Statement 1: A brief history of development: In the mid-1980s, the clerk in a grocery store on Jiefang South Road was also a dry-cutter. He often finished learning a handful of dry-cutter powder at around 9: 00 in the morning and went to the grandmother snail stall next door. Later, some people bought vegetables and cooked them together. Ji Wang's grandmother, who sells snail powder, also thinks this powder tastes good and sells snail powder. Statement 2: After the Cultural Revolution, commerce and trade began to resume, and Gubu Street food market became the largest distribution center for endophytic snails in Liuzhou. After leaving the nearby Workers' Cinema, the audience will wander around and form the Gubu Street Night Market. Liuzhou people always like to eat snails and rice noodles, and some night market owners also operate the business of boiling snails and rice noodles. People also like to add a lot of oily snail soup and rice noodles to enjoy together, forming the embryonic form of snail powder. Statement 3: One night in the early 1980s, several foreigners rushed to a rice noodle stall in Liuzhou, which was about to close, but there was no bone soup on the rice noodle, only a pot of snail soup was left. The stall owner put rice noodles in snail soup and added vegetables and peanuts. After eating, several foreigners shouted delicious food. Later, the stall owner gradually improved the ingredients and production, forming the prototype of snail powder. Statement 4: Liuzhou people have always liked to eat snails. In the sixties and seventies, the ingredients of the snail stalls in Liuzhou at that time were all snails, and the soup was sweet and delicious, unlike snail soup, which had a fishy smell. Therefore, snail soup is an important selling variety of snail stalls, and the price is 5 yuan per bowl. Due to the restriction of economic conditions at that time, snail soup was more popular than snail soup at that time. Liuzhou people often cook snails at home, and rice flour is also an important food in Liuzhou people's daily life. The mixture of them is snail powder. So before 1983, snail powder, a rice noodle variety, had already appeared in Liuzhou people's homes. After that, snail powder slowly rose in three important snack markets in Liuzhou at that time, namely Jiefang South Road, Qingyun Food Market and Gubu Street, among which Jiefang South Road had the most snail powder stalls. After different improvements and ingredients, snail powder has become a classic snack in Liuzhou.

During the transition from 1970s to 1980s, the focus of national and social development shifted to the economy, and the people of Liuzhou worked hard, the economy developed rapidly, and their living standards improved rapidly. The catering night market has developed from scratch and prospered. Because of the local food culture, snails were popular at that time (boiled snails, stewed snails with sour bamboo shoots and red peppers and other condiments), and stalls selling boiled snails were all over Liuzhou city. Later, rice noodles also entered the catering night market, and two popular snacks in Liuzhou presented their skills on the same stage. Soon, there will be stalls selling rice noodles and snails. I don't know if this is inevitable. Many diners like to add snail soup to rice noodles, and the two collide. After that, the catering industry continued to improve and perfect, and an upgraded version of snail powder appeared, that is, snail powder with vegetables and other side dishes.

Development and unification

(Early 1980s to mid-1980s)

In the early 1980s, after the new thing "snail powder" became popular, many manufacturers set foot in this field. However, because it was in the primary stage of innovation at that time, there was no uniform standard recognized by the industry for each production method, especially in the soup, the essence of snail powder. Let's talk about boiled snails, stewed snail bone soup with sour bamboo shoots, red peppers and other condiments. Because it caters to the hot and sour tastes of Liuzhou people and combines the inherent characteristics of its main rice noodles and snails, the exploration direction of the industry is mainly divided into two directions:

A, some manufacturers have explored and improved the workmanship of snail powder, especially in the process of making its soup. On the basis of always paying attention to the sour and spicy taste, they also made a full article on the word "fresh and sweet soup". Thus gradually gained strong recognition from local diners.

B, another part of the industry is rigid about the word snail, thinking that snail powder must be the absolute protagonist, but everyone knows that it is difficult to achieve the effect of "sour, spicy, fresh, cool and hot" only with snail soup.

C, some are popular, some are unpopular. Although the production technology and formula of food are trade secrets, at that time, everyone's awareness of protecting trade secrets was not very strong. Learning from each other or communicating with each other, the production technology and taste orientation of snail powder gradually unified in a greater breadth and depth in the mid-1980 s.

Therefore, through the investigation of the market and diners and the continuous efforts of related industries, the production technology and taste positioning of snail powder have been finalized for the first time. The prospect of snail powder shows great potential.

