Just a few days ago, the white snowflakes came silently, not disturbing the dreams of the people in the city at all. At this moment, Xiaobian received a delicacy sent by a friend - Tianshui Croak, vacuum packaging, a full ten parts, including the sauce packed. Thus, the restless stomach was awakened by the seductive croak, the desire for happiness was opened in eagerness, and the intoxicating hot aroma mixed with the domineering spicy feeling gradually spread between the lips and teeth, more and more clear, more and more intense, until the eyes were full of Venus, sweat full of ink...
Que, is the Tianshui dialect, is a local traditional flavor snack, known as "the first food in Qinzhou", known for fragrant, spicy, cotton, soft, in the words of Qinzhou people, it is definitely the top of the que. Tianshui Que often exists in the form of breakfast, and it is the same as Lanzhou beef noodles, Beijing's brine, and Henan's Peppery Soup, which is a breakfast of the same heavy flavor faction. A bowl of chirries, drizzled with spicy seeds and tahini sauce, looks like a mushy slice, but its unassuming appearance is the best taste of the locals. Every morning, Tianshui is the home of the croak, and people just have to serve a bowl of croak, don't care about standing or sitting, one by one is eager to stir the entrance.
Tianshui has a long history, and it is said that when Tianshui was divided at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it was the imperial food in the imperial palace. Kui Huan's mother, Empress Dowager Su Ning, was particularly fond of Que Que and would have a meal every three days. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Kui Huan defeated Liu Xiu and defected to Sun Shu of Western Shu, the imperial cook fled the imperial palace and lived in seclusion in Tianshui, and later rented a shop in Tianshui City to specialize in the operation of Que. Tianshui was passed down like this. There is also a saying that in the Ming Dynasty, there was a father and daughter surnamed Liu, who created The Croak on the basis of the original buckwheat cold powder.
How many stalls are sold in Qinzhou, it is difficult to count. However, according to local elders, there are as many hutongs as there are in the thousand-year-old city, and the most famous of them is the "Changji Que" opposite the green market in Qinzhou District, in addition to "Zhao Ji Que" and "Dongtuanzhuang Quack" are also favored. There are many varieties of buckwheat, ice bean, pea and flour noodles, etc., the most popular of which is buckwheat. With the emergence of vacuum packaging, Tianshui Que not only marketed the whole country, but also crossed the ocean, exported to Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places, CCTV and other media also gave reports to Que Que. It has become a "business card" of Tianshui snacks, and its name is truly deserved.
The practice of Tianshui Croaking, the process is quite cumbersome, first use stone grinding to crush buckwheat into "buckwheat zhenzi", followed by soaking in water, changing water many times, processing, taking its starch, and then adding starch into the pot, boiling with low heat, until a thick layer of yellow gelatinous substance is formed in the pot, it can be taken out and put into the basin and covered, after rejuvenation, it can be eaten or listed. This seemingly simple production process, in the era without machines, it is necessary to spend a lot of energy, and people who do croaking all year round have to practice a porcelain tendon meat. A pot of more than 100 pounds needs to be stirred repeatedly up to a thousand times, and the action is uniform and long-lasting. Only when stirred evenly, the thickness is appropriate, and the heat is mastered in time, the croaks made will be golden in color and have a strong taste.
The way to eat Tianshui is also more unique, first tearing it into small pieces, and then adding spicy oil, sesame oil, mustard, soy sauce, salt, vinegar, garlic paste and other spices. If northwestern people like to eat sour and spicy, then Tianshui is a typical spicy snack. If a first-time eater faces a bowl full of red croaks, he will be shocked and sweaty. And the locals especially like to take the croak as an early breakfast, and some men and women almost "can't go without this for a day". Of course, in addition to the traditional way of eating, it is often used to stir-fry food, directly with garlic seedlings after frying, add croak stir-fry, add salt and pepper can be out of the pot, this practice is actually similar to fried pho or fried cold powder, fried out of the croak taste smooth and tender, even if it is a girl, you can eat two bowls.
Even so, there are many foreign tourists who always rub shoulders with this kind of food, the reason, in addition to the red pepper is prohibitive, there is also the fact that the red pepper is crushed, shredded and concocted by hand, in the eyes of most people, the health situation is worrying! To this end, in the 1990s, people carried out a reform of the system of que que, and changed it to crushing with tools such as pots and pans. However, it was quickly opposed by the locals, because the taste of this product was not as good as before, and it was better to grasp the taste by hand. Nowadays, most shops wear a pair of plastic gloves on their hands, which is clean and hygienic without affecting the taste, while there are still a few stores that retain the traditional practice of direct hand grasping.
Some nutrition experts pointed out that Tianshui is low in sugar and fat, and regular food can prevent high blood pressure and diabetes, and is a typical green food. Some people also say that the raw material buckwheat comes from the banks of the Jialing River in Longnan City, where the beautiful mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the buckwheat bred by the turquoise waters of the Jialing River is the most "natural color". In recent years, with the holding of the annual Fuxi Gong Festival Ceremony, the ancestor of Chinese humanities, the cultural connotation of Tianshui's "Xi Emperor's Hometown" has become increasingly prominent, and a number of special snacks that are popular in Qinzhou represented by Tianshui Que have also taken advantage of this and walked out of Longyuan Fragrant Shenzhou and made a name for themselves overseas.
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