it's strange that someone should like to eat something that smells so bad. In Shaoxing, you can see stalls selling this stinky tofu on any street. A tricycle, a small coal stove, a frying pan, several plates filled with stinky tofu, and a small pile of bottles of seasoning. Cut the stinky tofu into small squares that are suitable for large and small, and put them neatly. When necessary, stir up a few pieces and throw them into the oil pan, fry them golden brown, then fish them up with oil fences and string them together with bamboo sticks. You can buy a bunch for one or two dollars, ranging from three to five dollars. Buy it now, fry it now and eat it now, fresh and fragrant. According to people who love to eat, this stinky tofu smells bad, but it tastes delicious. First-time tasters begin to dislike it, but they often love it as soon as they taste it.
I love durian, and durian also has a strange smell. People who don't eat durian say it's smelly, while those who love it say it's fragrant, which is similar to stinky tofu. According to common sense, I should like stinky tofu, but I can't like it. There is a small market not far from my home. From morning till night, there are several vendors frying stinky tofu for sale. Maybe their methods are not authentic, just smelly. An unpleasant smell is mixed with a thick and pungent smell of oil smoke. If you smell it, you have to cover your nose every time you pass by. In Shaoxing, there are stalls selling stinky tofu everywhere. Fortunately, there is no such unpleasant smell (smelly, but not smelly) and pungent smell of oil smoke, which is not too annoying. I've seen a lot, and I know that Shaoxing's stinky tofu is famous, but I've never eaten it myself. I really don't know what it tastes like. It seems a little unreasonable not to taste it when I get to Shaoxing. I gritted my teeth and bought a bunch to try. Pig Bajie eats heartthrob, but he doesn't know its taste, because he is so greedy that I can't remember what this stinky tofu tastes like. It seems a little fragrant. After all, it is fried. Later, I learned that the stinky tofu on the street is not authentic. The authentic and delicious tofu is Sanwei or Wuji's stinky tofu, and a few stinky tofu sells for ten dollars. If I have the chance to go to Shaoxing again, I'd like to try it again, try the authentic Shaoxing stinky tofu, and maybe I'll really like it.
at first I thought it was called dried plum, but I didn't know it was called dried mildew until I read the text. Stinky tofu is fermented. Has this dried vegetable been moldy? Shaoxing people are really ambiguous (moldy)! In fact, it's a shame to look forward to life. This dried vegetable is only preserved, not moldy. It may be black and shiny, and it looks like it's moldy and black. Dried vegetables are also called dried vegetables, which is really worthy of the name and will not be misunderstood. Don't look at this dark and inconspicuous dried black vegetable. Shaoxing Sanwu is famous since ancient times and is called Sanwu Culture. Three Wu are: dried vegetables, black carpet hats and awning boats. You see, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all inclusive. What's more, these three evils are not rare things. They are very common. It's good that every family can have them, whether it's a rich family or a small family. The water town, the bridge town, the orchid town, the calligraphy town and the celebrity town, plus the Sanwu culture which includes food, clothing, housing and transportation, Shaoxing is really a desirable utopia.
I heard that "braised pork with dried mushrooms" is a special dish in Shaoxing, which is a must, so I found a unique small restaurant and asked for a special dish. When the dish comes up at one end, it smells fragrant first, and then look at the collocation of black food and white meat. It is not only beautiful in color, but also delicious and mouth-watering. It's even more amazing when you taste it. Pork is fat but not greasy, and it is sweet and delicious. What is amazing is that the pickled dried vegetables are not salty but sweet, which absorbs the taste of pork, and it is sweet and sweet, sweet and fresh, and delicious. There are pickles in our hometown, either salty pickles or sour sauerkraut, which is not as sweet as dried vegetables. I don't know whether sweetness is the true color of dried vegetables or the delicacy made by the chef's skillful hands. Either way, this "braised pork with dried mushrooms" is really extraordinary. I was even more impressed by the sweetness of dried black vegetables the next day. The hotel includes breakfast, a bowl of porridge, an egg, two small steamed buns and a plate of small pickles. Pickled vegetables are black and shiny, as long as tea leaves. They taste sweet and refreshing. It is really memorable to send porridge with this. I suspect this is dried black cabbage. No wonder people in Shaoxing will say: dried vegetables and white rice, even if the gods see it, they will fall into the world.
people who are not from Shaoxing also know fennel beans. Kong Yi created by Mr. Lu Xun is really wonderful, which makes people remember that Kong Yi is wearing a gown, standing in a salty hotel and drinking yellow wine, and his mouth is full of "how much?" Not much! " I am also proud of the pedantry of the four ways of writing fennel, and I also remember the fennel beans that I drink. Since then, this inconspicuous bean has been well known by people because of Mr. Lu Xun's novels. Fennel beans are made from arhat beans (also called broad beans) and spiced, cooked and dried. Blue yellow, wrinkled skin, hard meat, delicious and chewy, it is most suitable for drinking.
when I stepped out of Lu Xun's former residence that day, I saw a small shop opposite, so I went in and asked for a bowl of rice wine and a plate of fennel beans. I chose a window seat, took a sip of wine and a few fennel beans, and my mind was full of dim figures. The wine is good, but the beans don't like it. It's hard, and it always seems that you can't chew it. If you can't chew a few, it will make your teeth soft (my teeth are bad); I can't eat any bean flavor, only a little fennel flavor. The more I eat, the more annoyed I am. If I had known it was "difficult" to eat, it would be better to cook peanuts with salt. There are stinky tofu in the shop, but I don't want to eat it. Later, I thought that fennel beans, though too hard, are really a good drink, and a small butterfly can amuse me for an afternoon; The taste is quite sweet, and it is not tired of eating, and it is fragrant. It is really good. But I'd like to try fresh Podocarpus. In the novel "Social Drama", the plot that "I" and my friends went to the field to pick the arhat beans and cook them for eating on the way back from the theatre at night was so attractive that the taste of the beans must be extremely fresh and unforgettable. It's a pity that fresh green broad beans are not easy to eat, so you can only savor the delicious taste of fresh arhat beans in fennel beans.
In addition to serving wine, fennel has another custom in Shaoxing, which outsiders generally don't know. Anyone who has a white matter at home will treat guests with fennel beans. If the person who dies has a long life, everyone will scramble to eat them, and regard them as "longevity beans", which can also lead to longevity. Therefore, when a long-lived old man dies, his family will always send fennel beans to relatives and neighbors, and bring some back to the unit for colleagues to share. I don't know when this custom came into being, but I like this warm custom.