Dragon whisker candy is a traditional snack with Chinese folk characteristics, the appearance is white and dense, as thin as a dragon's whiskers, and it is loose in the mouth. Fengxian Xidu Street invited the folk craftsmen of longsu sugar to the community, and the residents could not only taste it on the spot, but also take a closer look at the production process, try it out for themselves, and learn it.
At the Hongbao Yiju New Era Civilization Practice Station in Xidu Street, the uncles and aunts in the community all gathered in the activity room. I heard that I could have maltose to eat today, and everyone became an old child, and one by one they arrived at the scene early.
The craftsman Guo Zhanling smiled and asked everyone not to worry, while preparing, while introducing the origin of dragon whisker candy. The maltose is placed in a small, clean basin and slowly melted in a pot with hot water. Guo Zhanling then took out the soft maltose and rubbed it repeatedly on his hand, like a noodle.
The steps to make this dragon's whisker candy seem simple, but it is very laborious to make in practice. The maltose is dipped in glutinous rice flour to widen the hole in the middle, twist it into an "8" character, and then coincide, and this step is repeated until it is brushed. This process is very challenging to the "skill" of the fingertips, and it is necessary to wrap the powder while pulling, otherwise the maltose will stick and will not achieve the effect. At the same time, this hand speed is also exquisite, the drawing speed is slow, the maltose will become hard, but the speed is fast, it will tear off the dragon's whiskers, and the whole production process is exquisite. After his repeated pulling, the maltose has a slender and slender appearance like silk, and the roots are clear, which is also the origin of the name of dragon's whisker candy.
With the assistance of the staff, the dragon whiskers were distributed into everyone's hands, and under the demonstration of the teacher, everyone learned to carefully wrap the soybean flour, sesame seeds, peanuts and other small ingredients into the dragon whisker sugar shreds, rolled up, and carefully shaped into a real dragon's whisker candy. Watch everyone happily eat while cooking, and the aftertaste is sweet. Guo Zhanling began to boil the brush again in the next round, so that the uncles and aunts could watch it several times, eat more, and try it when they went home.
As for the problem of raw materials that everyone is worried about, Xiao Guo said that although the production of dragon's whisker sugar requires a certain skill, the raw materials are simple, and only two materials are used in the whole process, maltose and fried glutinous rice flour, both of which can be purchased in supermarkets. If you have snacks such as peanuts and sesame seeds at home, you can also wrap it in dragon's whisker sugar to increase the deliciousness.
It is understood that Xidu Street will continue to create a series of special cultural activity courses, on the one hand, enrich the spiritual and cultural life of community residents, help build a harmonious neighborhood relationship, and on the other hand, contribute a small force to the inheritance and development of China's excellent traditional culture.