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The little-known story behind Quanzhou's cuisine – the origin of noodle paste

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You ask a Quanzhou person, what do you eat in the morning? Most will tell you that the noodle paste.

The little-known story behind Quanzhou's cuisine – the origin of noodle paste

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The little-known story behind Quanzhou's cuisine – the origin of noodle paste

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The little-known story behind Quanzhou's cuisine – the origin of noodle paste

Walk through the streets and alleys of Quanzhou, and meet line paste shops everywhere. A bowl of noodle paste, plus ingredients, to accompany fritters, is the most classic breakfast combination of Quanzhou people. For many Quanzhou people, eating a bowl of noodle paste in the store for breakfast seems to be a tacit habit, eating a bowl of piping hot and fragrant noodle paste, with fritters and horseshoe puff pastry, the usual day really begins.

The little-known story behind Quanzhou's cuisine – the origin of noodle paste

Originating from Quanzhou, Fujian Province, noodle batter is a flavor snack in Fujian Minnan and Taiwan, which is made of fine noodle noodles and sweet potato powder. It is generally eaten for breakfast, but can also be used as a snack and a late-night snack. Its taste is delicious, sweet and smooth, with the local flavor of southern Fujian.

The batter is made from thin noodles and sweet potato flour, the soup is thick, smooth in the mouth, and the paste is not rotten. The soft glutinous noodles wrapped around the shrimp in the soup and the shredded meat brought by the deliciousness and sweetness have become a classic of the Minnan people's tradition. The noodle line that makes the noodle batter is also extremely exquisite, all thin, elastic, not easy to break into a good product, the base of the soup is seafood and large bones, etc., the soup is the essence of the taste of the noodle paste, the soup must be boiled for a long time, the more flavorful, the soup is boiled out after the noodle line is put, and then the ground melon powder paste is hooked, the heat should be controlled, gently stirred a few times, let the soup and noodle line in the pot perfectly integrated, after tumbling, a bowl of hot noodle paste is ready.

A bowl of good nails (eat) of the noodle paste, the color is transparent, the soup is thick, the noodle paste is not rotten, with fresh, fragrant and light characteristics. It emits a fragrance of seafood and large bones, and according to personal taste, it is accompanied by toppings such as large intestine, shrimp, vinegared meat, sausage, fritters, etc., and the taste layer is more abundant. When eating the batter, you can also sprinkle white pepper, celery, spring onions, white wine, and marinade to make the taste more delicious.

All local snacks are created in a long history, and the way of making and eating them contains the local cultural background, no matter the north and south of the world, people have a hard love for the taste of their hometown and an undisguised pride. A bowl of fragrant and rich ingredients of noodle paste, for every Quanzhou person, is not only a snack, a breakfast, but also represents the taste of home. Quanzhou is the birthplace of noodle paste. Legend has it that one year, Qianlong came down to a small village in Quanzhou under the south of the jiangsu, and at that time, when there was a shortage of grain, the villagers were all too poor to open the pot, and they were so anxious that they really couldn't think of anything to eat to entertain the emperor. Qianlong got out of the car at the door of Yi Xiucai's house, Xiucai's wife was in a hurry, found some pig bones and fish bones left over from earlier in the corner, washed and boiled a bowl of soup, and then went to the cabinet to find a handful of noodle crushed and a handful of tapioca flour, and made a bowl of noodle paste. After Qianlong ate it, he felt that the taste was very delicious, and immediately asked what this "dragon whisker pearl porridge" was made of? Xiucai's wife immediately replied that it was processed with fine noodles and special refined sweet potato flour. The emperor greatly rewarded this clever daughter-in-law, and the noodle paste spread like this.

The little-known story behind Quanzhou's cuisine – the origin of noodle paste

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