In addition to the famous Tianjin Eighteenth Street Gui Fa Xiang assorted twist flowers, there are many famous twist flowers in the country: golden cow twist flowers in Jinniu Town, Daye County, Hubei Province, heavy oil twist flowers in Anhui Province, three or six strands of twist flowers in Dingbian in northern Shaanxi, steamed bun twist flowers and crisp twist flowers in Beijing... What about Henan? The big camp twist flowers in Sanmenxia Shaanzhou are worth mentioning.
The "Chronicle of Shaanzhou County" has a record of the big camp twist flower: at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Alliance army captured Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled west to Xi'an, passing through Shaanzhou for ground meals. Shaanzhou officials ordered a chef surnamed Liu to present local eggs and twist flowers. After Cixi enjoyed it, the magistrate couldn't help but be overjoyed.
The daying twist is made as if it were a leather band jumping on a panel — old yeast noodles with water, eggs, oil, salt, baking soda, and a ball. After pulling 60 grams of the agent, wrapping it in plastic wrap for more than 10 minutes, pulling out a piece and dragging it into a strip, rubbing it in the opposite direction with both hands, and even throwing the rubbing belt five or six feet away; then two strands in one, and then full of strength, let the twist flower twist itself into one; close it up, throw the oil pot; take the long chopsticks and pull it for two minutes, and the golden buttery twist flower comes out of the pot. Gently take and taste slowly, crispy and crispy in your mouth.
Twist flowers can be used as staple food, snacks, can also be used to make dishes, Hunan cuisine, Lu cuisine and other dishes made of twist flowers. The most distinctive thing is that the Yuxi people use twist flowers to make dumplings: crush the twist flowers, mix them with leeks as filling, wrap them into dumplings, and cook them in a pot, which is fresh and refreshing.
In order to spread the fame of daying twist flowers, in September 2001, Liu Heping exploded a giant twist flower with a length of 2.66 meters, a diameter of 0.3 meters and a weight of 88 kilograms, which hit the Guinness World Records. Now, the local "Guinness Twist Shop" is derived from this.