Meat sandwich bun is a special snack in Shaanxi Province, which consists of meat sandwiched between the bun. Xi'an's meat buns are very famous, the meat is juicy, and the taste is fresh and long! And friends who have eaten it should know that the meat is on the inside, and the bun is on the outside, so why not call it the meat sandwich bun but the meat sandwich bun? As for the origin of meat buns and steamed buns, there are various and inconsistent theories.
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The first statement:
In the past, people called "meat sandwich bun" as "steamed bun sandwich meat", and steamed bun meat sounded like "no meat" in the local dialect, and it didn't work without meat; As a result, it was called "meat bun" in a hurry, so the name "meat bun" became more and more popular.
The second way of saying:
The reason why it is called meat sandwich bun is because of the use of ancient Chinese inversion, meat sandwich in the bun is actually "meat sandwiched in the bun", so for convenience, people directly call it "meat sandwich bun", that is, the meaning of "meat sandwich bun" is actually meat sandwiched in the middle of the bun.
The third way to put it:
"Sandwich bun" is actually a specific name that people often use, which is equivalent to a noun, which means "bun that can be eaten with something", just like buns, no matter what filling is called buns. Those who wrap meat are called meat buns, and those who wrap vegetables are called vegetable buns. So in this way, there is nothing wrong with calling it a meat bun, a type of meat bun is just a meat stuffed bun.
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Original: Fat and Skinny Food Safety Circle
2024: Issue 101