1, the birth of hot noodles

The introduction of hot noodles is purely a chance. About 70 years ago, there was a cooked food vendor surnamed Li in the area of Guandi Temple on Changdi Street in Hankou, who was called "Li Bao" because of a sarcoma on his neck. He used to sell cold noodles and soup noodles. One summer, when he returned home after a day of hawking on the street, he still had a lot of noodles left. He was afraid of rancidity, so he cooked the noodles, fished up and cooled on the board, who knew that accidentally knocked over the sesame oil pot, oil all splashed on the surface. Li Bao chagrin, an idea, then simply mix the noodles with sesame oil, and then fan cool, the next morning to take to the market. He scalded the noodles in the water a few times, fished them up and put them in a bowl with condiments to sell to customers. Someone asked, "What is this noodle?" Li Bao blurted out: "hot dry noodles", this day's noodles than any other day are sold well, a new snack was born in the accidental slip.

2)The Twelve Absolute Snacks of Wuhan

The most prosperous scenery of the Han Emperor, twenty miles of dust and millions of homes

Not a great literary talent, how can I write all the careers

Sesame deep-fried noodle cake is called desolate, the yellow mouth is sounding a gong to sell the small sugar

Dumplings, dumplings and pig's blood tandem, there are still bangs on the street in the depth of the night

Small women learn from the magnates and wake up in their dreams when they sleep

We should comb our hair first, and then we should go to the hospital for the first time.

Slowly comb your hair first morning, mochi oil dumplings swallowed

Eat new food more often added, meat and vegetables are also inexpensive

Sparrow's head is crispy, goose neck is soft, beans and yellow cake is fat, lotus root fish round

3) Wuhan Snacks Famous Restaurants

The old Tongcheng's three-fresh bean skins, the four seasons of the United States of America's soup buns, the simmered soup of the small Taoyuan, the old Qianjian's bean threads, the Cailinji's hot-dried noodles, talk of the Yanjian dumplings. Shun Xiangju's roasted plums, Fuqinghe's rice noodles, Lu Yuanxing's rice wine, Wu Fang Zhai's soup dumplings, Tian Qieheng's battered soup noodles, and Xie Rongde's noodle nests.

4) Hubei famous dishes - the legend of the fish ball

Fish ball is a traditional Hubei folk dishes, in the New Year festivals and celebrations, the table is not without fish ball. Fish ball production originated in the era of King Wen of Chu. It is said that King Wen Xiong capital once when eating fish was stuck in the throat by the thorns, immediately beheaded the chef, since then, King Wen eating fish, the chef must first chop the head of the fish, peel the fish skin, pick the fish thorns, chopped fine made of fish balls.

5)Hubei famous dish "dragon and phoenix match"

"Dragon and phoenix match" is a traditional dish of ancient Jingzhou, with a history of more than 1,000 years, and then introduced to Wuhan. According to legend, in the Three Kingdoms period, after Liu Bei went to Dongwu to recruit his wife, he went back to Jingzhou with Mrs. Sun, and the local people, in order to celebrate this good story of "dragon and phoenix", used eel as a dragon and chicken as a metaphor for phoenix as a figurative method to cook this famous dish that has been passed down over the past thousands of years. In the wedding banquet, especially the wedding banquet, essential to symbolize good luck.

6) Hubei famous dish - the origin of Dongpo Pork

Dongpo Pork is a famous dish in the ancient Huangzhou area, which has a history of more than 900 years, and was later introduced to Wuhan. In the second year of Yuanfeng of the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo was deported to Huangzhou. During this period, he used to cook all kinds of dishes to drink with his poets and chess players. Once he played chess with guests, until the end of the game before remembering the meat in the pot, rushed into the kitchen, feel the aroma, open the pot to see, but see the meat color red, he tasted a piece, full of mellow flavor, glutinous and not greasy, the guests are praised. Later generations to commemorate Su Dongpo, he created this dish named "Dongpo meat".

7) hairy foot son-in-law and hangers simmering soup

Wuhan people pay special attention to simmering soup, New Year's festivals at home when VIPs visit, especially "hairy foot son-in-law" for the first time on the doorstep, must simmering soup to be treated. Son-in-law to the door, but also in the soup under the fine vermicelli or fish round, said the long love and marriage is complete. Simmering soup cans generally use U-shaped pots, commonly known as hanging.

8)Wedding customs say three tea

Generally speaking, in Wuhan, men and women to pay attention to the "three tea" rituals before the marriage." Three tea" refers to: men and women after the engagement, the man must be in the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival three important festivals to the woman's home gifts. Gifts to food such as tea, pastries, fish, tobacco and alcohol-based, commonly known as sending tea or gifts, three times a year, known as the "three tea".