Why is the rice noodle also called the bridge rice noodle.
The legend of the folk tale of the bridge rice noodles: Once upon a time, Yunnan Mengzi a showman in order to apply for the examination, he shut himself in the South Lake on the island, day and night study. His wife sent him every day, because of the distance rice often cold, the showman will not like to eat. What to do? One day his wife stewed a fat hen, she used clay pots with chicken soup, with Xiu Cai love to eat rice noodles and spices, with a bamboo basket loaded to send, when she end of the soup cans, the hand was scalded back. It turned out that there was a thick layer of chicken oil floating on the chicken soup, keeping the temperature. So she put the condiments into the soup and swished them around before adding the rice noodles. Xiu Cai ate hot, the flavor also felt extraordinarily delicious, his wife greatly appreciated. Because his wife had to cross a bridge to deliver the rice. Xiu Cai then smiled at his wife to say: "you do today's beautiful meal called the bridge rice noodles it." From then on, the bridge rice noodle will be spread in the folklore. Over the bridge rice noodles is a famous flavor of Yunnan snacks. It is mainly made of soup, sliced meat, rice noodles and other ingredients. Soup with fat chicken, pig bones and other simmering to clear and bright for the best, chicken breast, pork tenderloin, liver, cashew flowers, fresh fish, etc. cut into thin slices, arranged into small dishes, rice noodles are fine white, toughness is good; at the same time, there are pea tips, yellow sprouts leeks, young spinach and so on. Meals, with a large "sea cucumber bowl" soup, add monosodium glutamate, beans, cooked chicken oil. The soup is rolled and oiled, without a trace of heat. Soup on the table, pigeon eggs into the bowl, and then blanch the meat into the soup, gently stirred, suddenly become snow white, tender. Then put fresh vegetables, rice noodles, with chili oil, sesame oil, etc., can be eaten. Rice noodle is a thread-like food made from high-quality rice through the processes of fermentation, grinding, filtering, steaming and pressing. Rice noodles are one of the favorite foods of the people in Yunnan. In the past, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, every family must eat rice noodles, borrowing long rice noodles, wishing happiness for a long time. On the third of March, Kunming people are invited to go to the West Mountain tour, but also often eat cold rice noodles, the local proverb says; "March 3rd. Play Xishan, eat cool rice noodles." Rice varieties are very much, eat a variety of ways, both hot to eat, can also be eaten cold, can meat can be vegetarian, how to eat by themselves. Wedding banquet in Kunming, must be on a large plate of cool rice noodles but, eat very addictive ah! Eat over the bridge rice noodles, to use a large soup bowl to serve hot soup. This is a fat chicken and pig bone boiled into a clear, steep and bright, soup covered with a layer of yellow chicken oil, does not seem to bubble a trace of heat, but it is hot to keep hot. Diners will first blanch the chicken breast, pork, fish, liver, pork loin into the soup bowl, gently stirred, in a short time will be the meat hot and tender. Next, then clip into the pea folder, leeks, spinach, yucca slices of vegetables. Finally, put in the rice noodles, with sesame oil, pepper, chili oil, cilantro and other withering ingredients. Thus, the bowl full of colorful, the snow-white rice noodles, and red slices of pork liver, pork loin slices, turquoise spinach, pea folder, goose yellow yellow buds leeks, interplay. Eat up, the meat is tender, the greens are crisp, the rice noodles are soft and smooth, and the soup is rich in flavor, very tasty.