Snail is pronounced: Si

Snail flour is one of the specialties of Liuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the word snail has only one pronunciation: si (pronounced with silk), not "shi (pronounced with lion)". Snail and snail are synonymous words, for the freshwater snail common name. The snail is a freshwater mollusk with an operculum and shell, belonging to the snail family, snail genus, is one of the ingredients of the simmering snail noodle soup base.

Snails like to live in freshwater rivers, the taste is relatively fishy, so before simmering the soup base must first add chili pepper stir-fry to remove the fishy taste, and then simmering with pork bones, herbs and other ingredients, and finally add some special spices to optimize the taste.

Snail flour is now popular in the country's net red pop products, loved by young consumers. Whether it is an e-commerce platform or a street store, the sales of snail flour are huge. The staple food of snail noodle is rice noodle made of pure rice, which has a very sinewy texture, together with the unique package of ingredients, the final result is a unique flavor of spicy, refreshing, fresh, sour and hot, which has captured the taste buds of countless snail noodle enthusiasts.

Snail flour smells foul, which is the reason why some people don't like snail flour. And for snail flour lovers, this stench is the soul of snail flour. The stinky smell of snail noodle comes from the sour bamboo shoots in the soup packet, which are pickled and fermented to form the unique flavor of stink in sour aroma.