The first prosperity

(From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s)

The mid-1980s to the mid-1990s can be said to be the first prosperous period of snail powder. With the characteristics of "sour, spicy, fresh, cool and spicy" after its first unification, it won the hearts of local diners in Liuzhou and developed like mushrooms after rain. 10 In its heyday, snail powder was established as the first original snack in Liuzhou. Liuzhou wanderers who have been wandering for many years usually eat a bowl of authentic snail powder to comfort their homesickness for many years after returning home.

downturn

(Mid-1990s to 200 1)

A, many first-generation operators of snail powder earned enough money and chose to withdraw from the market after becoming famous. So many recognized secret recipes for making snail powder, most of which have disappeared in the torrent of history! (Note: If you sell rice noodles in Liuzhou, as long as the rice noodles are delicious, the base of Liuzhou people who eat rice noodles is very large and the prospects are promising. However, at the same time, selling rice noodles requires getting up early and getting greedy. Although the money is good, it is very hard. Most people who feel that they have earned enough will choose to quit. * An authentic and popular producer of snail powder in Jianping Mountain Night Market, who has earned enough money for 10 years, feels that he needs to rest, and quitting the Jianghu is a typical example)

B. At the same time, in Liuzhou, since the 1990s, urban-rural communication in the Greater Liuzhou area has become increasingly active, and working in cities has become the choice of young farmers. Many farmers' friends also started to do small business in Liuzhou. Many of these people also work in restaurants, especially rice noodle shops or simply raise funds to open rice noodle shops to sell rice noodles.

Since the mid-1990s, many first-generation operators of snail powder have bravely retreated, leaving a big market vacancy. A friend of migrant workers used to work in a shop opened by the first generation of snail powder operators. After playing for a long time, the boss quit. They also thought that they had worked in these popular snail powder shops for a long time, so why not raise some money to open their own shops and become their own bosses? However, it is a pity that although I have been a migrant worker for a long time, I should have learned how to make snail powder or stolen some recipes, but those first-generation operators who have mastered the so-called Volkswagen snail powder formula for commercial baptism or other purposes but have retired may not pass on its core content to them. This part of migrant workers who only master fur or skills is not enough to master the essence of production, but may reduce the quality of snail powder.

In addition, those farmers who started as their own bosses may have joined the snail powder industry because of "self-study", and their quality may not be pleasing.

At the end of c 1997, the Asian financial crisis swept across Asia. It was in this year that the reform of state-owned enterprises intensified, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission was established, and Liuzhou became a pilot city for "optimizing capital structure". Since 1998, Liuzhou, an old industrial base, has entered the big stream of state-owned enterprise reform for three years, followed by more than 65,438+laid-off workers, and nearly 400,000 urban residents have been implicated in great pain. Liuzhou's development in all aspects seems to have come to a standstill in an instant. The catering industry is inevitably hit hard, and the rice noodle industry is also deeply affected. Innovation and development seem to be stagnant. At the same time, a large number of laid-off workers choose to join the snail powder sales industry in the process of re-employment in order to support their families and make a living. The same result may be that most of these novice snail powder sellers did not get the essence of pre-production, which indirectly or directly became one of the important reasons for the sharp decline in the overall level of snail powder production during this period. (Note: We didn't mean to discriminate against peasant brothers and laid-off workers' friends when we said this. The fact is one or two. )

D. It was during this period that a convenient food enterprise in Liuzhou produced instant snail powder, and its sauce package was also developed quite creatively. Although it still doesn't show the original flavor, there is a big difference, but it is actually an innovative move. Inspired and influenced by it, the undercurrent of cutting corners seems to have found a clear answer, that is, whether the preparation of powder soup can be replaced by ingredient soup bags, which will be the essence of snail powder overnight, thus maliciously reducing the production cost. The undercurrent gradually turned into a flood, which was listed as the best choice by some opportunistic snail powder sellers. Powder soup no longer needs careful cooking, but can be opportunistic, and there is a fatal blow to snail powder behind self-defeating.

E, in addition to the level of noodle soup, the quality of sour bamboo shoots and yuba as the main side dishes is also very shameful. In order to reduce the cost, the side dishes are refurbished, but they are varied. Dried radish is replaced by sauerkraut, head dish and mustard tuber, which is neither fish nor fowl.

F, cut corners on raw materials. Snails are not fastidious about materials and hygiene, and even a little snails are not put into the soup, so the snail flavor in the noodle soup completely disappears. The selection of Chili oil is also mixed, and some peppers only sell red, which has no actual spicy taste.

G, the traditional snail powder should be dried and cut into powder, and soaked in water before cooking, so that the rice noodles are smooth and elastic. In a certain period of time, in order to save time and cost, many manufacturers changed dry-cut powder into ordinary pressed powder (that is, round rice flour). At the same time, the problem of dry cutting powder appears constantly in the market. Greatly destroyed the taste of rice noodles for snail powder.

