It is said that every place has some strange and incomprehensible existences for outsiders, so it has given birth to many local proverbs of "strange things". The most popular local dunhuang is the following paragraph:
Perfume pears should be sold in black, and air-dried steamed buns should be broken open for sun
Pulp water noodles relieve the heat quickly, donkey meat yellow noodles outside the door dragged
Sanjiu Suoyang people competed, and the wine dates were not bad when put fresh
Rob hemp tea is loved by everyone, and Yu Qian is also a dish
The above is collectively referred to as the "Eight Monsters of Dunhuang", which concisely summarizes the local specialties of Dunhuang and reflects the local characteristics and folk customs.
Dunhuang's first monster: perfume pears should be sold in black
The so-called "desert melon fruit honey". Dunhuang is rich in melons and fruits, and perfume pears are one of the special fruits, commonly known as "soft pears".
Generally speaking, perfumed pears can be eaten after the autumn harvest, but after the Dunhuang people pick the perfume pears, they are used to freeze them first, and then thaw them after eating.
In this way, the color of the perfume pear becomes brownish black, and the fruit is completely turned into juice.
Refrigerated and then thawed is known locally as "sweating", and the sweated perfumed pears fade away the crisp and sour taste of the first picking, and after a whole winter of frozen fermentation, all the sweetness of the perfumed pears is firmly sealed in the pulp.
After unsealing, the perfume pear is frozen like stone, black and brown crystal bright. Before eating, immerse yourself in cool water, remove the thin ice shell on the skin, and then go to the skin to suck, thaw the perfumed pear, the flesh is smooth, soft and juicy, sweet and cool.
Take a bite, like admiring thousands of pear blossoms blooming branches, like the romance of the melting snow in winter.
Dunhuang's second monster: air-dried steamed buns to break open and dry
Dunhuang noodles are strange, and there are many kinds of flowers like flying on the murals, which are dazzling, but dunhuang people often have "air-dried steamed buns".
Regarding steamed buns, friends in the south may not be familiar with them, but in fact, they are steamed buns. Dunhuang has a dry climate and hot summers, so in order to preserve and eat, many foods will be dried.
A three-volt day like this is the season for air-dried steamed buns. After the steamed bun is boiled out of the pot, it is immediately broken open and dried, and the steamed buns after complete drying and dehydration are crispy in taste, and the summer soaked in watermelon is eaten, how a satisfaction can be described!
Dunhuang's third monster: pulp water noodles relieve the heat quickly
Pulp water is a kind of noodle made of slurry water to make soup, and pulp water is made of pure noodle soup that does not stick to oil, fermented together with cabbage and celery, etc., and its taste is sour and fragrant.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Xuan, a jinshi of Lanzhou, wrote "Pulp Water Surface Drama", which said:
"Cool off with syrup water, inflammation and stomach self-harmony." The noodles are long and chewy, and the celery products are evaluated. Splash red acid is thorough, and the heart is not frozen. Add food all day long, what is the taste ratio show? ”
This shows the sour taste of the pulp water surface.
However, the acid on the surface of the pulp surface is naturally fermented, dunhuang land contains too much salinity, often eat acidic cool pulp water, not only can neutralize alkaline, but also can defeat the fire to relieve the heat, anti-inflammatory and blood pressure.
Therefore, Dunhuang often eats pulp water surface in summer, especially in the current three-volt summer, and the food is clear and hot. Friends who come to Dunhuang during this time may wish to try to taste it.
The fourth monster of Dunhuang: donkey meat yellow noodles dragged outside the door
Donkey meat yellow noodles, donkey meat is a supporting role, yellow noodles are the protagonist. The yellow face of the yellow face comes from "puff ash" - a wild plant that grows on the Gobi, and the noodles added to the puff ash are yellow after cooking, so it is called "yellow noodles".
If you travel to Dunhuang, you will definitely see a lot of donkey meat yellow noodle restaurants on the side of the road. There are usually ramen chefs in noodle restaurants who perform the wonderful "donkey meat yellow noodles outside the door".
