Tangjia tea fruit is a traditional folk snack. Originally, it was specially made during solar terms and sacrifices, but now it has penetrated into people's daily life.
Tangjia tea fruit is one of Tangjiawan's intangible cultural heritages, a well-known "Tangjia specialty" and a delicacy for people in Guangdong to enjoy tea.
Tangjiawan, the only state-level historical and cultural town in Zhuhai, has not only historical relics, but also cultural heritage, a strong flavor of life and warm delicacies.
Tangjia tea fruit is one of Tangjiawan's intangible cultural heritages, a well-known "Tangjia specialty" and a delicacy for people in Guangdong to enjoy tea. This Tangjia Tea Fruit Shop is located in Shanfang Road, the most literary street in Tangjia Ancient Town.
Small shops usually make authentic Tang snacks such as tea fruits, leaves, radish cakes, taro cakes and brown buns for sale. It's hard for you to imagine that such a small place can produce a variety of exquisite and delicious snacks such as radish cake, oil angle and black sesame paste.
On arrival at the store, Fang Jie, the boss-in-law, is setting a tray of steamed tea fruits. In the past, every family would make tea and fruit to eat during the Chinese New Year.
Sister Fang (the boss's wife) said that the tea fruit is the most troublesome in the production process, and the skin is made of rice flour, which is divided into two types, one is radish, the other is sweet potato, and the other is meat and black fungus. Because the skin is thin, you should wrap it carefully. After steaming, the tea fruit is covered with thin skin, looks crystal clear and tastes satisfied.
Ye Zi has many flavors, such as bean paste stuffing, mashed potato stuffing, peanut stuffing, and a kind of Ye Zi with bean paste stuffing mixed with herbs, which has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials.
Sister Fang has been making these snacks for more than ten years. This shop is adjacent to Sister Fang's home. The banana leaves used for making leaves are all picked from her own yard. Sister Fang said that she would clean some banana leaves for use after work every afternoon, usually from her own home, because she was afraid that others would have pesticides.
The making process of Tangjiadou Brown is very complicated, which is different from the ordinary zongzi in shape and leaves. It takes more than ten hours to cook such a pot of zongzi.
after more than ten hours of stewing, the aroma of pork belly and salted egg yolk infiltrated into the glutinous rice, mixed with the fragrance of the leaves of the basket, and stimulated our taste buds.
Sister Fang usually works in a canteen in Tangjia. She doesn't open the store from Monday to Friday, only makes some orders, and only opens the store on weekends. During the operation, Sister Fang had to get up at 4 o'clock and was busy until 1 o'clock to have breakfast. Even if you only make orders, you have to get up at 5 o'clock.
I asked Sister Fang if she was tired. Sister Fang smiled and said, "No, I like to do these things. I have been dealing with food all my life. My previous job was in the catering industry. I usually like to cook my own food, and I don't want to earn much money. Anyway, I like to do these things."
"Do what you like" is probably the simplest and most effective motivation. While tasting delicious food, it also makes me feel an ordinary but great force.