Xigou Village, Zhuyu Town, Zhouzhi County, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, located at the foot of Qinling Mountain, the village collective opened a steamed bun shop, 58-year-old Uncle Mao Hairun and five or six aunts get up every day before dawn to knead dough and make steamed buns, and the first pot of steamed buns comes out at about 8 o'clock in the morning. Mao Hairun said: "The opening of steamed bun shops in the village is one that can solve the employment problem of some people, and the other is to let the villagers in the village and surrounding villages eat steamed buns." ”
Mao Hairun's craft of making steamed buns was learned when he went to a unit in Shanxi to do temporary plumbers 30 years ago, at that time he often went to the cooking class to repair water and electricity, and watched the cook steamed steam The village opened a steamed bun shop, and Mao Hairun became the most suitable person for the bun shop.
The village collectively opened a steamed bun shop less than a year ago, and steamed steamed steamed buns have become famous. Whoever does the red and white celebration books the steamed buns they make, and their steamed buns have become the staple food of several nearby schools, and some people in Mei County, which is adjacent to them, also drive to buy steamed buns. Mao Hairun said: "There are several old people in MeiXian County, after eating our old yeast noodle steamed buns, they have become regular customers, there is no steamed bun at home, they drive a tricycle to buy, I said that you can buy a lot of steamed buns locally with the oil money you burn, people say that they like to eat this steamed bun, like the taste of the old yeast noodle steamed buns in the past." ”
Usually, more than 7,000 steamed steamed buns are steamed a day, and 20,000 steamed buns are steamed every day during the New Year.
The old yeast noodle bun has a firm taste and a full taste of wheat. Mao Hairun said: "In the past, the old people used the old yeast noodles to make steamed buns, you see this old yeast noodle steamed bun surface is smooth, elastic, after breaking open is layer by layer." It tastes chewy and has a slightly sweet wheat flavor. ”
Now it is time to buy flour from other places to make steamed buns, and the village is planning to plant wheat and make steamed buns from self-produced flour. Mao Hairun said: "Zhouzhi Qinling Mountain at the foot of the soil layer is deep, the climate is also adapted to the cultivation of wheat, we produce wheat here is of good quality, the flour yield is high, and the pasta made is particularly strong and delicious." When the production team used to grow wheat, but now almost no one grows wheat, they all grow kiwifruit. Our village plans to grow wheat and make steamed buns with our own flour to return to the taste of childhood. ”