Glutinous rice balls, siomai, fried carrots, sweet potato cakes, fried spring rolls, fried sesame balls, pot stickers, taro cakes, rice jelly skin, taro dumplings, tofu soup, tofu cubes

Shaxian snacks

In southern Fujian, when it comes to Shaxian snacks, everyone knows about them. They have mushroomed all over southern Fujian, even as far south as Guangxi and Hainan, and as far north as Jiangsu and Zhejiang. , all have their footprints.

As an authentic Shaxian native, I am not only proud that the characteristics of my hometown have spread across the country, but I am also inspired by the hard-working and simple entrepreneurial spirit of the people in my hometown.

To talk about Shaxian snacks, it is better to talk about this county first. From the map, Shaxian County is located in the central area of ??Fujian Province. Here, surrounded by mountains and rivers, is a beautiful county town by the Shaxi River. The river that crosses the county has a domineering name - Qiujiang River, so Shaxian County is also abbreviated as "Qiu". In addition to rivers, there is also relatively developed transportation here. National Highway 205 runs through it. Shaxian County is also an intermediate station on the railway line across Fujian. Therefore, this provides an objective condition for Shaxian people to go out and make snacks.

I was born in a small town on the border of Shaxian County, but I spent three wonderful years of my high school life in the county town. My alma mater, Shaxian No. 1 Middle School, stands on the edge of the Qiujiang River. The campus is not big, but it looks particularly simple and elegant. There is a temple with no monks next to the campus called "Xingguo Temple". General Peng Dehuai once stopped here, so it was later opened as a patriotic education base. The environment here is elegant and suitable for morning reading. I often like to hold a few books and a warm glutinous rice ball, sit on the stone chair in front of the temple, enjoy the food and feel fulfilled at the same time. This glutinous rice ball is actually very simple to make. Put it on a square piece of clean plastic film, then scoop out a few spoonfuls of fragrant and steaming glutinous rice from the wooden rice cooker and spread it on the plastic film, and then sprinkle it with Chop some crispy dried bamboo shoots that are stir-fried with diced meat, then tear off half of the fried dough sticks and press them on, and finally wrap them between glutinous rice to form an oval ball. Tear off the thin plastic film, and the tangy aroma will make you salivate. This kind of snack is soft and crispy, which can satisfy hunger without being greasy. It tastes very good and is most suitable for students who oversleep and have no time to eat breakfast. This kind of snack is simple and economical to make, but only the diligent farmers in Shaxian County are willing to make it. Therefore, you can’t find this kind of breakfast on university campuses. All you can find are those mass-produced milk teas and meat buns, which are annoying.

Shaxian County is a county that pays attention to food. In the streets and alleys, as long as you walk three or five steps, you can see a stall selling snacks. There are many varieties here with complete ingredients. As long as you bring three to five yuan, find a stall or sit on a low stool, you can enjoy your delicious food slowly, regardless of the various car horns. Voice. When it comes to the ingredients of Shaxian snacks, they are also outstanding. Perhaps friends from southern Fujian will think that there is only peanut butter. In fact, this is not the case. The authentic ingredients are also very particular. Let’s talk about chili sauce first. It is not the kind sold in supermarkets. Instead, it uses small red peppers grown by farmers themselves, slowly pounded them in a stone mortar, and then put in Crush the garlic cloves together until they are uniform, fine and spicy. Put a little of this spicy sauce in a small dish of soy sauce, and it will have a unique flavor no matter what snack you dip it in. There is another ingredient that may be more unfamiliar to you. As far as I know, only Shaxian County has this ingredient that is similar to soy sauce. However, it is not as dark and salty as soy sauce. It is light ink in color and has a refreshing and moderate taste. The main thing is to use it Eat it with shaomai dip. Shaxian's Shaomai is different from the kind with yellow skin and meat filling inside. Instead, it uses a translucent hollow skin with finely chopped vermicelli and a small piece of diced meat inside. It is smooth and delicious after being dipped in the ingredients. It is deeply loved by the public. Loved by the people of Shaxian County.

When I was studying in Shaxian No. 1 Middle School, I couldn’t do without these delicious snacks. The diligent Shaxian people can make a few snacks anywhere by pushing a three-wheeled bicycle, and people will naturally come to visit them without having to shout. The back door of the school is where most of these tricycles are found, but the door is locked during class, leaving only a gap two fingers wide. We are really good at making use of space. It is by taking advantage of this gap that we can't stop talking during recess. A few people pooled three or five yuan and passed it through the gap to the grandma outside, who would take the cakes one by one. came in. This kind of pancake, as the name suggests, is made by peeling off a baked round pancake, stuffing it with some fillings, such as dried bamboo shoots, sliced ??meat, fried carrots, etc., and then dipping it with some toppings, spicy or not, and you can choose any flavor. . The so-called fried carrots are made by scraping the carrots into shreds, then adding wet flour to them, pouring them into a round spoon and frying them in an oil pan. They are red, crispy and delicious. There are also some fried snacks such as sweet potato pancakes, fried spring rolls, fried sesame balls, etc., which are the best snacks for students.

In fact, Shaxian snacks are most concentrated in an old street. All tourists who come to Sha County to taste snacks must come to this old street. This is an alley on the edge of the Qiujiang River. Passing through the alley is a busy street across the county. Here, you don’t have to use your ears to listen to the hustle and bustle of the streets, just use your eyes to select a variety of snacks; use your nose to smell the aroma of the food; use your tongue to savor the various snacks. The taste of it. In addition to the snacks mentioned above, there are even more varieties here, such as oily pot stickers, crispy and tender taro cakes, smooth rice jelly skin, sticky and tender taro dumplings, and smooth tofu soup, which is soft and creamy. cubes of tofu and so on. There are no private rooms here, only square tables and low stools; there are no famous chefs here, only ingenious common people cooking.

All customers are treated equally here, and whether you dine in or take it home, you will receive warm hospitality. People who come here feel not only delicious food, but also a casual and natural warmth of home.

In recent years, more and more people in Shaxian County have gone out to make snacks. The county government has paid more and more attention to the snack industry, gradually forming a snack culture. Shaxian snacks have also become a mat in Tongsha County. , a brand with the same reputation as salted duck. Although the Shaxian people who went out to make snacks did not take out so many varieties, their attitude of diligently making snacks and making money honestly also reflected the honesty and kindness of the Shaxian people.

Now, December 8th every year has become the Snack Culture Festival in Shaxian County. Friends who are interested may wish to walk around the old streets of Shaxian County to feel the snack atmosphere there.