Dongping, an ancient town in northern Fujian, is located in the northwest of Zhenghe County, at the foot of Jinfeng Mountain in Wuyi Mountain range. The ancient town was built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and has a history of more than 1,8 years. The beautiful landscape of Jin Feng silently raised Dongping people. Here are outstanding people, beautiful scenery and simple folk customs.
The snacks in the ancient town of Millennium have their own characteristics. The fragrant wonton, crisp and delicious pancreas, and especially the refreshing and sweet small roe are the most distinctive snacks in Dongping, the ancient town.
No one can tell which dynasty the production history of Dongping Xiaolu originated from, but it is at least a hundred years old!
the process of making small roe is very particular. Stuffing is the key. Chop the white meat into meat paste, mix it with alfalfa powder and a little sugar in a huge wooden basin, and marinate it for later use. The second step is to beat the earth eggs in the vegetable basin, add a proper amount of well water and alkali, and then mix them evenly with chopsticks. When the pot is seven minutes hot, moisten the pot with meat oil and pour the mixed eggs back and forth in the iron pot to form a round egg skin that is very uniform and thin, and the egg skin after taking out the pot is spread flat on the back of the round hedge; The third step is to take a semi-circular bamboo tube about 3 cm long, sprinkle a proper amount of starch water, attach the egg skin to the bamboo tube, put the meat stuffing into the bamboo tube, wrap the egg skin, and the small roe is formed. Finally, put the wrapped small roe into a wooden steamer and steam it for an hour. The small roe after being released from the cage is bright in color and attractive in aroma.
small roe is an essential first course for Dongping people when they treat them to drink. On holidays, weddings, funerals and celebrations are indispensable. In autumn and winter, which family invites guests in the banquet room, everyone sits around the round table and talks about the harvest year with melon seeds and peanuts. Shouting: "Little roe is coming!" The bright orange roe was placed on the round table, and the cheerful atmosphere immediately filled the dinner.
I remember when I was young, adults always brought back a small roe deer when they went to drink. The people in the village are hospitable. After drinking, they always bring back some small roe deer to the guests who go home. Now there is no such custom, but the smell of the small roe deer is still in my memory.
Dongping small roe is smooth, sweet, fragrant, with high nutritional value. It is said that it also has a beauty effect, and visitors from all over the world love it. Cut into small pieces, the small roe is placed in a porcelain plate like a plum blossom, and the color is orange and yellow. Small roe will be more chewy and not greasy if more alfalfa powder is put into the stuffing. The simple Dongping people call this practice "small fraud!" Nowadays, people think that this "fake" small roe is more delicious than the original "too real" small roe, at least it will not be so greasy. It seems that Xiao Lu doesn't have to fight fake.
In recent years, Dongping people have made many economic articles in Xiaolu. As a special snack, Dongping people recommend small roe to various places. Dongping Xiao Le also appeared at banquets in Fuzhou and Nanping.
Laofan, who specializes in specialty snacks in the market, is affectionately called "Bixiang" by Dongping people. The small roe cooked on the spot in the "Chinese Food Snack Festival and the First Minbei Flavor Snack Exhibition" held last year won the "Food Award"!