Many people say that Jiangsu people are not exquisite, where do you see it? It's Jiangsu cuisine!
Suzhou's Jiangbei and Jiangnan actually have a considerable difference, and Jiangbei and Jiangnan have always had differences in taste.
Jiangnan people don't like Jiangbei because the dishes in Jiangbei are not only salty and spicy, but also very rough, and there is no exquisite feeling at all. However, people in Jiangbei feel that jiangnan dishes are eaten by women, the portion is too small, and it is particularly sweet. Too cost-effective, not cool to eat at all!
Taste of Jiangsu
In fact, Jiangnan and Jiangbei are not far away, but why is there such a big difference? Suzhou and Wuxi are the representative cities of Jiangnan. Yangzhou, Yancheng is the center of Jiangbei, geography and humanities have great differences, not to mention, and history also has an inseparable relationship.
The human world of Jiangsu
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jiangnan belonged to the State of Wu, which expanded its power and annexed the Jiangbei region. The Yue King's practice of "lying down and tasting the guts" is an allusion to this place in this period. In fact, it has always been difficult to get consistent cognition or habits in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, which has a great relationship with their geographical location.
Jiangsu
From the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the Song Dynasty, Suzhou belonged to different countries and were also dispersed to administer autonomy. Because of the management methods of the ancestors of the past, Jiangsu has never been able to achieve unification, but has bred a completely different flavor and culture under various different management. The most obvious of these is in the area of eating sheep.
Suzhou library of mutton
We all know how famous Suzhou's book collection lamb is. But Jiangbei infected with the addiction of mutton, which is also due to the northerners, under the long-term cultural exchanges, the people of Jiangbei began to eat mutton, even if the mutton is warm, the people of Jiangbei eat it regardless of the season, regardless of winter and summer. So if you want to eat good lamb all year round, then come to Jiangbei! The delicacy of Jiangnan makes Jiangnan only eat mutton in winter, because the people of Jiangnan are more afraid of heat in summer.
Come to a bowl of Jiangbei salty and spicy lamb noodles!
Under the ancient labor system of male and female weaving, the value of cattle and horses in production and life was determined, so these livestock became both precious and could not be eaten casually. However, sheep cannot be used for farming, so the status of mutton will be relatively secondary, which determines that mutton can be more easily eaten in Suzhou. Of course, pigs at this time, as omnivores, eat everything, so it is easier to be slaughtered as a plate food.
Different forms of bibliophilic lamb
This has little space for cultivated land in Jiangnan, so remove the cattle and horses, and the mutton is enshrined as a high-quality product. Eating only in winter is of course their highest etiquette. But what is this sheep in Jiangbei? And can't use, kill! eat! Therefore, jiangnan people go to Jiangbei to see the summer lamb is really very puzzling.
Summer also give me lamb!
But later, Nanjing appeared as a Jiangsu Province, which led to the interconnection between the north and south of Suzhou. Of course, Nanjing is not Jiangsu at all, just like a symbolic existence. In Nanjing's food, you can see its extremely jiangsu side. Nanjing's cuisine is not as exquisite as Jiangsu's, nor is it as bold as Jiangbei's.
Nanjing duck
Nanjing is famous for its love of duck. In "Duck City", I couldn't find a little bit of Jiangnan and Jiangbei. Gangnam eats braised duck, and small pieces eat wine. Jiangbei eats three sets of ducks, and a large plate is brought up to make you eat a good meal. But the plate duck in Nanjing seems to be OK, but when it comes to saltwater duck, it changes its taste. This has little to do with Jiangnan and Jiangbei basically no longer has anything to do with taste.
Nanjing saltwater duck
And the whole of Jiangsu does not like duck blood and duck miscellaneous, but this is a rare treasure in Nanjing. Used as ingredients to cook dishes, make vermicelli to make cakes to change the play of Fa'er. Therefore, as the capital of Jiangsu, Nanjing is not Jiangsu at all. But this is not a problem in Nanjing, other cities in Jiangsu Jinan, Zhengzhou, Hangzhou, etc. have different tastes, and it is obviously difficult to rely on only one provincial capital to integrate all the tastes into one furnace. And what is even more outrageous is that the languages of Jiangnan and Jiangbei are different, what do you want Nanjing to do? A lot of pressure to cut well!
Jiangbei's back pot meat
Jiangbei's salt and peppers are famous in Suzhou. Often the hand is not light or heavy, and the people in Jiangnan look at it and stay away. And jiangnan people cook in the eyes of Jiangbei people is also like that, you cook when you cook, what do you do with sugar? And that's not all, the difference in Jiangsu flavor can even be reflected in a bun.
Buns in Jiangbei
The buns in Jiangnan are no longer the traditional big buns in the north. They are looking for thin skins and more different fillings. Even for the sake of thin skin, they use dead noodles to make, which is simply for face in the eyes of Jiangbei people, and Jiangnan people's practice of sucking soup in buns with straws is simply the source of Jiangbei people's obsessive-compulsive disorder. Let them go crazy. And Jiangnan people often despise Jiangbei with this delicacy, although it is not necessary, but this is also the reason why the two places have not been able to unify.
Buns from Gangnam
In Jiangsu, the food culture with more differences has once again divided the pattern of Jiangsu. A passage is very interesting: Han Xin, a Huai'an person, helped Liu Bang, a Xuzhou man, and Xiang Yu, a suqian person. Dude can help me explain, I only know that this is a cultural difference derived. But cultural differences in one place may really promote each other and progress each other!