Tianshui is known as "Longshang Xiaojiangnan". Mr. Fan Changjiang, a newspaperman, wrote in "Northwest Corner of China": "When people in Gansu talk about Tianshui, they are equivalent to jiangsu and Zhejiang people saying that Suzhou and Hangzhou are the same, and they think that it is a place with beautiful scenery, rich products, and beautiful characters." In addition to snacks such as Tianshui Croak, Tianshui Slurry Water, Tianshui Lard Box, Qin'an Ma Rotten Bun, qin'an belly silk soup, etc., there are also more popular Tianshui chowders.
Tianshui Chowder is a mixture of egg whites and yolks and spreads them into pancakes. Take the fresh pork belly minced, add salt, flour noodles, peppercorns and mix well, add it in the middle of two layers of quiches and flatten, steam it in a basket, cut into strips, and make splint meat. Mainly splint meat, with loud leather strips, balls, poured with chicken soup, sprinkled with green onions, coriander, fungus, etc., put into the soup basin, enough soup, meat and vegetarian collocation, while drinking and eating, not greasy, delicious taste.
Tianshui Croak
Of course, in addition to Tianshui Chowder, there are many delicacies, such as Que Que. It is a special food in the Tianshui area. Whether it is the harsh winter with cold winds or the hot summer, there is always the purple-red croak for sale at the stalls, the diners are constantly coming and going, and the business is particularly prosperous.
Halal crushed noodles
Halal noodles are practiced in much the same way as other noodles. The difference is that after the noodles are rolled out, they are not cut immediately, but are left to dry and then cut into a diamond shape. The noodles should be rolled out thin and evenly, cut thinly and evenly, and the diamond-shaped pieces cut into small pieces are about 1 cm long, shaped like a finch tongue, and stacked in a dish. There are also people who do not call broken noodles, but figuratively call them "finches (Tianshui people read finches as qiao) tongues".
The halal noodles are very exquisite, first put the fried half-raw lamb cubes into the rice water, slowly cook over low heat, wait for the aroma to cook, and then add the kelp cut into cubes, grains and thin strips, squeezed vegetables, egg cakes and shrimp skins, etc., and simmer to make a fragrant bun. When eating, pour the noodles on the cooked ground, put a pinch of coriander, add vinegar, salt, oil and spicy seeds, monosodium glutamate, etc., the aroma is transparent, and the appetite is greatly increased. When eating halal crushed noodles, because the noodles are cut very small and the side dishes are also as thin as they are shaped, chopsticks are used instead of chopsticks.