When it comes to Shaxian snacks, many people are not strangers. In every city, there is always a narrow old corner that belongs to Shaxian Snack.
For most diners, Shaxian snacks are generally the last choice, and those who go in to eat are usually tourists who rush through, office workers in a hurry, or student parties with insufficient pockets.
But for Fujian wanderers who are far away from home, Shaxian snacks are more symbolic of a feeling. No matter where you are, as long as you see the sign that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, you will always think of the taste of home at the first time.
What does home taste like? At least it's not just noodles, flat meat, steamed dumplings.
As the signature classic three-piece set of Shaxian snacks, noodles, flat meat and steamed dumplings have become most people's first impression of Shaxian cuisine. It can be said that when you are faced with a dizzying menu and don't know where to start, almost the first thing that comes to mind is noodles, flat meats and steamed dumplings.
In fact, Shaxian snacks are not only these three dishes. The varieties of Snacks in Shaxian can be roughly divided into seasonal snacks, regional snacks and conventional ordinary snacks. At present, there are hundreds of dishes included in the List of Snacks in Shaxian County, among which the most frequent occurrence on the daily table of Fujian people is not the signature three-piece set, but the cakes and rice dumplings that are most compatible with porridge.
Rice cakes, tangyuan, white fruits, mugwort, rice dumplings, rice jelly, Xi guo, tuan cake, rice parfait, hair cake, large intestine cake... Sticky and soft, sticky teeth pastries, accompanied by a bowl of hot porridge, accompanied by a sweet and soft steamed sweet potato, is undoubtedly the fujian people's favorite home-cooked breakfast.
Fujian people's love for glutinous rice is difficult to express in words, in addition to a variety of pastries with glutinous rice as the main material, zongzi is also another plaque for Shaxian snacks.
Zongzi in Fujian is not a specific delicacy that appears only during the Dragon Boat Festival. On the contrary, zongzi can be said to be a more common delicacy in Fujian people's homes. The rice dumplings recorded in the Shaxian Snack List include meat dumplings, bean dumplings, bean paste dumplings and other rice dumplings, the most famous of which is the Minnan meat dumplings.
Minnan meat dumplings are not only one of the representatives of Shaxian snacks, but also the most representative street delicacy in southern Fujian. Minnan meat dumplings are mostly made of glutinous rice and rice dumpling leaves as the main raw materials, red shallots as auxiliary materials, pork belly, dried shiitake mushrooms, dried scallops, quail eggs as fillings, and five-spice powder, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, old wine, salt and other condiments. The taste is salty, a bite down the mouth is soaked in the cracks of glutinous rice rich meat aroma, coupled with spicy sweet and spicy sauce, the entire mouth is suddenly filled with sour, sweet, spicy, salty four flavors, is simply delicious.
Minnan meat dumplings are very large, the general Shaxian snacks in the meat dumplings will be divided into large and small, it is recommended to choose a small meat dumplings, and then with hot and aroma intertwined mixed with the large intestine stem or beef stalk, just to dissolve the anti-greasy feeling brought by the meat dumplings.
In addition to a variety of cakes and meat dumplings, Babao rice is also a delicacy loved by Fujian people, and it is also included in the list of snacks in Shaxian County.
Sweet Eight Treasure Rice is carefully prepared with nutritious eight flavor ingredients such as glutinous rice, walnuts, raisins, red dates, cinnamon balls, barley, sugar, lard, red and green silk, etc. The choice of these raw materials is also very exquisite, each of which has a different effect on the human body. The Eight Treasure Rice, which is composed of these ingredients, is of course sweet and long, with unique flavor and complete nutrition.
The process of Eight Treasure Rice is complex, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the cost of raw materials is high, only the most authentic Local Shaxian Snack Shop in Shaxian Will Have This Dish, and it will not appear on the Shaxian Snack Menu in other regions.
There are hundreds of snacks in Shaxian County, each of which has a different taste, and hidden behind each taste is the wanderer's deep or shallow, hidden or explicit homesickness.
Nowadays, Shaxian snacks are not only representatives of Fujian cuisine, but also gradually become one of the business cards of Chinese cuisine overseas. With the gradual increase of the influence of Shaxian snacks overseas, it not only contains the homesickness of Fujian wanderers, but also the inheritance, development and yearning of overseas Chinese for the traditional food culture of the motherland.
So, let's go to Shaxian snack bar, in addition to mixed noodles and flat meat, this time we will try other flavors.
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