Allusions and legends of famous Chinese folk dishes

1. The birth of hot-dry noodles

The emergence of hot-dry noodles was purely an accidental opportunity. About 70 years ago, there was a cooked food vendor named Li in the Guandi Temple area of ??Changdi Street in Hankou. Because he had a sarcoma on his neck, others called him "Li Bao". He originally sold jelly and soup noodles. One summer, he returned home after hawking on the street for a day and still had a lot of noodles left. He was afraid that the noodles would go rancid, so he boiled the noodles, took them out and let them cool on the chopping board. Unexpectedly, he accidentally knocked over the sesame oil pot and splashed all the oil on the noodles. When Li Bao was frustrated, he had an idea and simply mixed the noodles with sesame oil, then fanned them to cool and put them on the market early the next morning. He scalded the noodles in water for a few times, took them out, put them in a bowl, added seasonings, and sold them to customers. Someone asked: "What kind of noodles are these?" Li Bao blurted out: "Hot-dry noodles". The noodles sold better that day than any other day, and a new snack was born by accident.

2) The Twelve Wonders of Wuhan Snacks

The Emperor of Han Dynasty has the most prosperous scenery, with millions of households bustling in the city

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Sesame buns are desolate, yellow gongs are played and small candies are sold

Dumplings, glutinous rice balls and pig blood are loaded, and the streets are filled with bangles late at night

Little Housewives learn from rich families, and sleep until morning to wake up from the dream

Slowly comb your hair before it is too early, swallow glutinous rice cake and oil dumplings together

Eat new foods more often, meat and vegetables are also priced equally Cheap

The sparrow heads are crispy and the goose necks are soft, and the bean yellow cakes are fat and lotus root fish balls

3) Wuhan snacks restaurant

Laotongcheng’s three fresh bean curds and Four Seasons Mei's soup dumplings, Xiao Taoyuan's simmering soup, Lao Qianji's bean shreds, Cai Linji's hot dry noodles, Tan Yanji dumplings, Shunxiangju's roasted plums, Fu Qinghe's rice noodles, Lu Yuanxing's rice wine, Wufangzhai Tangyuan, Tian Qiheng’s soup noodles, and Xie Rongde’s noodle nests.

4) Hubei famous dish - the legend of fish balls

Fish balls are a traditional folk dish in Hubei. During festive seasons, fish balls are indispensable on the dining table. The production of fish balls originated in the era of King Wen of Chu. It is said that King Wen Xiongzi once had a thorn stuck in his throat while eating fish, and immediately beheaded the cook. After that, when King Wen ate fish, the cook would first cut off the head of the fish, peel off the skin, pick out the bones, and chop into fine pieces to make fish balls.

5) Hubei's famous dish "Dragon and Phoenix Pairing"

"Dragon and Phoenix Pairing" is a traditional famous dish in ancient Jingzhou, with a history of more than a thousand years, and was later introduced to Wuhan. It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, after Liu Bei went to Soochow to marry his wife, he returned to Jingzhou with his wife Sun. In order to celebrate this "dragon and phoenix presenting good fortune", the local people cooked this dish using eels as dragons and chickens as phoenixes. A famous dish that has been passed down for thousands of years. It is indispensable at wedding banquets, especially wedding banquets, to symbolize good luck and good luck.

6) The origin of Hubei famous dish - Dongpo Pork

Dongpo Pork is a famous dish in ancient Huangzhou with a history of more than 900 years and was later introduced to Wuhan. In the second year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou. During this period, he often cooked various dishes himself and drank with his poetry and chess friends. Once he was playing chess with a guest. He didn't remember the meat in the pot until the end of the game. He hurried into the kitchen and felt the aroma. He opened the pot and saw that the meat was red in color. He tasted a piece and it was full of mellow flavor, glutinous but not greasy. , the guests even praised it. In memory of Su Dongpo, later generations named the dish he created "Dongpo Pork".

7) Simmering Soup with Hairy Son-in-Law

Wuhan people are very particular about simmering soup. During the holidays, distinguished guests come to visit, especially when the "hairy son-in-law" comes to visit for the first time. Must simmer soup to treat each other. When the son-in-law comes to visit, he will also add thin vermicelli or fish balls to the soup to express long-lasting love and a happy marriage. U-shaped pottery pots are generally used for simmering soup, commonly known as hanging pots.

8) Interesting talk about three teas in wedding customs

Generally speaking, in Wuhan, men and women must pay attention to the "three teas" etiquette before getting married. "Three Teas" means that after a man and a woman get engaged, the man must give gifts to the woman's home during the three important festivals of Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. The gifts are mainly food such as tea, cakes, fish, tobacco and alcohol. It is commonly known as giving tea or giving gifts. Three times a year are collectively called "three teas".