Renmin North Road, Chishui City
Cooking is culture, art, and science. It is a borderline subject with a wide range of aspects and is one of the "vegetable basket" system projects. Our country's culinary art is divided into four major cuisines: Sichuan, Cantonese, Shandong and Jiangsu. It is a precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. Therefore, our country is known as the "Culinary Kingdom".
Chishui vegetables belong to the fusion category of Bashu culture and northern Guizhou culture. Chishui is located in the warm and humid climate zone of the mid-subtropical zone, with hot summers, cool winters, four distinct seasons, hot and water in the same season, fertile land, abundant rainfall, and the benefits of mountains, forests, and aquatic plants, providing abundant material resources for cooking; The brewing industry has unique characteristics. Chishui sun-dried vinegar and many other famous seasonings are used to complement Chishui vegetables. Its skills are superior to those of others. It is known as "famous for taste", "various colors" and "a hundred dishes and a hundred flavors". Chishui's natural treasures and outstanding people have created a distinctive Chishui regional cooking culture, namely Chishui food culture, in the history of civilization for more than 2,000 years.
Chishui’s urban and rural catering business is unprecedented: around six o’clock every morning, restaurants and shops in the city’s streets, alleys, stations and docks are open to welcome customers, selling morning market snacks in order to catch up with the morning market until lunch. ; Every day at around six o'clock in the afternoon, stalls line up in the city's streets, alleys, and bustling areas, selling late-night barbecue snacks, and they don't close until three or four in the morning to thank customers. Those who sell whole pig soup in the countryside and those who run specialty meals in scenic spots are dotted here and there; they attract and serve diners from all over the country with all kinds of delicacies and snacks, enriching the food culture of Chishui.
Douhuaer, pig cake, grilled fish, barbecue, glutinous rice balls and other famous snacks with unique flavors and various varieties are closely related to "local wine feast, panda bamboo shoot feast, dinosaur cypress feast, Chishui River fresh fish feast, Dan "Xiaye Vegetable Meat and Vegetable Feast" constitutes the six famous food series of Chishui. They are all derived from practice, rooted in the folk, and popular among the people. They all have strong local colors. While giving people a taste of food and enjoyment, they also give people a sense of folk customs and customs. Reverie and remembrance show the unique style of Chishui regional food culture.
Chishui food culture in ancient and modern times is mainly based on three categories: beverages, home-cooked meals, and banquets, supplemented by storytelling, opera singing, guessing, and rhetoric. Beverages: Tea and wine are the main drinks for urban and rural residents. Most people, especially middle-aged and elderly people and businessmen, have the habit of drinking tea in teahouses and drinking in pubs. In recent years, with the emergence of soda, milk, coffee, jelly and other modern drinks and modern bars, young men, women, middle-aged and elderly people are also happy to go to bars to taste tea and drink. In this way, Chishui people carry forward the traditional etiquette of "tea must be served first when entertaining guests, and fine wine is necessary for banquets". Drinking tea and drinking is becoming more and more sophisticated and rich in content. Home-cooked cuisine: The dishes are delicious and suitable for meals. The cooking skills are not very particular and the scale is not large. The dishes are mainly poultry and eggs, fish, sea vegetables, pork, bean curds, bamboo shoots, fresh vegetables, etc., and the auxiliary drinks are tea and water. High grain liquor. Banquets: There are formal and informal banquets. First, it is economical and affordable, with a casual relationship between host and guest, and does not pay attention to etiquette. They often choose a simple, authentic, affordable, and extensively prepared "farmhouse" banquet style; second, it is luxurious, with guests respecting the host, lavishness, atmosphere, and often originality. Banquets for entertaining guests; luxurious banquets are made with rigorous ingredients and fine production, with a wide variety of flavors and exquisite shapes. They pay attention to the coordination of color, aroma, taste and shape, and the processes of steaming, boiling, frying, pan-frying, stir-frying, stewing, etc. It has everything you need, especially the cooking of local specialties. What's more, it also ingeniously combines snacks and meals into one, and the main and supplements are paired together, exuding a rich Chishui-flavored meal atmosphere, which is well received by diners. At this time, depending on the interest of the host and guest, the host arranges storytelling, lantern singing, opera singing, dishes and other cultural and entertainment contents, including guessing games, reciting poems and singing songs, playing drums, cymbals and playing songs, making the banquet atmosphere more joyful and lively. After the banquet, the hospitable host also presented "miscellaneous bags" such as candies, peanuts, and local products to the guests and their accompanying family members to take home, so that the family members who did not come to the table could share the happiness, which was full of warm human touch and gave It leaves an unforgettable impression.
