This bowl of noodles in Shaanxi only eats noodles instead of soup. Why? For fear of eating other people's saliva.
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Although the name minced meat noodles is almost well known, some traditions of minced meat noodles are little known. For example, people eat minced meat noodles instead of soup, but only noodles. If you have seen the second episode of China on the Tip of the Tongue and The Story of Staple Food, you will also hear the commentator mention that "you only eat noodles, not soup".
Eat minced meat noodles instead of soup. Where are those soups?
In fact, all the noodle soup is poured back into the pot for recycling. It may be hard for city dwellers to believe and friends in the south to understand, but minced meat noodles have such an established way of eating. Everyone just fished out the ingredients and noodles to eat. All the noodle soup is poured back into the cauldron where the noodles are cooked, and the noodles are cooked again.
Minced meat noodles are born in rural areas, and are usually made when the village is doing big things. Generally, the whole village eats them. The way to eat is a water table, but because the pots for cooking noodles are limited and there are too many people in a village, only a little flour can be given at a time.
It is normal for people in this village to eat back and forth several times in order to get full. But the speed of cooking noodles will be accelerated, and there is no time to cook the soup again to taste. So there is a tradition of minced meat noodles. After eating the noodles and ingredients, everyone will take the initiative to bring the noodles and bowls, pour the soup back into the pot, and then cook the pot again.
So basically only the first wave of noodles is clean, and the rest are noodle soup left by others. How many people drool in this noodle soup can't be said, and we can't think about it carefully. Although some rural people have become accustomed to this diet, it is still a very unhealthy and unhygienic tradition.
The minced meat noodle soup rolls heavier.
In addition to the above unacceptable traditions, minced meat noodle soup has another feature, that is, the more cooked it is, the heavier it tastes. The noodle soup cooked in the first pot is very fragrant, but it has been cooked since I returned to the pot, and the soup has become dark red and choking, which is not suitable for drinking.
Can't all noodles with minced meat from Qishan have soup?
In fact, there is no need to worry too much about eating Qishan minced meat noodles in Shaanxi restaurants now. This tradition will be preserved except for particularly remote businesses or unscrupulous businesses. Generally, restaurants will take into account the hygiene of food and directly spoon clean noodle soup for guests to eat. I'm afraid this is the most unorthodox food you have ever eaten.
If you go to the countryside, try to eat the first batch of cooked noodles. If you have to, you can only follow everyone's example and eat only noodles and ingredients instead of soup. Don't eat a bowl or two. After all, under this tradition, if one person is ill, the whole village will suffer.