Xin'an Evening News Anhui Network Dawan News Entering the Waxing Moon, the Spring Festival is approaching, and the streets and alleys can gradually smell the New Year. In the natural village of Guanxiang, Beitao Village, Liulang Town, Wanlan District, Wuhu City, the village mouth is crowded, and the aroma of peanut candy comes from time to time.
This is a century-old sugar mill that has adhered to traditional handicrafts for many years, and the people outside the village, whether the elderly or children, love the taste. At 2 p.m. on January 19, the reporter saw a man at the entrance of the village who was frying peanuts while boiling maltose. The man's name is Wu Changsheng, 57 years old, who has been engaged in sugar making for more than 40 years, and the craft was passed down to him by his father, and until now, the traditional sugar process is still used.
Before making fried rice candy, raw materials should be prepared, collectively known as fried rice. Stir-fried rice is very exquisite, in order to ensure that glutinous rice, peanuts, sesame and other raw materials are heated evenly, Master Wu uses the exclusive secret river sand poured into an iron pot and stir-fried together with fried rice, and then leaked the river sand with a leaky net, leaving the raw materials.
During the conversation, Wu Changsheng quickly poured fried rice and ingredients such as sesame seeds and peanuts into the cooked sugar juice, stirred evenly with a spoon, and gradually, the sweet aroma of maltose filled the surroundings. The mixed rice sugar is laid flat and pressed tightly, and then flattened back and forth with a wooden mill. Next is the peanut candy slicing process that tests the skills of the master.
The traditional production of peanut candy, fried rice candy, sesame sugar has decreased year by year, and it is still very rare to insist on making hand-fried rice candy. During the first winter vacation after the double reduction, Wang Deling, a tourist from Wuhu, took her grandson Xu Minhao and accidentally saw such traditional handicrafts and was attracted by the lively scene of the scene.
Because the production of sesame candy and peanut candy are pure handmade, without any additives, can not be processed and produced on a large scale, peanut sesame candy has become one of the nostalgic new year goods that people are full of strong New Year flavor and can never erase.
"Just now I made my own handmade rice candy, I think it is particularly fulfilling, very delicious, very sweet, very happy." Child Xu Minhao said happily.
Today, dessert snacks such as rice candy can already be mass-produced by machines, but it is precisely because of the experience and aftertaste that homemade pastries have become unforgettable nostalgic memories in everyone's hearts.
"I took my grandchildren here to play during the holidays, and the atmosphere of the festival here was very strong." Looking at this, I think back to when we were young, the method of making fried rice candy by hand at that time at home, and now I am really excited to see it, very happy, I hope that everyone has a happy and joyful year, sweet and sweet, everyone is very happy. Wuhu citizen Wang Deling said.
Wang Yiyang Xiang Fuxing Xin'an Evening News Anhui Net Dawan News reporter Sun Rui
Edited by Xu Dapeng