In Fuzhou and southern Fujian, the old noodle master's family worships the "ancestor of noodles"-Nine Days Xuan Nv, and attaches a pair of couplets: the left-wing couplet "Golden Shuttle and Jade Silk" and the right-wing couplet "Tie the thread like a wisp", criticizing "wonderful workmanship".
Noodles are a traditional folk food in Fuzhou, which is made of refined flour, salt, potato flour, edible oil and eggs. After mixing and stirring evenly, hand-painted and dried. Noodles are as thin as silk thread, so they are called line noodles, also known as "long noodles" and "noodles".
There is a beautiful legend about Fuzhou Line and Noodles.
According to legend, this year is the birthday of the Queen Mother, and Xuan Nv racked her brains to prepare a nine-day birthday present for her.
Food and jewelry are a dime a dozen, nothing new. Only the gifts you make are truly meaningful.
After many experiments, she finally made a thread as thin as silk and as long as hair, which means that the Queen Mother has a long life.
On the birthday of the Empress Dowager, she rolled up her sleeves and offered suggestions on the spot. After the water in the pot boiled, she put the noodles in, fished them out later and put them in a bowl filled with soup.
In an instant, the fragrance overflowed and a faint scent came to the nose. The queen mother raised her chopsticks and began to eat. Noodles are soft and smooth with a long aftertaste. This is a delicious dish. The queen mother was overjoyed and gave each fairy a bowl, which was praised by everyone after eating.
Nine days after his birthday, Xuan Nv went home. On the way, he saw a handsome young man burning incense and praying to heaven, hoping that God would give him a skill to support his old mother at home.
After listening to it for nine days, Xuan Nv was greatly moved, so he came down to teach him how to make thread and dough. Since then, line and surface skills have been widely circulated among the people.
Fuzhou people can't live without this bowl of noodles!
People in Fuzhou eat noodles, ranging from snacks to big ones. The first dish of baby's full moon wine must be noodles, which means "long life".
Some relatives who give birth to boys and girls also want to send noodles, which is called "blessing noodles". Women eat it as a staple food during childbirth and confinement, and it is also called "landing" with egg wine and chicken soup.
Relatives and friends cook noodles at home called "welcome noodles", and married and engaged boyfriends send them to their daughters' homes called "happy noodles". It is a good wish and prayer for relatives and friends to send a noodle and two duck eggs when they travel far away. The so-called duck egg, homophonic "pressing the waves", wishes a smooth sailing across the ocean and a safe journey.
Old people should also cook a bowl of chicken soup and noodles on their birthdays. This is called "Taiping".
In Fuzhou, on the first day of the Spring Festival, neighbors will bring a bowl of noodles to welcome the New Year. This bowl of noodles is to pray for good luck and peace for a year.
This shows how important the route is to Fuzhou people's lives!
The varieties of Fuzhou noodles mainly include egg noodles, silver noodles, chess noodles, Longxu Noodles noodles and tail noodles.
The finished product of thread and dough is generally like silk thread, which is fried into small bundles with red rope. Fuzhou people call it "finger", and usually one finger is enough for a bowl of noodles.
The characteristic of Fuzhou noodles is that they are cooked as soon as they are cooked, but they don't paste when cooked for a long time. Chopsticks are broken and stirred. They are crystal clear as jade, flexible and smooth, and they are not sticky when chewed.
Cooking noodles is convenient and simple. Put the noodles in the boiling water pot, cook them again, and then scoop them up. Shake the water well and put it in a bowl. Pour in stewed mutton, duck or soup stock, mix with Fuzhou yellow wine, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and make a bowl of mutton noodles, muscovy duck noodles and original noodles.
This is the legend of Xuan Nv and Fuzhou.