Taste of hometown: Traditional and classic Chaoshan snack - grass grits

Childhood memory, in addition to the unbearable heat in the summer, every morning can hear the cry of knowing, most of the afternoon at some time, you can always hear someone in the streets shouting - "grass kun ...", the sound is far and near, unconsciously came to the door or near the door, sometimes always buy some to eat, relieve the heat. This is a scene that many people in the Chaoshan area are familiar with when they are young. In the past, the people who sold carried the burden, then pushed the bicycle, and then there was no one to sell through the streets, only a few in the market may be a few selling.

Grass is different from other kon, although it has a kon character. It looks a bit like a tofu flower, the white texture of the tofu flower is soft and cotton, while the grass is black, the taste is a little elastic; the appearance and taste are more like turtle paste, but the ingredients are different.

Grass kway teow is made of a plant called kwai kwai grass as a raw material, plus potato flour, made after several processes (if the amount of production is small, slightly troublesome, so for the time being do not introduce the production project), the final molding process is black, similar to jelly. When eaten, sprinkle with some powdered sugar (heated with white sugar, turned over the sand, cooled), especially delicious.

Grass kway teow has the effect of clearing heat, detoxification, intestinal fire, etc., and is deeply loved in the Chaoshan area, and every summer, many people will always buy some to eat, quench their thirst in the summer.