Among the snacks in Beijing, enema is cheap and absolutely popular. This kind of authentic local product of Beijing flavor can be seen everywhere in fairs and temple fairs for many years, especially in the night market in Beijing, and it is indispensable to sing the main theme. You see, at the stall selling enema, the big shovel clanged beside the big iron pot, which attracted adults and children to pay for two dishes to taste. To tell the truth, eating enema doesn't care about alleviating hunger, just appreciating its taste and being addicted.
Among the traditional snacks in Beijing, the flavor is the most peculiar. Tradition will never change, no matter who it is, it will still dip the fried enema in garlic juice; It is still eaten with small bamboo sticks. If someone uses chopsticks, it is not fun. According to the old people, there was an enema shop on both sides of the back door bridge outside Di 'anmen, which was very famous in Beijing.
The old family in Qiaodong is called Fuxingju. After the closure in 1930s, only the Heyizhai family remained in Qiaoxi. At the beginning, this Heyizhai was also famous for operating enemas. However, it is not what it used to be. At that time, Heyizhai had already been transformed into a shop dealing in various snacks, and the frontispiece was antique.
Enema is to pour starch and monascus into pig intestines. However, this quality-oriented thing is not easy to eat now. Usually, what you see and eat at temple fairs and night markets is just a wooden stick made of starch and red yeast, cut into pieces and fried in a pot. Of course, the taste is not as good as the real enema, but because it is fried and relatively cheap, many people still eat it. Even people who are addicted to enema simply buy a few pieces and go home to fry and enjoy themselves. This is also a way to eat.
There are two kinds of enema: one is large enema, which is washed with pig fat intestines, made into paste with high-quality flour, red yeast water, cloves, cardamom and other raw materials 10, poured into the intestines and cooked, cut into small pieces, fried in pig oil, poured with salted garlic juice, and tasted crispy and salty.
The other is called small enema, which is made of starch, red rice water and bean curd residue into thick paste, steamed and cut into small pieces, fried in lard and eaten with salted garlic juice. The enema is tender outside and tender inside, and it is quite distinctive to eat with bamboo sticks.
This kind of enema actually has little to do with "intestine". It is made by steaming starch in a steamer, cooling it, spinning it into irregular pieces with a knife, frying it in a large iron pan, and then pouring garlic juice on it. Please pay attention to the word "rotation". The enema sold in many Beijing-style restaurants is not like this, largely because it is not "spun" but cut out.
One of the skills of deep-fried enema is to fry the thin place crisp and the thick place soft. This effect can only be achieved by spinning it into thin, thick and irregular diamond blocks. Eating enema is to stick it with a toothpick, because if it is fried, it will not stick; Fried tender, scattered, unable to wrap. This way of eating itself is also a means to test the quality of enema.
You must pour garlic juice to eat enema. The secret that enema can taste meat is also in this garlic juice. Garlic juice is also easy to cook. Put garlic cloves in a bowl, sprinkle with a little salt, mash them with a wooden garlic mallet, and then stir them with cold water. Note that garlic must be mashed, not cut or patted with a knife. You must use cold boiled water, because when it is hot, it smells like garlic. In addition, put salt before mashing garlic so that it won't jump around.
Speaking of which, I regret to tell you that this enema can't be taken on the plane. I really want to take some home, so my friends often can't, so I have to check them.
Conclusion enema is one of the favorite snacks in Beijing, and its origin has a long history. As early as the Minute of Proceedings in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and the Unique Bamboo Skill Ci in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there were poems such as "oil liver fragrant enema" and "red powder fried for a while enema, spicy garlic salty juice is delicious".