Which food best represents Shandong? Maybe it's pancakes, but it's only 1/3 of Shandong province.
Maybe it's the green onion, which gave Shandong the nickname of "Onion Province", but in fact not all Shandong people love to eat it.
Pancakes and green onions can't resonate with all Shandong people, but there is one thing that can be done, and that must be - "Shandong big steamed buns"
As a large grain province, Shandong's way of landing on the hot search is also very unique, # Shandong big steamed bun # rushed to the hot search, netizens from other provinces are confused, Shandong's big steamed bun, can be big to what extent?
Big, means important, a word but full of deep meaning, big steamed bun for Shandong people, is the symbol of "Nian Wei'er". Lotus seeds, jujube dumplings, noodle fish, each of which is an indispensable expectation of Yantai people for the New Year.
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In yantai area, the most annual custom is to steam a few pots of big dumplings, and every year when the New Year arrives, each family begins to steam the food until the root of the year.
In 2009, this custom with a history of 300 years was listed as a provincial intangible cultural heritage, as a kind of traditional folk face sculpture art, it is mostly distributed in Yantai and surrounding areas, and is closely related to people's daily life, not only "New Year", but also occupies an important position in folk activities such as "marriage", "birthday celebration" and "Shangliang".
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When the steamed bun arrived in Shandong, it was divided into two factions in name, roughly bounded by the Yellow River and Mount Tai, the westerners called Steamed Bread and the Easterners called Steamed Bread.
Whether square, round, long, flat, stuffed, or unfilled, as long as it is steamed noodles, all of them can be called "steamed bread" or "steamed bread".
There is also a strange thing in Shandong steamed buns - two pointed, thick in the middle, shaped like a spindle, steaming does not directly contact the steaming drawer, but fixed with iron sticks, so it is named sign bun, also known as high pile bun bun, bar head bun bun.
Shandong people produce many red dates, when the red dates meet the white face, they give birth to a more enchanting and colorful jujube steamed buns, the western plain is called jujube flowers, jujube rolls, and the eastern region is called jujube dumplings.
More broadly speaking, the nest heads, bean buns, sugar buns, tortillas, and vegetable strips (similar to the "meat dragon" in Beijing) also belong to the steamed bun family.
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The quality of the dumplings depends largely on the effort of kneading the dough, the harder and longer the kneading, the more vigorous the noodles, the better the noodles "sou", and the more chewy the steamed dumplings taste.
The water in the pot grunted, and as the white steam rose into the air, a cage of steamed buns came out of the oven, and the whole room was instantly filled with the warm aroma of dates and wheat. The white and large red dates are delicious, which makes people feel festive and joyful when they see it.
With warmth and soft concern, for generations of Yantai people, it is inseparable food, and has become a gastronomic symbol that goes deep into the depths of emotional blood.
The auspicious pattern carved on the mold records the Yantai people's desire for auspiciousness and the expectation of Fushou Kangning. Colorful pasta dishes are passed down from generation to generation, they are connected with history and folklore, and the soft and soft dumplings hide the taste of love, the taste of reunion, and the unique taste of the New Year in Yantai.