Yuanxiao and Tangyuan are completely different in terms of production process, preservation and taste. It is natural to have a bowl of steaming hot Yuanxiao on the Lantern Festival, but many people can't figure out what the difference is between Yuanxiao and Tangyuan, and even think they are the same kind of food. In fact, the dumplings are unique to the South cuisine, while the North prefers the Lantern, they are very different.

One, the production process is different

The production process of the snacks and dumplings is completely different, the snacks are rolled out in the machine, the boss will put the snacks filling in the machine, sprinkled with some water, and then turn on the machine, so that the snacks after the machine kept rolling around, sticking to a lot of glutinous rice flour, and then repeat the action until the snacks are getting bigger and bigger. The dumplings, on the other hand, are wrapped, first living the glutinous rice flour into a dough, adding the filling to it like a bun, and then kneading it smooth.

Second, the taste is different

Because of the special production process of the Lantern, so most of the bean paste filling, black sesame filling, peanut filling, etc., eat more chewy, because the top is a layer of glutinous rice flour, so cook out of the dumplings will be more turbid water, and each time you need to cook for 10 minutes in order to be fully cooked. The fillings of the dumplings are more diverse, whether meat or vegetarian, sweet or salty, and even fruit fillings, flower fillings, and so on, all of which can be found on the market. The dumplings are very soft and sticky to eat, and the water in which they are boiled is very clear, so basically they can be fully cooked in 3 to 5 minutes after the water is boiled.

Three, preservation methods are different

Most of the snacks are ready to sell, in the preservation of the natural limitations, if a long time frozen is easy to cause cracking, so the snacks have a strong seasonal, usually can not buy. Soup dumplings do not have to worry about these, the major supermarkets are placed in the freezer in a variety of soup dumplings, usually shelf life of about 12 months, even if it is not the Lantern Festival when you want to eat dumplings, but also at any time you can eat. It is probably because of this feature that the Lantern Festival is becoming less and less popular.