Generally speaking, the most common dish in August and September is taro. The most common during this period are steamed taro during the "Purdue" period and anti-sand taro in the Mid-Autumn Festival! Chaoshan is rich in taro. Taro is commonly known as "taro", "taro", also known as taro, squatting, belongs to the Tiannanxing family. It is said that it is native to the East Indies and Malayas and other places, but our country has been using taro as a grain soup for more than two thousand years, and the "History" says: "There are squatting owls under the Min Mountains, and they are not hungry until they die." The Book of Han Zhai Fangjin also has a sentence: "Rice I eat bean soup taro Kui". This shows that in China, the use of taro as grain as a soup existed before the Han Dynasty. It can be seen that the impact of taro on our lives is really "long-standing".
Regarding the way to eat taro, it can be said that there are tens of thousands, but no matter what, the most delicious methods circulating in Chaoshan are often found in the elegant halls of three kinds - fried taro crisp, taro puree and back to the sand taro, which we are accustomed to collectively called "taro flavor three gems". How is the "three best tastes of taro" circulating in the food jianghu refined? Some of them are salty and some are rich and sweet, and they all have different tastes, but the only thing they have in common is that they are crisp, smooth, and have a great taste, which always makes people "think of them". Next, I will not talk about nonsense, let's talk about the "love and hate" of these "three absolutes"! 1
Taro crisp as the head of the "taro crisp", it has a unique flavor of the taste, crispy outside and fragrant inside, is an indispensable delicacy in Chaoshan! It is made of fine potatoes, shaved off the taro skin, cut into thin slices, dried and put into a frying pan to fry the crisp, scoop up and filter out the oil stains, and put them into the boiling hot sugar liquid. Scoop and cool, then evenly sprinkle with sautéed white sesame seeds and chopped green onions. The combination of taro, green onion and maltose is truly fragrant, crisp and crisp. This is one of my favorite snacks, a piece to pick up, you can smell a burst of sweetness and a faint fried taste, a bite down, crisp, really crisp, wrapped in sweet onion beads of oil sugar at the tip of the tongue seems to melt at the moment, that thin as transparent taro slices, not to be outdone, emitting a unique taro flavor, crispy and crispy, not sweet and not greasy, evocative. 2
Taro puree
Next is the "taro mud", speaking of taro mud, everyone should be no stranger to it! In the "three gems of taro", the most that is usually contacted should be regarded as it, and the buns, bread, and ice cream that can be seen everywhere on the street, some of which are wrapped in taro paste, can be seen that taro mud is also very important in our lives. And taro puree is often served as the last dish in the feast, taking the meaning of sweet end. How to make taro paste: "After steaming the taro, it is finely pureed, add bean paste, sugar, fried sesame seeds and diced white meat, cooked lotus seeds, a small amount of orange juice or chopped citrus cakes, and steamed to become a hot and smokeless, sweet, oily but not greasy Chaoshan snack." Usually a spoonful of taro puree is imported, the soft and smooth feeling, as if the mouth is dissolved, swallowed into the throat, the tongue still retains the sweet taste of taro puree, people can't help but "another spoonful".
Regarding taro paste, people always like to tell such a story, saying that Lin Zexu was commissioned by the Daoguang Emperor to ban smoking in Guangdong. The British, German, American, Russian and other consuls stationed in Guangzhou set up a banquet to eat ice cream, and Lin Saw this "foreign play" directly bubbling up the heat and did not dare to rush into the mouth. When the foreigners saw his cautious look, they laughed very rudely. Lin Zexu was silent. The next day, Lin Zexu set up a banquet to pay tribute according to diplomatic etiquette. After a few cold dishes, the taro puree was served, and a consul thought it was a cold dish again, so he scooped a full spoon with a spoon and sent it to his mouth, and the result was that it was hot and wow. 3
Anti-sand taro
Finally, that is, of course, our third absolute - "anti-sand taro".
Legend has it that the origin of anti-sand taro dates back to the Yuan Dynasty, when the Teochew people called Yuan Bing Yuan Fan. After the Yuan soldiers invaded Chaozhou, in order to consolidate their rule, they implemented the joint household system, that is, three families and one guarantee, and every three families provided for one Yuanfan, allowing Yuanfan to sleep in which house at will. What is even more intolerable is that whoever marries a daughter-in-law, the bride is only allowed to sleep with Yuan Bing the night before. The people could not bear it any longer and met to kill Yuan Fan on the night of August 15. As a result, overnight, the heinous Yuan soldiers were slaughtered. The people were still angry, and they took the taro as the head of Yuan Fan, cut it into strips, put it into oil and fry it, after fishing it, add some sugar, and after using it to worship the moon lady, eat it! to relieve the hatred in the heart. This has become the norm. In modern times, on the one hand, the "head" may always be reminiscent of bloody scenes, which is strange and scary. On the other hand, it may be because a simple taro is always used in the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, which makes people feel too tedious and monotonous for a long time. Therefore, people often make anti-sand taro when they use taro as a moon worship offering.
However, anti-sand yam, I think the most delicious dessert, snow white it, simply look at the appearance, let people feel that it is a delicacy, let alone a bite? The frosting gradually melted at the temperature of the tongue, the wrapped taro flavor gradually stood out, and the two aromas stimulated the taste buds, which were delicious and delicious, and the color and taste were good enough to make people salivate.
Simple food,
Gave memories all the time.
Because there is food, there is the original beauty.
Have some deep memories because of a dish!
The deliciousness of the "three best taro flavors"...
The rapid life of Chaoshan food culture makes us forget the beauty of the beginning, let us use words to retain our memories, and discover the beauty of daily life.
We do not do the same for us! Because we are foodies! Because we are concerned about Chaoshan!