In Chishui, you can visit villages to eat whole pig soup, go sightseeing in scenic spots to eat wild vegetables, taste Chishui's "green food", and enjoy the beautiful atmosphere of high-quality natural ecology and good humanistic environment, and be at one with the world. Now, have fun with Chishui people.
In Chishui, the sky is blue, the ground is red, the water is clear, and the people are friendly; ancient legends, long history, poetic mountains and rivers, honest folk customs, elegant residences, precious food... …all overflowing with the true beauty of Chishui food culture.
Chishui food can be roughly divided into six categories, including local wine feast, flavored snack feast, panda bamboo shoot feast, dinosaur cypress feast, Chishui River fresh fish feast, and Danxia wild vegetable meat and vegetarian feast. Series, among which famous delicacies and main dishes include snacks, farmhouses, panda meals, bean curds, bracken, fresh river fish, wild vegetables, etc., and the detailed breakdown shows many names and thousands of varieties, too numerous to mention.
Local Wine Feast
Wine is the abbreviation of wine and beverages. Chishui people call pouring wine and serving tea "wine water", and wine, tea and drinks are collectively called "wine water". , authentic Chishui local food. Chishui's specialty wines are divided into liquor and Qujiu. The famous brands include Fuxing "Three Steps" liquor, Changsha "Gaodong" liquor, "Chishui Laoyao", "Chishui Chun", "Jinguifu" and other brands.
Tea is also a general term for tea and other drinks; as far as tea is concerned, the famous ones include Qizhen tea, insect tea, eagle tea, Gaiwan catechu, etc. Chishui people have attached great importance to etiquette since ancient times. When guests come to a banquet, they must treat them to a banquet. When guests are invited to a banquet, they must offer a toast. When guests come to the table, they must serve tea first. The saying "there is no banquet without wine, and there are few guests without tea" reflects the customs and folk customs of this place. Simply speaking, wine and banquet are not related. In fact, they are not only closely related, but also form a banquet on their own. In the past, in Chishui, one penny was enough to eat as much Eagle Tea as possible, and to drink Laobaiganer without side dishes was called "drinking only a single bowl". Guests are entertained with Eagle tea and single bowls. There is no limit to the number of hosts and guests, regardless of the occasion. The atmosphere is warm, everyone is happy, and it has a unique flavor. Whenever relatives and friends gather together at this time, they place famous snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, beef jerky, sausage slices, several bowls of bean curds, tea, or single bowls, and it becomes a feast, and the food is full of emotions. Overflowing, there was a burst of laughter; the old leader and good friends sat together, a glass of white wine, a cup of tea, and a handful of dried peas, and they became a table, savoring the sun, the moon, and life.
Fuxing "Three-Step Pour" Baijiu: Made from high-quality sorghum and carefully brewed, it has high intensity, is exciting and addictive, and makes you feel ecstatic after drinking it. It is said that any drink must be limited to three cups. If you drink too much, you will fall to the ground and fall asleep within three steps.
Sidonggou "Insect Tea": a specialty of Chishui, the best tea, rare in the market and expensive. Only a small amount is on the market in Sidonggou Scenic Area, most of which are kept by Chishui people to entertain guests. This is the process of picking young leaves of wild white tea and fermenting them, which attracts an insect called "Spodoptera exigua" to breed larvae. After the larvae eat the fermented leaves, they excrete insect droppings that are smaller than rapeseed. People collect the insects and dry them to become adults. Tea. Insect tea is rich in nutrients, delicious, refreshing, and has medicinal functions such as refreshing, sobering up, detoxifying, clearing away heat, and lowering blood pressure.
