a brief history of development statement 1: in the mid-1981s, the clerk in a grocery store that was also engaged in dry-cut powder in Jiefang South Road often took a handful of dry-cut powder to the granny snail stall next door after studying at around 9: 11 in the morning, and later someone bought vegetables to cook with them. Wang Ji's grandmother, who sells snails, also thinks that this powder tastes good and sells snail powder. Statement 2: After the Cultural Revolution, commerce and trade began to recover, and the Gubu Street food market became the largest distribution center for the wholesale of endophytic snails in Liuzhou. After the audience of the nearby workers' cinema left, they would stroll around and form the Gubu Street night market. Liuzhou people have always been addicted to eating snails and rice noodles, and some night market owners operate the business of boiling snails and rice noodles at the same time. People also like to add snail soup with a lot of oil and water to enjoy with rice noodles, forming the embryonic form of snail powder. Statement 3: One night in the early 1981s, several foreigners rushed to Liuzhou to a rice noodle stall that was about to close, but the bone soup used to accompany rice noodles was gone, leaving only the snail soup left over from a pot of boiled snails. The stall owner put the rice noodles in the snail soup to cook, and added side dishes such as vegetables and peanuts. After eating it, several foreigners shouted delicious. Later, the stall owner gradually improved its ingredients and production, forming the prototype of snail powder. Statement 4: Liuzhou people have always liked to eat snails. In the 1961s and 1971s, the ingredients of the snail stall in Liuzhou at that time were snails, and the soup was sweet and delicious, unlike snail soup, which had a fishy smell. Therefore, snail soup was an important sales variety of snail stalls, and the price was RMB 5 per bowl. Due to the restriction of economic conditions at that time, snail soup was more popular than snail soup at that time. Liuzhou people often cook snails at home, and rice flour is also an important food in Liuzhou people's daily life. The mixture of the two is snail powder. Therefore, before 1983, snail powder, a rice noodle variety, had appeared in Liuzhou people's homes. After that, snail powder slowly emerged in three important snack markets in Liuzhou at that time, namely Jiefang South Road, Qingyun Food Market and Gubu Street, among which the snail stalls in Jiefang South Road were the most.

After different improvements and ingredients, snail powder has become a classic snack in Liuzhou.

at the turn of the 1971s and 1981s, the development focus of the country and society shifted to the economy, and the people of Liuzhou worked hard, with rapid economic development and rapid improvement of living standards. The catering night market has grown from scratch to prosperity and development. Due to the local food culture, it was fashionable to eat snails (boiled snails, stewed snails with sour bamboo shoots, red peppers and other condiments), and stalls selling boiled snails were all over Liuzhou city. Later, rice noodles also entered the catering night market, and two popular snacks in Liuzhou presented their skills on the same stage. Soon, there were stalls running rice noodles and snails. I don't know whether it was inevitable or not. Many diners liked to add snail soup to rice noodles, and the two collided. After that, the catering industry continued to improve and improve, and an upgraded version of snail powder appeared, that is, snail powder with other side dishes such as green vegetables.

Development in one direction

(early 1981s-mid-1981s)

In the early 1981s, after the new thing "snail powder" became popular, many manufacturers set foot in this field. However, because it was in the initial stage of innovation, there was no unified standard for all production methods, especially the soup part, the essence of snail powder. Before talking about boiled snails, snails stewed with sour bamboo shoots, red peppers and other condiments, because they cater to Liuzhou people's taste of being hot and sour, and combined with the inherent characteristics of their main rice noodles and snails, the exploration directions of the manufacturers are mainly divided into two parts:

a, some manufacturers are exploring and perfecting the work of snail powder, especially on the basis of always paying attention to the hot and sour taste in the process of making their soup. Thus gradually gained the strong recognition of local diners.

b, another part of the industry sticks to the word "snail" in snail powder, thinking that snail powder must be the absolute protagonist, but everyone knows that it is difficult to achieve the effect of "sour, spicy, fresh, cool and hot" just by cooking soup with snails.

c, some of them are popular, while others are unpopular. Although the cooking techniques and recipes of delicious food are trade secrets, at that time, everyone's awareness of protecting trade secrets was not very strong. By the mid-1981s, the cooking techniques and taste orientation of snail powder were gradually unified in a larger breadth and depth.

As a result, the production technology and taste orientation of snail powder have been finalized for the first time through the inspection of the market and diners and the continuous efforts of related industries. The prospect of snail powder shows great potential.

The first boom period

(from the mid-1981s to the mid-1991s)

The mid-1981s to the mid-1991s of the 21th century can be said to be the first boom period of snail powder. With the characteristics of "sour, spicy, fresh, refreshing and hot" after its first reunification, it won the hearts of local diners in Liuzhou and developed like a bamboo. In 2111, snail powder was established as the first original snack in Liuzhou. Liuzhou wanderer, who has been wandering for many years, usually comforts his homesickness for many years by eating a bowl of authentic snail powder after returning home.

