Summer is the season when you pack the most flavors. In the sound of cicadas, the summer memories engraved on the taste buds are gradually awakened with the strong return of the high temperature. In Yuwang, the exclusive summer way to eat is to bite down the soft sticky sweet corn dumplings, which is the favorite and most anticipated delicacy of the Yuwang people in summer.
In the summer heat, the glutinous corn in the crop field is ripe, and Huang Lian and her husband Yang Zhengpin, who live in the Wang community by the Wang Second Group, went to the field early to break the corn, ready to make corn sticks, make this kind of sticky corn, the preferred variety is the locally grown sticky corn, this kind of waxy corn skin is thin and slag-free, the taste is delicate.
First of all, the old leaves on the outside of the corn should be peeled off, leaving only clean leaves, gently cutting off the roots with a knife, peeling off the corn leaves one by one, and putting them in clean water to wash and dry the water for later.
Subsequently, the corn kernels are peeled off and ground into a corn paste, and then an appropriate amount of white sugar is added and stirred well.
After the corn paste and corn leaves are ready, the next step is to wrap the two together, only to see Huang Dajie and Yang Brother fold the corn leaves in half, use a spoon to take the appropriate amount of corn paste into the corn leaves, gently press and paste, a simple corn sticker will be wrapped.
Finally, the wrapped corn cane into the steamer basket steaming, twenty minutes later, the corn corn freshly baked, corn leaves also gradually turn yellow, emitting a rich corn fragrance, taste a taste bud will be impacted, corn unique fragrance, let people love it. The corn dumplings in the steamer basket are like an old friend who has not been seen for a long time, snuggling up to each other, as if telling a specific whisper of summer, satisfying the taste buds while solving the problem of hunger, which is simple and fulfilling.
Every morning, Sister Huang pushes a cart through the streets, and everyone can see Sister Huang pulling a cart to sell corn. "Selling corn and corn, selling corn and corn..." The shouting spread into thousands of households, which is the summer feeling of the unique Yuwang people.
Text: Zhang Xinglu Li Mengting