Houttuynia cordata (Houttuynia cordata): There are cold dishes and cooked dishes. The cold ears are crispy, tender and delicious. Chew them carefully and swallow them slowly. They have an indescribable and unique fragrance that greatly increases your appetite. The cooked folded ear root is silvery-yellow in color, soft and crispy, and complements the mixed and stir-fried meat. It is extremely delicious and unique. The root vegetable of Zheergu can clear away heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and diuresis, appetize and smooth the flow of qi, and has dietary therapeutic effects.
Douhuaer: Chishui is the hometown of Douhuaer. Douhuaer is unique and famous. Chishui bean flowers are soft and tender, as white as jade, refreshing in the mouth, and not greasy after being eaten for a long time, so they are loved by people.
Snack Banquet
According to custom, the series of snacks are generally used for breakfast, breakfast and late-night snacks. Sometimes they can be paired with banquets and can also be used as dinners. Some varieties are also delicious with wine. . There are hundreds of kinds of Chishui snacks, which are deeply loved by men, women, old and young, and have become a unique branch of Chishui cuisine. According to the raw materials, there are livestock and poultry, grains, fruits and vegetables, fish, etc.; according to the categories, there are glutinous rice balls, pastries, pasta, steamed and grilled, cold dishes, hot pot, fried, etc. etc., divided according to the species sequence, there are countless and many product names. Similarly, according to the snack market, there are three categories: morning market, mid-day market and night market, and according to time type, there are breakfast and late night snacks. Chishui-style snacks have different characteristics at different times, especially late-night snacks. But no matter what, according to personal taste and needs, you can enjoy it alone, or you can have a few or a dozen people sit around a table and feast on dozens of flavored snacks, which feels no less than a feast.
Barbecue: Chishui Barbecue is mostly held at night, with Dongmen Wharf, Turntable, and Shizhong District as the bustling areas. It is renovated and has many varieties, such as grilled fish, grilled whole lamb, grilled sausages, grilled lotus root slices, etc. Countless others. In addition, it is easy to see in the streets and alleys. Where the barbecue is, the smoke lingers and the aroma is tantalizing, making people salivate. It is not uncommon to invite friends to gather around the table and have a full meal.
Breakfast: Chishui’s breakfast has a variety of varieties, with all colors and flavors, especially pasta. There are dozens of kinds of noodles, including sausage noodles, bean curd noodles, big meat noodles, three-fresh noodles, crispy stuffed noodles, knife-cut noodles, etc. The taste is suitable for both salty and light, and can be adjusted by all tastes. Drinking a bowl of soy milk, eating a few pieces of glutinous rice cakes; eating a bowl of bean curd noodles, tasting a big piece of meat, tasting a small dish of pickled vegetables... can give people the pleasure of refreshing the stomach and leaving a lingering aroma after eating.
Panda Bamboo Shoot Feast
Chishui does not grow pandas, but it is rich in bamboos. Every household in Chishui eats and uses bamboo, and production and life are closely related to bamboo. Living in Chishui is indispensable without bamboo, and food is even more indispensable without bamboo. Therefore, people nicknamed bamboo food as "Panda Food" and Chishui Bamboo Food as "Panda Meal". Chishui people naturally became "Pandas" who eat bamboo.
Chishui bamboo is rich in food raw materials and grows for thousands of miles in the city. There are dozens of varieties of plants including bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots, mian bamboo shoots, water bamboo shoots, and green bamboo shoots. Bamboo poultry treasures include bamboo shoots. Chickens, bamboo moles, bamboo monkeys, bamboo bird's nests, etc., plus artificial secondary processing of fresh and dry goods, there are hundreds of varieties. Such a large number of raw materials have laid the foundation for the formation of Chishui's unique bamboo food culture. Chishui bamboo food can be combined with other types of dishes to form a banquet, or it can form a series of its own banquets. It is an extremely high-quality delicacy and green health food.
