To the people of Tianshui, it is like the beef noodles of lanzhou people.
Tianshui Que is a traditional flavor snack of Gansu Tianshui and is known as "the first delicacy in Qinzhou". It was first produced in the Western Han Dynasty and was made from a local specialty, a starch called buckwheat. It is known for its fragrant, spicy, cottony and soft.
It's impossible to imagine what it looks like just by listening to the name, but it looks "meaty" and is actually made of buckwheat starch.
When it first comes out of the pot, it is like a big pudding with a Q bomb, and when it is eaten, it is cut with a knife, and then it is directly used to crush it.
Then drizzle with the soul's oil spicy seeds, mixed with sesame sauce, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic paste and other spices, eat QQ sticky, spicy and soft.
Tianshui people have to eat every day, and the largest number of them on the street is also the que shops and stalls, which cannot be found anywhere outside tianshui. This is the nostalgia of the Tianshui people, and people who go out have to vacuum pack a lot and eat a bowl when they are homesick.
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > legend about Tianshui</h1>
Although the history of Tianshui people eating croaks is 2,000 years old, today, it seems that it is difficult for us to accurately trace the origin of this diet among hundreds of people. Today, most of the production history of the people in Tianshui City is not more than three generations, and their production techniques are similar, which are gradually formed in continuous improvement according to the tastes of Tianshui people. There is such a legend about the origin of Que Que among the people of Tianshui. This legend is associated with a prominent historical figure.
Legend has it that in the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, after Wang Mang usurped power, the Tianshui people Kui Hu saw that the imperial court had no way, so he divided one side and called Xionglongshang, which is now Tianshui. At that time, his government had a clever cook who could change the local customs and local products, which was invented by this cook, and this light cuisine could relieve the kui who were accustomed to eating big fish and meat. It gradually became the imperial food in the palace. Kui Huan's mother, Empress Dowager Suning, was particularly fond of Que Que and would have a meal every three days. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Kui Huan defeated Liu Xiu, exiled to Western Shu, and the kitchen lady fled the imperial palace, and according to legend, she lived in seclusion in Yusheng Lane, and later rented a shop in the alley to specialize in operating The Imperial Palace. After the smoke and clouds of history dissipated, Kui Huan's palace was already in ruins, but it was passed down in Tianshui City. In the law of eating, flavor is more important than anything else. Located in the center of China's geographical map, Gansu Tianshui, spanning the two major river basins of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, the diverse geographical environment and climate have spawned a unique local snack - "Que Que".
Spicy and soft croak, accompanied by a local "lard box"
You will feel that it is not breakfast
It is a great enjoyment of life
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > lard cartridge</h1>
The lard box is a famous snack in Gansu Tianshui, which was remade on the basis of the Qing Dynasty court dim sum "lard dumplings". It is said that as the Manchus migrated to Tianshui, Gansu province at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, lard boxes slowly spread among the people, and in the following hundreds of years, they were organically integrated with the local life customs of Tianshui and gradually became a delicacy on people's tables. As a highlight of Tianshui's food culture, lard boxes have been rated as Gansu's famous snacks many times, and together with the same steaming que, the city's mornings are warm, leisurely, and full of city atmosphere.
The lard box just out of the pan is golden in color, crispy and fluffy, rich in flavor, and oily but not greasy.
Finally, with a bowl of apricot tea, it is the perfect breakfast in Tianshui.
<h1 class="ql-align-justify" > apricot tea</h1>
There is no soup early, and the heart panics. This apricot tea is the first choice of Tianshui people with a queran. I don't know if it is too deeply affected by the almond dew flow, and my expected apricot tea should be a sweet taste. Only when you really taste it can you realize that this mouthful of salty fragrance does not lose half a point. The surface of the apricot tea is sprinkled with a thin layer of fennel powder, which not only adds a strong fragrance, but also works together with the almond residue in the bowl to stimulate the inner wall of each square millimeter in the mouth, and the taste is unparalleled.