In the hands of the experienced master, the ramen is like magic, the picture is more than seventy-two changes, repeatedly kneading, folding, pulling, seeing people are dazzling, before they react, like silk long noodles have been thrown into the pot.
It can be said that most of the strong taste of yellow noodles comes from the craftsmanship of the master ramen!
Dunhuang Fifth Monster: Sanjiu Suoyang people compete
The desert Gobi has strongly occupied the boundaries of Dunhuang, but the fertile soil not only gave birth to Dunhuang's melons and fruits, but also grew many rare drugs, such as "Suoyang", which is known as "desert ginseng".
Suoyang grows in the desert Gobi of ice and snow, where it grows is not frozen, and the snow falls within a radius of one meter, which is legendary and mysterious, and near the ruins of Dunhuang Suoyang City, There is still Suoyang growing to this day.
In the past, on the coldest days of march 9 and 49, many Dunhuang people would go to dig up Suoyang.
Dunhuang local, often boiled and eaten together with Luobu ma tea, in the soup, stew chicken, duck, goose, fish will also add Suoyang, quite nourishing.
Dunhuang's sixth monster: the wine dates are not bad when they are fresh
In addition to the perfume pears to be sold in black, Dunhuang people will also seal and preserve dates, so that in the autumn and winter, you can eat them if you want.
The difference is that after dunhuang's fresh dates are cleaned, they are directly pickled with highly white wine.
After the unsealing of the wine dates, the wine aroma is mixed with the jujube fragrance, the jujube fragrance is accompanied by the aroma of wine, although it will not be drunk, but it does have the magic of making people intoxicated.
Dunhuang Seventh Monster: Rob Ma Tea is loved by everyone
Rob hemp is a wild plant in the saline wasteland and desert edge, gobi desert, specially picked from June to August small red flower rob hemp grows young leaves. In summer, the weather in Dunhuang is relatively hot, the transpiration effect of plants is the strongest, and the medicinal ingredients are all up to the top of the branches and young leaves, and the medicinal value is high.
After the young leaves of Rob Hemp are steamed and kneaded, it becomes the desert's exclusive "Rob Hemp Tea", and eating Rob Hemp Tea has the function of cooling off the fire, preventing dizziness and strengthening the heart.
Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring has three treasures: iron-backed fish, five-colored sand, and seven-star grass, of which "seven-star grass" is commonly known as small rob hemp. Legend has it that the iron-backed fish and the seven-star grass can be eaten together to live forever, so in ancient times it was called the crescent spring "medicine spring".
(Note: Although the legend is so, do not walk into the protective circle of the Crescent Spring without permission~)
Dunhuang Eighth Monster: Yu Qian is also a dish
If you come to Dunhuang in the spring, you will see many leafy elm trees in the streets. The shape of the elm money leaves is like money and small, the color is white in strings, round and thin as coins, so the name "Elm money". It just happens to be in harmony with "yu money", so there is a saying that "eat yu money, have yu money".
Fried Yu Qian is a limited delicacy of Dunhuang spring! Every spring, Dunhuang locals will pluck the leaves of Yu Qian, wash them with clean water, steam them with flour, supplement them with lard, and stir-fry them with leeks.
Stir-fried Yu Qian can be used as a side dish or only as a dish, and the taste is light and delicious.
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Only because the geographical longitude of Gansu Province is extremely large, from east to west, although the customs and habits are in the same vein, dunhuang is far to the west, the natural landform is quite different from the eastern part of Gansu, and since ancient times, it has been influenced by the culture of the Western Regions, absorbing the strengths of all and becoming a school of its own.
In the early days, dunhuang also circulated another eight monsters:
Dunhuang taste alkali grass sheep, mingsha mountain under the grape fragrance;
Desert melon fruit honey, Li Guang apricot fruit king;
Dunhuang Three Treasures Hidden in the Snow, Rob Hemp Shoes to Protect Health;
Air-dried steamed steamed melon steamed buns, five-color sand healing for thousands of years.
The content is more or less the same, describing the authentic customs of Dunhuang. Although it looks "strange" on the surface, it is actually "authentic"!
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