We continue to travel in Qinghai today, in the afternoon in Haidong City, Ping'an District, ping'an Yi visit, saw a shop called dog pouring urine, very confused, next to the local friend immediately explained to us, dog pouring urine is a local noodle in Qinghai, and this shop is to sell this noodles based on the small shop, although the explanation is very clear, but everyone is still attracted by its peculiar name, so they went into the store to find out.
When we entered the store, the pan was chrome, golden in color, fragrant, and looked like an appetite, so we talked to the owner, we threw out our series of questions, and he patiently explained to us, he said that the cake he was making was "dog pee", which was a piece of cake that had been made, was put in the pot with oil, and would soon be packed for the guests waiting to be used on the side.
The boss said that dog peeing, also known as dog pee oil cake, is a more popular pasta in Qinghai. The material is different from other cakes, it is a "half-dead noodle" with only a little ferment or a "dead noodle" without fermentation at all, rub the coumba flour (made of coumba leaf), pepper powder, salt and other spices on the white dough cake, put it in the pot and burn it, use a sharp oil pot to swirl the oil on it, like a dog peeing, hence the name.
Although the name "dog peeing" sounds very indecent, it does not affect its local popularity, almost every family will make it, everyone will eat authentic food. In addition to its beautiful color and fragrance, it is also very simple to make and easy to preserve, so it is deeply loved by people.
As for why it is necessary to call the dog to pour urine, the owner told us that this stems from a legend, it is said that there was a Turkish girl who had just married into the in-laws' family, according to tradition, the next day at breakfast to show her hand, but a new daughter-in-law forgot to bring food from her mother's house, so she had to hurry into the kitchen. She prepared the dough and oil and placed it on the panel on the stove, and just as she was ready to make the noodles, a puppy jumped on the stove and kicked the oil pot over with one kick, and the oil flowed everywhere on the board.
What should I do when I am in a hurry? The new daughter-in-law was in a hurry, and quickly poured flour on the board to suck the oil dry. Then, together with the oil noodles, sprinkle with coumba flour, pour a little oil and spread well, roll into long rolls, and then make a screw shape in the direction of the noodle rolls, cut into small pieces, and roll out into thin cakes. Pour about half a pair of clear oils into a hot pan, put the cake in, pour a circle of clear oil along the edge of the pan, and keep turning the pancakes to make the color even. When the cake is on fire, quickly turn it over, then pour a circle of clear oil along the edge of the pot, and keep turning the cake, and fry it out of the pan.
After a while, a few hot cakes were brought to the table, and after tasting them, everyone said that they were particularly fragrant, so they asked how the new daughter-in-law of the Turks made it? The new daughter-in-law is not good at telling the story of the dog kicking over the oil pot, saying that it is because the dog poured urine on it. Later, although everyone knew that the reason why this kind of cake was so fragrant was not that the dog poured urine on it, but poured fragrant rapeseed oil on the chrome cake, this allusion became a joke in the local area, and people laughed at the cake baked by this method as "dog pouring urine".
Now the dog pouring urine has also been Qinghai's local special food, not only the taste is tempting, and the name is also easy to remember, so all tourists to Qinghai, generally will buy one to taste, 6 yuan a, almost enough to be full, is a real cheap and good food, naturally loved by people.