Daoxiao Noodles
According to legend, after Mongolian Tatar invaded the Central Plains, the Yuan Dynasty was established. In order to prevent the "Han people" from rebelling and revolting, all the metals in each household were confiscated, and ten households were required to use a kitchen knife, which was used in turn to cut vegetables and cook, and then returned to the Tatars for safekeeping. One day at noon, an old woman made a stick and sorghum flour into dough and let the old man take the knife. As a result, the knife was taken away by others, so the old man had to return it. When he left the Tatar gate, his foot was touched by a thin piece of iron, and he picked it up and put it in his arms. After returning home, the pot kept ringing, and the family waited for Daoxiao Noodles. But when the knife didn't come back, the old man suddenly remembered the iron sheet in his arms and took it out and said, "Use this iron sheet to cut the plane!" " "When the old woman saw it, the iron sheet was thin and soft, and she murmured," How can something so soft be sliced? " The old man said angrily, "Don't move. The word "chop" reminds the old woman. She put the dough on the board, picked it up in her left hand and held the iron piece in her right hand, and stood by the boiling pot to "chop" the noodles. One piece fell into the pot, cooked, fished out and put in a bowl, and poured with marinade, so that the old people could eat first. The old man ate and said, "Very good, very good, so I don't have to use a kitchen knife to cut noodles." "In this way, the news passed from generation to generation and spread all over Jinzhong.