Bean skin. The tofu skin made in Laotongcheng is the most famous. Tofu skin was originally a traditional Hubei folk snack called bean shreds. During the slack season every year, many farmers in Hubei have the custom of boiling bean skin. People choose high-quality mung beans, grind them with rice, spread them into thin skins in a large pot, take them out, cut them into rolls, dry them and store them in the sun for consumption during the New Year. The tofu skin that is now common on the streets is made of mung beans and rice slurry, spread into a thin skin in a pot, smeared with egg liquid, wrapped with cooked glutinous rice, diced meat, shrimp and other fillings, and then fried in oil, it has become famous of tofu skin. ?
Hot dry noodles and eggnog are the best combination of Wuhan's "Zao Zao". Wuhan people are almost obsessed with hot-dry noodles. Many people start eating hot-dry noodles when they can eat solid food until they can no longer eat solid food! It spans decades without getting tired of it. Sometimes, people regard whether they can eat hot dry noodles for a month without getting tired of it as an important indicator of whether a foreigner has fully integrated into Wuhan. ?
The perfect accompaniment to hot dry noodles is eggnog. After boiling the eggnog, which is fermented glutinous rice with fermented rice wine, add the egg liquid. In the early morning, the eggnog is steaming, exuding the unique aroma of fermented rice and the fresh flavor of frangipani. The hot dry noodles are slightly dry. Take a sip of the eggnog and eat the hot dry noodles. It is a common breakfast combination on the streets of Wuhan. ?
Noodle nest is a unique snack in Wuhan, which was founded during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. In Wuhan, stalls selling fried noodle nests are as common as stalls selling hot dry noodles in the morning. You can often see a group of people queuing up in an orderly manner, waiting for the noodle nest to be cooked. The heat of the fried noodle nest is very important. If the heat is not reached, there will be a slurry-like undercooked part in the thick part of the noodle nest. If the heat is over, the fried noodle nest will be black in color and taste slightly bitter. A good noodle nest has a golden and shiny shell, and is dotted with black sesame seeds and green chopped green onions. When you take a bite, the crispy shell collapses in your mouth, and the heat is mixed with the aroma of rice, green onions and sesame seeds!
There are countless delicacies in Wuhan waiting for people from all over the world to taste them. Although their appearance is not impressive, their connotations are rich and colorful.