My brothers and sisters, who are much older than me at family gatherings, like to eat churn balls. The hometown dough is made of pasta, the so-called noodles are not coarse grains such as corn flour sorghum noodles, but coarse wheat flour similar to whole wheat, no finishing, high bran content so light brown.
One hand is a water spoon, the other hand is sprinkled with flour, and the low heat is slowly simmered, which is stirred with a rolling pin uninterruptedly, and finally stirred into a thin soft and hard dough, so it is called a churn.
To eat the churned dough, it must be accompanied by leeks, garlic paste, spicy seeds in oil, and aged vinegar. The so-called leek is made by chopping fresh leeks, pouring hot oil and salt. Add a plate of pickled sauerkraut, a plate of pickled cauliflower, a deluxe version with a few plates of cold side dishes, marinated beef and pig ears, and a mixed dough meal will be mouth-watering.
Nowadays, the fine white noodles are in charge, and the miscellaneous noodles are difficult to find, so you have to go to the homes of relatives in the countryside to get them, in order to remember that unforgettable memory. Although the churn is not valuable, it is expensive and rare, and the side dishes cannot be exquisite. It can be said that "tofu is eaten into meat money", but the brothers are still happy.
In the difficult years when they were young, fine white noodles were rare, so mixed grains were the way. These noodles are the most memorable taste of their hometown in their memories. The food made by eating mixed noodles is not bittersweet, but a favorite in the bones.
The rice block made of bean noodles here is called burning rice, and the eating method is similar to that of stirring dough. There is also a kind of soup made of miscellaneous noodles called rag shirts, because the miscellaneous noodles are not easy to be kneaded into dough, so they have to be rolled out, torn into small pieces of varying sizes by hand and boiled into the pot, like the clothes worn by the poor at that time, here a broken piece, there is a broken piece, not even a piece, hence the name.
The pot and steamed bun made of miscellaneous noodles are dry and hard, and difficult to swallow, so smart people have come up with a method of steamed bun called brick wrapping city, a circle of white noodles on the outside, a mixed noodle inside, sprinkled with a few flax seeds, the taste is much better than the steamed buns.
I have a bad stomach since I was a child, eating miscellaneous noodles will cause stomach acid is not, plus after I was born, the whole family turned into a town hukou, enjoy the 28 kg of monthly rations supplied by the state, and do not need to use miscellaneous noodles as a staple food. I have no memory or feelings for this kind of meal made of miscellaneous noodles, so I stay away, but I understand that the older generation has a special love for mixed noodle rice.
When I was a child, I was able to eat and wear warmth, but if I wanted to eat well, it was more difficult to have oil and water. In addition to the vegetables grown in their own yard in the summer, steamed buns and tea in the morning, fried potato chips at noon, and potato sauerkraut noodles in the evening, every day, rarely see meaty.
The family eats noodle soup almost every day. When I went out after dinner, the neighbors greeted each other with "Did you drink the soup?" The so-called soup represents rice. "Occasionally improve the food and eat the pull strips, which is pure dry rice, and you have to use minced meat to make a cheek, usually only when you come to the house."
Later, the father's unit pulled a cart of cattle sewage every year to sell to the staff, a pair of cows sewers even with a full set of sewage materials for a total of only five dollars, my family has many children, every year to buy five or six pairs, washing the water is particularly cumbersome, but it is very delicious to eat.
With the day of the cow going into the water to eat, it is simply our festival, every day at noon lunch from the thunderous fried potatoes to add beef water, radish slice potato pieces and potato noodles of boiling rice, two bowls of boiled rice on a steamed bun belly, the stomach is full, the body is also hot, running to school seems to be more energetic.