Shaoyang, December 26, news In the cold winter season, Shuidong Village, Yingguang Township, Xinshao County, Hunan Province ushered in the "golden season" of sweet potato vermicelli making.
Villagers gather to make sweet potato vermicelli (Photo courtesy of Qiu Wenli)
The pace of the new year is approaching, and the flavor of the new year is getting stronger and stronger. Walking into Shuidong Village, Yingguang Township, there are rows of crystal clear original sweet potato flour hanging in each courtyard, and the sweet fragrance of sweet potato flour is filled everywhere, adding a different flavor to the cold winter. In Shuidong Village, you can see the busy figure of the villagers making sweet potato flour everywhere in front of the house, at the gate of the courtyard, a big pot is flourishing in the firewood, there is a big pot on the table, there are several large wooden barrels next to it, the villagers grind the powder together, wash the pulp, knead the powder, and then go through a series of procedures such as pounding the powder, scalding the powder, passing the powder, drying the powder, etc., the original ecological sweet potato powder is made.
"Our sweet potato flour is handed down by our ancestors, every year at this time, the people of our village get together, rub and rub, stir, pull, peel, and dry everyone works together to do this thing well, this sweet potato flour tastes very good, very chewy. Peng Chunxuan, a villager in Shuidong Village, said.
Kneading powder (photo courtesy of Qiu Wenli)
It is understood that the villagers in the area of Shuidong Village, Yingguang Township have the tradition of making handmade sweet potato powder, they use the winter leisure season to build a sweet potato flour hand-processing workshop in their own yard every year, and the traditional hand-made sweet potato vermicelli has to go through more than a dozen processes, so that the sweet potato flour produced is soft and chewy, and the taste is delicate, which has become a magic weapon for the villagers to increase their income in winter, and it is also a memory of many people's hometown, that touch of nostalgia that is difficult to forget.
Drying (photo courtesy of Qiu Wenli)
Prepared traditional handmade sweet potato flour (Photo courtesy of Qiu Wenli)
At present, there are more than 200 handmade sweet potato flour in our village, which can produce more than 10,000 catties per year, increasing the income of villagers by more than 20 yuan. Peng Dekuan, secretary of the Shuidong Village branch, said.
After processing, the sweet potatoes have changed from "soil lumps" to "golden lumps" for villagers to increase their income. In the next step, Shuidong Village will take the sweet potato flour industry as a local characteristic variety, continue to drive the surrounding villagers to develop the sweet potato flour industry, and continuously improve the income of farmers. (Reporter Zhang Zhicheng, correspondent Qiu Wenli, Liu Zhangguo, Chen Chuqi)
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