The history of pastry snacks can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. At that time, there were stone mills that could process flour and make powdered food.

By the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, fried and steamed noodles had appeared, such as honey bait, sweet wine, glutinous rice noodles, etc.

Since then, with the improvement of cooking utensils and stoves, the raw materials, preparation methods and varieties of Chinese pastry and snacks have become increasingly rich.

There are many popular snacks.

Such as dumplings, noodles, ramen, pancakes, glutinous rice balls, fried dumplings, etc. in the north; Shaomai, spring rolls, rice dumplings, yuanxiao, fried dough sticks, etc. in the south.

In addition, various regions have evolved many snacks with strong local characteristics based on their products and folk customs.

China's pasta culture is extensive and profound, with a wide variety of varieties and is very delicious. However, senior food experts have sorted out these and summarized the five major pastas in China, namely Shanxi shaved noodles, Henan braised noodles, Sichuan Dandan noodles, Beijing fried noodles, and Wuhan hot noodles.

Dry noodles.

Extended information: Noodles originated in China and have a long history.

The earliest records appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, more than 1,900 years ago.

The earliest physical noodles were discovered by scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. On October 14, 2005, they were conducting a geological survey in Lajia Village, Minhe County, Qinghai Province, on the upper reaches of the Yellow River. They discovered it underground in a floodplain sediment.

3 meters away, an upside-down bowl was found.

The bowl is filled with yellow noodles, the longest one is 50 cm.

By analyzing the ingredients of the substance, researchers found that the bowl of noodles was about 4,000 years old, making the history of noodles much earlier.

Noodles were originally just called "cakes", and "water cakes and boiled cakes" were the first noodles in China - "cakes are combined, and noodles are combined" (quoted from Liu Xi's "Shiming"), which means

Foods made by mixing flour with water are called "cakes"; noodles or noodles boiled in water are also called "cakes".

There are records of noodles in different dynasties.

There are historical records from the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, to the late Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

But at first, the names of noodles were not uniform. In addition to the common noodles, boiled cakes, and soup cakes, they were also called Shuiyin cakes, Butuo, Fufu, etc.

The word "noodles" was not officially used until the Song Dynasty; "noodles" are long strips, and there are countless varieties. Cold noodles, warm noodles, plain noodles, fried noodles... are all "noodles"; there are many ways to make noodles.

It is amazing that it can be rolled, cut, pulled, sipped, wiped, pressed, rubbed, drained, and pulled... Chinese noodles are not only an economical staple food, but also can be used as an elegant dish.

Excellent food.