fried buns, etc., to taste better.
How much Fuzhou people love pot side paste, it is not difficult to see from the countless pot side paste shops and stalls in the streets and alleys, each of which is a hot business, and it is crowded with people as soon as it arrives at the meal point. Although there are many store stalls, but each family due to different methods, techniques, materials, the taste is also very different, the price ranges from a few yuan to a dozen, every Fuzhou people have a pot side paste shop that they think is delicious and authentic. In Fuzhou Yangzhong Road there is such a "net red" chai hot pot side shop, this shop in Fuzhou is super popular, every morning is a difficult to find, queuing up for nearly half an hour, to eat the pot side paste in addition to the surrounding residents There are many young people who come from thousands of miles to punch the clock.
The store used to be a small store next door, but now it has moved to the current big store. His family pot side paste is 4 yuan a bowl, regardless of the size of the bowl, the bright cooker into the store can be placed in a large pot in the back kitchen, which is tumbled with rice milk, seaweed, green onions and shrimp rice, about from the production to the pot takes about 10 minutes to wait, diners wait in line next to the side, everyone can enjoy the side of the pot just out of the pot. There are also fritters, triangle cakes and oil cakes in the store, especially the oil cake 5 cents a piece, some people buy a dozen, but the master who makes the oil cake is a person, and the efficiency is much slower than the side of the pot. This shop tastes quite good, the price is also close to the people, with oil cake or 1 yuan 2 shrimp crisp, to ensure that you can eat 7 yuan to support.
Another feature of this shop is "paper towels come with it", because his family does not provide paper towels, and there are many storefronts that charge paper towels, but the storefronts that do not provide paper towels are really rare now, and many foreign friends may not be used to it when they first arrive. In the environment, don't be too demanding, it is a small street shop, a small business, in the current high rent and artificial background, it is not easy, and eat and cherish.