The main ingredients of the panda meal are selected from various bamboo foods. Bamboo shoots, bamboo fungus, bamboo mole, bamboo chicken, bamboo bird's nest, magnolia slices and other bamboo foods are carefully cooked and prepared into a series of delicious dishes. There are hundreds of kinds of products, and thousands of kinds of composite products. It can be eaten with bamboo tube rice and bamboo tableware. After eating, it will stimulate the appetite and strengthen the spleen. It is fresh and delicious, and the fragrance lingers in your heart. It is unforgettable and has the most unique characteristics of bamboo hometown. It is praised by the world. There are several most important delicacies:
Bamboo fungus and black-bone chicken: The raw materials are selected from the precious mountain treasure bamboo fungus, which is "a tribute from the imperial palace" and the "King of Beijing Fruits", as well as the "nourishing and medicinal" bamboo fungus. Silky Chicken, the King of Great Tonics, can be boiled, stewed or simmered with just a few seasonings such as salt, ginger, green onion, etc. After eating, it is fragrant and moisturizes the lungs, nourishes the internal organs, and helps eliminate cholesterol, excess fat, and protect the body. It has powerful effects on liver healing, prevention and treatment of cancer, etc.
Tongtong bamboo shoots: The raw material is Yinshan bamboo shoots that grow in the sun and in wetlands. They are picked, processed, collected, smoked, roasted, cooled and stored in the sun. After multiple rinsing processes, they are cut into sections and put into the pot with high-quality old bacon* **Cook and serve. It melts into dregs when eaten. It is soft, crisp and refreshing, with a unique fragrance. It strengthens the stomach and spleen.
Winter bamboo shoots: Chishui is rich in Nanzhu. The bamboo shoots produced in winter are called winter bamboo shoots. Winter bamboo shoots are rich in nutritional value and medicinal functions. They are the best dish for vegetarians and health caretakers. They are tender and delicious, crisp and delicious. Chishui winter bamboo shoots have been famous for their high quality and low price since ancient times. A famous poet from the Qing Dynasty in Chishui sang about it in poems such as "The unique bamboo shoots on the gourd stream, the flavor of the winter is sweet to the tongue", which gave it a profound cultural connotation.
Magnolia slices: Made from high-quality food winter bamboo shoots, carefully roasted. Magnolia slices are shaped like magnolia petals and golden in color. They are a traditional and precious food. Magnolia slices can be served as a separate dish or cooked with other dishes. No matter fried, stir-fried, roasted, pot or stewed, they are fresh, tender, crisp and delicious. They are a common treasure at banquets and high-end gifts for friends.
Dinosaur cypress feast
Chishui is known as the "Crystalgia Kingdom". Although the dinosaurs in the territory have long been extinct, it is rich in nearly 20,000 species of ferns represented by cypress. Ferns were the staple food of plant-eating dinosaurs 200 million years ago. Nowadays, they are a precious delicacy on the tables of Chishui people. Chishui people and dinosaurs enjoy the same feast. People eat it not only for health care, but also for thinking about the distant world. , thinking about the eternal ancient historical sites, the beauty is indescribable. Fern foods include fresh bracken, dried bracken, fern soup, fern cake, etc. When combined with other dishes, a rich and unique "Dinosaur Bracken Dish" can be made.
Bracken: The rhizomes of fern are full of starch. The moss buds are picked in spring and the rhizomes are ground in autumn and winter to make traditional delicious dishes famous in urban and rural areas. Generally, there are two types: stir-fried and mixed with meat and meat. It is bright red in color, fragrant, crisp and slightly bitter, refreshing and nourishing the lungs. It is a good drink whether with wine or rice.
