Gongcheng Camellia oleifera is a traditional food of Gongcheng Yao nationality. According to historical records, it began in the Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 1000 years.
Gongcheng Camellia oleifera has the functions of promoting digestion, invigorating the stomach, expelling dampness and avoiding dysentery. It is a health drink invented by Yao people who have lived in mountainous areas for generations according to the geographical environment of humid mountainous areas and heavy miasma. The tea leaves in it are rich in theophylline, which plays the role of body conditioning. Ginger drives away cold and dampness, garlic is disinfected, and peanuts contain three trace elements necessary for human body, which can supplement energy.
Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, hundreds of officials paid great attention along the way, and the delicacies and delicacies were too dry to think about tea and rice, and the chefs were helpless and panicked. At this time, a Gongcheng-registered chef suddenly remembered the efficacy of hometown camellia oleifera, so he quickly made tools and served a bowl of Gongcheng camellia oleifera to the imperial court. After drinking it, his mouth was full of saliva, and his appetite was wide open. In joy, Gongcheng camellia oleifera was given the title of "Shuang Shen Tang".
It's just a legend, but many food legends are related to the emperor Qianlong, which is also strange. It can be seen that this old emperor is a master of eating, drinking and having fun.
Gongcheng Camellia oleifera is regarded as the crown of Camellia oleifera all over the world because of its mellow and astringent taste. After the 1990s, it spread to Guilin and Guangxi. Nowadays, it is not only limited to Gongcheng, but also many Gongcheng children who are working hard in other places and people in other areas take camellia oleifera as their leisure enjoyment. Look at the oil tea houses all over the street, which is a good proof.
Camellia oleifera said "beating" instead of cooking, which was named "beating Camellia oleifera" because of beating tea leaves in the production process. However, Camellia oleifera in different places has its own different flavors due to differences in preparation methods.
The production of Gongcheng Camellia oleifera is based on old leaf black tea. Generally, the tea leaves picked in Qingming and Grain Rain seasons are selected. First, they are soaked in a little boiling water for 5 ~10 minutes to reduce the smell of fireworks and bitterness. Then, a little lard is put in the tea pot to heat it, and ginger, garlic and soaked tea leaves are put in for a little stir-frying. After that, they are beaten in the pot with a wooden hammer. After being beaten, they are boiled with water until they taste, and then put in.
After drinking a pot of tea, you can also add water to the pot and cook it repeatedly for five or six times. The first pot and the second pot of Camellia oleifera have a strong and astringent taste, and the third pot and the fourth pot are the most palatable good Camellia oleifera. After the entrance, there is the bitterness of tea, and there is also a unique fragrance of chopped green onion and coriander. Coupled with the crispy fried peanuts, fried rice flowers and fried rice, it is really rich in taste, sweet and delicious, and it is memorable.
In fact, my favorite is all kinds of snacks when drinking camellia oleifera. Although there is no custom of drinking camellia oleifera in my hometown, these snacks are interlinked. Eating a snack from my hometown through someone else's camellia oleifera will greatly satisfy my homesickness.
Camellia oleifera is mostly accompanied by all kinds of fried and fragrant foods, such as fried soybeans, peanuts, fried corn, fried rice or popcorn, crisp fruit (similar to fried dough bumps), fried rice balls or glutinous rice cakes, etc., and there are often more than a dozen kinds. When drinking Camellia oleifera, snacks placed on a table look like a treat, which is very ostentatious.
In fact, Gongcheng people have to "beat camellia oleifera" for breakfast every day, and some families can't even eat without camellia oleifera. Inviting guests to drink camellia oleifera is equivalent to inviting them to dinner.
When it comes to drinking camellia oleifera as a meal, I think of the first time I drank camellia oleifera. Because I didn't understand it, I made a silly joke.
It was when I was in my first year of high school. The head teacher happened to be from Gongcheng. One Saturday, his family played oil tea and invited three Gongcheng girls from the class to his house to drink oil tea. Because I was good friends with one of the girls, I was invited to go together. I always feel that I can be invited for another reason, that is, I have the same surname as the head teacher.
We arrived at the teacher's house at about ten o'clock in the morning. The teacher and Jenny had prepared oil tea and accompanying food, including scattered (crispy snacks fried with flour) and glutinous rice cakes. Everyone sat around the stove and chatted while eating, but it was also lively.
I had never heard of Camellia oleifera before, let alone drank it. I tasted it, but I didn't like it very much. In addition, I was shy and not as generous as other girls, so I sat at the table and ate some food like Ciba very prudently, so I didn't move chopsticks much.
After sitting for about an hour, we left the teacher's house and went back to the dormitory. It was just the time for lunch in the canteen. I said to my good friend foolishly, let's go to eat.
My good friend from Gongcheng stared at me with big eyes and said in amazement, didn't you just have dinner? It turns out that drinking camellia oleifera is eating, and you are all full, but I'm still half hungry. I don't understand that this is eating.
After more than 30 years, the class teacher has left us for more than 20 years, and many things have been blurred. I have never forgotten the little thing of drinking camellia oleifera, not because of its astringency or lack of food. There are some things that you will never forget if you remember them for no reason.
Looking back now, I never liked it until I liked it. The practice and taste of Camellia oleifera have not changed. It should be my own taste and feeling.
After decades of ups and downs in my life, maybe now I am more adaptable, more tolerant of things, and more able to accept the strong and bitter taste of Camellia oleifera, so that I can better taste the sweetness and fragrance after bitterness. Perhaps this is the old saying "Bitter first, then sweet", and so is life. Only when you have experienced the youth and youth, you will grow up slowly after suffering and get tired, and you can taste the sweetness of life.
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