Spanish mackerel, this is a unique name in Jiaodong. In Xiangshan Port, villagers called it "blue-spotted mackerel", and careless fishermen, like people who are proficient in food culture, gave him a name called? Qi Coincidentally,? Qi swam to Jiaodong and turned into Spanish mackerel.
Spanish mackerel is not a precious seafood, but it must be the most common home-cooked seafood of Shandong people, such as stewed Spanish mackerel, braised Spanish mackerel, smoked Spanish mackerel, etc., but they are most proud of Spanish mackerel jiaozi!
Jiaodong coastal area is rich all year round, and there is a custom that the son-in-law, rich or poor, must give advice to the father-in-law before and after Grain Rain, and send them in pairs. As the saying goes, "When spring comes, Spanish mackerel jumps. The Spanish mackerel jumps, and the father-in-law laughs. "There is no one who doesn't know this proverb.
Therefore, there is a joke that if there is a newborn baby whose sex is unknown, if the man teases, "We have to dig a Spanish mackerel pond." That means he gave birth to a daughter and had to dig a pool to hold the Spanish mackerel from his son-in-law. Although this is a joke, it shows the position of Spanish mackerel in Jiaodong diet.
From daily life to holidays, the ultimate glory of Spanish mackerel is the Spanish gift given by the son-in-law to the old father-in-law. Especially for Qingdao's son-in-law, it's a good thing to send a fat big Spanish mackerel to the old father-in-law, and it's spread to neighbors.
Jiaozi, the favorite of northerners, and Spanish mackerel, the favorite of Jiaodong people, joined forces to produce the king fried food-Spanish mackerel jiaozi. In this way, no Spanish mackerel could swim out of Shandong alive. In the end, they were all trapped in jiaozi.
Why do Shandong people have a soft spot for Bayujiaozi? The meat of Spanish mackerel jiaozi is tender and easy to be made into minced fish. Therefore, chopping fish with a knife is definitely not authentic. The native Jiaodong people pick the fish with a knife or scrape it with a spoon, and there are no tiny splinters. Therefore, the fish falls into a bowl, and then a small piece of fat is added, together with the minced fish, which is stirred with chopsticks, and then the onion Jiang Shui is added one after another, and the chopsticks are used to stir in the same direction, so that there will be fish stuffing with elastic teeth.
The simple Shandong people apply the taste of Jin Dao to the stuffing. Sometimes, in order to increase the level of taste, other auxiliary materials will be added. For example, leeks in spring are more suitable to be paired with Spanish mackerel. When they are hot, the thin and transparent dough is forced to reveal white and juicy fish. When chewed carefully, the juice is fresh and sweet.
There is also a saying in Jiaodong: "In a good mood, squid dumplings! "If there is any happy event in any family, it must be to include Bayujiaozi. Nowadays, the food bears more humanistic feelings, just like" jiaozi's welcome, the face of seeing him off ",and there are beautiful meanings in it. I think the Shandong people's love for Bayujiaozi also comes from this!
Spanish mackerel jiaozi is to Shandong, just like pickled cabbage jiaozi is to Northeast China, it not only satisfies the appetite, but also the memory on the big dining table and the scene of family happiness and glory on the dining table!