Bean juice is a unique traditional snack in old Beijing, which has a history of 300 years according to written records. Bean juice is made from mung beans, and the residue after starch is filtered out to make vermicelli and other foods is fermented, which has the effects of nourishing stomach, detoxifying and clearing fire.

Bean juice has a long history. It is said that it was popular in Beijing as early as Liao and Song Dynasties, and it was during the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty that bean juice became a palace drink.

2, bean flour crisp sugar

Crispy bean flour is a traditional name in Beijing. It is sweet and greasy, does not stick to the mouth and hands, and is rich in the fragrance of bean powder and rose. Soybeans with full grains are fried and ground into flour, and then mixed with white sugar and flour to make crisp sugar. The process is the same as that of black sesame crisp sugar, which has the fragrance of soybeans and is very popular among consumers because of its high quality and low price.

3. Sour plum soup

Sour plum soup is a traditional summer drink in old Beijing. The main raw materials are ebony, hawthorn, osmanthus, licorice and rock sugar. Regular drinking can really get rid of diseases, keep healthy and strengthen the body, and it is a rare health drink in hot summer.

In particular, the authentic sour plum soup must be boiled with rock sugar. Mume and hawthorn can eliminate oil and greasy, stimulate appetite and strengthen the spleen, and the plum soup tastes good, which avoids the drinker from ingesting too much sugar.

4. Tea soup

Tea soup is a traditional snack in Beijing. According to legend, tea soup originated in the Ming Dynasty, and it was named tea soup because it was eaten with hot water, like making tea. Tea soup mainly includes Shandong tea soup and Beijing tea soup. Tea soup is made with a big copper pot with a long mouth. After the water is boiled, the small whistle next to the lid of the copper pot "whoops" sounds. The master who makes tea soup holds the bowl in one hand and lifts the copper pot in the other. The spout tilts downward, and a stream of boiling water rushes into the bowl, and the tea soup is full of water.

The main ingredients of tea soup are glutinous rice noodles (sorghum rice noodles) and millet noodles, and the seasonings are brown sugar, white sugar, shredded green, red silk, sesame seeds, walnut kernels, assorted preserved fruits, raisins, Beijing cake strips and pine nuts. Wash the glutinous rice noodles into a thin paste with boiling water, and add various seasonings to serve. It tastes delicious, sweet and smooth. ?

5. Xiaowotou

Xiaowotou is one of the traditional famous spots in Beijing, which is made of millet flour, glutinous rice flour, corn flour and chestnut flour. It is made into a cone shape, and each bottom has a round hole, which is small and exquisite, and it is golden yellow after steaming.

Legend has it that Xiaowotou is a kind of court food that Empress Dowager Cixi loved in Qing Dynasty. What ordinary people eat is mainly made of jade noodles (some mixed with some yellow bean), and it is also big.

6. Sugar-Coated Berry

Sugar-Coated Berry is also called sugar-coated haws, in Tianjin it is also called sugar duner, and in Fengyang, Anhui it is called sugar balls. Sugar-Coated Berry is a traditional snack in China. It is made by stringing wild fruits with bamboo sticks and dipping them in maltose syrup, which quickly hardens when exposed to wind. The common snacks in northern winter are generally made of hawthorn, which is thin and hard, sour and sweet, and very cold.

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Beijing is the eighth largest "gourmet city" in the world, ranking first in the mainland. Beijing's flavor snacks have a long history, a wide variety, exquisite materials and fine production, which is well-known.

In the Qing Dynasty, "Du Men Zhu Zhi Ci" said: "The three big money sell flowers, cut cakes and make noises, and have a bowl of sweet porridge in the morning before eating tea soup and noodles; Cold fruit fried cake with sweet ears, hanging stove sesame seed cake with aiwowo, fork just sold on fire, and hard noodles are called bobo; Steamed dumplings wonton is full of dishes, and new glutinous rice balls are added. " These snacks are sold at temple fairs or market fairs along the street, and people will encounter them unintentionally. Old Beijing vividly calls them "meeting food".

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing