Shaxian snack, known as the "living fossil" of the traditional diet of the Han nationality, belongs to a branch of the long-standing dietary culture tradition in the Yellow River valley of the Central Plains. It has both the dietary characteristics of Fuzhou and Minnan and the Hakka dietary culture style in the mountainous areas of Tingzhou. Therefore, Shaxian snacks with strong Chinese characteristics can be divided into two schools, namely, the Chengguan snack school with fresh and sweet taste and fine production. The representative varieties are flat meat (pasta), steamed dumplings, meat buns and so on, which are unique; Xiamao snack school, with salty and spicy taste and extensive production, is represented by Xiamao Town, and its raw materials are mainly rice, potato and taro, such as frozen rice, sweet potato, frozen rice skin (japonica-indica noodles) and beef series. Historically, Xia Maoren basically belonged to Hakka and liked to go out. Therefore, Xiamao school snacks are the earliest and most popular snacks, and there are traces of Xiamao people in almost all parts of the country. This fluidity also separates the raw material processing and business services of Xiamao school snacks, that is, the processing does not operate, and the operation does not process, forming a simple and repetitive work with low technology. However, people in Shaxian County are mountain people, who like to process and operate their own businesses, that is, the family-style business pattern of "front shop and back workshop". Shaxian snacks in Chengguan school are well-made and varied, and become the protagonists of Shaxian snacks. Therefore, people who have been to Shaxian must taste Shaxian snacks, and after eating Shaxian snacks, they all sigh that Shayang has returned without snacks.
Shaxian snack has formed an industrial scale, and the number of snack practitioners is growing. Shaxian snack industry development project has developed rapidly with the concern of central, provincial and municipal leaders and the support of relevant departments. According to statistics, the number of people going out to operate "Shaxian Snacks" has reached 1.3 million, with nearly 50,000 people, accounting for about 29% of the total rural population and 55% of the rural labor force in Shaxian, and it has driven nearly 10,000 people in urban and rural areas around the country to engage in Shaxian Snacks industry. The annual income of farmers in the snack industry is nearly 500 million yuan. "Shaxian Snacks" has become an important measure to solve the problem of agriculture, countryside and farmers in Shaxian, and an effective channel to promote the transfer of urban and rural labor force, solve the reemployment of farmers and laid-off workers in cities and towns, and increase farmers' income. At the same time, Shaxian Snacks have enriched and prospered the catering market all over the country, bringing convenience to people of all social classes. Secondly, the development area is constantly expanding. "Shaxian Snacks" have spread all over more than a dozen provinces and cities in China, including Fuzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou in this province, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Zhuhai, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hainan, Changsha, Wuhan and other cities outside the province, and expanded to Jiangsu, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Beijing and other provinces and cities, and even abroad (such as Singapore and other countries) Snack features:
1. Feature 1
It is economical and practical. The unit price of Shaxian snacks is generally more than two yuan. For two or three yuan, a person can eat flat meat in Shaxian. In the hot summer, a bowl of grass is frozen, which has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire, and is better than ice cream; In the cold winter, spending a few cents, a few pieces of dried beancurd and a dish of Chili douchi oil is enough to make you warm all over and sweat on your forehead.
2. Feature 2
It is fresh and delicious. Almost all the operators who manage Shaxian snacks have the same historical tradition, and the number of snacks made every day is small, usually made on the same day and sold out on the same day. From the perspective of raw material procurement and food preservation, this tradition effectively ensures the freshness of food. On the other hand, according to experts, the raw materials of snacks will be out of shape if they are stored for more than half a day. Therefore, experienced snack operators would rather shorten their business hours and reduce their turnover in order to maintain the reputation of snacks. This ensures that Shaxian snacks are fresh and delicious. From the perspective of production methods, most of Shaxian snacks are made and bought now, and the seasoning can increase or decrease with the habits of consumers, which is one of the important reasons why Shaxian snacks are fresh and delicious.
3. Feature 3
It is green and healthy. From the perspective of dietary science, Shaxian snacks are scientific and healthy foods. Shaxian snack is basically a light food with low fat and low calorie. One of the most important raw materials of Shaxian snack is soybean, and its nutritional content is among the best in all kinds of foods. Many raw materials and condiments of Shaxian flavor snacks are rich in nutrition. Some can take food as medicine and have the function of getting rid of diseases and protecting health. In order to carry forward the tradition of medical care of Shaxian flavor snacks, some people have also set up medicinal diet stew cans, which have been welcomed by all walks of life.
Shaxian snack is a kind of spiritual enjoyment with strong nostalgia and full of interest. Shaxian snacks are all over the streets and lanes, and they have natural emotional ties with the residents. Street snacks are a major street scene in Shaxian County, among which those who buy dried beancurd are particularly distinctive. Five or six people gathered around a small square table on the street, holding dried beans with chopsticks, dipping them in seasoning and sending them to the import. The food stall is also a natural social place. It is really informative to enjoy snacks and listen to diners chatting. Strictly speaking, without these sentiments, there is no such atmosphere. It can't reflect the real cultural connotation of Shaxian snacks.