Hanzhong rice noodles (cold rice noodles) originated from the heyday of Qin Shihuang (231 BC ~ 2l3 BC)! According to <; < Chang' an county annals > > And <: < Liuba county annals > > Recorded this passage, when Qin Shihuang was in power, there were 111,111 mu of rice fields in Nanzheng today (Hanzhong area-ten counties and one district). For one year, there was no rain for a long time, and the rice fields dried up. The quality of the milled rice was too poor to pay tribute to the emperor. The farmers were deeply worried about the crime of deceiving the monarch and were very anxious and panicked. At that time, there was a farmer named Zhu, who soaked the new rice with water, ground it into paste with a water mill specially used for rice milling, and then poured it on a steamer to steam it and cut it into strips, which were called rice skins. Everyone was amazed after tasting it. He came to Qin Zhen with the dough and the people who paid tribute, and presented the dough to Qin Shihuang. The emperor ate the dough delicious and praised it all the more, and made the tribute in Hanzhong area only rice skins. Later, in Hanzhong, where he died, every household of farmers had a water mill and roller for steaming dough, so that they could eat it every day! Now, in the countryside of Hanzhong area, you will see a stone mill outside every household to commemorate the memory of this farmer.

There is less rice in the north, and all the dough sheets are made of wheat flour, but there are many meters in the south, but there is no skill in making dough sheets. Hanzhong is located in the transition zone between the north and the south, with both rice and wheat. Both wheat and rice dough can be made, especially rice dough. Every family in the country knows how to make dough. Needless to say, there are many masters in men, which is probably a must in Hanzhong. Hanzhong dough sheet, that is, when rice is soaked in water until it is neither hard nor soft, it is ground into rice slurry, and then the rice slurry is evenly spread on the cage cloth of the steamer. After five minutes of strong fire, the steamed dough sheet can be overturned on the case, cooled and smeared with vegetable oil, cut into thin strips, put in a bowl, add some bean sprouts or spinach, and then add salt, vinegar, soy sauce, ginger juice and garlic. When eating, it has a unique flavor, thick and sour, soft and firm, and the appetite in the lower throat is wide open. The more you eat, the more you want to eat. Eat cold in summer, and the fragrance is cool; It can be eaten hot when steamed in winter, which can drive away a little cold. Eat cold or hot, the stomach is hot, the mouth is spicy, and sweat is beaded on the forehead, and the spirit is refreshed and the fatigue is completely eliminated. Speaking of Hanzhong rice noodles, there is still a legend among the people. In the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao led the troops to attack Shu Han, and it was the rainy season when he entered Hanzhong. One day, when I passed the Han River, the river suddenly surged, and all the rice collected was soaked. When Cao heard this, he scolded the boatmen. Just as a peasant woman passed by, she pleaded with Cao to save the boatmen. The ingenious peasant woman grinded the rice that swelled in the river into rice pulp overnight and invented the dough. After eating it, Cao Cao was full of praise, that is, he ordered all peasant women along the river to make it according to the law, steam it day and night, put it into rice bags and send it to the soldiers to carry with them. From this, the dough has been handed down among the people. This local flavor food is linked with ancient legends. No wonder Hanzhong people like dough so much. Noodles can be used as both staple food and dish, and it is one of Hanzhong people's favorite foods. No matter in the city or in the countryside, whether it is cold or hot, dough has almost become an indispensable delicacy for people. Since the 1981s, snacks selling dough have spread all over the streets and villages, especially on both sides of the streets in the morning and evening, which has become a "dough world". The cries of selling "dough" are one after another, and one is better than the other, singing opera in general, attracting pedestrians to stop, and all the dough shops are full of diners, almost packed. The "diners" sit or squat, enjoy themselves, chew heartily and drink with their bellies bulging, and their appearance is spectacular. The most interesting thing is that most of the people who eat dough are handsome men and women, especially girls. As soon as they enter the dough shop, they don't leave a red circle on their mouths and some strings of sweat on their foreheads, so they are reluctant to put down their bowls. In the past, this kind of "lower Liba people" dough could not be elegant, but now it has become a delicious taste praised by diners at banquets in luxury hotels. "Go, eat a bowl of dough." It has almost become the "mantra" of Hanzhong people. Every morning, wage earners who go to work and farmers who go out to work flock to the noodle shop and have a bowl of noodles and a bowl of porridge. It costs less than two yuan, which is both economical and attractive, and has become a substitute for breakfast for many people. Housewives cook a pot of porridge and buy a few pounds of dough, which is a good meal for the whole family. Even the author's three-year-old son, when he saw the porridge, had to clamour for dough, and the dough actually cultivated a new generation of "love home". For foreigners who come to Hanzhong, the most memorable thing is the dough. A friend of mine in Xi 'an, every time he comes to Hanzhong, especially likes to eat dough, three meals a day, but he doesn't eat dough. He won't go back to the provincial capital if he is too addicted to dough. The first sentence in the letter is: "I want to eat your Hanzhong noodles again. They are spicy, sour, fragrant and delicious!"

