Lapa Festival is a traditional festival in China, and China has been drinking Lapa Porridge for thousands of years, every year on this day, whether it is the Wang sun nobles or the people of Li, there are customs of making Lapa Porridge and drinking Lapa Porridge. In many places, the porridge is sweet, almost all of which are made of mixed grains, beans, grains, nuts and dried fruits. But in some places in Sichuan, lapa porridge is salty, for example, my hometown is to eat salty babao porridge, is made of rice, peanuts, soybeans, white radish, diced meat, cabbage mixed porridge, from snacks to salty, always feel sweet is not so delicious.
Many friends think that the custom on the day of lapa ba is just to eat lapa porridge, but in fact, it is not, and there are many places with their own unique customs and habits that are still worthy of our understanding and inheritance. Therefore, in the Lapa Festival, don't only know how to eat Lapa Porridge, but also remember "2 eat 1 bubble and 1 sun", the old tradition can not be forgotten.
2 Eat: Eat eight noodles and eat wheat kernel rice
1. Eat eight noodles
In the Chengcheng area around Weibei in Shaanxi Province, on the day of the Lapa Festival, the local people do not eat Lapa Porridge, and they eat Lapa Noodles. As we all know, the Guanzhong area is mainly pasta, so generally on the day of the festival, it is mainly pasta. Laba noodles are mainly made of various beans as raw materials, and beans are mainly based on red beans. Make noodles as wide as leek leaves. The red beans should be soaked the night before. Then on the day of Lapa Ba, use the red beans to boil the soup, wait until the red beans are cooked, put the noodles in it and cook, and at the same time use the cooking oil to fry the green onions, and after the noodles are cooked, the green onion oil can be poured into the pot.
2. Eat wheat kernel rice
In Xining, Qinghai Province, the Lapa Festival is not porridge, but it is also similar to Lapa Porridge. The local people eat wheat kernel rice on the day of Lapa Ba. On the night before Lapa Ba, the newly produced wheat kernels are boiled with beef and mutton, plus some spices such as peppercorns, grass fruits, and skins, and simmered over low heat for one night. Wait until the day of Lapa Ba to eat directly, a bit of Sichuan salty Lapa Porridge meaning.
1 brew: Pickled eight garlic
Laba garlic should be very familiar to everyone, is a traditional snack in North China. In general, people in most parts of North China have the habit of soaking lapa garlic on the day of the Lapa Festival. The so-called lapa garlic is the garlic soaked with vinegar, the method is also very simple, the garlic peeled and put into a clean oil-free and water-free container, and then pour vinegar, sealed, put in a cold place, garlic after vinegar brewing, slowly will become emerald jasper, super good-looking.
1 sunbathing: dried eight tofu
Laba tofu may not have been heard of by many friends, and it is one of the traditional folk snacks in the Yixian area of Anhui Province. There is a local custom that on the day of Lapa Ba, every household will dry tofu. Cut the tofu into a circle or square, smear some salt, dig a small hole in the middle of the tofu block, do not dig through, put in the right amount of salt, and then put it in the sun to dry slowly, let the salt seep into the tofu, and dry some of the water of the tofu.
The dried Lapa Tofu is yellow in color, soft in the mouth, fragrant and fresh. It is generally hung in a ventilated place with a straw rope to hang up, and it is eaten and taken as you like. Under normal circumstances, it can be left dry for three months without spoiling or flavoring. When eaten, it can be fried with vegetables or meat, or it can be eaten directly. Yixian people will also carve some shapes of it, mix it with onions, ginger, garlic and sesame oil, and make it into a cold dish, which is a delicacy at a wine banquet.
Did you find out? Whether it is Laba porridge, Laba noodles or wheat kernel rice, or Laba garlic and Lapa tofu, they are all made according to local eating habits and local foods. This is probably the so-called "one side of the water and soil to support the other side". Of course, there are definitely some places with unique customs and habits, so please leave your unique customs and habits in the comments for everyone to learn. If my cuisine is useful to you, welcome to forward and bookmark. Love my food, remember to like and follow me.