Historical history
Cantonese people drink old fire soup has a long history, which is closely related to the humid and hot climate of Guangzhou, and the type of Soup in Guangzhou will change with the change of seasons, for many years, boiling soup has become an indispensable part of the life of Guangzhou people, together with Guangzhou herbal tea has become a symbol of Guangzhou food culture. As the saying goes, "It's better to eat without vegetables than to eat without soup." Some people even made up the saying that "you can't eat meat, you can eat and drink soup". First served in soup, then served on the dish, almost became the established pattern of banquets in Guangzhou. In this hot summer, after busy work every day, drink a bowl of old fire soup that is pure and hot, and all kinds of flavors really make everyone feel comfortable.
Introduction to the dishes
Lao Huo Tang, also known as Guangfu Soup, is a traditional dish in Guangdong. That is, the Cantonese people have inherited thousands of years of food supplement health secret recipes, slow cooking Chinese old fire soup, the fire is sufficient, the time is long, both take the effect of medicine and tonic, but also take the sweetness of the entrance. She is a delicious soup cooked by Cantonese women with all kinds of warmth, a health soup that regulates the balance of yin and yang in the human body, and a medicinal soup that assists in the treatment and restoration of the body. Cantonese, or Cantonese, broadly includes 80 million Cantonese-speaking ethnic groups (ethnic groups that have been their mother tongues for generations) in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau and all regions overseas.
People who come to Guangdong know that the old fire soup here is very distinctive; Walk into the local family, you will find that the women here can come up with the unique skill of boiling soup. Therefore, there is a view that the history of lao huotang is the history of Cantonese women.
According to historical records: "The land of Lingnan, where the summer and humidity dwell." Cantonese people firmly believe that soup has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire, so it is not possible to eat without soup." Flipping through the history books, we can understand Guangdong women: in the early years, Cantonese women did not go out, adhering to the virtue of internal help, nor like Jiangnan women, who were yellow on the mirror all day and dressed up. They guarded a pot of soup with a fire, and made soup with infinite reverie and warmth, waiting for the return of their husbands.
Since the reform and opening up, Guangdong's economy has developed rapidly, changing the image of the "southern barbarian land", and there has been a boom in peacocks flying southeast. It can be described as a spring breeze overnight, where beautiful people from all over the world gather, competing for beauty and beauty, thousands of purples and thousands of reds. But these did not affect the thinking and life of local women too much, they still dressed naturally and casually, their behavior was traditional and low-key, they were still willing to focus on the family, happy to marry and teach their children, even if their men only opened one taxi shop.
Cantonese people cook soup differently from other places, they are first of all particular about cooking, using thick sand pots. The soup is slowly boiled, and after cooking, it is simmered for four or five hours, thinking that this can be the original taste. In different seasons, they cook different soups, stomach-nourishing, dehumidifying, under the fire, winter melon ribs in summer, native chicken tea tree girls in winter, ginseng, shellfish, red dates, they put in different herbs, and one soup after another makes different flavors of soup. The soup is very thick, very thick, very flavorful, very learned, and only Cantonese women will get the soup pot in place. Cantonese people are indispensable when eating, and usually drink soup before meals, and the more they go to the native Cantonese people, the more they can drink the authentic taste.
Cantonese people have a wide variety of old fire soups, and you can use a variety of soups and cooking methods to cook a variety of soups with different flavors and different effects. The "beautiful soup" with local characteristics of Guangzhou includes half lotus stewed fish tail, three snake soup, winter melon lotus leaf stewed duck, cordyceps bamboo silk chicken soup, coconut chicken soup, watercress pork bone soup, bawang flower pork soup, sauerkraut fish soup and so on. Soup can be meat, eggs, seafood, vegetables, dried fruits, grains, medicinal herbs, etc.; The method of boiling soup can be varied, boiling, boiling, boiling, boiling, stewing, etc.; Different soups have different flavors such as salty, sweet, sour, and spicy due to different ingredients.