the dough is made of rice as raw material, soaked, ground into rice slurry, diluted with water, steamed in a special cage, cooled and cut into thin strips, which have the characteristics of white, thin, light, tender, fine, soft, tough and fragrant, supplemented by bean sprouts, spinach and shredded coriander, and blended with sesame sauce, Chili sauce, garlic juice and so on. After mixing, red and green set each other off, yellow and white set each other off, the color is bright, the food is refreshing, the smell is fragrant and the flavor is unique. There are many ways to eat dough. Besides cold food, it can also be dried and fried. It is white and bright, crisp and charming, and can be compared with shrimp slices at banquets. There are also ways to eat fried and stewed. It has long been a popular local snack with unique flavor.

Mianpi is what Hanzhong people call it. People outside are generally called rice noodles, and some are called cold rice noodles. At present, the more common name is Hanzhong rice noodles. The production process of rice noodles is traditional and troublesome. First, rice is rinsed and soaked in water, then ground into pulp with a stone mill, and then steamed one by one with seasoning. When it comes to trouble, first of all, if you don't make good rice, you can't make good dough. For those housewives, whether you can grasp this degree is the standard to measure their level. Then there is grinding. It takes strength to push the stone mill, patience to scoop rice, and considerable skill and close cooperation are needed to push and scoop. Especially, how many meters and how much water you take each time are very particular. The fineness and thickness of rice flour paste, the thinness and thickness of rice flour paste determine the thickness and toughness of the dough. Nowadays, the technology of grinding rice by machine has been used, which is quite elegant.

Hanzhong people have a deep love for dough, ranging from dignitaries to ordinary people. It seems that dough is the most enjoyable food in the world. Every authentic Hanzhong person usually eats noodles for breakfast, and then comes to a bowl of bean curd porridge. However, the price of 2 yuan's money makes people feel delicious. I remember that when I go to school and work in other places, whenever I am sick and homesick, I will desperately look for our Hanzhong noodles. Even if I have no appetite, as long as I see the noodles, don't mention a fragrance! By the way, our noodles in Hanzhong are generally divided into hot noodles and cold noodles. Hehe, in fact, they are all the same process, except that the hot noodles can be enjoyed when they are released, and the taste is soft. As for the cold noodles, it is just to cool the hot noodles, which tastes smooth and strong. As for how to choose them, it is entirely out of your own requirements!

I, a native of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, have an irreplaceable complex about dough. It's a pleasure to have a long queue of dough early. At noon, any dough shop in any street still eats a lot. At night, not to mention, the stalls of all kinds of fancy snacks are still not as hot as an authentic dough business. I have no other hobbies. If I meet a dough shop with good taste, Besides, peppers are plentiful and fragrant, so I don't need to mention that kind of enthusiasm. I must take a deep breath to expand my stomach and fill it up. Alas, I have completely digested the dough in the morning. Forget it, swallow your saliva and wait for tomorrow!

