Sweet potato paste is a famous dish in Qixian County. Its production method is very particular. First, cook the sweet potato, peel it, remove the silk inside, wrap it in clean white cloth and roll it into mud. Then pour the white sugar into the pot and turn it into syrup, then add sesame oil and sweet potato paste and stir constantly, and take it out of the pot in the form of persimmon red mud. When loading, put Dandin, rose slices, green red silk and sweet-scented osmanthus sugar in layer by layer. This dish tastes sweet, refreshing and appetizing, with bright color and rich nutrition. People call it "air ball cooking" (that is, a mouth without plates, chopsticks and air balls). Whenever a guest comes to the door, people in Qixian county will enthusiastically serve this flavor dish. People will tell you a touching story while tasting mashed sweet potatoes.
It is said that Jiang Siqi, a famous chef in the late Qing Dynasty who created sweet potato paste, was not only skillful, but also upright. One year, Yuan Shikai's subordinates came to Qixian County and heard that they had eaten sweet potato paste for this place name, so they named it in order to taste delicious food, otherwise they felt that their lives were in vain. On this day, the banquet was held in the county government. After the chicken, duck and fish are served, the dish of sweet potato paste is finally served. Officials, large and small, see that this dish is colorful, peach blossoms are in full bloom, and amber is shining. Everyone can't wait to wolf down their food. Who knows, after a while, some opened their mouths and shed tears, while others stretched out their necks and retched. It turned out that Jiang Siqi didn't want to cook for Yuan Shikai's subordinates, but he couldn't refuse, so he made a move. Sweet potato paste itself has fine texture, high heat, low density and slow heat dissipation. Master Jiang specially capped it with boiling oil, which made the internal temperature more difficult to dissipate. These people can't wait, so they are burned and embarrassed.
Speaking of sweet potato paste, there is another legend: once, Empress Dowager Cixi came to Kaifeng and heard that the sweet potato paste in Qixian was particularly delicious, so she ordered Kaifeng to prepare it for her. At that time, there was no chef who could cook "sweet potato paste" in Kaifeng, so he had to send someone to Qixian to ask someone to cook it and bring it back to Kaifeng. Empress Dowager Cixi, who had just returned from a business trip, picked up chopsticks and ate them. Unexpectedly, her eyes were burned to tears. Kaifeng is 50 kilometers away from Qixian County. At that time, it took an hour and a half for the fast horse to run one way. It can be seen that the sweet potato paste has a large heat and slow heat dissipation.
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