Visiting the rural market and temple fair, it is natural to have a walk and eat. In many rural markets, you can see a variety of "rudimentary" snacks that you can't eat in the city. And it is these seemingly simple snacks, but they have become the shoulder snacks in the rural market, so that people who rush to the market often worry about it. Today we will talk about the most common and popular traditional snack in northern Henan. Before watching this snack, outsiders must be mentally prepared, because it is a dark dish.
This kind of snack is called enema, made of pig blood as a raw material, in the rural areas of northern Henan, the reputation of enemas is very large, many markets can see small stalls selling enemas. Some people will wonder, what can be delicious in this rural market and temple fair? This is estimated to be very strange for many people who do not often go to the market to visit the temple fair. But if you often go to the market, you will understand that in the countryside, it is a festive thing to rush to the market and visit the temple fair. In addition to buying some daily necessities, eating some food to improve the food is also the choice of many people. Therefore, in Puyang, Anyang and other places in northern Henan, the author always sees a local specialty food in some temple fairs and markets that is particularly popular, which can be said to be basically queued for every stall, which shows how hot it is.
When it comes to the materials for making this enema, many outsiders are reluctant to taste it. Because this enema is made after the pig's large intestine is washed, the pig's blood is poured into the intestine with some flour and cooked with water. This enema is a unique local snack in northern Henan, Anyang, Puyang and other places, and it is also one of the hottest snacks in the rural markets in northern Henan. Don't underestimate this snack, but it belongs to the Yu cuisine system and is still a municipal intangible cultural heritage.
Therefore, in front of many markets and temple stalls in northern Henan, you can always see that on this mouth pan, there is a sizzling enema, and the pig blood in the enema is fried in cooking oil. At the same time, the aroma emitted by the fried enema also came out. That's right, this is what many locals think of as a delicious snack – enemas. Traditional cuisine is often very simple and unpretentious, but the processing process is extremely exquisite. Just like this fried enema, it must be slowly fried over low heat. The owners of enema stalls in many rural markets are in a special flat pot, turning the enemas repeatedly, so that the pig's blood slowly hardens and becomes thinner in the sound of cooking oil. And when the skin is fried and blackened, the enema is cooked.
Any traditional snack and delicacy, no matter where it is, is very exquisite, just like this enema, it is very exquisite. It is necessary to use a special knife with a saw blade to cut the whole enema into one centimeter thick pieces. As for the reason, it seems that it is said that only this kind of saw blade can cut the enema, and any other knife cut will cut the enema loose. The eldest sister who was busy frying enemas at the market said that when she was busiest, she would stay in front of the pot for a day without doing anything, even if the sound was average, it was quite easy to sell hundreds of bowls. Enough to see how popular this snack is in the market.
Freshly fried enemas are usually eaten with garlic juice, plus homemade secret chili oil, which is not to mention how beautiful it is. In many rural markets in northern Henan, you can see such enemas fried in oil. Only to see each stall, the boss skillfully uses a shovel to put the cooked fried blood into a small dish, with a bowl of prepared garlic juice, dipped in garlic juice, put into the mouth, the taste is really fresh and fragrant, the taste is very chewy, taste it, it is simply too delicious.
A kind of food represents a lot, especially for the wanderers in the northern Henan region who are in the field all year round, and it is a pleasure to eat a bowl of enemas when they come home. Because this kind of snack can be said to be delicious in a place that cannot be eaten in other places. So especially during the New Year's Festival, you can always see a rural temple fair full of fried enemas. A large pan is the standard for small stalls, and the top is full of burnt enemas, although the color is not good, but the taste is fascinating. Even many people will feel that eating a bowl of enemas is not addictive when rushing to the market.
Enemas contain a lot of fat, protein, wheat starch, sugars and trace amounts of iron, calcium, potassium, sodium and other ingredients, so it has the functions of blood replenishment, spleen, muscles and bones. Coupled with the delicious and inexpensive, especially loved by the masses, fried enemas eat a bit like meat, but it is more delicious than meat, and the taste is very strong. For those who eat it for the first time, especially outsiders, it will be difficult to swallow... But once you eat it in your mouth, you will fall in love with its taste. And the author has not once heard foreign netizens say that they were "afraid" of this snack at the beginning and "attached" to it after eating it. And most people who haven't eaten it will still use it as a dark snack. This is also the reason why this snack is on fire at the temple fair in the rural market. In the northern Henan region to catch a market or visit the temple fair, if you encounter this kind of snack, you have to take a fried enema, and then with a baked cake, eat this kind of local delicacy, the heart is called a beauty.