In recent years, no matter whether you are on business, studying or working outside, when you get off the train or bus, you eagerly look at the noodle stand, rush up, leave your luggage at random, eat one or two bowls of noodles before you come out, and then talk about other things. It seems that with the enjoyment of your breath, all the troubles of going out and the deep homesickness will disappear.

Mianpi, a loud snack in Hanzhong, is called "Hanzhong cold rice noodles" by everyone in the world, but most people in Hanzhong eat "hot skin", which is white and soft, and tastes smooth, similar to the girl's characteristics here. Hot dough is steamed in a rice-soaking and pulping cage. Take the hot dough out of the pot and cross-cut it in hay cutter. Put the bean sprouts into the bowl, and then mix it with chili pepper garlic, ginger and spiced soup. The key to improve the taste of Hanzhong dough is to "play a chili pepper". This oil-splashed pepper is usually cooked by the stall owner himself. Every family has a secret recipe. Whoever smells chili pepper will eat more people, and at the same time, rumors will spread. Some people will say that the dough of a certain stall, chili pepper, has adjusted dichlorvos, opium shells and baby urine. Generally, a bowl of bean curd porridge is a "set meal" to eat Hanzhong rice noodles. The cooking method of bean curd porridge is: bring fresh soybean milk to a boil, pour sauerkraut water along the pot with a shallow spoon, and seal the pot until there is a round lump of bean curd on the bean curd. When scooping, half a bowl of soup is filled with tender tofu, which is refreshing and nutritious. As for Guanzhong's dough, Qishan's dough is the most flamboyant. The shape of the dough seasoning is almost the same as that of Hanzhong's dough, but it is still "pasta" in essence. It is to make wheat flour and dough, then "wash out" gluten with warm water, and scoop the empty soup slurry onto a white cage cloth grate to spray and steam it. Cut the Qishan dough sheet out of the pot into a finger width, put it in a big iron ladle first, then mix all the steamed gluten, garlic water, mung bean sprouts, aniseed mixed soup, oil spicy seeds and mustard, stir well and serve. The taste characteristics of Qishan rice noodles are gentle and sour, and you will sweat after eating a dish of Qishan cold rice noodles. Qishan dough, in fact, is a small revolution to noodles. It draws the "tendon" of noodles, which makes the noodles' rough and generous show a flexible side, which is very close to Hanzhong dough in terms of characteristics.

Rice and flour respectively define the general direction of diet in Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and at the same time, they also shape the very different personality traits and life value orientations of people in the two places. At this point, we can find some evidence from Compendium of Materia Medica, which says that rice can nourish the spleen and wheat can replenish the heart. Spleen is good, humanity is soft, heart is good, and people are sincere. Therefore, generally speaking, people in Hanzhong tend to be white, delicate, short and pithy, while people in Guanzhong tend to be strong and strong. With the help of the adjustment of the situation of mountains and rivers, Hanzhong people show a soft and affectionate side in temperament, so elegant and carefree, while Guanzhong people, on the other hand, show a rough mind, Chang Renxia is righteous, and sometimes there are swordsmen.

this kind of stall is generally small, and a facade is enough. A big stove was set up at the door, with a cauldron on it, boiling water burning in it, and towering steamers erected on the water layer by layer. A cage is slowly lifted, and then a cage is poured with rice paste and steamed. There is also a stove next to it. On the stove is a big pot of seasoning soup cooked through the night. There are many good things in it: chopped green onion, ginger rice, pepper, tsaoko, aniseed and other spices, as well as several herbs such as gastrodia elata and angelica.

