Shaqima is a kind of food with high calorie. It is mainly made of honey and some pasta, and the sugar content in it is very high. Shaqima is a sweet pastry with Manchu characteristics. The practice is to fry the noodles, mix them with sugar and eat them in small pieces. Shaqima has the characteristics of beige color, crisp and soft taste, sweet and delicious, and rich fragrance of osmanthus honey.
Shaqima originated from the sacrifices of the Three Mausoleums outside Guanwai in Qing Dynasty. Manchu became popular in Beijing after entering the customs and became one of the four seasons cakes in Beijing, which was an important snack at that time. I used to write "Shaqima" and "Selima" in Beijing.
Shaqima naming legend
A general who worked in Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, surnamed Sa, loved to ride horses and hunt, and he ate a snack after every hunting. I can't repeat it! Once, before going out hunting, General Sa specially ordered the chef to "bring something new". If he could not satisfy him, he was ready to go home and eat the cook. Hearing this, the chef in charge of snacks was absent-minded and fried the snacks with egg liquid.
It happened that at this moment, the general urged for snacks again, and the cook got angry and cursed: "Kill that rider!" " Only in a hurry to set out snacks. Unexpectedly, General Sa was quite satisfied after eating it. He asked what the name of this snack was. The cook immediately replied, "Kill the horse." As a result, General Sa listened to "Sa riding a horse", hence the name.