In Zhangjiachuan, as long as you mention the pot helmet, your first impression may be what Yang Jiming looks like in his song; the pot helmet is like the smell of the mother, yes, our Zhangjiachuan pot helmet is famous, and it also shows the simplicity and kindness of our Zhang family adults. Then again, with the continuous renewal of the market economy, today's pot helmets look like they didn't have the taste of the past, they were much thinner than before, and the price also rose to 15 yuan a piece.
The pot helmet of the cross of the two gates
Pot helmet, also known as pot kui, pot helmet steamed bun, dry pot helmet, is a local characteristic of the pasta. Zhangjiachuan dry noodle pot helmet has a long history. It has been very famous since the late Qing Dynasty and is a special noodle cake loved by the local Hui Han people. The production of dry noodle pot helmets originated from the Three Kingdoms period. According to legend, Guan Yu garrisoned Bo Wang, because of the lack of water, wanted to abandon the city and did not defend Zhuge Liang, so he took the tips. Guan Yu read the letter and wrote: "Use more dry noodles mixed with a little water and into hard pieces, and the big pot of kang will be eaten like a helmet to feed the soldiers." Guan Yu ordered the cook to concoct the same method, and sure enough, he got a helmet, as big as a shield and the crisp and crispy food was delicious. Incense is indescribable. Zhangjiachuan pot helmet as a whole is round, large and thick, with a diameter of about a foot, more than 1 inch thick, and a weight of 1 kg, 2 kg, and 3 kg. It is characterized by: thick as a shield. The color is yellow and bright, and the fragrance is mellow. The outside is dry and soft on the inside, the population is crisp, the taste is chewy, the food is not tired, the taste does not change for a long time, it is not easy to break and it is suitable for long-distance travel. A great gift for friends. It is rumored that Gustev of the Russian merchant GuBao Cai Foreign Company was engaged in the fur business in Zhangjiachuan, and when he was about to eat the pot helmet, he brought a pot helmet in a box and forgot to eat it across the ocean, and turned it over after returning home. Still crispy as ever.
Zhangjiachuan dry noodle pot stick has a unique production process to add a large amount of dry noodles to a certain proportion of alkaline water, mix into a dough into the good dough, and then add a large number of thousand noodles. Knead the dough repeatedly with a hard, smooth and heavy bar until the dry dough is pressed into silk and then cut into 1, 2 or 3 pounds of dough. Roll out into a round cake, smear with clear oil, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper, bitter beans, turmeric and other condiments, then roll up the dough, stand upright and press into a small circle, roll out with a wooden bar to form a thick and large round cake shape, and carefully swirl the pattern on it with clean comb teeth and other tools. Spread a little oil and bake on a tassel. The pot helmet is made with a special hammer, which has two layers, the bottom layer of coal fire, the upper layer of the roasted bun pot noodles, this layer of the pot noodles is another layer of coal fire, and the top layer of the baked bun noodles, a total of four layers. First of all, the rolled dough cake is placed on the top of the pot noodles, and then put in the following layer of noodles to bake on both sides of the noodles, so that the upper and lower sides of the steamed bread are coal fire, heated evenly, and the baked pot helmet color is bright yellow, the skin is crisp, chewy, has an aftertaste, is fragrant and crispy, and has an endless aftertaste.
According to the survey, there are about 150 people in Zhangjiachuan Town and Longshan Town who are engaged in making pot helmets, and on every market day, pot helmets shaped like shields can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. The more famous ones are Zhangjiachuan Town Dongguan Old Wei Family, Old Iron Family, Xiguan Haijia, He Lishe Family Pot Helmet, they are all ancestral operations, there is a set of successful recipes for making pot helmets, has long been known as the top product favored by consumers.
At present, the epidemic currently wants to eat a pot helmet but has become a luxury, the street market in addition to supermarkets and other daily necessities stores, other are closed, the people of the whole country work together to overcome sadness.
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