Shanxi fish is a kind of pasta.

Picking fish, also known as picking tips and picking stocks, is a traditional pasta that originated in Yuncheng and Jinzhong, Shanxi, and is popular in Shanxi, Mongolia, Shaanxi and Hebei. Pick the tip of white flour with special iron chopsticks on a special iron plate (residents call it "picking board"). The tips picked by experts are in the shape of a middle circle and two tips, and some can also pick out long tips 2 ~ 3 times wider than the iron plate with special skills.

The skill lies in the instant the noodles leave the iron plate, stretching the noodles with the chopsticks head and quickly pulling them away from the iron plate with the chopsticks tail. This is a must for housewives in the hometown of pasta. People in Taiyuan and Jiexiu call Tiaojian "Ba (Dial) Gu (Share)", and there is a legend that Li Shimin's cousin Ba Gu created this pasta. Changing tips, picking fish, picking tips on the turntable, etc., evolved from picking tips, and are all pasta dishes that residents in the central region pay attention to.

The representative of Shanxi pasta

1. Picked slices

Picked slices, also known as pinch bumps, are also a kind of home-cooked noodles spread among the people in Jinzhong. The local people pay attention to the fact that both men and women must eat this noodle before departure at the time of marriage, which is called "age pinching". Take as many tablets as you are when you get married.

The "slice" here refers to semi-finished products, that is, a small ladle of noodles is mixed, rolled into a circle, cut and folded in half, and then cut into large pieces according to age, and then the large pieces are pulled into boiling water pots by hand, and then about half a rice bowl is fished out. Eating this meal means peace through the years.

2. Noodles

Hele, called "Helou" in ancient times, is an ancient and unique traditional noodle soup in northern China, especially in Shanxi. In urban and rural areas of Shanxi, there are many special tools for pressing Hele, which are called "Hele beds". The small ones are less than two feet long, and the big ones can span the largest iron pot.

The bed is made of thick and curved wood or iron. A round hole is dug in the middle of the front and rear legs, and a piece of iron plate covered with small holes is set below. A wooden stick or iron bar is added parallel to the bed, and a wooden core or iron core is placed in the middle of the round hole, so that it can move up and down like a piston.

Put the Hela bed on the pot, when the water boils, fill the round hole with the kneaded dough blank, then put the core in the hole, pull the wooden stick by hand, press it hard, and the noodles will fall into the pot from the small hole. When the noodles are cooked, they will be fished into the bowl and poured with various marinades, and they can be eaten.