From the perspective of species distribution, about 50,000 years ago, early rice plants have appeared in the Yunnan region. Therefore, it is speculated that the earliest area in Asia to grow rice should be the Yunnan region. Rice is not only the staple food of Yunnan people, but also a delicate ingredient, the rice to the extreme, Yunnan people three meals a day, rice noodles, bait silk, pineapple rice, bamboo tube rice, etc., let people relish the ever-changing approach deeply in the life of Yunnan people. Anytime, anywhere, you can see a variety of exquisite foods made with rice as an ingredient.
Yuanyang Rice Terraces, Yunnan has a long history of rice cultivation
Today, I will talk about the "bait block" I saw in Tengchong, Yunnan for the first time. "Bait block" is also made of rice processing, in fact, the raw materials are the same as bait silk, and the rice must first be washed, soaked, steamed, pounded, and kneaded into various shapes. It is generally divided into three types: block, silk and piece, or that bait wire is a kind of bait block, which is finely processed by bait block.
Bait blocks, look at this color are salivating
Tengchong is a more interesting place in Yunnan, close to Myanmar, has always occupied an important geographical location, several eras in Tengchong set up a government, so Tengchong is also an important historical city, also known as the "first city on the edge of the pole". The main tourist attractions in Tengchong include volcanic groups national park, Dieshuihe Waterfall, Yunnan burma anti-war museum, Heshun ancient town, Beihai Wetland Conservation Area, national martyrdom cemetery, etc. In addition to playing these attractions in Tengchong, I certainly recommend eating Tengchong's bait.
Tengchong Volcano
Heshun Ancient Town
Dieshuihe Waterfall Taiji Bridge (this waterfall is the only urban waterfall in the world)
North Sea wetlands
In Tengchong, the fried bait block has another name called "Big Rescue Drive". Legend has it that the Yongli Emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty was hunted down and killed to come to Tengchong. Exhausted and hungry and cold, as a result, Tengchong people gave him a bowl of bait to eat, and in his hunger he ate it so much that he blurted out: "Zhen Nai Great Rescue Driver": "Great Rescue Driving" The name "Great Rescue Driving" came from this. Nanming has been around for three hundred years now, but the Tengchong people have been eating bait for more than three hundred years. The "Urgent Article" has "cake bait wheat rice sweet bean soup", tang Dynasty Yan Shigu annotated one: "steamed rice noodles are bait"; the five generations of Xu Kai's "Biography of the Interpretation of The Character System" said that "flour rice steaming crumbs", rice is broken, it can be seen that broken rice is steamed, the ancients called it "bait". The people of Tengchong have always retained this ancient title.
Steamed rice in Tiangong Kaiwu
The raw material for making bait is rice, and it is necessary to use rice with good quality, flavor and stickiness. In the past, making bait blocks first put the soaked rice into the wooden dumplings and steamed them, took them out when they were ripe for six or seven years, and then put them into the nest, which was a very hard and time-consuming process. Wait until the cooked rice is beaten into a dough, then take it out and put it on the board and knead it, and then make it into a brick shape, which is the bait.
Tengchong area production of bait pieces fine glutinous, white color, ribs, "big rescue" is to first cut the reel bait slices into triangular or prismatic small pieces, with fresh meat slices, ham slices, eggs, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, tomatoes, pea tips and other accessories and a variety of spicy ingredients in the spicy pot stir-frying, its color colorful spots, its taste is full of flavor, smooth and tender, people do not know how to eat.
Big rescue
Welcome friends from all over the country to Come to Tengchong, Yunnan. Try the "bait blocks" here! Friends who have eaten, you can leave a message in the comment area and talk about your feelings!