Tianjin's unique geographical location brings together visitors from all over the world, and also brings delicious food from all over the world, forming Tianjin's unique Tianjin cuisine.

When it comes to Tianjin snacks, they are not only unique in color, aroma and taste, but also high in quality and low in price. They are especially popular among Tianjin people.

Xu Xinglin, a librarian at the Municipal Museum of Culture and History, said that there were many kinds of snacks in Tianjin at that time, with Nanshi, Hebei Hutong (today’s Hongqiao Hutong) and Bird Market being the most famous, with more than a hundred varieties.

Among them, some snacks were developed in the Ming Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty and have been passed down to this day. Some snacks have disappeared, leaving behind beautiful legends and stories.

Where do pancakes come from? Pancakes and rice crust are unique to Tianjin. If you eat pancakes and rice crust together, it will have a unique flavor.

It is said that pancakes and crispy rice dishes were introduced from Shandong a hundred years ago and were improved by Tianjin people to look like this.

Mr. Pu Songling, the author of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", wrote "Ode to Pancakes" in the early years of Kangxi, which shows traces of the origin of pancakes: "The making of pancakes" first "combines the rice and beans and grinds them like glue" (that is, grinding the rice

Grains such as beans and beans are soaked in water and then ground into a thicker pulp), then put the rice and soy milk into a basin, scoop a spoonful of it, put it on the hot iron griddle, and spread it quickly with a spatula.

If it is flat, it will "suddenly change from yellow to white, and it will become like a whisker".

"The pancakes in some places are made with white flour and water. Of course, such pancakes are difficult to swallow. The main ingredients of Tianjin pancakes are mung beans, millet, dried shrimps (pi rice), spices and water ground into a paste. Pancakes should be made of flat flour.

They are sold in the pan right now. Each piece is fried (you can add an egg) and rolled up with a fried dough stick. Apply a little oil to the frying pan and fry for a while until it is slightly browned. Spread with flour sauce and sprinkle with chopped green onion. Fold it and call it a 'set'

"Zhang Zhong said that the pancake rolls in those days were made of "taohuan'er", commonly known as "pi'er". They cut the dough into four strands, and some even put them through the cut to make them fried.

More transparent, looks good.

Some also use pancake rolls to eat them, which are crispy and delicious and have different flavors.

Tianjin crispy rice dumplings, like pancakes, are both popular in Tianjin.

However, you must not associate crispy rice with the word "vegetable" in stir-fry or vegetables.

Tianjin's rice dumplings are called "Gaba dishes" in colloquial language. The rice dumplings must be added with coriander and chili pepper, and must be spicy to taste.

The crispy rice dishes all use vegan brine (stir fennel, green onion and ginger with clear oil, add salt, soy sauce, corn starch, and water to make a marinade), add pancakes (thin slices made from soy milk, cut into pieces), and soak in the marinade.

Pour it into a bowl, then add sesame paste, fermented bean curd juice, and coriander (if you like spicy food, add spicy paste) and serve.

The first step is to spread the pancakes thinly, and the second step is to marinate the rice dumplings using the batter washed out from the gluten wash.

Pancakes and crispy rice dishes are both eaten hot, even in summer. They are based on mung beans and are supplemented with millet, so they can detoxify and clear away heat, whet the appetite and strengthen the spleen, resolve stasis, treat constipation, and are good for health. You will never tire of eating them.

, and it can relieve hangover after drinking.

Zhang Zhong said that in the old days, hawkers selling pancakes and crispy rice dumplings were everywhere in Tianjin. Many of them were well-known in the local area, but not many were too famous as snacks.

Wang Baoshan’s medicated candies can cure diseases. Do you believe that eating candies can also cure diseases?

In the old days, there were hawkers in Tianjin who specialized in selling medicinal candies. They shouted and explained the types of medicinal candies used to treat diseases. Their shouts were distinctive and their accents were consistent and rhyming.

Talking about the cry of selling medicinal candies, Xu Xinglin even sang to the reporter with great interest: "Selling medicinal candies, who can take the medicinal candies, sweet peach, peach, sand fruit grape; kumquat, that apple, clear away phlegm."

Fire. Oranges and mandarin oranges, Sha Yao Rendan; apples and bananas, almond tea paste." I can't believe that there are so many tricks to selling medicine candies.

Elder Xu Xinglin said that the so-called medicated sugar is to boil sugar to a certain temperature and then add various Chinese medicinal materials, such as amomum villosum, cardamom, rose, safflower, fresh ginger, mint, etc.; after boiling the sugar, pour it together

On a large stone plate, pull it into strips and cut it into small pieces with a knife.

There is a sugar pot in front of his door, and various Chinese medicinal materials are placed on the bluestone table. They are made on the spot and sold as soon as they are made. Many people are often gathered in front of the shop.

When talking about medicated candies, we have to mention Wang Baoshan, the first medicated candies seller in Tianjin.

According to insiders, Wang Baoshan worked as a servant for a Frenchman living in Tianjin when he was young. Later, the Frenchman returned to China and gave Wang Baoshan some of his unused items, some of which were French food flavors.

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After Wang Baoshan obtained it, after his own research, he integrated these flavors into medicated candies and produced many novel flavors of medicated candies, such as orange, apple, peach, etc., which were particularly popular.

Because Wang Baoshan had worked for the French for several years, he was dressed very "fashionably": wearing an old top hat, a shabby suit, his underwear had turned yellow and black, and he wore a pair of worn-out leather shoes that didn't fit.

A pair of old gold-rimmed spectacles with one temple missing, tied with a string and put over the ears.

Together with other vendors, it looks particularly eye-catching, and therefore leaves a deep impression on people who buy medicinal candies.

Wang Baoshan also created a set of shouting methods and singing tunes, singing out his own varieties of medicinal candies one by one. His voice is loud and the singing tune is catchy, so you can hear his shouting from far away.

In addition to buying medicine candies, the children also stopped for a while to listen to him sing a few lines.

Xu Xinglin said that he studied at Huiwen Middle School from 1941 to 1943, and would pass by Wang Baoshan's stall after school.

At that time, one copper coin could buy several pieces of medicinal candies, which were very cheap. After listening to Wang Baoshan sing a piece, I bought a few pieces of medicinal candies and went home to eat.