In the early morning, especially in the cold of winter, when a steaming, fragrant bowl of haggis is cut in front of you, no one can resist the temptation from the taste buds.
The soup is green, the haggis is colorful, the saliva is dripping at a glance, and the beautiful colors can be eaten. Take a spoonful of drink, a warm current pulses the whole body, the indescribable beauty of life, the inexhaustible physical and mental happiness. Holding a few pieces of haggis slowly chewed, a hundred flavors struck, full of spicy appetite, not allowing people to chew slowly.
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"Haggis cutting", also known as "haggis", is a local snack in Shanxi. Walking in the streets and alleys of Shanxi, you can see small shops dealing in "haggis cutting" everywhere, with a small façade and a booming business.
In Taiyuan, taiyuan drum tower haggis cutting, which has inherited more than 600 years of handmade soup craftsmanship, integrates the ancient recipe with modern taste, and becomes the best of the haggis cutting, and has won the top ten famous foods in Taiyuan and become a catering symbol on the tip of the tongue of Taiyuan.
The traditional haggis cut, which began in the eleventh century BC, evolved from the ancients on the basis of yokan, which was listed as the ritual of kings and princes during the Western Zhou Dynasty.
According to legend, the Shanxi people began to eat haggis and cut offal, and the name of the miscellaneous cut was given by Kublai Khan's mother. When Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, entered the Central Plains from Jin and passed through Quwo, his mother Empress Zhuangsheng fell ill. Xu Guofang, a famous physician in Quwo, healed him and became the favorite imperial physician of Kublai Khan's mother. Xu's mother, Han, also served Empress Zhuangsheng with her son. When Han saw the Mongols eating mutton, it was a pity to discard the sewage, so he picked up the sheep sewage and washed it, cooked it, and ate it with green onions and peppers, which tasted very beautiful. After tasting it, the empress dowager praised it and gave it the name "haggis cheese". Since then, it has been widely circulated and has become a folk snack.
During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the land in Henan was barren and sparsely populated due to war, and the Wanli Emperor issued a decree that the people of Shanxi would go to Henan to replenish the population. The Li family came to Luoyang through hardships and dangers, and in order to make a living, they set up a pot along the street and slaughtered sheep to cook soup for sale. The Li family's sheep soup is delicious and inexpensive, and the li family's sheep soup is famous.
During the Qianlong period, the Li family sought roots and moved back to Taiyuan, renting a small façade in Taiyuan Drum Tower Street to open a shop, there was no shop name at that time, because the sheep soup was delicious, people spread word of mouth "Go to the Drum Tower to drink sheep soup!" ", there is today's Taiyuan Drum Tower haggis cutting. Since then, the descendants of the Drum Tower Haggis Have visited famous teachers, borrowed the stone of his mountain, realized the skills of various sects, followed the strengths of each family, and worked more finely and finely. As a result, the small shop was made into a famous Shanxi snack.
Haggis is called differently in different parts of Shanxi and eaten in different ways. There are three roads represented by Quwo, Taiyuan and Datong.
South Road (Quwo) miscellaneous cut pays attention to boiling water, the original soup, the soup color is milky white, and its taste is mellow. The preparation method is roughly a four-step process of cleaning, boiling, cutting and mixing soup, and the process is fine.
The eating method and preparation method of North Road (Datong) miscellaneous cutting are rough, and the large pot is placed on the fire, and the soup is boiled in a pot with ingredients, and it is left with food, regardless of the form.
Middle Road (Taiyuan) miscellaneous cutting materials are complete, boiling, mixing with soup are added with green onion, ginger, coriander foam, and some add noodles, tofu, the flavor is unique.
The reason why The Drum Tower Haggis Cutting can be famous in the north, in addition to retaining the traditional method of stewing meat in a large iron pot, as well as the process of pure hand-making and pure hand-boiling, and the complex process of never deleting the complicated and simple, but also in its unique handmade sauce process, a variety of Chinese herbs that are beneficial to the human body are added.
It is said that during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the great physician Fu Shan invented the tonic food Eight Treasures Soup in order to make the frail and sick recover as soon as possible. Later, Fu Shan passed this recipe on to the Li family who returned to Taiyuan to open a miscellaneous cutting shop, and the Li family did the same, so it was unique in many miscellaneous cutting shops.
According to experts, haggis is rich in fat, protein, carbohydrates and minerals calcium, phosphorus, iron and so on. Long-term consumption can warm up the deficiency, benefit the kidneys and nourish the liver, appetize and strengthen the spleen, warm the meridians, and have the effect of nourishing the weakness.
The Gulou Haggis Cut skillfully combines the profound essence of Chinese medicine with traditional delicacies to form the supreme realm of medicinal and food homology. While enjoying the delicious food, and integrating the concept of health, Sheng Sheng made a bowl of folk snacks into a nourishing meal. In many catering hotels, haggis has long been a must-order dish for diners, and the influence and reputation of Gulou haggis can be seen.
In June 2009, Gulou Haggis was rated as "Shanxi Famous Trademark", Shanxi Famous Snack, food safety demonstration store. In October 2017, it was included in the list of provincial intangible cultural heritage items.
In Taiyuan, haggis is undoubtedly a delicacy that locals can hardly give up.
However, if you want to taste the authentic miscellaneous cutting that has both historical and cultural accumulation and brand flagship demonstration, Gulou Haggis Cutting is undoubtedly the only choice.
Taiyuan Drum Tower Haggis Cut, originally a small storefront on Drum Tower Street, over the years, opened more than a dozen branches in Taiyuan and the province. Today, the main store is located on Shuangtaxi Street in Yingze District, and it is also the largest store in Taiyuan City.
No matter the spring, summer, autumn or winter, The Drum Tower Haggis Is Always a Presentation, a long taste. No matter whether you live in the southeast, northwest, or northwest of Taiyuan, after a period of time, you will involuntarily run to find the taste that has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and taste the imprint that is solidified in shape.
The reason why Gulou haggis is unforgettable is that it has always adhered to the integrity concept of never adding any additives to the material, and adhered to the production creed of pure nature, pure green and pure ancient method.
In terms of raw materials, Gulou haggis cut is made of the full skeleton of goat meat or sheep meat, the lamb is beaten and soaked in cool water for about 2 to 3 hours, and then boiled in a large pot, while adding 28 kinds of Chinese medicinal materials, with green onions, peppers and other condiments, boiled for 7 to 8 hours, after high temperature cooking, slow simmering, small heat and other processes.
When eating, put the end of the sheep's tail oil, mutton oil, salt, green onions, peppers and other accessories into a large pot of water. Once the water has come to a boil, add the homemade soup and seasoning packets and boil the soup into a golden-colored lamb broth for later use. Take the noodles and sliced haggis into a bowl, blanch the haggis and vermicelli several times with the boiled lamb soup, and then add the delicious mutton soup, accompanied by green onions and coriander, a bowl of meaty and mellow soup of haggis cut is perfectly presented; eat in winter and summer, each has its own place.
Folk legend has the saying that "drink sheep soup in the summer, do not grasp the prescription", which is obviously the accumulation of years of simple practice. After 600 years of development, Gulou Haggis is famous and loved in this thousand-year-old city, which is the best annotation to Taiyuan's traditional health culture, medicinal and food homologous culture.
Today, with the demand of the aging society for the health care industry, the implementation of the strategy of health care Shanxi and summer care Shanxi, the famous health food of The Drum Tower Haggis Cutting has received more and more attention, and it is happy in Yingze, Flourishing in Taiyuan, and is moving towards a broader market!
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Text: Yingze District Rong Media Center
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Editor: Yingze District Rong Media Center
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