Allusion 1

Once upon a time, there was a family in Shandong. The couple had a good relationship, but the husband was ill and had a poor appetite. One day, my wife put the noodles into the pot and went out to fetch cold water. When she came back late, the noodle soup overflowed. She quickly lifted the lid of the pot, poured the water from the soup can into the pot, and touched the lid of the soup can into the pot. After the noodles were cooked, my husband found them refreshing and tasty, and wanted to eat them again. The wife then put the lid of the soup can in the pot, covered it and cooked it for her husband to eat.

After her husband recovered, he went to Jiangnan to visit friends. The wife missed her husband and rushed to Jiangnan to look for him. In Zhenjiang, in order to make a living, she had to rely on her noodle cooking skills to work as a waiter in a noodle shop while looking for her husband. The husband went to the south of the Yangtze River to visit friends, but he ended up living in Zhenjiang. He met his wife while eating noodles in a noodle shop.

They thought that since Zhenjiang people love to eat "pot noodles" so much, they might as well open a noodle shop instead of returning to their hometown in Shandong. In this way, the "Zhenjiang Huomian Shop" was opened, and "Huomian" became a famous food in Zhenjiang and was passed down from generation to generation.

Allusion 2

Legend has it that Qianlong traveled south to Zhenjiang, dressed in casual clothes, and found the most famous noodle shop, Mrs. Zhang. Sister-in-law Zhang and her husband hurriedly served, and after finally getting the guests to eat, they heard the guests in the kitchen saying repeatedly: "It tastes good, it tastes good, it's not rotten, it's not hard, it's fragrant and refreshing!"

Unexpectedly, Qianlong As she was talking, she walked in and screamed, "Ah, why did you put the lid on the pot and start boiling?" Only then did Sister-in-law Zhang realize that she had been in such a hurry that she had mistaken the small pot lid on the soup pot for the He took off the lid of the big pot and didn't even know it was lowered into the pot.

The story spread that Qianlong visited Zhenjiang Noodle Shop and said twice that it tasted good. Since then, many pot cover noodle shops have appeared in the streets and alleys of Zhenjiang.

Allusion 3

There is another saying that there is a family with only a father and three sons and no women. Unlike ordinary people, they never wash the pot lid when washing the pot. Very poor too.

One time, someone came to visit, so I cooked the only noodles at home to entertain the guests. I accidentally put the lid on the small pot by mistake, and then I went out to borrow some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. When I came back I found it to be full of aroma and full of flavor. It turned out that the condiments on the pot lid played a role, and "pot lid noodles" were born.

Allusion 4

According to legend, there was a brother and sister who depended on each other for life. My younger brother is sick and has poor taste. He always says that my sister’s noodles are too hard. So, my sister tried to roll out the thin noodles, put the dough on the chopping board, used a bamboo pole, and sat on it to press the dough and dance, from left to right, and then from right to left, pressing the dough thinly, and then Shave into thin noodles. When cooking noodles, I wanted to add some green garlic, but mistakenly put the lid of the small pot on the soup pot next to it into the big pot. Unexpectedly, this kind of noodles made my brother eat more and more delicious noodles. It turns out that using a small pot to cover the surroundings allows for ventilation, so that the noodles that come out are less likely to rot, have chewy texture, and taste better.

Since then, Zhenjiang’s pot noodles have become famous, and many noodle shops making pot noodles have appeared in the streets.