Fern moss: Made from fresh and tender fern moss that has just sprouted, it can be fried, stir-fried or stewed. It is delicious, tender and smooth, and has the miraculous effect of nourishing the lungs and strengthening the bones. Because the leaf buds of fern moss are shaped like a child's fist, some people call it "bergamot" or "dragon's claw".
Fern cake: The vegetable is made of fern moss and fern root, which is ground into powder and slurried, then stored in a cool place. It can be sliced, fried, stir-fried, steamed, boiled, and refined into more than ten kinds of dishes with different tastes.
Chishui River Fresh Fish Feast
Chishui River is sweet and contains a variety of trace elements beneficial to humans and animals. It is extremely suitable for fish to thrive and is rich in 45 species of high-quality fish. . The main excellent varieties include Chihe carp, black carp, silver carp, bighead carp, red croaker, green mackerel, yellow wax carp, etc. Each fish can be made into a separate dish, or dozens of dishes can be carefully cooked to form a banquet. Chishui River fresh fish has an attractive fragrance, tender texture and nourishing effect. It is a rare high-quality green and environmentally friendly dish.
Chishui River’s fresh fish feast usually consists of four kinds of high-quality fish: bighead carp, silver carp, grass carp and blue carp, and is known as the “four major fish feasts”. These "Four Major Fishes" happen to be the main brands of Chishui River Fresh Fish Feast. With these four major brands alone, dozens of dishes with a wide range of names can be prepared to create a fish feast of their own. Fish food has a rare nourishing effect on infants, young children, the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and is favored by the world. Not to mention the fish feast, it is deeply welcomed by everyone, who enjoys eating it without getting tired.
Danxia Wild Vegetables Meat and Vegetable Feast
Chishui has excellent natural ecology. The special Danxia landform environment breeds extraordinary dishes. It has excellent vegetation coverage and is rich in tens of thousands of edible species. The wild vegetables and wild herbs are famous health-care dishes. Together with ecological livestock and poultry food, they form a meat and vegetable feast with wild vegetables. They are the best banquets of their own and are very popular among urbanites.
Wild vegetables: In addition to the series of bamboo shoot dishes, the main varieties include day lily, gray vegetables, kumquat, scissor vegetables, fishy vegetables, wild onions, lotus, brush mushrooms, and bigfoot mushrooms. , three-petal mushrooms, gallinopsis, tripe mushrooms, etc., there are hundreds of kinds; vegetarians or bodybuilders can use them as a separate item or as a feast for their own consumption or to entertain guests.
Livestock and poultry vegetables: Dozens of wild pigs, wild sheep, hares, marsh frogs, marsh frogs, etc., as well as artificially raised ecological livestock, can form a feast on their own, or can be paired with a series of wild vegetables. Create a feast of meat and vegetables with wild vegetables.
Jiajiale: Chishui authentic farmers entertain guests with delicacies and famous banquets.
There are many varieties of farmhouse dishes, with no limit on quantity, occasion, and method. They are mainly home-cooked dishes from farmers, which taste good, are simple, and authentic. They do not care about color or shape, but only seek benefits, aroma, and taste. They are steamed, boiled, Stewing and pot-raising are the specialty, and the preparation is extensive and simplified. The main dishes include tube rice, tube bamboo shoots, old bacon, bean sprouts, etc., giving urbanites a sense of returning to simplicity and living in a mountainous countryside. It is deeply loved by tourists, young and old. It is suitable, suitable for everyone, and has a very good selling point.
Whole pig soup: Chishui people call the banquet for guests and friends when killing pigs or New Year pigs called "whole pig soup". The raw materials for whole pig soup must be selected from every part of the slaughtered fat pig. The head, ears, tail, legs, intestines, blood, etc. of the pig should be prepared, and cooked with fresh vegetables. Before eating whole pig soup, there are sacrifices, cultural entertainment and other activities, which is very lively. After the guests took their leave, the host even cut off a few kilograms of pork as a gift so that the guests' family members who had not been to the feast could have a taste of it. The human touch was beyond words.