On the first night when Tujia Camellia Soup arrived in Enshi, Mache stopped to taste Camellia Soup, which was a must for Tujia people. According to the waiter, drinking oil tea soup is a traditional etiquette for Tujia people to entertain guests. Unfortunately, Tujia people have become very China-like now, and it is not easy to experience this traditional custom. Fortunately, many restaurants have kept this delicious food.
The so-called oil tea soup is to add tea, ginger and pepper to water and boil, then pour the soup into a bowl filled with fried soybeans, tofu, nuts and peanuts, and you can use it. Camellia oleifera soup tastes crisp and smooth, and its first taste is very distinctive.
When I first saw this delicious food, I felt a little ugly and didn't have much appetite, but this feeling will soon fade. Because of the smell of dregs, I tasted it, and it felt a bit like bean curd dregs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Enshi slag will also add local bacon, which is more fragrant when eaten, especially when eaten.
It is said that Enshi people will not refuse slag. Why do you say that? It is said that when there was a shortage of food, many people were saved because of the convenience of making and simple materials. Therefore, there is a local saying that "Chili is salt and dregs are used for the New Year".
Bacon Baba can be said that Enshi people also like Baba very much. The sweet glutinous rice, which is refreshing in spring and sweet but not greasy, and the sweet mousetrap Baba are tasted by locals all year round.
However, for tourists, the most common thing is fried Baba with bacon, which is also a must-have dish in almost every Enshi restaurant. The ingredients of bacon Baba are very simple, including local bacon, green pepper and so on. Although the ingredients are simple, the taste is unique. Baba's crispy glutinous rice matches the smoky smell of bacon. You'll remember it with a bite.
If you want to try the staple food in Enshi, you must not miss the Tujia sesame seed cake. Tujia sesame seed cake is also called slag-dropping sesame seed cake, which means it is crisp.
Tujia sesame seed cake is baked. After baking, the outer layer is crisp, and the slag will fall off when you take a bite. You can imagine its crispness. Through the surface, we can see that its ingredients are mainly flour, onions, peppers and so on. Personally, when I prefer to eat, I add a piece of braised pork to the sesame seed cake, which is crisp outside and tender inside, and it is very delicious.
When this dish was served, I thought it was broken oil residue. The waiter told me that this is called squeezed wide pepper locally, and the ingredients are mainly bright red Chili sauce and corn flour. Locals have the habit of "not eating hot and sour for three days, and their hearts are scratching at cats", so squeezing peppers is very popular in Enshi, and it is usually fried with bacon, which is a good meal.