Recovery and development period

(200 1- to date)

A, stepping into the 2 1 century, the critical period of state-owned enterprise reform has basically ended, and the pain has gradually eased. Liuzhou is regaining its former vitality. The benefits of the catering industry have already appeared. After years of depression, snail powder began to recover. At this time, Guilin rice noodles, which were all the rage, have already crossed the breakfast market in a big way, entered Chinese dinner and even night market, and their market share has been expanding. Special food and snacks from other places keep pouring in, especially other kinds of special rice noodles from other places also attack Liuzhou market on a large scale. Liuzhou diners and fans (who love rice noodles) are vigorous, willing to try new things and constantly changing the once rare tastes. People's tastes and choices are constantly expanding, and snail powder is no longer the only favorite option for people to enjoy midnight snack.

B in B.2003, "sanpinwang" rice noodle chain grabbed the beach in Liuzhou rice noodle market. Many local rice noodle practitioners who have been holding the idea of "small-scale operation, making a small sum of money is safe, even muddling along and not striving for progress" began to disdain this, but after seeing their business growing bigger and bigger, they began to have a sense of crisis.

In 2004, the * * * department launched a large-scale "three rectifications" (referring to chaos rectification). Before Guilin rice noodles, special rice noodles expanded into; After that, the strong invasion of chain concept accelerated the fierce competition in Liuzhou rice noodle market, and the market share of traditional Liuzhou rice noodle and snail powder decreased obviously.

The "catfish effect" is becoming more and more obvious, and local rice noodle owners with a sense of crisis and ideas are beginning to think about how to make a chain. How to implement modern enterprise management in rice flour industry? How to keep the characteristics and delicacy of your own rice noodles? How to upgrade the level of your own store? It has become one question after another that these big bosses think about.

In the last two years (2004-2005), the image of many rice noodle shops in Liuzhou has been greatly improved through continuous thinking and practical actions. Under the impact of market mechanism and the survival of the fittest of diners, the irregular phenomenon of snail powder in the downturn has been greatly improved and restored.

C, snail powder industry's own awareness is also constantly improving, improvement and innovation, chain operation, in the ascendant! While the taste and practice of snail powder return to tradition, improvement and innovation continue. With the improvement of living standards and the requirements of diners (some people think that at the same price, other rice flour can eat meat, but snail powder can't, which is not cost-effective), the requirements of the market and diners have led to the classification trend of traditional snail powder and improved snail powder (such as three fresh snail powder (with meat)).

Concluding remarks

Whether adhering to tradition or improving innovation, the recovery of snail powder continues. The status of snail powder as the first original snack in Liuzhou has never been seriously shaken. May the prospect of snail powder get better and better. Still the same sentence: "Don't eat snail powder, be a Liuzhou person for nothing."

The production method should first prepare rice noodles, not kway teow in the northern market, but dry-cut rice noodles, which are unique to Liuzhou. (Generally, there are two kinds, one is cutting powder, and the other is freshly squeezed round "thread powder"). Its characteristic is that the side dish snail meat is different from rice noodles (rice noodles). The cross-sectional diameter of dry-cut powder is about 3 mm, and it should be soaked in water for more than 1 hour before use (generally, it should be soaked in clear water and softened before cooking).

Snail powder is called snail powder because its soup is made of snails. Foreigners are not used to the spicy smell of snail powder soup, which is precisely the biggest feature of snail powder. The boss said that in Liuzhou, no one would eat a bowl of snail powder with tasteless soup.

Snail powder is made of old rice, "the older the better". Long-standing rice has lost its oiliness and colloid. After being processed into rice flour, it tastes very elastic. Contrary to the cooking of Guilin rice noodles, Guilin rice noodles should be soaked in hot water before cooking, and snail powder should be soaked in cold water, otherwise the cooked powder will be broken and inelastic, so it is very important to master this point. Some diners will complain when eating snail powder: "

Why is there no snail meat? "In fact, the authentic snail powder does not contain snail meat, because the taste of snails has been integrated into the soup.

Secondly, prepare soup, which is snail soup. The real snail powder has no snails, and the taste of rice noodles is mainly snail soup. Use river snail meat or river snail meat, which tastes similar. First, soak the snails bought alive in clear water for 2 days, and put a piece of iron in the water soaked with snails to promote the snails to spit mud, and at the same time, it can inhibit the schistosomiasis parasitic in snails that northerners are afraid of, so that the snail meat is sweet. Wash the snail, take it out, and cut the tail of the snail with iron inlay. Generally, it is easy to accumulate silt there, and it is also convenient for snails to eat when cooked.

