For the Fengshun people who go out, there are three foods that are almost a must-eat when they go home - soup, bundles and dried beans. If you haven't tasted one of them, this trip home seems to be a regret.
The century-old shop in the middle building of Cai Wu is no stranger to local diners. Cai Xianne is seventy years old this year, and it has been more than fifty years since he helped burn fire and push the stone mill, and it has been more than fifty years since he helped burn the fire and push the stone mill. Uncle Cai said that when his father and second uncle took over the stall in 1926 from their uncle who was preparing to go abroad, his father was only 20 years old, and his second uncle was only 16 years old. He has been working for more than fifty years since he started by helping to burn fires and push stones in the shop.
Po oil dried bean exists in the bustling streets, but also hidden in the country roads, across the distance can smell the special aroma of fried food, for Fengshun people are familiar with the po oil dried bean, foreign tourists may be difficult to guess what "po oil" is what the oil is.
I remembered that my friends from out of town heard me talk about dried beanie, and they logically believed that it was a delicacy created by female elders.
This idea is reasonable, but unfortunately it is not true. The reason why it is called Po you dried bean is because in the local Hakka dialect of Fengshun, "Po" and "float" are homophonous - a "Po" character describes the scene of ingredients churning and floating in the oil pot in a very graphic way, and this name also adds a bit of interesting mystery to the well-known tofu (fengshun people call it dried tofu). The locals don't need to explain, the outsiders don't know why – but it doesn't matter, as long as people enjoy the crispy and tender food.