Slurry water surface is a kind of noodle made of slurry water, which is widely popular in Longyou area. The slurry water surface of Wushan County is famous in Gansu for its unique flavor. An indispensable activity for many cultural celebrities who come to Wushan is to taste the slurry water surface of Wushan County, especially the orthodox rural hand-rolled water surface.
Wushan people call the making of syrup water sauerkraut, and the vegetables in the syrup water are called sauerkraut. The process of sauerkraut is generally said to be "挿" and "throw". In summer, fresh endive, alfalfa, and camelina are used as raw materials, and in winter, lotus cabbage is cut into thin strips. The process is to wait until the water boils, put in the vegetables, cook until eight ripe, add the clear noodle soup (wheat flour and cold water stirred evenly), wait until the soup overflows, pour it into a porcelain jar with primers (old pulp water) and cover it, and after three days, it will become slurry water. The method of "throwing" celery is the same as that of sauerkraut, which is equal to twice. The most exquisite slurry is the bitter lettuce slurry made from endive buds in March.
Wushan is located in the northwest, there has never been drought and little rain, a small drought in three years, a big drought in ten years is the true portrayal of the climate of Wushan, coupled with the high slope of the mountain, the valley and the gorge are small, the land is thin, the area of fertile land is small, the river valley area only accounts for one-tenth of the area of the county, and the famine year is not uncommon. If you don't try to find a way, you will starve and die. In the past, when the material life was extremely poor, syrup water was not only a condiment in the daily diet, but more importantly, it was also responsible for storing vegetables and chatting to satisfy hunger. At that time, fortunately, there were still slurry tanks, and fortunately, there were wild vegetables all over the mountains and rivers, so that many of our ancestors could wait for the season of wheat yellow. Slurry water plays a very important role in the life of Wushan people, it can be said that it has an irreplaceable role, and now in the countryside to invite people in the city to eat, the best is still slurry water.
Slurry water can go to heat and clear fire, it also has a special effect on some diseases, the slurry water with endive as raw material has the effect of dehumidifying and improving water, dissolving stasis and reducing swelling, strengthening the stomach and increasing appetite, such as using celery to cast, and also has the effect of reducing and stabilizing blood pressure. Now it has been discovered that the slurry water can also lose weight, and the slurry water surface has become a favorite food for women. My niece has been in Beijing for ten years, and she has traveled thousands of miles to bring syrup water, the first time it is broken, and the second time she brings it to make her own sauerkraut, and many fellow villagers have to go to her house to live the sauerkraut addiction after a while. Once, a group of Wushan classmates who were working in other places came home, and we had a party in the restaurant, and when they were drinking and excited, they thought of sauerkraut, and actually ate five plates of sauerkraut at the dinner table.
Before eating, the slurry water should be "boiled" in hot oil. The Wushan method is to heat the oil, then put in the wild onion (also known as the mountain onion) or the wild leek flower (the local call Bianbian), wait for the wild onion or wild leek flower to fry until brown, then add the slurry water, and stop immediately when the slurry water boils. The slurry water surface is to scoop the previously boiled noodles (wheat noodles, buckwheat noodles, pea noodles) into a bowl, add the syrup water, slightly acidic, or add according to your own taste. Eat slurry water must be accompanied by pickles, the most common pickles are fried leeks, fried big peppers, especially pay attention to the fried fine pepper rings, cut the fine peppers into a circle, only add a little salt when frying, the sourness of the slurry, the spicy peppers, the rough and bold character of the Wushan people is vividly expressed. The simplest pickle is to mince leeks and peppers and marinate them with salt. In the hot summer, eat a bowl of slurry water, sour, hot and salty, you will suddenly feel cool and happy.
After the exploration of the industrious and intelligent Wushan people, the slurry water mixes soup, slurry water surface, slurry water surface fish, slurry water stir dough, slurry water root root (corn flour cut into pieces), syrup radish, sauerkraut fried meat, sauerkraut vermicelli, sauerkraut buns, sauerkraut buns also came into being. Especially in recent years, people have invented syrup hot pot, syrup buffalo beef noodles and other flavorful delicacies with local characteristics.
Author: Shi Guodong
Video production: Wang Zhengping