SINONOVACULA constricta generally refers to Meretrix meretrix. A slim person is called a bamboo razor. It is a mollusk with two shells, which lives in shallow beaches along the coast. There are aquaculture in coastal villages in Putian, and Hanjiang bulls produce the best. Razor clam is one of the famous seafood products in Putian, and it can be eaten in various ways. In addition to being processed into dried clams, there are fresh boiled clams, stewed clams and fried clams mixed with other ingredients, such as fresh clams scrambled eggs and fried clams. In particular, it is a kind of soup that people like.
Stir-fried glutinous rice is a soup made of glutinous rice meat mixed with starch and various seasonings, also called glutinous rice soup. The cooking method is very simple: wash the razor clam, shell it, soak the razor clam meat in proper amount of water, wash it, take it out, drain the water and put it into a basin to mix it with dry starch evenly. When processing, ginger, garlic and other spices are first put into a pot heated with peanut oil, fried and picked up. When the clear water comes to the surface, add the fried spices, salt, monosodium glutamate, chopped green onion and other seasonings, and mix well. The meat is tender and smooth, fresh and sweet.
Fried pork is not only a soup for family dinner, but also a soup that tourists like in restaurants. Then why is it called Xi 'an? It turns out that the word "Tang" has a legend along the coast of Putian.
Legend has it that in the old society, a plague spread along the coast, seriously threatening people's lives and health, and some villages suffered death. It is puzzling that no one died in the village closest to the sea. It was the folk doctors who realized a truth from the treatment of patients: several coastal villages raised SINONOVACULA constricta and ate SINONOVACULA constricta to make various clear soups. Shaving blades can also work. So, under the propaganda of the people's doctors, all the villagers in the plague village cooked porridge to eat. Sure enough, the plague soon "slipped away" and was no longer popular. The common people said that cricket drove away the disease, so a legend of eating cricket drove away the disease gradually spread among the masses. In food culture, some people think that changing the word "slip" to "stir-fry" means that stir-fried dishes are processed and cooked, which is more in line with the original intention.
Houtan oyster soup
The so-called "_" is Xinghua dialect. The scientific name "Oyster", referred to as "Oyster (_)", is a kind of seafood cultivated in Putian shallow sea. It belongs to oyster material and double-shell steel. The shape of the shell is irregular, and its size and thickness vary from species to species. The left shell (or lower shell) is large and concave, and there are other things attached. The right shell (or upper shell) is small and covered like a lid. Feet without feet. Pry open the upper shell, and there is a piece of fresh oyster meat, which is smooth and refreshing, and the meat is delicious. Can be processed into dry products, canned products, or cooked with ingredients into solid flavor convenience foods, such as oyster fried and oyster cake (also known as oyster cake); It can also be made into soup, such as oyster soup, commonly known as oyster soup in Xinghua dialect.
_ Hericium erinaceus soup is easy to make. Shell the oyster meat first, wash it to remove halogen alkali, then drain it, stir it evenly with dry starch and hang powder for later use. Put the chopped garlic and ginger slices into a pot with hot peanut oil, fry them and pick them up for later use. Boil the hot pot with clear water. At this time, put the oyster sauce balls with powder into the pot one by one, and cook until each powder ball floats on the water like a monkey head. Add the original fried spices, sprinkle with some pepper, sprinkle with rice vinegar, and then add seasonings such as onion and lubricating oil to serve. It tastes sweet and delicious, and smells mellow. It is delicious soup for family banquets or restaurants.
Putian has a long coastline and vast bays. Since ancient times, coastal residents have recently cultivated oysters near the beach. According to historical records, there was a method of planting bamboo in the Song Dynasty, and later it was developed to build a stone bed with a slate frame on the beach, so that oysters could be attached to it. In modern times, in order to obtain high yield of oysters, coastal residents also adopt deep-water oyster culture methods. That is, stand the pine stake in deep seawater, put the old oyster shell on, tie it to the stake, and let it attach seedlings. Oyster seedlings grow rapidly in seawater all the year round, absorbing rich bait from seawater. The oysters produced in this way are large in size and high in yield, and can be collected and eaten all year round.
Because there are many kinds of food, eating _ and _ monkeys is not only a family banquet for coastal people, but also a daily food. Over time, monkey eating is regarded as an auspicious food that people like in food culture. In the homonym of Xinghua dialect, _ means alive. Therefore, people in Putian buy _ boiled oysters and monkeys to eat on holidays. It indicates that eating _ can lead to longevity. Especially among immortals, this custom is particularly popular. On holidays, no matter whether the price increases or not, you have to buy food. Especially for the elderly, it is a necessary auspicious vegetable soup. The first course is Shoumian (Life). The last line ends with _ Hericium erinaceus soup to show a happy ending. I wish the elderly a long life and health forever.