Deer cake steamed bun is one of the characteristic traditional food snacks in the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province, the entrance is sweet and crispy, the more you chew when eating, the aftertaste is fragrant in the mouth. "Qishan's hanging noodles Fengxiang's wine, fufeng's deer and lamb steamed buns in Jingli walk." These are two famous sayings circulating in Guanzhong West Province, which refers to the food culture of Guanzhong West Province, and has cultivated many famous snack brands. Fufeng's deer lamb bun is one of them, because it is favored by Wu Zetian, and the deer lamb bun is even more famous and has been passed down to this day.
Deer lamb bun is sweet and crispy in the mouth, the more it is chewed when eating, the more it is fragrant after eating; its biggest feature is that it is resistant to storage, and it is not moldy after more than two months, and it can still be eaten. In the past, it often took time to go out, and it took time to bring deer and lamb steamed buns, which could ensure that there was no hunger along the way. Some locals go to other places, eat local food, and when they go out, they bring more deer and lamb steamed buns, and eat for many days without mold. Outsiders come to help the wind, and hospitable hosts often prepare some deer lamb buns for guests as gifts.
The history of deer lamb buns can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. The "Tang Liuqu And Shanbu" records: "On the ninth day of the ninth month of the folk, flour noodles were used as cakes, deer were placed on top, and lu cakes were eaten." In addition, according to Wang Haoyi, the inheritor who has made deer lamb buns for generations, it is said that during the reign of Wu Zetian, he came to Famen Temple to worship the Buddha, passed through Fufeng County, and entered the Confucius Hall to worship. At that time, the deer lamb bun was not called a deer lamb bun, but it was called "Pillar Ding Stone Bun", because the appearance of this bun was very similar to a drum-shaped pillar Ding Ding stone, the edge of the bun was white as snow, the bottom bulging place, yellow as gold, looking small and exquisite, there was a round pit in the middle, emitting a burst of smell, Wu Zetian was attracted by this bun, and after eating the bun, he said to the seller: "This bun is beautiful and delicious, but this "pillar Ding stone" Bad name". Saying that, he picked up a sika deer seal carved by the person who carved the seal, dipped it in the printing clay, and printed it in the small pit of the "pillar ding stone", and suddenly, a lively and cute little sika deer lamb appeared on the bun, and the bun was printed with a small deer lamb, which looked better, so it was given the name "deer lamb bun". Since then, "Pillar Ding Stone Bun" has been renamed "Deer Lamb Bun". Because it was favored by Wu Zetian, the deer lamb bun was even more famous and has been passed down to this day.
The production of Fufeng deer cake bun is made of fine white flour made of high-grade wheat, first fermented in water, then stirred and kneaded, mixed to make it very dry and hard, and then add sesame oil or lard oil, eggs and spiced spices, repeatedly kneaded on the board with wooden bars, pressed straight to the light like mud, and then kneaded into long strips, equally divided into dough cakes, placed in the pot, first armed with fire and then slowly baked. There are two kinds of salty and sweet. Not dry, not hard, not stubborn, not soft, crispy and mellow, delicious and delicious, not moldy for a long time. Therefore, those who come to help the wind from other places, in addition to a full meal, always have to take some with them when they leave, as dry food for the journey, or take them home as treasures for family and friends to taste. Fufeng locals, who go to relatives and friends at four o'clock and eight, always bring "deer cake steamed buns" as high-class gifts to show respect.
The years have passed, and the vicissitudes have been experienced. In Fufeng County, there is also a legend that an old man became famous for making "Fufeng Deer Cake". Nowadays, Fufeng County is the most famous for making deer cakes, when the family of Wang Shuxiang, an octogenarian in the four villages of Guandong, the ancestors of the three generations have made a living by making "Fufeng deer cakes". The deer cake he made tasted fresher.
The production process of deer lamb bun is particularly exquisite, and the processing is time-consuming and laborious, very hard, the material is extremely precise, each link needs to spend a lot of effort, and it needs to be careful and careful, to have patience, the so-called "cherry is delicious tree is difficult to plant, not to work hard to blossom.".
Probably because the process of making deer lamb bun is too tiring, the material requirements are too strict, coupled with the fire is not easy to master, how much noodles are difficult to grasp, so although deer lamb bun is a famous snack specialty in Fufeng County, there are not many people making deer lamb buns in the county, and they are concentrated near the county seat. The vast majority of rural people do not do it, it is understood that the Dongsibao Village in Fufeng County can be said to be a "professional village" for making deer lamb buns. In addition, there is no deer lamb bun in the county or even in the Kanaka-Western Province, and even in the Great Northwest Region. In the past, there was a folk song in this village: "Out of the East Gate, on the East Slope, the East Fourth Fort is a dry food nest, not a donkey on the back of a person, and a deer lamb in the county town." Despite the long history of deer lamb buns, people who have eaten deer lamb buns are all over the country, and only a small area near Fufeng County can make deer lamb buns. In this way, it is even more precious and rare that the deer lamb bun is rare.