Miner's brother (Chinese painting) Zheng Sibao
In the 1980s, the meat cake of the Chinese food in the staff class under the Tangshan Mine was famous in Tangshan. It is well-made, soft and fragrant, and is loved by miners.
Pork biscuits originate from well-off Chinese food
In September 1980, according to the regulations of the Ministry of Coal, the Kailuan Mining Bureau required all mines to establish class Chinese food canteens, and take the form of invoices to pick up class Chinese food at the supply point and bring their own underground. The cooking staff of the class Chinese food canteen is strictly produced and distributed according to the standard (0.35 yuan per person per day for the underground workers).
In accordance with the spirit of the notice of the Kailuan Mining Bureau, Tangshan Mine has mobilized the backbone forces to set up a class Chinese food canteen (also known as a bakery), and they have carefully produced a variety of class Chinese food varieties, such as: steamed peanuts, meat steamed buns, bread eggs, flatbread, sugar cakes, meat cakes, etc., of which the miners' favorite is the meat cake.
Chef Liu, who was involved in the making of pork cakes, is now retired. According to him, the reason why Tangshan mining meat cake is loved by miners is the key to the ingredients: flour is a high-grade fine product, the meat filling is five-flowered fresh pork cut into thin slices, and the seasoning is old sweet noodle sauce, fresh ginger, fresh onions and various condiments. The production process requirements of meat cakes are also very strict, you have to use hot water to blanch noodles, cold water and noodles, with lard as a crisp; the skin should be rubbed with eggs, the agent mouth is not leaky; the electric oven is slowly baked, baked in each oven for 30 minutes.
After the baking of the meat cake, it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the aroma is overflowing.
The meat yakitori filling becomes the appetizer
Many miners love this meat cake, so everyone goes to the lunch distribution point in advance to wait in line, and some people receive four or five tickets (one ticket and two meat cakes) at a time, in addition to eating themselves, they also take home the meat cake as a wine dish.
When I was in the Six O'Clock Shift in the Tangshan Mine, there was a squad leader surnamed Liu, who was nicknamed "Family Sparrow" because of his broken mouth.
Once, at the pre-class meeting, Liu Banchang began to nag in response to the bad behavior of some people littering the lunch in the class: "Everyone saw on the road, and there were a lot of white flowers floating in the ditch of the big alley. Some people have just eaten lunch for a few days, and they have forgotten their roots, which is a sin! ”
At this time, someone interjected: "We all know that the meat cake is delicious, but we can't get it!" ”
Captain Liu Immediately took out a bag of dry food from his arms, showed off the meat cake and said: "You see I have received it, I want to eat the meat cake early!" Hungry and lazy and still want to eat good things? There are no doors! When I go home for a drink, I break two meat cakes, take out the meat slices inside to serve wine dishes, chew on the big slices of meat that are fragrant, and drink some small wine, not to mention how beautiful! ”
Captain Liu's colorful nagging words made everyone salivate.
The delicious meat cake is famous in Tangshan
In the 1990s, when the "Nanfuzhuang Jitou Ba Brain Hot Pot City" run by tangshan mining labor service company was opened, master Zhang, who had made meat cakes in the Chinese food canteen of Tangshan mining class, was specially hired to make meat cakes in hot pot city. On the basis of inheriting the original method, Master Zhang improved the process and materials, especially when mixing the filling, adding small ground sesame oil. The meat cakes weigh 100 grams each and are priced at 1.8 yuan, and when they are sold, they borrow the reputation of Tangshan Mining Class Chinese beef cakes, called "Kailuan meat cakes". Although the price of the open luan meat cake is nearly half the price of the market, it is extremely hot. After the customers ate the meat cake, the praise was overwhelming, and the people who came to the hot pot city to buy the meat cake were endless, and since then, the luan meat cake has become famous in Tangshan.
Once, a friend of mine celebrated a full moon for his son and held a 5-table wedding feast in hot pot city. During the banquet, the guests praised the delicious Open Luan meat cake, and said that they wanted to buy some to take home for their families to taste, and the friend said happily: "I invite guests, everyone wants it." ”
After the waiter handed over the number of reservations made by the guests to the kitchen, he quickly got feedback: "I'm sorry! The number of orders is too much, after consultation with the master, each person is limited to 6, please understand more. ”
Afterwards, I heard that the number of meat cakes ordered by the guests that day ranged from 6 to 25, far exceeding the master's ability to make at that time. In order to ensure the quality of the meat cake and the follow-up supply of the hotel on the same day, it was necessary to make a limited amount of the next policy.
Nowadays, it is difficult to taste authentic Kailuan meat yakitori on the market, and whenever I hear the clamor for kailuan cakes along the street, although I know that it only borrows the reputation of kailuan meat cakes, it arouses my longing for kailuan meat cakes, and its delicious taste lingers in my mind.
Source: Tangshan Fengwu