This matter must start from the beginning of 1939, when the National Government proposed that Zhang Lan, Huang Yanpei, Wu Yuzhang, and 14 other members should form the Chuankang Construction Period Chengcheng Association, which is a very important organization in the National Political Participation Association, which organized the famous Chuankang Construction Inspection Mission and put forward a plan for the construction of Chuankang that still has reference significance to this day, which has been valued and praised by all parties. They also set up offices throughout Chuankang to supervise the construction of Chuankang.
In February of the same year, when the organization was formed, everyone did not idle, and immediately conducted research in various parts of the southwest, and in October of the same year, four offices were set up in Chengdu, Luxian (that is, Luzhou, which was renamed Luxian in the Republic of China at that time), Wanxian and Langzhong.
Among them, Mr. Huang Yanpei, a modern Chinese patriot and democratic educator, was appointed to the Lu County Office (Shunan Division). Referred to as "LuJian Office") director. He did not leave until July 1940.
During this period, I once visited Luzhou Naxi, not only to understand the actual situation of the locality, but also to remember the customs and customs and famous snacks, and also wrote several poems. Several of them are dedicated to one of the three best bubble gum in Naxi, which is quite interesting.
Two selected poems are as follows:
Bubble Gum (2 songs)
December 10, 2016
Prologue: Bubble gum is the most beautiful in The dried Guilin Zhai of the Naxi River, and the taste is sweet and crisp. Pickles under the Song river to make rice, accompanied by "bubble gum", can be called "three must". That is, the three absolute sentences are Zhang Zhi. Readers are careful not to salivate. The wind is kneaded into jade delicacy, and the beauty of the real and the virtual is in the middle.
The sesame seeds are coated and attached, and the chewy taste is endless.
Cars skimmed the Meishan food, and the Naxi Night Market stopped again
Legian tender sugar is crisp, toothless and forgetful.
What is this Naxi bubble gum? Let Mr. Huang be so obsessed. In fact, Naxi bubble gum has a long history, and the quality has always been the best in local snacks. It dates back to the Qing Dynasty. It is said that at that time, Naxi had a candy and snack workshop in Guilin Zhai, and the owner's name was Leng Guilin, which was not the meaning of Guangxi Guilin. Make no mistake.
Other information about this cold Guilin is not easy to find, at that time he wanted to improve the original "inch gold" sugar and sesame stalk (sugar) production process, so he specially hired a sugar technician named Yang Can, this teacher is a bit level. On the basis of the two, we have innovated and changed this bubble gum that is bubbled, crisp, loose and porous, white and exquisite, sweetened slag and refreshing.
Once launched, it captured a large number of delicious mouths and became a local snack.
Today's such earthy snacks, has not been lost, as for the taste of the process of what is different, the wine sellers do not praise it, but it is indeed a snack unique to Luzhou. However, it is a pity that the fame is not as big as during the Republic of China period. The acceptance of the market and the times may have to make some efforts, but the local government should pay more attention to this, and to show the local humanistic characteristics of Naxi, it is still not possible or lacking.
Regarding the production method of Naxi bubble gum, the general raw materials used are: 24 kg of Sichuan white sugar, 16 kg of caramel, and 10 kg of sesame seeds
The process includes boiling sugar→ pulling strips→ rowing holes→ molding → sesame seeds.
The steps are as follows:
The first is to boil the sugar: according to the proportion of ingredients, pour the white sugar and caramel into the pot and heat it (the caramel is best made of glutinous rice, and the head sugar is used. Caramel pommel (pommel (°Bé) is a method of expressing the concentration of a solution. Immerse the Baume hydrometer in the measured solution, and the resulting degree is called Baume degrees. ) is 43 degrees, the temperature is 15 °C).
Then there's the sugar pulling: when the boiled sugar is slightly cold enough to be handy, pull it in pairs with two people, pull it into a sugar bar and fold it again, until the sugar strips are lined up and synthesized into a cylinder; then pull, fold again, until it is set. After the cylinder is formed, there is a hole, and when folding, the hole is doubled. There are a total of 2320 large and small holes at the time of shaping.
Finally, it is formed: the sugar pulled on the operating table is cut into a block shape with a knife, cold to a little sticky, then add gas, add sesame seeds, and become bubble gum.
It is characterized by: rectangular strips, uniform and complete body shape, and even spreading sesame seeds. The color is white, and it must also have a glossiness, and when sprinkled with sesame seeds, it will appear slightly yellow. Cross-sectional holes must be evenly densely packed. There are 2320 large and small Confucius, and this has been specially counted, which is also careful enough. And it doesn't loosen and close your eyes.
Its taste is sweet and crunchy, the entrance slag, non-stick teeth, has a prominent sesame aroma, and there is no other odorless.
In fact, in the 1980s and 1990s, Naxi bubble gum was also popular, but now it seems to follow the wind ice cream, and not many people ask for it. I would like to see it re-enter the public eye, and maybe a lot of work needs to be done to promote it. After all, this kind of local sentiment snack, there are also many examples of recovery.