When it comes to Xiamen snacks, the first place in dark cuisine is not the earthen shoot jelly. The earth shoots, as the minnan people call it, are scientifically called the coca-tasty leather cyst star worm. Shaped like an earthworm, it has a rough appearance, a black brown color, thick like a finger, thin like a rice stem, about the length of a thumb, and dragging a "tail" that is one or two inches long, as thin as a matchstick, and stretches freely. Because this small insect is like a cylindrical bamboo shoot, the taste is better than the winter shoots on the mountain, so the coastal area of southern Fujian is called "earth shoots". That is to say, in fact, he has no half-cent relationship with bamboo shoots, but is actually a kind of bug.
There are many merchants in Xiamen who do soil shoot jelly, and the most cattle must belong to him - Mingju octopus soil shoot jelly. From 1992 to the present, it has gone through 26 years, and it has been a wholesale supply until last year that a small façade was opened in Songbai.
There is not even a place for dine-in, but it is often crowded with customers. Old customers are one or two hundred, and the surrounding residents love to buy some to go home and drink.
Good soil shoot jelly will not add alum and other pectin, so it is often heard that the soil shoot jelly must be eaten cold, otherwise it is easy to melt water after leaving the freezer for a long time. From the picking, crushing, washing, boiling of live star worms, to the clear gum-rich slimy soup base out of the pot this night, every step is crucial. There are also a variety of styles of bamboo shoot jelly in the store, ranging from cut into squares to small round grains to large bowls of earthen shoot soup.
I love this big bowl of earthen shoot soup, a spoonful of digging down, full of "bugs" scooped up, textured and delicious leather cyst star worms, crisp in the mouth, and the "soup base" is full of collagen, you can scoop a little mustard, coriander, soy sauce, a big bite to eat, more than addictive!
With a small grain of soil shoot jelly, you can eat one in one bite and feel the taste of the soil shoots scratching in your mouth. There's a smell that can't be stopped!
And another kind of wine is a good dish, not an octopus, the octopus of the Mingju family can be described as "white and fat", the cleaning is very clean, and the cut is actually full of large pieces. Coinciding with the World Cup, many people just buy a bag to take home and drink while watching the ball.
There are also blood clams, marinated beef, peeled egg rolls, and peanut rice that Xiamen people love very much, which are all good side dishes.
When you come to Xiamen, you may wish to try Mingju octopus shoot jelly.
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Mingju octopus shoot jelly
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