As a hidden foodie, my memory of the city is first of all what is delicious there, the second is that the scenery is not beautiful, the cultural environment is not good, every time I go to a new place, the first thing is to search for any traditional food, this time in Beijing seconded, the food of old Beijing must be tasted, whether expensive or cheap, the girl must have eaten.
Today's chat is in the Beijing snack more famous fried enema, because the name is relatively simple, I take it for granted that it should be similar to the dry pot fat intestine, but the method is to fry with oil, dry pot fat sausage everyone should have eaten, that is called a fragrant, so did not do homework in advance, directly ordered. After the dish was served, it didn't feel right to look at it, it didn't look like meat, although the smell of fried food came to the face, but there was no meat aroma. Took a piece of chopsticks and took a bite......., this is noodles..., is it wrong for me!! Sorry to ask the waiter, quickly pulled out the mobile phone to check, this fried dough piece is really called fried enema.............. Could this be the legendary title party??! The material used has nothing to do with the intestine.
Baidu took a look at the historical origin of fried enemas, fried enemas originated from a luxury dish brought by the Manchus - fried deer tail, the ingredients are deer tails, raw materials are very scarce, can only eat the princes and nobles at that time, the ingredients are almost difficult to eat, it is said (I don't know who said), and Qianlong Ye's gourmand Empress Dowager Cixi are good at this bite. Some chefs see that this is a blue ocean, the business opportunity is great, just use the good pork belly and pork liver chopped into meat paste plus some seasonings into the processed pork intestines, made into a similar deer tail shape, steamed and then fried, and finally cut into hob pieces, with special garlic paste juice for sale, although it is high imitation, it is also very delicious, but also a lot of benefits, a fire, imitators.
In the late Qing Dynasty, Social Unrest in China intensified and people's livelihood declined. Fried enemas have been cut corners, and to this day, only starch noodles mixed with spices and water are steamed into lumps, then sliced and fried. This is the enema we see today - dark gray occasionally white, neither meaty nor casing, for health, the oil is no longer used lard, completely from the original meat enema to the current vegetarian enema.
Existence is reasonable, let's taste it carefully, look at its shape, there is a smile bubble of fried, the color is slightly yellow with light ash, bite, soft with crisp, fragrant, and fried fritters, tempura is a different taste; poured with garlic juice, crispy and spicy, aftertaste with a little sweet, rich in layers, not bad, is a little oil after eating several pieces. Suddenly, if the fried enema is dipped in sugar or honey to eat, I don't know what the taste is, delicious or not.
Of course, as a carnivore, fried noodles ... No, how can the fried enema satisfy me, this sincere expectation is wrong after all, and it must be supplemented with some meat. Snacks can't be used as dry food, right...