During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Liaocheng was benefited by the canal, and all kinds of rare ingredients transported from the south to the capital had to pass through Liaocheng. According to research, there are more than 200 kinds of diets involved in the book "Golden Plum Bottle".
Photo: Yin Jianzhong Cao Yuan
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal brings Bafang dishes and flavors to Liaocheng. After a long period of continuous integration. Among them, the food culture of Linqing has evolved more abundantly.
Among the famous foods in Linqing, the most economical and popular is Linqing's "tofu on the board".
Now every morning and evening, the streets and alleys of Linqing can see trolleys, tricycles, bicycles selling tofu. The tofu eaten by Linqing people is called "water tofu" because it is white, tender and has a large water content.
"Water tofu to ——!" With the shouting and selling on the street, from time to time, pedestrians stop at the stalls to buy tofu to eat.
Linqing Zhou Haizhou and his wife's "Zhou Ji Pallet Tofu" without any condiments, watery, tender, white and clear, hot.
These plump beans have been carefully made into delicious water tofu by Zhou Haizhou and his wife, which also contains the diligence and wisdom passed down from generation to generation by the beneficiaries of Linqing.
The tofu is ground into a pulp and boiled over high heat.
Zhou Haizhou and his wife poured soy milk into a large pot and patiently cooked the pulp with firewood.
Zhou Ji pallet tofu is delicious thanks to the good water in the ancient city of Linqing, one side of the water and soil to raise one person, good water can produce good tray tofu.
One thing drops one thing, brine point tofu. Pointing tofu is the essence of the whole pallet tofu, and it is also an important part of testing the taste of pallet tofu.
The husband and wife cooperate tacitly, making pallet tofu as carefully as caring for their own children.
Two fifty-pound Linqing city bricks were placed, slowly draining the excess water, and after pressing and forming, the unique taste of Linqing was included in the white and tender tofu that emitted a rich bean flavor.
The tofu of the pallet is pressed and formed, and the "pallet tofu" as a local famous food has been deeply imprinted in people's hearts.
Every morning and afternoon, the hot tofu of the pallet has become a delicacy that the citizens rush to buy.
In the afternoon, diners will come to this fixed stall, waiting for the arrival of Zhou Haizhou, and can't wait to "drink" a plate of Zhou Haizhou's "tofu on the board".
Only to see Zhou Haizhou take out the tofu knife Ma Li cut a piece, put it on a long thin board, and then simply cut a few knives, into strips, handed to the diners, surrounded by the sound of "purring and purring" eating tofu.
Zhou Haizhou's grandfather's generation was already selling pallet tofu on the canal side, street vegetable markets, because it was affordable, simple to eat and delicious, it became one of the most popular dishes for everyone.
In this way, "tofu on the board" has nurtured generations of descendants of the Zhou family. "Pallet tofu" has nurtured generations of Linqing people, and it is also Linqing people who have achieved "pallet tofu".
Photo taken by Xu Yanlin
Source: Cultural Tourism Liaocheng