Snacks are a general term for a type of food with specific taste characteristics, which can be used as an embellishment during banquets or as the main food for breakfast or late-night snacks.

There are various snacks all over the world with distinctive characteristics and unique flavors.

Snacks are made from local materials, which can highlight the local material and social life style. They are an indispensable and important feature of a region, and they are also the main object of nostalgia for their hometown for those who have left their hometown.

Modern people usually do not eat snacks to satisfy their hunger. In addition to satisfying their cravings, tasting snacks with exotic flavors can also help them understand local customs.

There are also people who cannot eat too much due to small appetite or illness. Three meals are not enough to provide necessary nutrients, and they need to eat some extra snacks after the main meal.

Snacks are usually sold at a low starting point and the price is not high, so most people can afford them.

Detailed explanation: Also called "snacks".

1. Cooked food other than formal meals mostly refers to dishes that go with wine.

"Eternal Words to Awaken the World: Qian Xiucai Mistakenly Acquire the Phoenix Couple": "Three soups and ten dishes were added to the table, and snacks were added. In an instant, the table was full." Chapter 17 of "The Scholars": "Jinglanjiang called a

They sell mixed vegetables for one cent and two cents, and two plates of snacks. The snacks are also fried pork skin and soybean sprouts. " Chapter 12 of "Jinghuayuan": "After drinking for one or two times, small plates and small bowls are served.

Its name is called "snacks" in the south and "hot stir-fry" in the north. "Li Dou of the Qing Dynasty "Yangzhou Huafang Lu·Xiao Qinhuai Lu": "There are many restaurants in Xiaodongmen Street, including a cooked mutton shop... first of all, mutton offal is served to customers.

, called snacks, followed by mutton rice." 2. Today it mostly refers to cooked food sold in dim sum shops or economical meals in restaurants.

Ai Wu's "A Lesson in the Philosophy of Life": "I walked slowly along the street, skating like a hawk towards the shops where the waiters were hurriedly making bread and the snack stalls where the old women were sitting with sleepy eyes.

Eyes." 3. Cold dishes in Western food.

4. See "snacks".

After several years of development, specialty snacks have become an indispensable part of food culture, and specialty snacks from various places have also developed local characteristics, such as Sichuan’s hot and sour noodle malatang. “Hot and sour noodle” is a popular dish in urban and rural areas of Chongqing and Sichuan.

Traditional snacks have long been loved by people due to their low price and high quality. They are characterized by "numbing, spicy, fresh, fragrant, sour and oily but not greasy" and are known as "the best noodles in the world".

Huafei Sijiwang - is the No. 1 brand in Chongqing's hot and sour noodle industry.

Snacks are generally made based on local specialties. Snacks in northern China require a short time to make or can be stored for a relatively long time. They can be eaten as you go and do not have to be as troublesome as cooking a main meal.

Some snacks quickly became popular in other regions due to their relatively common ingredients; but some snacks can only be limited to one region because of their unique taste or the use of only local ingredients.

In modern times, due to the large population flow and convenient material transportation, many snacks that were originally limited to one area have rapidly spread to various places.

Famous snacks are closely intertwined with popular culture through word of mouth, and may even become the representative local food.

For example, Tainan Danzi Noodles in Tainan, Yonghe Soy Milk in Yonghe, and Douzhier in Beijing.

However, in the later stages of snack development, it has taken on another meaning.

Especially Taiwanese snacks, although they also emphasize the use of fresh local ingredients, the production methods are complicated and the workmanship is exquisite. They are more cumbersome than the main meals that focus on filling the stomach. Restaurants pursuing profits are unwilling to sell them, such as Yilan's.

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