As we all know, the food of different countries and regions in the world has great differences, mainly due to the development of history and culture, coupled with the pursuit of personal tastes and other factors, each place has its own local characteristics of the food culture. There are differences in the way ingredients are handled and cooked, and there are different insights and interpretations of food.
Fuzhou, Fujian Province, has an intangible cultural heritage snack, the meat swallow, which looks rough and looks like wontons, but it tastes very different. It is made of real "meat wrapped meat", and outsiders often admit mistakes.
Meat swallow, also known as "Taiping Yan", originated in Fuzhou during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, similar to the wontons in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is not only a characteristic flavor snack, but also a festive dish in Fuzhou's cultural customs.
The people of Fuzhou who are in charge of the Eight Classics celebrate the New Year's Festival, and when they celebrate their weddings and relatives and friends, they will eat "Taiping Yan", which means "peace and auspiciousness".
Today, after several generations of inheritance, this "click" sound has long crossed Fuzhou and expanded to the whole country.
Its shape is like a flat-headed flying swallow, the taste is special, made of meat swallow skin, the filling is generally diced meat, shrimp, water chestnut and other mixed as filling. The thin bird's nest wrapped in a special filling, after cooking, is crystal clear and puts into the mouth a "crisp" word, not only the meat filling but also the outer skin is crispy (unlike the ravioli dough skin is easy to lump). It can be described in one sentence: that is, there is a kind of pleasure of swallowing dates. It can make the eater eat free and comfortable, and revel in it!
The most characteristic of the meat swallow is the "meat wrapped meat" meat swallow skin. The skin of the meat swallow is white in color, as thin as paper, and the meat is fragrant, delicious and rich in nutrients. It is smooth and refreshing to eat, not only the meat filling can be made into flat meat swallows can also be rubbed into round swallow balls; the "swallow silk" cut into silk can also be made into a dish alone, combining the swallow and the dragon's eye-sized meatballs, and the soup can also be burned with a special soup dish one by one "Dragon's Whisker Swallow Balls", the color is crystal white, the taste is tender and delicious.
Because of its exquisite production and long history of use, it has been included in the ranks of China's intangible cultural heritage. To the food of Guangzong Yaozu, there are many people who admire the reputation of meat swallow specially go to Fuzhou to eat authentic meat swallow, meat swallow is a famous snack in Fujian, is the intangible cultural heritage of Fujian Province, convenient bee convenience store also has fast-food meat swallow for sale.
People who don't know about meat swallow, the first reaction when they see it is absolutely: "Isn't this just wonton!" "The questioning was refuted by locals. Have you ever eaten a meat swallow?