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Slightly beautiful (pronounced Shāo Mài or Shāo Měi in Inner Mongolia), also known as slightly wheat, roasted wheat, roasted for sale, but in the western region of Inner Mongolia, the term "slightly beautiful" is still used on many shop signs to this day. Slightly beautiful from Hohhot, is a kind of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, Baotou has been circulating for a long time, has not faded to this day, slightly beautiful is one of the indispensable mornings for locals, operators to Hui people mostly live.
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As early as the Qing Dynasty, the local beauty was already famous in the capital. When foreign guests come to Hohhot, they must taste a little beauty to be worth the trip. Qianlong Ye once left a verse cloud: "Selling wontons is full of plates, and new flour is added to the good tangyuan." The "selling" here is the predecessor of the current "slightly beautiful", which refers to the slightly beautiful of Hohhot. It can be seen that the slight beauty of Hohhot city not only has a long historical origin, but also has a very delicious taste, and it is famous outside, which will rank first in Qianlongye's gastronomic verses.
The traditional snack "yakitori" in southern China is similar in appearance, but the filling used is different, the slight beauty of Hoshi only uses beef and mutton and green onions, and the southern yakitori sells a wide variety of fillings, not a food.
Make slightly more beautiful lamb
Hohhot's slight beauty is traditionally based on prairie lamb with a filling with bikzi scallions and fresh ginger. Slightly beautiful production process is unique, the selection of ingredients is excellent, the skin is fine and thin, the lamb filling is fat and moderate, and the shallots, ginger, local sesame oil and other condiments are complete. Slightly beautiful out of the cage, fresh and fragrant. Looking at its shape, I can see that the skin is as thin as a cicada wing, crystal clear, lifted with chopsticks like a thin sac, placed on the plate like a small cake. A cage of fragrant slightly beautiful out of the pot, dipped in vinegar, garlic juice, hot sauce, bite a mouthful full of oil, lips and teeth left fragrant, both full of happiness and relief, with a thick brick tea, it is really delicious beyond description.
A cage slightly beautiful
People often say that good food is very important, which is a good thing. Inner Mongolia's natural pastures, vast grasslands, and abundant water and grass have created the characteristics of Inner Mongolia's mutton with strong aroma, fat but not greasy, and no smell. Plus local pure sesame oil. This unique condition makes the slight beauty of Hohhot unmatched anywhere.
The slight beauty of Hohhot is measured in the weight of the skin. There are a lot of people who don't know and even make jokes. In 2013, Qinhuangdao friends came to Hohhot, I took to the early morning source to eat a little beauty, I looked at plus 4 people, including women and children, I ordered 6 two slightly beautiful, friends' eyes are strange, think so many people eat 6 two, not necessarily too little, I explained that the slightly beautiful is measured by skin, they are still half-convinced, hey, no way, then add 4 two, point a pound, so that the atmosphere eased up some, they are measured according to the amount of dumplings eaten in Hebei, 1 pound of slightly beautiful up, several people were dumbfounded, and finally ate hard, Still half a pound left. It's still laughable to say it now.
Slightly beautiful
Before 2010, every year in the field, once you return to Hohhot, the first meal is two or two slightly beautiful, and the slightly beautiful fragrance can not be forgotten anywhere. I remember in 2003 in Nanjing, there was a sale of roasted wheat in the market, at that time I really thought it was a little beautiful of our Hohhot, but in the past, it was indeed a steamer, the appearance was similar, but the filling inside was glutinous rice pork, which was very disappointing at that time. I remember when I was in high school, I once ate a little beautiful with my classmates, the two of us ate 1 pound, I remember that a pound of slightly beautiful 10 yuan, it was really half a size to eat dead Lao Tzu.
Slightly beautiful brick tea
For the people of Hohhot, slightly beautiful is not only a delicacy, but also makes the distance between people a lot closer, get up in the morning, go to the slightly beautiful restaurant, come to two or two slightly beautiful, wait for time, drink brick tea first, each table is a table. A pot of tea per table to help each other fill up. Small talk in the south of the sea, talking about the world. Start the day after eating.
Slightly beautiful and haggis, are the hard (ning) breakfast of Hohhot, before only in the morning, with the development of slightly beautiful in recent years, there are many shops are slightly beautiful throughout the day. However, slightly beautiful and haggis are the same, the proportion of meat is significant, and elderly people should not eat it often, otherwise they are overnourished and cannot be digested, which can easily lead to some rich diseases.
Although a little beauty is good, it must also be moderate!