Famous food, allusions 7 cat ears

Cat ears first came from Shanxi, is a famous noodle food, belongs to the hard noodle class. The so-called cat ears, as the name suggests, is its shape like a cat's ears, small and exquisite, cute and loved, but also loved by people. Because of its simple production, suitable for a variety of flour raw materials and a variety of toppings, the tendons of the food are smooth and sharp, the flavor is unique, and it is a long-lasting popular pasta product.

It is said that cat ears are very widely spread in Shanxi, and its production history is long. In addition to flour, folk production also uses bean noodles, soba noodles, sorghum noodles, etc. as raw materials, which can be stewed, steamed and boiled. Modern hotels and restaurants operate it as a local flavor and are loved by the majority of diners. The late famous writer Mr. Lao She, who once tasted cat ears and plucked fish noodles at Jinyang Restaurant in Beijing before his death, and wrote poems; "Hump bear paws are quakes and cats pluck fish real and hua". This hymn gives a high evaluation of the cat's ear, indicating that it is a popular breed.

The cat ear method is really interesting and simple. As long as the dough is kneaded into a soft and hard dough, slightly rolled into a dough piece about two centimeters thick, cut into a piece of noodles of the same size, and pushed forward with both thumbs into a thin slice and rolled into a cat's ear shape. There are also strips that are first kneaded into thick strips of the index finger, pinched with the right hand, and can be made into cat ears in the palm of the left hand, and then cooked with toppings, that is, a refreshing and sharp delicacy.

According to legend, after the "cat ears" were introduced from the north to the south, in the early spring of one year, The Qianlong Southern Tour of the Qing Dynasty took a small internal attendant to hangzhou to swim in the lake, the boat family was an ancient and rare old man, and there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old granddaughter, she had a clear eyebrow, elegant and elegant, and fed a small flower cat. When the boat watched the scenery, the boat propped up to a bridge cave to rest, and Qianlong asked Xiao Nei to take a bowl of noodle soup to fill the hunger and cold. After listening to this, the little granddaughter of the boat family quickly reconciled the noodles, kneaded them into many small round stones, pushed them into slightly shaped small slices with their thumbs one by one, and added green vegetables and spices to cook the soup. Qianlong praised it after eating and asked its name, at this time the little girl suddenly saw the little flower cat's ears turning left and right, and she cleverly replied: "This noodle soup is called cat ears!" Since then, cat ears have become famous in Hangzhou, and Hangzhou's "ZhiweiGuan" is still in operation.