Tianjin has a long history of famous snacks and classic food.

Not to mention the civilized national 18th Street Twist or Goubuli steamed stuffed bun. Let's talk about ordinary pancake fruit here today.

Tianjin people who live in the lower reaches of nine rivers love to eat. I'm afraid it's not that hard to understand. As for the title of "crooked mouth", the food in Tianjin is really different from other cities, and even the breakfast at the beginning of the day has a unique flavor.

Pancake fruit is the most famous and can't be eaten in restaurants. Only by going to the peddler pushing the cart can you taste the citizen snacks with strong Tianjin flavor culture. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a citizen snack. This is a daily breakfast for thousands of Tianjin people in Qian Qian. It's ordinary, but it's also exquisite.

First of all, the trolley selling pancake fruit must be clean, which makes people look relaxed. Secondly, the raw materials of pancake fruit are better. Pancake stalls must not be white flour. The pancakes spread on white flour are not only sticky at the entrance, but also slightly sour. Be sure to use mung bean noodles, the purer the better. Some vendors simply moved the small blue-and-white stone mill to the big car and made it while grinding, which made these diners salivate. The fruit (fried dough sticks or crisp) of pancake roll must be fried just that day, crisp and brown. In addition, pancakes must be sprinkled with chopped chives.

Scoop a spoonful of flour and spread it on the flat-bottomed stove, knock on the eggs, spread it evenly quickly, sprinkle with shallots, turn the pancakes quickly, then put the fried dough sticks or crispy ones in, spread the sauce and hot sauce on it in turn, and sprinkle with some salt and pepper and sesame seeds. The strong smell of flour and eggs has stimulated the diners' stomachs. Take a bite, the mung bean noodles are smooth, the fruit is crisp and fragrant, the sauce is rich, and the sesame seeds are attractive. The good mood of the day began early.

Some southern business travelers passing through Tianjin actually bought pancake fruit as a gift to their hometown. Although the bumpy road has long lost its attractive taste when it was first baked, they can still feel the distinctive "early style" when they take it home and put it in the microwave oven for a little heating.

Pancake guozi method

Using mung bean powder as the main material, it is made into paste. Spread out into pancakes, which look like lotus leaves and are as thin as paper. Then roll up crispy fruit (fried dough sticks) or crispy fruit temples, spread sauce and fermented bean curd on it, sprinkle with chopped green onion, sesame seeds, cumin and other small materials, and fold them in the middle to eat. It's delicious and fragrant. If you spread eggs on pancakes, they will feel softer, more tender, more delicious and have a unique flavor. Shanxi also has pancake fruit made of flour, which is the same and tastes good.

The pancake fruit got its name.

Taro is fried food. Wrap fried dough sticks or fruit grates (called crispy skin in Beijing) in pancakes (add eggs), add some chopped green onion and add some sauce. Fried dough sticks or burnt grates are fruits, so they are called "pancake fruits".

Pancake fruit collocation

It seems that the breakfast of pancake fruit is still not enough, and another bowl of crispy rice is a good breakfast. Even cutting the crispy rice (that is, pancakes) into thin slices of willow leaves and putting them in the marinade is very particular. Stir-fry fennel with clear oil and minced onion and ginger, and add salt, soy sauce, starch and water to make a marinade, which is vegan to ensure that the stomach in the morning will not be "harassed" by greasy food. Then put it in a bowl and add sesame sauce, fermented bean curd, pepper, coriander and dried citron.

Small celadon bowls, colorful, mainly plain and fragrant, with mixed flavors and fragrance. When eaten in the mouth, the brine is lubricated, and the crispy rice is tender and chewy. In addition, the sauce flavor of sesame sauce, the salty flavor of fermented bean curd, the spicy flavor of pepper and the special flavor of coriander make the dried fragrant slices more delicious and stimulate people's appetite.

When pancake fruit and soybean milk (commonly known as "pulp" in Tianjin) are mixed together, it can better reflect the fragrance of fresh fruit and the bean flavor of soybean milk, and when these two flavors are mixed together, the taste is the best.

The history of pancake fruit

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When it comes to pancake fruit, you can't help but mention pancakes in Shandong. It is precisely because of the pancakes in Shandong that there is a delicious snack with strong characteristics in Tianjin-pancake fruit. Pancake fruit has a history of more than 100 years in Tianjin. It is said that it was originally initiated by a Shandong person. It wasn't the form and taste it is now. It's a Zhang Shan Dongda pancake with fried dough sticks and green onions on it. Later, with the continuous improvement and perfection, after hundreds of years of evolution, it finally formed a popular snack variety in Tianjin.

Pancake fruit is more convenient and warmer for breakfast, and it has become popular in northern cities in recent years. It was only introduced into Beijing from Tianjin in the 1980s.