Grilled cake cold powder
As soon as Beijing entered Futian'er, it entered the "barbecue" mode. In order to understand the heat of the summer, people like to eat some cold food in the mouth, in addition to eating popsicles, drinking herbal tea, drinking cold sour plum soup that defeats the fire, etc., in eating food, there are cold noodles that cannot be separated from the family, grilled cakes and cold powder that cannot be tired of eating.
It is needless to say that everyone is familiar with cold noodles, but this grilled cake and cold powder are now rare.
Grilled cakes
In the past, the raw material for grilled cakes was a mixture of soba noodles and a small amount of elm noodles.
Elm skin noodles are taken off the bark of elm trees and ground into noodles, because it contains a lot of plant mucus, equivalent to natural edible glue, add it to soba noodles, it is particularly tendonous, and it is smooth and chewy to eat.
At that time, the urban population was small, and the second was that farmers did not understand the sustainable development of plants, and the elm trees could not regenerate after scraping off their skin, so it was difficult to have this now.
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The mixed noodles are first stirred with water into a thick batter, then steamed, cooked for a while, while warm to make a small round lump, the size of a baked cake, placed on ice or cold water to cool.
Cool powder
In the summer, steak cakes are sold together with cold powder.
The raw material of the cold powder is starch made of mung beans, after mixing with water, put cold water into the pot, after boiling, pour the starch water into boiling water, wait until it is boiled into a viscous and transparent state, turn off the heat and wait for it to be naturally cool, become a state of meat jelly, white translucent and elastic, cut into cubes, placed on ice to cool.
Some people pour the starch juice into a colander, little by little leak into the pot of boiling water, cook it like a small fish, the two tips between the belly, named "plucked fish", fished out and put in cool water to cool.
Seasoning of grilled cakes and cold powder
The seasoning for the grilled cake and the cold powder is the same.
First of all, mix the sesame paste with water, and the others such as soy sauce, vinegar, carrot shreds, garlic paste, mustard sauce, chili oil, etc. are served in the vessel.
In the old Beijing people gathered, there must be stalls selling steak cakes and cold powder, such as the White Pagoda Temple, Huguo Temple, Longfu Temple and other temple fairs, in the summer to set up a tent.
There was a large wooden basin with a piece of ice in it, a white cloth covered with translucent lumps of cold powder on it, and ice water soaked in the grilled cake in the wooden basin. On the case is a can.
The vendor shouted loudly: "Grilled cakes, sour and spicy cold powder!" Please. ”
When the diners sit down, they use their left hand to hold up the grilled cake or cold powder, and the right hand uses a knife to cut into small pieces, or scrape into thin strips with a scratcher, or directly fill a bowl of "plucked fish" at the request of the eater, and then pour various spices, only vinegar and pepper are put by the eaters according to their taste.
Radish shredded cake
When it comes to radish silk cake, people think of a chef named Liu Guangyu.
When Liu Guangyu was a child, he followed his father to the lotus market in Shichahai to make and sell radish silk cakes on the spot.
As an adult, he set up stalls in the Donganmun Market.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he worked as a pastry chef at the Chunyanlou Restaurant in Wangfujing.
Later, after being introduced by Huang Zhen, he worked as a noodle cook at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where he was known for making radish silk cakes.
Premier Zhou, Chairman Zhu, Mr. Chen, Sister Deng, Sister Cai, and other party and state leaders all liked this snack very much. Foreign guests such as Kim Il Sung and Prince Sihanouk also praised it.
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Radish shredded cake is also known as radish shredded oil shortbread. It uses water and noodles, and the noodles do not add a little greasy. When the noodles are awake, divide into one or two multi-weight agents.
Roll out the dough more than a meter long, put in the processed radish shredded filling, roll up the dough little by little according to the triangle, shoot it into a flat shape, and put it on the cake bell to burn.
After the skin is browned, it is placed in the oven and grilled over low heat. The radish silk cake is tender on the outside and fragrant and delicious, which is a famous snack at the state banquet that year.
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Content source: "Old Beijing Narrative Food Famous Food"
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