Saozi noodles are a delicacy in the northwest region. As the Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, Shaanxi and other regions often eat saozi noodles. It tastes really good. The name is really confusing though. Why are saozi noodles called saozi noodles? Where does the name of Saozi Noodles come from?
Why are Saozi noodles called Saozi noodles?
Shaozi noodles are a traditional specialty pasta in the Guanzhong area of ??Shaanxi. In particular, Qishan Saozi Noodles have a long history and are famous for being thin, stringy, light, fried, thin, chewy, sour, spicy and fragrant. Its characteristics are: slender noodles, even thickness, fresh and fragrant sauerkraut, red oil floating noodles, hot and sour soup, tough and refreshing noodles, suitable for all ages.
Saozi is the marinade poured on the noodles when eating noodles. People in Shaanxi generally talk about 芊子 rather than luer.
Saozi noodles were developed on the basis of the "longevity noodles" of the Tang Dynasty. "Yi Jue Liao Miscellaneous Notes" says: "People in the Tang Dynasty often have soup cakes on their birthdays, which is what is called 'longevity noodles' in the world." Liu Yuxi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: "I am a guest here, eating soup cakes with chopsticks." Noodles This type of food was called "soup cake" in the Tang Dynasty. The "soup cake" mentioned in Liu's poem is "longevity noodles". It was the best place to entertain guests in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that when Su Dongpo was an official in Shaanxi Province, he especially liked to eat this kind of noodles and wrote a poem praising it: "I wanted to be a soup cake customer, but I was worried about writing the deer calligraphy by mistake."
Regarding the reason why "longevity noodles" were renamed "saozi noodles", there is a story among the people: a long time ago, a family in Qishan married a beautiful, smart, diligent and smart daughter-in-law. The day after the new daughter-in-law arrived at her husband's house, she made a meal of noodles for the whole family. After eating, the whole family praised the noodles for being smooth and delicious. Later, her brother-in-law was admitted to the official position and invited his classmates and friends to his home. He asked her sister-in-law to cook the best noodles for everyone to entertain the guests. Everyone was full of praise after eating. Since then, "sister-in-law noodles" have become famous. Because this kind of "sister-in-law noodles" must be topped with sesame seeds. So people also call it "soy noodles".
According to historical facts, saozi meat appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. "Mengliang Lu" records that there are shops specializing in processing and selling saozi meat. But it is still unknown whether "saucy noodles" had already appeared at that time. By the Ming Dynasty, Gao Lian wrote down the "Method for Noodles with Saozi Meat" in "Eight Notes of Zunsheng", so it can be said with certainty that "Meat Noodles with Saozi" had already appeared at least before Gao Lian wrote this book.