Next to the three hutongs of Beixinqiao, it is the headquarters of the same day. frontispiece is not big, less than 100 square meters. "The predecessor of Tongtiansheng was a grain and oil store under the Dongcheng District Grain Bureau. It existed in the planned economy period in the late 1950s. At the beginning, it sold' two whites and one yellow', that is, white rice, white flour and stick flour. During the period, it has changed several times, but it mainly sells whole grains, non-staple food, tobacco and alcohol. On the same day in 2007, it was re-opened in Beixinqiao, and the traditional' Erba sauce' was sold. There are more than 300 kinds of food, spices, snacks and daily necessities in the store. " Speaking of Sunrise, Wang Heping, an old master who has worked in the store for 2 1 year, is a treasure.
Haven't walked to the store, I saw a long line. Grandparents, boys and girls, all the way from the store to the street. So many people, just rush to one thing-now play "Erba sauce"!
"This' Erba sauce' is the most authentic sesame sauce in old Beijing, with sesame sauce and peanut butter. Peanut butter neutralizes the bitterness of sesame sauce, and the two complement each other. " Wang Ruimei, an old shop assistant, was busy making sauces, while telling the history of "Erba Sauce". "In those days, because of the tight food supply, pure sesame sauce needed to be purchased by ticket, which became a hot commodity at that time. The peanut sauce is much cheaper than sesame sauce, and the taste is sweet, which can neutralize the bitterness of pure sesame sauce. Slowly, the formula of sesame sauce and peanut butter spread and became the heart of Beijingers. "
It's not just the sauce that tells the story, but also the technique of beating sesame sauce. I saw Wang Ruimei holding a glass bottle with a diameter of less than 5 cm in one hand and putting a long spoon into the sesame sauce bucket in the other. After a dip, a lift and a turn, flowing water ... repeated three or two times, a full and even bottle of sesame sauce was made. "This technique of beating sesame sauce was handed down by the old master, paying attention to airball, that is, not touching hands, bottles or workstations." Speaking of technique, Wang Ruimei is quite proud. Every day, she and the shop assistants have to sell 17 or 18 barrels of "Erba sauce".
In 20 19, some people frequently spread the shortsightedness of "Erba sauce" on the same day to the internet, with the number of hits "100,000+". On the same day, it became the punching place in online celebrity, and they also became celebrities in Wang Ruimei. Not only "Erba sauce", but also pure sesame sauce, yellow sauce and ground sesame oil in the store have become online celebrity products.
"No matter whether it is red or not, how to do it, there are fewer and fewer people playing sesame sauce now. It is more important than anything to pass on this craft." Wang Ruimei said, and picked up a long spoon, a dip, a lift, a turn, thick sesame sauce fell from the spoon, never broken, fragrant.
(Original title: a bottle of sesame sauce, "100,000+"onlookers)
Source: Beijing Daily reporter liyao