During the downturn

(from the mid-1991s to 2111)

A. Many first-generation operators of snail powder made enough money, and after they became famous, they chose to retreat from the market. Therefore, many recognized secret recipes for making snail powder, and most of the recipes disappeared into the torrent of history! (Note: If you sell rice noodles in Liuzhou, as long as the rice noodles are delicious, the base of Liuzhou people who eat rice noodles is very large, and the prospects are promising. However, at the same time, selling rice noodles requires getting up early and getting greedy. Although the money is good, it is very hard. Most people who feel that they have earned enough will choose to quit. * An authentic and popular producer of snail powder in Jianpanshan Night Market has earned enough for about 2111 years, and it is a very typical example that he feels that he needs to rest and retire from the Jianghu.)

B. At the same time, in Liuzhou, since the 1991s, the urban-rural communication in the Greater Liuzhou area has become increasingly active, and working in the city has become the choice of the majority of young farmers, and many farmers' friends have also started to do small businesses in Liuzhou city. Many of these people also work in restaurants, especially rice noodle shops or simply raise funds to open rice noodle shops to sell rice noodles.

since the mid-1991s, many first-generation operators of snail powder have retreated, leaving a large market vacancy. Some migrant workers who used to work in the shops opened by the first-generation operators of snail powder quit after playing for a long time. They also thought that they had worked in these popular snail powder shops for a long time, so why not raise some funds to open their own shops and be their own bosses? However, it is a pity that although I have been working as a migrant worker for a long time, I should have learned how to make snail powder or stole some recipes, but the first generation of operators who have mastered the so-called popular snail powder recipe for commercial baptism or for other purposes but have retired may not impart its core content to them. This part of the migrant workers who only master the fur or the skill is not enough to master the essence of production, but may reduce the quality of snail powder.

In addition, those farmers who started out as their own bosses may have joined the snail powder business because they were "self-taught" and only scratched the surface, and their quality may not be flattering.

C. At the end of 1997, the Asian financial crisis swept across Asia. It was in this year that the reform of state-owned enterprises intensified, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission was established, and Liuzhou became a pilot city for "optimizing capital structure". Since 1998, Liuzhou, an old industrial base, has stepped into the big stream of three-year state-owned enterprise reform, followed by more than one million laid-off workers before and after, and nearly 411,111 permanent residents in the urban area have been implicated in great pain. The development of Liuzhou in all aspects seems to have come to a standstill in an instant. The catering industry is inevitably hit hard, and the rice flour industry is also deeply affected. Innovation and development seem to be stagnant. At the same time, a large number of laid-off workers choose to join the snail powder sales industry in the process of re-employment in order to feed their families and make a living. The same result may be that most of these novice snail powder sellers did not get the essence of the previous production, which became one of the important reasons for the sharp decline in the overall level of snail powder production during this period, indirectly or directly. (Note: We didn't mean to discriminate against the peasant brothers and laid-off workers' friends in this way, but the fact is one or two.)

D. It was during this period that a convenient food enterprise in Liuzhou made convenient snail powder, and its sauce package was also developed quite creatively. Although it still didn't show the original flavor, it was a big difference, but it was actually an innovative move. Inspired and influenced by it, the undercurrent tide of cutting corners seems to have found a clear answer to the question whether the preparation of powder soup can be replaced by ingredient soup bags, which is the essence of snail powder overnight, thus maliciously reducing the production cost. The undercurrent gradually turned into flood, which was listed as the best choice by some opportunistic snail powder sellers. Powder soup no longer needs to be carefully cooked, but can be opportunistic, and there is a fatal blow to snail powder behind the self-defeating.

e, in addition to the greatly reduced level of noodle soup, the quality of sour bamboo shoots and yuba, the main side dishes used, is also very shameful. In order to reduce the cost, the side dishes are refurbished, but they are varied. Dried radish is replaced by pickled cabbage, head dish and pickled mustard tuber, which seems to be neither fish nor fowl.

f, cut corners on raw materials. Snail materials are not fastidious and do not pay attention to hygiene, or even a little snail is not put in the soup, and the snail flavor in the noodle soup disappears completely. The selection of Chili oil is also mixed, and some peppers are only sold in red, but not the actual spicy taste.

g, the traditional snail powder should be dry-cut powder, and it should be soaked in clear water before cooking, so that the rice noodles are smooth and elastic. In a certain period of time, in order to save time and cost, many manufacturers replaced dry-cut powder with ordinary pressed powder (that is, round rice flour). At the same time, the problem of dry cutting powder is constantly emerging in the market. Greatly destroyed the taste of rice flour used in snail powder.

recovery and development period

(2111-up to now)

