Is there any shrimp in Linhai Wheat Shrimp?
Wheat shrimp is one of the most distinctive snacks in Linhai. In recent years, in all counties and districts of Taizhou, even in Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Jinhua and other places, the brand of "Authentic Linhai Wheat and Shrimp Shop" can be seen everywhere. These stores are full of customers, which is really "the popularity of wheat and shrimp in the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River". In fact, the old "wheat shrimp" was once the staple food of the poor in the coastal area. Stir the wheat flour into a paste, but the dough must be tough. Based on chopsticks, slowly inject a small amount of water, just drowning the paste, which is called "nourishing paste". Wait until vegetables, radishes, etc. are boiled with water, and then "scrape" the pulp along the mouth of the container with a kitchen knife. After being put into the pot, the paste looks like a shrimp, neither like long noodles nor a lump of powder, so it is called "wheat shrimp". Eating wheat and shrimp saves flour (grain), and the ingredients are only vegetables or radish or pumpkin brain, which is very economical, so it is often eaten by poor families. People are very smart nowadays. They changed the ingredients to top-class delicacies, such as mushrooms, shredded bamboo shoots, shredded beef (pork), fresh shrimp, clams or clams, while the main components of wheat and shrimp remained unchanged. When they are put in a bowl, they are naturally delicious, mellow, unique in shape and pure in color, which not only caters to the tastes of modern people.