There are many common names for flatbread, collectively known as flatbread in the north, also known as dumplings or dumplings, the Guangdong area into the category of wontons, Shaxian snacks known as flat meat, some areas of the people also called flatbread, in the Tianshui area of Gansu flatbread and dumplings are separate, dumplings, the skin is round, while flatbread skin is trapezoidal. Because there are many snacks in southern Fujian, the difference between flatbread and dumplings is still relatively big, and it is called flatbread in Fujian and Taiwan.

Dumplings have been known by many names during their long development, and in ancient times they were known by names such as "Jungwan", "Bianshi", "Dumpling Bait" and "Powder Horn". The name of the "powder horn" and so on. Three Kingdoms period called "crescent-shaped wontons", the North and South Dynasties period called "wontons", the Tang Dynasty called dumplings "supine crescent-shaped wontons", the Song Dynasty, called "angle", the Yuan Dynasty, called "dumplings", "dumplings", "dumplings", "dumplings", "dumplings", "dumplings" and so on.

Shangtang flat food cooking method *** divided into four steps, the operation is as follows:

The first step, mixing stuffing. Minced pork puree, plus pepper water, ginger, monosodium glutamate, refined salt, soy sauce, sesame oil fed up, cabbage washed and chopped into the meat, that is, into the filling.

The second step, pinching. The fine powder into the basin, with 250 grams of water and dough, kneading light covered with a damp cloth a little molasses. After molasses, roll out the dough, pull the pieces, roll out the dumpling skin, wrap the filling, and pinch it to make flat food.

The third step is to prepare the soup. Cut the deep-fried tofu into thin strips, wash and cut the seaweed into thin strips, wash and cut the spinach into sections, soak the dried vermicelli in warm water, wash the cilantro and fungus and set aside.

The fourth step, cooking flat food. Soup pot on the fire, add water to boil, into the flat food cooked to half-cooked, add ginger, oil tofu strips, kelp, vermicelli, spinach, fungus, cooked chicken wire, and then add soy sauce, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper, to be cooked vegetables, hooked into the running water gravy, into the green onion, cilantro, vinegar, chili oil, stir that is complete.