Popping belly belly is actually the stomach of cattle and sheep, because cattle and sheep belong to the ruminants, there are four stomachs, so when used as a belly, different parts have different names. Which belongs to the belly for the top grade, to a few belly to get out of a plate. Beijing Tianqiao have "belly stone", door frame Hutong have "belly Yang", and "belly Feng", "belly full of "and other most famous. That's why Beijing sell tripe will be so hot. Popping time should not be too long or too short, the fire must be but not owed, otherwise it will lead to over raw or overcooked tripe, and even let people chew, if so, it is certainly to smash their own signboard.
Popping tripe itself does not have any flavor, but dip some mahjong on the mouth, and especially chewy, eat a mouthful of chewing half a bell, plus Shenkan Hule, a plate of popping tripe a few brothers and sisters can consume two pounds of white wine. Bakudou, the name is quite hot, but really not with oil, is burst with water. How can water burst it? I think that the subtlety of the belly on the subtlety here. Chinese cuisine is concerned about "the change of fire and water". So called explosive belly, mainly because of the speed, this snack has a long history, the Qing dynasty Qianlong period of explosive belly, rumors also said that the Qianlong emperor preferred this bite na.
In fact, the old Beijing tripe can be fire is mainly because of the taste, tripe crisp texture, dipped in sesame sauce into the mouth, the mouth will not only have sesame sauce salty flavor, as well as tripe crunchy texture, but also often used as a wine dish, so the old Beijing tripe will be so hot. As a famous snack in the capital, also has the characteristics of the capital snacks - talk. Good chef will also be based on the ingredients, choose a different burst of time, too old, too tender will make diners dissatisfied. This is also the old Beijing snacks of the preoccupation.
The old Beijing belly is no longer a food, but a representative of the old Beijing flavor, this Beijing flavor I think there is a representative of the brine, bean juice, spring pancakes, sesame sauce and so on. Although the explosive belly in the burst is a variety of animal stomach, but in Beijing this place, most of them are still burst of beef Baiye, beef Baiye is more classic, in all parts of the country audience are more.