The porridge in Yangjiang is different from that in Guangzhou. Guangzhou's porridge and rice are cooked into paste, which we call "mosquito wings". Yangjiang porridge can be cooked with rice, which is closer to what the Central Plains people call "porridge".
Although the cooking method of rice porridge is simple, it is also very particular. Porridge is divided into three layers, which is good porridge Dry porridge is a thin layer of paste. We call it "porridge skin", and children especially like it. The second layer is porridge water, which we call "drinking". It used to be the most popular nutritious drink in Yangjiang. When you are thirsty, you will feel comfortable at once. The bottom layer is boiled rice. We call it porridge residue. If we eat porridge residue, the old man will scold us with mercy.
In the past, scholars paid more attention to porridge. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Wenqian wrote The Story of Porridge: "Zhang Anding eats a big bowl of porridge every morning. When the stomach is empty on an empty stomach, it will use grain gas, and the tonic is not refined. It is extremely soft and greasy, and it is compatible with intestines and intestines. It is the best diet. " Monk Miaoqi said: "Monks in the mountains will have a kind of porridge, which is very important. If they don't eat, they will feel dry and thirsty all day. " Gai can smooth stomach qi and promote fluid production. Today, I suggest that people eat porridge every day. I think it is important to keep healthy. They will laugh. Generally speaking, there is nothing profound and difficult to understand about supporting life and seeking happiness, just between sleeping and eating. "In the past, Yangjiang people ate rice porridge for every meal, not because they were poor, but because they couldn't afford it. Therefore, others say that living in poverty is "close to the world", while we call it "close to porridge". If an old man can't enjoy his old age, he can only sigh "eating frozen porridge when he is old"
Yangjiang people used to eat porridge for three meals a day, and only rice for dinner at most. Get up early every day and cook a big bowl of porridge. The whole family eats it from morning till night. As a side dish, salted fish is the most common. "Salted fish for porridge" is a common dish of Yangjiang people. Another most common side dish is salted melon. In the drama, people sang: "Take a bite of salted melon and drink a bowl of rice porridge!" " -"Fishing for porridge and water" is also so colorful that it shows the cheerful spirit of Yangjiang people.
Melon is pickled with cucumber and a lot of salt.
What is used as a side dish reflects the living standard of a family. It is said that meat and vegetables were very expensive and scarce at that time. Some people found clean white stone, washed it, fried it with oil and salt, licked it with a white stone when eating porridge and put it back on the plate, and then drank a few mouthfuls of porridge. In the past, a fortune teller told a child's fortune. When he worked it out, he shouted, "Good! All right! This child is so rich that he will definitely eat lean porridge for dinner in the future! " Because at that time, "eating fish for three meals a day" or "pig wet lean porridge" were the portrayal of wealthy families.
Today, people in Yangjiang eat porridge, which is exactly what Miao Qi said. They eat porridge for health. Therefore, rice porridge has become a necessary item for dinner. After big fish and big meat, they have to eat rice porridge and order salted fish and fermented bean curd as side dishes, which not only supplements the nutrients not found in fish and meat, but also cleans up the fat in fried dishes.
At present, there are some food stalls specializing in rice porridge in Yangjiang. From the open space at the back door of Zhongshan Park to the market in each town and village, every porridge stall is a pattern: several square tables are arranged in a row, and several pots of sauerkraut, salted melons, sour melons, salted broccoli, sweet beans and so on. Put it on the table. Guests scoop a bowl of porridge and choose their own dishes with small plates. A bowl of 1 is Yangjiang buffet.
(Cucurbitacic acid-zucchini soaked in salt water overnight)
At present, Yangjiang people eat rice porridge, and the classic breakfast is a bowl of rice porridge and two fat sausages. At the food stalls along the river bank, it is the most common midnight snack to send rice porridge to boiled chicken. If you want to eat delicacies, you can eat abalone porridge-but this is no longer "white" porridge, because the word "white" in Yangjiang rice porridge means no ingredients, that is, rice and water. Because of this, rice porridge has now become a healthy food for women who lose weight.
Times have changed, and the eating habits and cooking methods of Yangjiang people are changing every day. Only rice porridge, from cooking to eating, has not changed at all.
-It's just that we had rice porridge today, and we had rice porridge with our parents yesterday. I'm afraid I'm not in that mood now.