Bait block is a pillow-shaped, oval-shaped and flat food made of rice. All over the country, only Yunnan has it. Yunnan is the birthplace of ancient humans and has a long history of planting rice. Yunnan likes to eat rice, and has developed many delicious foods based on rice, and bait blocks are one of them. Choose the best rice, wash it, soak it, steam it, mash it into mud in a jar, wipe it with beeswax on the chopping board, and then rub it into various shapes. Originally a gift from Yunnan people during the Spring Festival, it gradually evolved into seasonal food because of its delicious and easy to eat. It was originally called "bait feed", and later it was slowly called "bait block".
There are many ways to eat bait blocks, such as steaming, frying, frying, frying and so on. And you can change your practice at any time according to different tastes. It can be a snack or a staple food. Yunnan is rich in products, with a wide variety of spices and seasonings and a wide variety of vegetables. Meat, fish and seafood can all be cooked with bait blocks, which makes the way of eating bait blocks ever-changing, and there is always a taste that suits you. Those who can eat rice noodles can eat bait. Moreover, the best bait blocks are extracted from the best local rice, which are soft and firm, accompanied by fresh soup and fresh vegetables, so that you can't stop.
When I was in Yunnan, I ate a kind of bait called "Rescue Field" in Kunming Kundu Food Street. I wondered at the time. Why is the decoy block called rescue? After returning home, I read this book and realized that there is a story in this book. Wu Sangui led his troops to chase the Ming Emperor Li Yong to Tengchong. The little emperor was hungry and tired, so he had to stop in a small mountain village. The owner of the sleepover fried a large plate of bait for them. After eating the bait, Emperor Li Yong said with great appreciation, "The bait saved my hand." Since then, the bait-frying block in Tengchong has been renamed "Great Rescue".
The bait in Tengchong is thin, waxy, white and tough. Cut it into diamond blocks, and add pork slices, ham slices, sauerkraut, onion slices, spinach, diced tomatoes, bad peppers, eggs, etc. Stir-fry and stew with a small amount of broth, add salt, soy sauce and chicken essence to taste. Dish, serve a bowl of soup made of sauerkraut and broth when eating, and eat together. The bait pieces fried in the plate are red, green, white and yellow, fresh and sour, soft, waxy and spicy. Take a few bites of bait and sour soup, and your appetite will be wide open. Then there is the discomfort when I first arrived in Yunnan.
There are many kinds of bait blocks in Yunnan, and the rescue in Tengchong is just one of them. The bait blocks in Dali are also famous. Bait blocks in Dali are eaten in the form of blocks, silk and slices, especially in Yunnan. Guandu bait block is also a famous bait block variety in Yunnan. Guandu bait block made in pearl rice is the most popular bait block in Kunming, because it is smooth in texture, white and delicate, soft in fragrance, and difficult to foam after cooking.