The characteristics of soup are that the oil should be enough, the pepper should be hot enough, and the red pepper oil should be seen on the soup. Snail powder is delicious because of its unique soup base, which is made of snail meat, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, star anise, clove and other natural spices 13, as well as monosodium glutamate and sucrose. As for the dosage of 13 spices, there is a strict proportion. So many fine soups, can they be fresh?

A bowl of good snail powder and good ingredients are also indispensable. Sour bamboo shoots should not be too sour, dried radish should not be too sweet, and yuba and peanuts should be fried just right. Let's talk about side dishes, 1, fried yuba 2, sour beans 3, fried auricularia and famous sour bamboo shoots 4, fried peanuts 5, diced radish 4, pickled cabbage and northern cabbage. When these things are ready, you can start making snail powder.

Drain the snail water, boil it with hot oil, pat garlic, ginger, garlic, dried Chili and perilla, stir-fry until it tastes delicious (add as many ingredients as possible), add salt, chicken essence, oyster sauce and cooking wine until it is cooked for 4 minutes, and stew with water for more than 2 hours. The key to making soup is the ingredients added when adding water. Every family has its own secret recipe. A good soup recipe needs money. When the soup is ready, put it on the stove and stew it slowly.

Boil Liuzhou snail powder in a pot and add vegetables. Vegetables, lettuce and rape flowers (not planted in the north of the Yangtze River) can be used. After the vegetables are boiled for 8 minutes, take them out and pour some oil. Then cook the soaked rice noodles, take them out and press them on the dishes, then add the side dishes, and finally pour in the snail soup.

Snail powder with refreshing meat is fried pork belly until golden brown, neatly spread on snail powder, served with extremely fresh seasonal vegetables, topped with sesame oil and Chili oil, and picked up chopsticks to start! Take a bite, and sour, spicy, fresh and spicy will blend in your mouth immediately. After eating, the whole body is hot and the aftertaste is endless. Remember, the essence of snail powder lies in soup, so you must savor it carefully.

Ingredients: snail soup (sold in vegetable market), sour bamboo shoots, yuba, Chili powder, chicken essence, aniseed, galangal, dried dates, medlar, mushrooms, pork bones, sour beans, coriander, onion, pickled peppers, peanuts, vegetables, sour radishes, day lilies, sauerkraut flowers, etc.

Method 1. The snail (main), pig bone (auxiliary), aniseed, galangal, star anise, fried fruit, Siraitia grosvenorii (a small amount), dried dates, medlar and mushrooms produced in Liuzhou are boiled in water;

2. Stir-fry the yuba and cut it into pieces for later use;

3. Stir-fry the yuba while it is hot, put the dried chili (red chili) into an oil pan to make chili oil, and add the chili oil into the cooked pork bone snail soup;

4. Stir-fry sour bamboo shoots in a dry pan (oil-free), and add Chili oil, day lily, yuba and salt to stir-fry for later use;

5. Boil clear water, add rice flour, cook, take it out and put it in a bowl, add appropriate amount of snail powder, Chili oil soup and sesame oil, and sprinkle with chopped sour beans, fried soybeans or fried peanuts and shallots. Spicy and delicious snail powder is ready.

The press conference of Liuzhou snail powder local standard was held in Wenchang Conference Center, Liuzhou. The standard specifies in detail the terms and definitions, product classification, requirements, food additives, hygiene requirements in production and processing, inspection methods, inspection rules, labels, signs, packaging, transportation, storage and shelf life of prepackaged Liuzhou snail powder. This standard will be officially implemented on May 1 day this year.

It is understood that Liuzhou snail powder is a famous southern snack. In recent years, Liuzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attached great importance to the development of Liuzhou snail powder industry, and held a series of activities, such as snail powder entering Beijing, the whole people holding snail powder, and the snail powder food festival, which accelerated the development of Liuzhou snail powder industry. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 5,000 stores in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha and Liuzhou, with a turnover of over 5 billion yuan. Up to now, there are 46 pre-packaged snail powder manufacturers, with online daily sales exceeding 60,000 boxes. In 2065,438+05, the sales exceeded 500 million yuan, making it the hottest e-commerce product in Guangxi, and occupying a large market share in Alibaba's rice noodle specialty sales.

Liuzhou snail powder food safety local standards, according to the provisions of the "People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law" and "food safety local standards management measures", by the autonomous region food safety standards review and release. The standard code is DBS 45/34-20 16, which will be officially implemented on June, 2065438 1 day. Liuzhou snail powder was made from dried rice flour (or prepared dried rice flour) and snail soup as main raw materials, and Chili oil ingredient package, sour bamboo shoot ingredient package, yuba ingredient package and peanut ingredient package were added.