First of all, flour has a long history as one of the staple foods in Chiang Mai. Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, pig mixed soup was a dish prepared for soldiers on the battlefield. 1562, Qi Jiguang was appointed as General Shang, who was on a mission in southern China. Considering the problem of military food, it must be easy to carry, edible and provide enough food. That night, when Qi Jiguang passed by the kitchen, he saw the chef preparing food. The cook mixed flour with hot water and poured it into one side of the hot pot. When it condenses into pieces, it is released and cooled. When eating, stew it into small pieces, soak it in bean juice and sesame oil, and finally sprinkle with coriander, which is simple and delicious. Inspired by this, Qi Jiguang decided to use this dish as military food for the March, adding meat, traditional Chinese medicine and other ingredients. Later, this dish was deeply loved by people and gradually spread to Southeast Asian countries.
Second, rice noodles are cheap. There is a 3 baht rice noodle shop in Chiang Mai. The rice noodle shop has been operating for more than 20 years, and a bowl of rice noodles still costs only 3 baht. The shopkeeper didn't perfunctory about the quality of this bowl of flour, except that the weight is really only a little, and the weight of this bite includes meatballs, rice noodles also include flat and round, and soup without rice noodles is enough. Just like ordinary rice noodle shops, each bowl costs tens of baht, and this 3-baht rice noodle shop still provides free ice water and vegetables for guests. You know, in your city, you may not be able to buy meatballs for 50 cents.
Thirdly, the agriculture in Chiang Mai is diversified, with rice as the head. The rice production in Chiang Mai accounts for 37.4% of agriculture, 13.4% of fruits,110.7% of vegetables, 10.4% of livestock and poultry, and 5.8% of feed corn. Agricultural products are mainly produced in the low end of northern Thailand, accounting for 66% of the total agricultural output value in northern Thailand. Because the lower end of northern Thailand is the great plain, it is the main production base of rice and other agricultural projects in China, accounting for 34%, because northern Thailand is dominated by small plains and small agriculture in mountainous areas. Rice is the main crop in Chiang Mai, with a planting area of 654.38+02.7 million lai (about 2.4 mu, the same below), ranking second in the country, second only to the northeast. So many foods in Chiang Mai are related to rice noodles.