Xuzhou Sun Xueming's famous snack in Jiangsu Province

There are hundreds of famous snacks in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. Among them, Baozi Rou Xiangba has its own branch. At present, there are as many as 100 businesses in the urban area that sell pork meat, and the leader among them is Sun Xueming's pork meat in Xuzhou Xiadian, a famous snack in Jiangsu Province. Sun Xueming followed the ancient methods of roasting pork, Qilu braised pork, Yandi sauce pork, oil-roasted pork and tiger skin meat, forming a unique local delicacy. The so-called Baozi Pork is cooked according to Confucius' method of "cutting meat into squares", and the pork belly is cut into squares in accordance with the ancient adage that no meat should be eaten without sauce. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the square pieces became rectangular. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the rectangular pieces of meat were tied with cattail grass or horse rush to form the form of "bar meat", so it was called bar. Meat. According to "Mencius·Jinxin", Gongsun Chou asked Mencius: "Which one is more beautiful, the yangzhi or the Yang Zao?" Mencius said: "Wangzhi is the best." Obviously, the yangzhi is the inheritance of Pao Yao. As we all know, Xuzhou is a city with "the thoroughfare of five provinces and a large river in front of it". The prosperity of the canals in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and the Bianshui River, Yellow River and canals in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties brought unlimited vitality to Xuzhou's catering industry. At this time, Xuzhou's meat was fried, steamed, and oiled to remove the oil. The meat was burned or fried into a yellow-black tiger skin shape, and dried beans with green sauce, Vegetarian chicken, kelp, egg dumplings, Sixi meatballs, dried orchids and more than a dozen spices are stewed together to become a fast food. Water trackers and citizens can choose any or more dishes in the meat pot according to their economic situation. Based on the traditional cooking techniques, Sun Xueming's pork belly adds soybean sprout soup, broth, fresh lotus leaves, and additional bean tendons, Qianzhang, and noodles. In 1999, Sun Xueming's pork belly was recognized as a famous Jiangsu snack by Jiangsu Province. The meat is not greasy and has a strong aroma. The side dishes not only have the aroma of the meat, but also have their own flavor. If you eat all the dishes in the meat pot, the price will not exceed 10 yuan at most, and the rice juice you remove can also be used as soup for guests. Add gluten, day lily and other auxiliary ingredients to enhance the flavor. However, the staple food that goes with the meat is rice. This kind of rice is cooked by boiling the rice half-cooked, taking it out, removing the rice juice, washing it and steaming it in a basket; it is not sticky, not soft, slightly hard, and very delicious. An old folk proverb goes: "If you scoop out the rice and use the meat as a topping, you will have enough to eat and drink without any worries."