Strange flavor of hu bean, is a traditional handmade snack native to Chongqing, with a unique taste and typical Chongqing flavor. Sour, sweet, spicy, spicy, salty five flavors of fusion, delicious, but the unique taste is difficult to replicate. It is precisely because of this that the strange smell of Hu Dou came out of Chongqing and gradually swept the world.
Strange flavored beans must have been eaten by everyone, so do you know that the name of "strange flavored beans" was obtained by Lao She?
Lao She with strange flavored beans
Lao She, a famous Chinese modern and contemporary writer, formerly known as Shu Qingchun, has representative works such as the well-known novels "Camel Xiangzi", "Four Generations Together", as well as the drama "Tea House" and so on.
Lao She was born in Beijing in 1899. His father was killed in the 1900 invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and the family depended on their mother's meager income from a part-time job. Living in a large courtyard from a young age, Lao She was well aware of the joys and sorrows of the people at the bottom of the society, and also laid the foundation for Lao She's later creation.
After growing up, Lao She went to live in England, returned to China in March 1930, and then went to Jinan Qilu University to teach. After living in Shandong for 7 years, the well-known "Camel Xiangzi" was created during this time.
In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out. Before the fall of Jinan, Lao She bid farewell to his family and went to Wuhan alone, devoting himself to the War of Resistance. In the "All-China Literary and Art Circles Anti-Enemy Association" established in 1938, Lao She co-served as a director with 45 people, including Guo Moruo and Mao Dun, and was later elected as a permanent director and the leader of the general affairs group, representing the "Cultural Association" to the outside world.
In the summer of 1938, when Wuhan was in crisis, Lao She and his colleagues left Wuhan carrying the seals and documents of the "Cultural Association" and moved to Chongqing. Living in Chongqing is 7 years, and it is also during this period that Lao She encountered "strange flavored beans".
Chongqing's strange flavor of hudou originated in Beibei. Xiong Rongcheng and his wife set up a stir-fry stall, and together with his wife, they developed many special snacks, including knife beans, fried beans, and fried peanuts.
In 1943, Lao She moved to Beibei Duo Rat Zhai and went to Xiong Rongcheng's fried goods stall to taste the beans, and was attracted by this wonderful taste. Xiong Rongcheng sells a unique taste of beans, the entrance only feels crisp, delicate taste, there are sour, sweet, spicy, spicy, salty five flavors. Lao She suggested naming it "Strange FlavorEd Beans", xiong Rongcheng and his wife felt very appropriate, so they took this name and passed it on to this day.
Not only does Lao She appreciate the strange taste of hudou, but Wang Zengqi, a representative figure of the Beijing school writers, also mentioned the strange flavor of hudou in the book "Eating Beans, Drinking Water, Zhai Idle Pen": "The strange taste of Hudou in Beibei is really strange: crisp, crisp, salty, sweet, hemp, spicy. ”
Little mustard beans are exported overseas
Strange flavored beans are not only loved by us, but also by foreign friends. In the United States alone, 2 tons of butterfly brand strange flavored beans are bought from China every year.
Premier Zhou Enlai and Prince Sihanouk
Legend has it that in 1965, the former Prince Sihanouk of Cambodia came to Chongqing, and Premier Zhou Enlai placed strange flavored beans at the banquet, which attracted the prince at once. Premier Zhou saw that he liked him so much that he gave him a bag. It is said that Prince Sihanouk brought the strange bean back to Cambodia and gave it to his mother as a handwritten letter.
In the 1990s, Xu Fengxiang, a foreign guest from Bangkok, Thailand, wrote a comment on "unique flavor and fragrant teeth and cheeks" after tasting the strange flavor of beans.
Inheritance and improvement through the ages Establish clear standards
The production of strange flavored beans is more complicated, and there are as many as 12 kinds of raw materials alone, including Sichuan white sugar, caramel, beans and so on.
Xiong Rongcheng, the "father of strange flavored beans", founded the old brand of "Jinyun", and the taste of the butterfly flower brand strange flavor beans has been improved many times. From the heavy spicy that focuses on the taste of Chongqing people, it has gradually evolved into a different focus on different tastes for different regions. The second generation of Li Senyun and the third generation of Pan Youmin have made significant contributions to the improvement of taste and the mechanization of production processes.
After generations of inheritance and development, the sales of butterfly brand strange flavored beans have greatly increased, and the output has also been greatly improved. Butterfly flower brand strange flavor beans have gradually entered thousands of households, and even sailed across the ocean to sell overseas.
Because of its unique flavor, the Butterfly Flower Brand Strange FlavorEdou bean has been rated as a high-quality product many times, and it is also included in the "Encyclopedia of Chinese Famous Foods", which is an officially certified souvenir.
In addition to Chongqing, there are other cities that have had a strange taste of beans, but no matter how you eat it, you feel that it is not the taste of Chongqing. Maybe this is the Chongqing flavor in the bones of Chongqing's strange flavor of Hu Dou!
Nowadays, there are clear standards for strange flavored beans, and as early as 2008, Chongqing's local standard "Strange Tasted Beans" was officially introduced. This standard clearly stipulates the color, texture and taste of strange bean. Including moisture, sugar and other proportions can be followed. It is this high standard and strict requirements that have made one strange taste of beans delicious after another, and also achieved this unique "strange taste" souvenir.
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