A. When we entered the 21th century, the critical period of state-owned enterprise reform basically ended, and the pain was slowly relieved. Liuzhou is recovering its former vitality. The benefits of the catering industry have emerged. After years of downturn, snail powder began to recover. At this time, Guilin rice noodles, which were originally popular, have already crossed the breakfast market in a big way and entered the Chinese dinner and even the night market, and the market share has been expanding. Special foods and snacks from other places keep pouring in, especially other kinds of special rice noodles from other places have also attacked Liuzhou market on a large scale. Liuzhou diners and fans (who are fond of rice noodles) who are raw and willing to try new things are constantly changing their once rare tastes. People's tastes and choices are constantly expanding, and snail powder is no longer the only favorite option for people to enjoy midnight snack.

b, in 2113, "Sanpinwang" rice noodle chain grabbed the beach in Liuzhou rice noodle market. Many local rice noodle practitioners who have been holding the idea of "operating on a small scale, making a small fortune is safe, or even muddling along without making progress" began to disdain it, but they began to feel a sense of crisis after seeing their business grow bigger and bigger.

in 2114, * * * departments carried out "three rectifications" on a large scale (referring to the rectification of messy phenomena). Before Guilin rice noodles, special rice noodles expanded and entered; After that, the strong invasion of the chain concept accelerated the fierce competition in Liuzhou rice flour market, and the market share of traditional Liuzhou rice flour and snail powder decreased greatly.

The "catfish effect" is becoming more and more obvious, and local rice noodle owners who have a sense of crisis and ideas have begun to think about how to establish a chain. How to implement modern enterprise management in rice flour industry? How to keep the characteristics and delicacy of your own rice noodles? How to upgrade the level of your store? It has become one question after another that these bosses think about.

In recent two years (2114-2115), the image of many rice noodle shops in Liuzhou city has been greatly improved through continuous thinking and practical actions. Under the impact of market mechanism and the survival of the fittest of diners, the irregular phenomenon of snail powder in the downturn has been greatly improved and restored.

c, snail powder industry's self-awareness has also been constantly improved, improvement and innovation, chain operation, in the ascendant! While the taste and practice of snail powder return to tradition, the improvement and innovation are also continuing. With the improvement of living standards and the requirements of diners (some people think that at the same price, other rice noodles can eat meat, but snail powder can't, which is not cost-effective), the requirements of the market and diners have led to the classification trend of traditional snail powder and improved snail powder (such as three fresh snail powder (with meat type)).

Conclusion

Whether adhering to tradition or improving and innovating, the recovery of snail powder is continuing. The status of snail powder as the first original snack in Liuzhou has never been seriously shaken. May the prospect of snail powder get better and better. Still the same sentence: "If you don't eat snail powder, you will be a Liuzhou person in vain". Making method

First of all, prepare rice noodles, not the kway teow in the northern market, but dry-cut rice noodles, a round rice noodle unique to Liuzhou. (Generally, there are two kinds, one is cut powder, and the other is freshly squeezed round strip "line powder"). It is characterized in that the side dish snail meat is different from the rice noodles (rice noodles). The cross section diameter of dry cut powder is about 3 mm, and it is soaked in water for more than one hour before being used (usually it is soaked in clear water and softened before cooking).

snail powder is called snail powder because its soup is made of snails. Foreigners are not used to the spicy and fishy taste of snail powder soup, which is precisely the biggest feature of snail powder. The boss said that in Liuzhou, no one will eat a bowl of snail powder with tasteless soup.

snail powder is made of aged rice, "the older, the better". The rice that has been left for a long time has lost its oiliness and gum. After being processed into rice flour, it tastes very elastic. Contrary to Guilin rice noodles when cooking, Guilin rice noodles should be soaked in hot water before cooking, while snail powder is soaked in cold water, otherwise, the powder will break and have no elasticity after cooking, so it is very important to master this point. Some diners will complain when eating snail powder: "

Why is there no snail meat?" In fact, authentic snail powder does not contain snail meat, because the taste of snail has been integrated into the soup.

Secondly, prepare soup, that is, snail soup. There is no snail in real snail powder, and the taste of rice flour is based on snail soup. Use snail meat or small snail meat in rivers, and the taste is similar. First, soak the snails bought alive in clear water for 2 days, and put a piece of iron in the snail-soaked water to promote the snail to spit mud, and at the same time, it can inhibit the schistosomiasis parasitic in the snail that northerners are afraid of, so that the snail meat is sweet. Wash the snail, take it out, and cut off the tail of the snail with iron inlay. Generally, it is easy to accumulate silt there, and it is also convenient for the snail to eat when it is cooked.

The characteristics of soup are that the oil should be enough, the pepper should be hot enough, and red pepper oil should be seen on the soup. The delicious taste of snail powder is due to its unique soup base, which is made up of 13 kinds of natural spices such as snail meat, rhizoma anemarrhenae, star anise and clove, as well as monosodium glutamate and sucrose.