Around the Time Of the Dragon Boat Festival, the Jianghuai region enters the "Yellow Plum Day" weather for about a month, called "entering the plum". In Huangmei days, there is a lot of rain and the temperature is sweltering, and there is often a feeling of shortness of breath and humid discomfort, fortunately, there are "three shrimp noodles" at this time to soothe people's hearts.
Three shrimp noodles are a traditional pastry in the Suzhou area of Shanghai. The so-called "three shrimps", that is, shrimp seeds, shrimp brains, shrimp kernels, they are the most delicious things on the shrimp, delicious and good taste. Grandma often used "fresh eyebrows" to praise the three shrimp noodles she made, while our juniors were responsible for flipping the chopsticks into the mouth and desperately stuffing food, and finally licking the noodle bowl to the sky.
In the yellow plum season, the female shrimp enter the mature stage, giving birth to full shrimp seeds, and the head also grows an agate-colored shrimp brain. At this time, Grandma will carry out a huge project: open the shrimp shell of the small river shrimp, carefully pick out the shrimp, shrimp seeds, shrimp brain, wash and fry into a bowl, as a toppings to pour on the noodles, to make a bowl of appetizing three shrimp noodles.
Along with the three shrimp noodles, there is also "shrimp seed soy sauce". As a Suzhou person who pays attention to diet, Grandma is always dissatisfied with the finished shrimp seed soy sauce sold in the store, and she has to boil it herself: heat and boil the original soybean soy sauce, put in the washed shrimp seeds, sugar, wine, ginger slices, carefully remove the foam over and over again, continue to heat until the shrimp seeds float, the soy sauce is boiled, and after natural cooling, it is put into the bottle, that is, the homemade shrimp seed soy sauce is obtained. Lift the bottle and shake it, the neck is clearly visible grain shrimp seeds lying on the bottle wall, texture and charm.
Homemade shrimp seed soy sauce is extremely delicious, the shelf life can reach more than half a year, in addition to being used to mix noodles, it can also be used as a seasoning, poured on the cold mixed vegetables, adding unlimited flavors. The taste of the soul is sealed in the depths of childhood memories, and it is never forgotten.
Recommended by a friend, I went to the prestigious Suzhou noodle restaurant in Shanghai, and specially ordered the valuable three shrimp noodles, but I couldn't find the feeling of the taste buds in that year. The products made by the industrial assembly line, even if they come from famous stores, are still inferior to the private houses made by Grandma herself!
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