When I wanted to write this small article, I suddenly remembered that there seem to be two ways of plucking noodles, one is the "knife noodles" in Shanxi, and the other is the "noodles" in my hometown, the border area between Inner Mongolia and Liaoning, the difference between the two is that Shanxi knife noodles use wheat noodles, while my hometown Fuxin noodles use soba noodles.
The knives and methods used by the two are basically the same, they are all long knives with handles at both ends, saying that they are "dialed", in fact, they are also cut into noodles, then boiled, mixed with brine to eat.
"Knife noodles" is a kind of Shanxi noodles, which is very famous and is one of the four major pasta in Shanxi.
But the "noodles" are too low for the Riba people, they can't climb the elegant hall in difficult times, and now they have long been forgotten, rarely seen in the city, and many young people have not only not eaten, but also have not heard of it.
That night out for a walk, suddenly at the intersection of an old building, a new snack department was opened, the door plaque read "Naiman Flag Dial", suddenly remembered something, the result was hungry, simply walked in.
I remembered that my father told me something, in the seventies, once my father went to the countryside with the driver of the factory to deliver, and when he came back, the car broke down in the middle of the road, so he had to call the unit for help, and the driver said that his aunt's family lived around, so he took his father to dinner. At that time, the countryside was in difficulty, and there was basically no fine grain until the New Year's Festival. The aunt rummaged through the boxes and cabinets only to find two bowls of soba noodles, borrowed a noodle knife to make noodles for them, there is no oil at home, and it is not done brine, fortunately there are half a bowl of leek flower sauce.
They were really hungry, and each of them quickly ate a bowl, but the second time the driver said that he was full, and the aunt only gave his father a full meal. Later, Dad went out to see his aunt's children drinking noodle soup in the outhouse, and the driver knew that the noodles were gone, so he said that he was full, Dad didn't know, and filled the second bowl, and only the noodle soup was left.
When he saw his child drinking noodle soup in disappointment, the father especially regretted it.
The father said that he was too hungry that day, and felt that the noodles were too delicious to mix with leek flowers, but because of this, he also had a heart disease, felt indebted to others, and had the opportunity to deliver again after half a year, with the consent of the unit leaders, the father and the driver installed two sacks of coal for the aunt in the boiler room of the factory.
My father said this a few times, and I also had an impression, but there was no place in the city to make noodles, and then I finally ate it once in the countryside, and to be honest, I didn't feel anything delicious, I thought it was not as good as hand-rolled noodles made of white noodles, and my father said that it was delicious.
This time, when I saw the newly opened "noodle shop", I was also curious for a while, and walked in and asked, "Are you from naiman flag?" ”
The hostess said no, it was a soba noodle using the Naiman flag, so it was called this name. Naiman Banner is a banner county in Inner Mongolia near Fuxin, Liaoning Province, this area including Fuxin belongs to the Horqin Sandy Land, is a hilly area, drought and little rainfall, the main crop yield is low, but the quality of small grains is very good, especially the buckwheat in Naiman Banner, Ao Han Banner and Kulun Banner is good.
I asked for a small bowl of noodles, and the hostess took the reconciled noodles from the refrigerator and kneaded them a few times and began to roll out the skin.
She said that she used soba noodles entirely, not white noodles (which used to be cheaper, but now more than twice as expensive as white noodles), and that it was tougher to use cold water and noodles. Roll out the skin and take out a professional face knife and start to "cut the face", in fact, it is still a cutting surface.
The surface is very thin, the size is uniform, and the technique is still very skilled. The heroine said that in the past, a wood-fired cauldron was used, the panel was pressed on the edge of the pot, and the side was cut while "dialing" into the pot, which may be the name of the noodles.
Now use an induction cooker to boil the water, put the noodles under the inside, and when the pot is boiled, it will be completely floated up and cooked.
In the bowl let me choose the brine myself, I did not expect that there were more than a dozen, but basically all of them were vegetarian, because it was night, most of them had already sold out.
I remembered that last month I had eaten beans made of soba noodles, only red pickles and sauerkraut, two kinds of brine, so I also picked these two familiar flavors, plus a little chili sauce, because of the lack of experience, the taste is slightly salty.
Such a bowl of noodles for 7 yuan, very vegetarian, the brine is slightly salty, but there is no greasy feeling at all.
Think about the last time you ate noodles has been almost 30 years, years and experience, not only make people look different, but also taste has become different, remove impetuous, remove the bells and whistles, remove greasy, suddenly want to eat something simple and authentic, and the vegetarian noodles just meet this idea.
Of course, buckwheat protein is rich in lysine components, iron, manganese, zinc and other trace elements are richer than general cereals, which has the effect of reducing human blood lipids and cholesterol, softening blood vessels, protecting vision and preventing cerebrovascular bleeding, and also has the effect of reducing blood sugar.
It became the "queen of noodles" overtaking in times (some sources say that soba noodles are the "queen of noodles").
However, the current soba noodles (including beans, noodles, wontons, calamus soup, etc.) still can not be found in some of the most inconspicuous snacks, and people who eat it, not because of its deliciousness and cheapness, many are looking for a feeling, reminiscing about their past, have had a period of unbearable or unforgettable years.
Unfortunately, my father has been dead for more than ten years, and I can no longer share with him today's feelings...