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Fried dough sticks, the most cherished diet in the lifeblood of China people, can't be as deeply rooted in people's hearts as domestic steamed bread or foreign cakes. For thousands of years, people have regarded them as staple food, complementary food, snacks and side dishes, but they have never magically declined.
Some time ago, a new online celebrity food, potato fritters, was introduced in Quanzhou, and the price was as high as 9 yuan's money, but people still flocked to it. I couldn't figure it out, so I followed the development path of fried dough sticks.
Fried dough sticks are food to express anger. Nearly a thousand years ago, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, a national hero, was killed in Fengbo Pavilion on trumped-up charges. Lin 'an (Hangzhou) people, the court was weak and humble, and the treacherous court official was in power, so they couldn't restrain their inner hatred. Based on Qin Gui and his wife, they created two little people and burned them. A new food representing people's patriotic feelings was born, which is "fried cypress".
"Fried coffee" is very popular, and everyone eats it quickly. I can imagine how people feel when they eat "fried coffee". Must have gnashed her teeth and swallowed it with tears in her eyes.
The name "fried chicken" is too conspicuous. In order to protect themselves, people renamed "fried chicken" as "fried ghost". Qin Gui is the ghost who was spurned by everyone and ran out of eighteen layers of hell!
On the importance of a good name, it is easier to remember that "blowing ghosts" replaced "blowing trees", so it is popular all over the country and can be handed down. I don't know how many places people call "fried dough sticks" "fried ghosts" now. Anyway, in Quanzhou, where I live, authentic aborigines still call it that.
In the historical changes, in order to better address, "Fried Ghost" has gradually become a special image of "Fried Noodles" and fried strips.
Fried dough sticks originated in Lin 'an, the imperial capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, which is now the bustling Hangzhou. Some time ago, there was a picture of Hangzhou people eating fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce, which triggered a big discussion between North and South.
Hangzhou people say, is it abnormal to eat fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce? How to eat without soy sauce? Fujian and Guangdong people immediately stood in a row and said that they should dip in soy sauce when eating fried dough sticks. Shanghainese soon joined the team, saying that eating fried dough sticks is also dipped in soy sauce.
The eating habits of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are biased, but eating fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce is highly consistent. A bowl of porridge, a fried dough stick and a small dish of soy sauce is a good breakfast.
Cao Cao ate like this when he was a child, so that when milk and bread are rampant all over the world now, there will still be such a porridge in our family every three to five hours. It is essential to cut fried dough sticks into small pieces and dip them in soy sauce.
But many northerners can't accept it. They think eating fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce is simply a dark dish. Strange southerners and their strange eating habits, straightforward northerners question their souls: aren't fried dough sticks soaked in soybean milk?
Of course, soybean milk fritters are the patent of northerners. In the south where we eat fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce, we also like soybean milk fried dough sticks. Let's listen to JJ Lin's song "Soy-milk Fried Twigs".
In addition to soy milk and soy sauce, there are thousands of ways to eat fried dough sticks.
People in the central plains say that Hu spicy soup with bean curd and fried dough sticks are willing to eat three meals a day.
People in Sichuan and Chongqing say that the hot pot maocai Mala Tang soaked in fried dough sticks is super delicious.
Minnan people say that there are no fried dough sticks in the batter, and they simply can't eat enough.
Fried dough sticks can be eaten from north to south, whether it is soybean milk, hot soup, hot pot maocai or batter, it is the same reason. Fried dough sticks are the most important staple food or supplementary food for our people. Only by eating this fried dough stick can we work full of energy all day.
Fried dough sticks are crisp and have the function of snacks. For example, I often go to the door on the way to work to buy snacks for myself and my colleagues around me, which is actually very popular.
If you make fried dough sticks fruit salad, you will ignore your weight loss promise.
The leftover fried dough sticks are no longer so crisp, but become another kind of fried dough sticks. Fried dough sticks are smooth and tough, suggesting exquisiteness. If you soak them in soup, they will become soft, and no matter how delicate they are, they are just a bowl of vegetable soup.
You can also eat fried dough sticks. I don't know if you have eaten fried dough sticks and eggplant. When I first saw it, I was as surprised as northerners when they saw fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce, but its delicious taste made me decide to cook this dish more from now on.
Fried dough sticks have simple ingredients, convenient operation, delicious and full taste and excellent conditions, which is an important factor for the spread of fried dough sticks for thousands of years.
But it is undeniable that the mode of eating fried dough sticks has made them develop in an all-round way.
Sandwiched in the middle of fried dough sticks, it has become a new food for online celebrities. In fact, this is not novel and original. When I posted the pictures of potato fritters on the Internet, friends in Jiangxi said in succession, what kind of online celebrity is this? Isn't this the "sesame fried dough sticks" they eat every day?
It turns out that because of the development of network traffic, we can turn surprising things into novel food for a change and make network celebrities successful.
So, has fried dough sticks dipped in soy sauce become a celebrity food in the north? It seems that a "heart" is enough.