Snail powder is not junk food.

junk food refers to food that only provides some calories and has no other nutrients. Snail powder is a special food in Liuzhou, Guangxi, which is widely liked by the public because of its unique flavor of spicy, refreshing, fresh, sour and hot.

The main ingredients in snail powder are snail, rice flour, sour bamboo shoots, vegetables, peanuts, fungus and yuba.

The soup base of snail powder is unique, and it is mainly made up of natural spices such as snail, kaempferia kaempferia, star anise, cinnamon, clove, a variety of peppers and so on.

Historical origin

Pepper was introduced to China from America in the late Ming Dynasty. At first, it was only used as an ornamental crop and medicine, and it didn't take long to enter the China menu. After pepper entered China strongly, it set off a moderate diet revolution. Liuzhou people blended it into snail powder and brought it into full play, which led to snail powder.

Many people who have eaten snail powder question why there is no snail in the snail powder. It is said that the snail soup of snail powder is made of folk secret recipes such as snail meat, pig bones, medicinal materials and natural spices, and the snail meat after the soup will be discarded because its essence is concentrated in the soup.

snail powder first appeared in the late 197s. Although it has a short history, snail and rice noodles have a long history in Liuzhou. Liu Wen, who has been engaged in cultural relics archaeology in Liuzhou for more than 4 years, believes that from a small aspect, the historical and cultural development track of Liuzhou is a history of collecting edible snails.

More than p>4 years ago, archaeologists in China discovered a large number of snail shell deposits in Bailiandong and Liyuzui in Dalongtan.

"About 2, years ago,' Liujiang people' living in Bailiandong began to catch snails for food and learned to use fire. Now, the ruins of Bailiandong still leave the remains of primitive people' burning snails'." Jiang Jinyuan, director of Liuzhou Bailian Cave Science Museum, said.