I'll tell you | about the Treasure of Spring City Jinan oil swirl

Oil swirl is a traditional snack in Jinan. The color is golden yellow, the shape is like a swirling layer, loose, crispy on the outside, soft and tender on the inside, and fragrant. It is rich in nutrition, moderate oil content, soft and tender and crispy taste, can be used as a staple food on the table, but also as a casual snack, old and young salty, is a fine cake food.

The famous oil spin has a history of more than 100 years in Jinan. Oil spins first appeared in Jinan during the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, the oil swirl was learned in Nanjing when the three xu brothers of the Qing Dynasty went to the south, the taste of the oil swirl in the south is sweet, and the Xu brothers came to Jinan according to the dietary characteristics of the northerners, the taste of the oil swirl was changed to a salty flavor, which has been passed down to this day. During the light years of the Qing Dynasty, the Fengji Building in Jinan City had an oil spin operation. The Wenshengyuan Restaurant, which opened in the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), is very popular for its strong aroma, layered layers, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. After 1956, the oil spin produced by Jufengde Hotel has the longest history and is the most loved by the people of Quancheng, and has become a famous food in Jinan. In 1958, Chairman Mao Zedong went to Jinan to taste the oil swirl made by Jufengde. Jinan Oil Spinning won the honors of Jinan Famous Noodles, Jinan Famous (Flavor) Snacks, Chinese Famous Snacks and so on.

Although the small oil spin looks inconspicuous, the production process is not simple, and the thin cake is actually made of more than sixty layers of dough as thin as a newspaper, and the "Yang Xiao Lu" compiled by Gu Zhong in the Qing Dynasty records the production of the oil spin: "And the noodles are used as an agent, rolled out; Re-human oil into the agent, roll out: re-add the oil into the agent, and then roll; And so seven times. The stove is very beautiful. "The raw materials for making traditional oil spins are oil, noodles, green onions, and salt, but the production method is quite exquisite: add the flour to the appropriate amount of water, a little fine salt, wake up for two hours, put the next agent, roll out the skin: roll out the rolled skin with pork fat, fine salt, sprinkle onion rice, roll up (roll 60 layers) to make raw blanks: put the raw blanks in the hanging oven until they are set, take out: put them on the top of the stove and pour peanut oil on the top of the stove for 10 minutes until golden brown. In this way, the oil swirl of fragrant, crispy, and tender on the outside comes out of the oven.

Oil spinning is an excellent representative of Jinan's traditional food culture and a witness to Jinan's food history. Protecting and inheriting excellent traditional food culture is an important part of inheriting and continuing Chinese civilization, and it is also the need for the people's continuous improvement of cultural life and material life. From this point of view, the protection of the traditional snack of the oil spin is of particular importance.