The dough is actually made of rice, similar to rice noodles in the south. Because tenderness and vigor are just like good noodles, it is named. You can cut it as thin as noodles, or you can put it in a bowl and mix it with seasoning soup.

you can't taste anything if you eat dough without pepper. Pay attention to the selection of fine pepper, finely ground into flour, add sesame seeds, and then splash hot oil, which makes people's appetite open when they smell it from a distance. So you had to sit down. Who made your stomach so naughty? I just ate a bowl unconsciously, which is a bit like Pig Bajie eating ginseng fruit. She only knows how delicious it is, only knows how to eat it, but forgets the taste, so you have to have another bowl and savor it. It's just that after all, some people can't tell you why. It's not spicy, sour or hemp. I just feel warm in my heart, comfortable in my stomach, fragrant in my mouth, oily but not greasy, refreshing and warm. It's best to drink another bowl of vegetable tofu, just like drinking coffee with a partner. In a moment, your head and feet are steaming and your face is like peach blossoms. No wonder the girls in Hanzhong usually look watery, moist and gentle, but they can eat their dough but they are quite swallowing mountains and rivers.

With the reform and opening up, this kind of snacks in southern Shaanxi has also been put on the streets of Beijing and the food stalls in Shenzhen. It's just expensive, not to mention, and the taste is not very authentic. In particular, I'm not used to outsiders always calling the dough cold noodles. Because I always think that eating cold dough is good, but eating hot dough is even more tasteless. Late at night in the middle of winter, the weather is cold, but the night market is full of people. Just to eat a bowl of steamed and sold hot dough. In particular, it is an excellent supper for couples, steaming, snuggling up to you, eating with emotion and tone, and it has made it prosperous and sweet, not to mention the beauty!

I thought that snacks were snacks after all, and they couldn't be served on the table. But once I accidentally saw the dough at a friend's wedding banquet. It was surrounded by a circle of shiny lean meat, covered with a large leaf of raw vegetables, and surrounded by many cherries and lotus seeds. For a time, it took up all the color, fragrance and so on. Only two minutes after the big plate was served, one person and two chopsticks swept away.

Even so, I always feel that the dough is popular and popular after all, and it is better not to put on those noble and gorgeous coats.

What a stranger who loves noodles knows:

There are many kinds of noodles in Shaanxi, including Qin Zhen noodles, Qishan noodles and Hanzhong noodles, which is just what I know. The raw materials are basically flour and rice. Qin Zhen dough sheet and Hanzhong dough sheet are made of rice, and Qishan dough sheet is made of flour and rolled out, so Qishan dough sheet is also called Qishan rolled dough sheet. Most people in Shaanxi prefer to eat dough, especially women. If they don't eat for a few days, they will definitely think about it.

of the three kinds of dough, I personally prefer Hanzhong dough, which is soft and slippery. The delicious Hanzhong dough must be made of soybean sprouts grown without auxin, accompanied by peppers that farmers fry in an iron pot first, then smashed out in a stone nest, and finally spilled with hot oil and sprinkled with sesame seeds. That's incense. When eating Hanzhong noodles, the authentic way to eat them is a bowl of noodles, a portion of vegetable tofu and a small dish of sauce, which is specially made for vegetable tofu. Hanzhong rice noodles can arouse people's appetite just by looking at the appearance, such as white rice noodles, bean sprouts and red peppers. But bean curd is not good-looking. Like broken tofu, it is dotted with pickles, and it is like stale tofu that has been put in for several days. But don't look at it, but it's a very healthy food. The so-called pickles are the boiled vegetables made by the store. It turns out that Hanzhong people order vegetable tofu with boiled vegetables, which is healthier than brine, right? People in Hanzhong are very good at dough making. Many people eat at least once a day, and even some people bring some food on the road when they are on business trips. In addition to noodles and vegetable tofu, there are preserved beancurd, rice bean jelly and soybean milk porridge in Hanzhong, all of which are quite delicious.

Hanzhong people live longer, and many Hanzhong people think that this is related to their frequent eating of noodles and vegetable tofu. Hanzhong is also a place with outstanding people, such as Liu Bang, Han Xin, Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang, and many historical celebrities have left their footprints in Hanzhong. Hanzhong has a pleasant climate and is called Little Jiangnan. In April, the rape blossom in Hanzhong is very romantic, and the lotus in Zhuge Liang Temple in Mianxian seems to be open in April. If you have the opportunity, you should really go for a walk, eat dough, and have a look at the past. It must have a special taste.

Han