Soba noodles are of extraordinary significance to the Japanese. Japanese people eat buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve (65438+February 3 1 every year), which is called "New Year's Day". There was an article called "A bowl of clear soup buckwheat noodles" in the middle school Chinese textbook, which wrote: "On the last day of the year, Hokkaido, In Crayon Shinchan, Xiaoxin's family also spent the turn of the new century by eating buckwheat noodles and watching NHK red and white songs, which means eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve and watching the Spring Festival Gala in some areas of China.
Why do Japanese people have a soft spot for a bowl of buckwheat noodles with little soup? How did soba noodles become a national food in Japan?
Buckwheat is a kind of wheat, which grows in mountainous areas and mountainous areas. Buckwheat was introduced to Japan in the 8th century. The first way to eat buckwheat is to cook it and eat it. It was not until the Kamakura era (1 185-1333) that China's manual milling technology was introduced to Japan, and buckwheat noodles began to appear in Japan. However, due to the lack of gluten and almost no elasticity and toughness, the dough made of buckwheat flour can only be used to make buckwheat cakes, buckwheat steamed bread and buckwheat porridge. At that time, only nobles could enjoy the food made of buckwheat noodles, and poor families generally could only eat buckwheat grains.
/kloc-At the end of 0/6th century, buckwheat noodles were used to make noodles. At that time, the Japanese learned to add a small amount of wheat flour and yam to buckwheat noodles to improve the viscosity of dough, and the ratio ranged from one knife to ten knives ("ten knives" means using 65,438+000% buckwheat noodles). The making method is to knead the dough repeatedly, then roll it into fine noodles with a rolling pin, and then cut the noodles into noodles by hand. This practice was first popular in Nagano Prefecture, Japan (formerly known as "Xinzhou") and later spread to Edo. At that time, Edo City (now Tokyo) was a city of workers, with a large number of middle-class craftsmen, so the "house platform" similar to roadside stalls was very popular. The most popular are buckwheat noodles, sushi and tempura, which are also called "Edo Sanwei". Vendors selling buckwheat noodles will put buckwheat noodles prepared in advance into boiling water, and then pour in soup cooked with fish and soy sauce. From 65438 to 0860, the number of buckwheat houses in Edo City has reached 3763. On the streets of Tokyo today, there are still many such buckwheat noodle restaurants, which can only be eaten standing up.