Shaqima was an important snack at that time. According to the records of Shuntianfu in Guangxu, "Selima is a snack of lamas, which is available in the market today. It is steamed with fruit, sugar and lard, and it is very delicious. " At that time, the Saqima in Taihuazhai Bobo Store in Beixinqiao was the most creamy, and it was adjacent to the royal temple in the north. Lamas and monks were the first customers of Taihuazhai. As a pre-Buddha gift, it is widely used.
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Saqima was brought to Beijing by Manchus from the northeast after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs. It was introduced by Shunzhi in Yuan Dynasty in 1644 and has been popular in Beijing ever since. Shaqima has won people's love for its soft, sweet and instant taste. Saqima was hungry, and was regarded as an excellent walking food by caravans and camel teams who walked along the ancient Jingxi Road all the year round. Inadvertently, this Manchu gourmet snack went to the whole country along the ancient Jingxi Road. Shaqima has won people's love for its soft, sweet and instant taste. But it contains more calories (about 54% fat or about 200 calories). Even if Saqima is delicious, try to eat as little as possible for the sake of health.
According to research, local people in Yishui County, Shandong Province have been making this kind of rich cake since Yongzheng. The main style is the same as Shaqima, but it is still cut into pieces when eating, with more sugar and more green and red silk. The local people take this kind of food and moon cakes as sacrifices for the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In Hongkong, people used to call Sachima "Ma Zi". Because betting on horses is commonly known as "betting on horses", some Hong Kong people have a superstition that they can win betting on horses by eating Satsuma.
Name source
In Manchu dictionaries in the Qing Dynasty, the word (Saxima) corresponds to Chinese as "sugar binding" in Five-body Qingwen Bamboo Slips (Volume 27, Food Department, Bo Department), Three-in-one Qieyin Qingwen Bamboo Slips and Yubuqing Bamboo Slips (Volume 27, Food Department, Bo Department).
The explanation and translation of (Saxima) in Wen Qing Jian (Volume 27, Part I, Part III) means that white flour is fried with sesame seeds, mixed with syrup and made of washed sesame seeds.
Regarding the saying that "dog milk is dipped in sugar", there is an entry "kelp wrapped in gourd milk" [4][5] in Wuti Qingwen Jianbu and Bobo, which literally translates as "kelp wrapped in gourd milk and flour" and "kelp wrapped in the royal updated Qingwen Jianbu". After this entry, there are entries such as "glucose entanglement" and "sugar entanglement" [4][5], so candied candied peaches should be a kind of candied peaches. [ 1-3] [4] [5] [4] [5]
Named legend
Legend 1
A general who worked in Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty, surnamed Sa, loved to ride horses and hunt, and had a snack after every hunting. I can't repeat it! On one occasion, before going out hunting, General Sa specially ordered the chef to "bring something new". If he can't satisfy him, he is going to go home to eat the chef. When the chef in charge of snacks heard this, he was absent-minded and fried snacks with egg liquid. Just then, the general urged for snacks again, and the cook became angry and cursed: "Kill that rider!" " "Only in a hurry to set out snacks.
I didn't expect General Sa to be quite satisfied after eating it. He asked what the name of this snack was. The cook immediately replied, "Kill the horse." As a result, General Sa listened to "riding a horse", hence the name.
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Legend 2
An old man who has been making snacks for decades wants to create a new snack, inspired by another dessert, egg rolls. At first, he didn't name this snack, so he couldn't wait to take it to the market for sale. But because of the rain, the old man went to the door of the mansion to take shelter from the rain. Unexpectedly, the owner of that family came back on horseback, kicked the old man to the middle of the road with one foot, and there was a basket of snacks on the ground, all of which were reimbursed. Later, the old man made the same snack to sell, which was very popular. At that time, someone asked the name of this snack, and he replied "Kill the horse". Finally, people changed the name to "Saqima".
Legend 3
A well-founded story is that when Nurhachi was on an expedition, he saw a general named "Saqima" and his wife was making snacks for him. Snacks are delicious and won't go bad for a long time. They are suitable for marching and fighting. Nurhachi tasted it and praised it greatly, and named the food "Saqima".