As one of the representatives of Shaanxi pasta, minced meat noodles have a traditional way of eating noodles instead of soup, which mainly comes from the ancient "leftovers" custom. In fact, it is called "recycling leftovers" in vernacular Chinese.
In ancient times, we ate minced meat noodles, because we had to continue to pour them back into the pot to cook noodles for the diners behind us, so we kept the soup. Of course, it's just a custom now, and it's naturally impossible now.
Qishan noodles with minced meat Qishan noodles with minced meat has a long history and appeared in the pre-Qin period. In the rural areas of Guanzhong, almost everyone wants to eat minced meat noodles on the first morning of the new year, and Qishan is full of restaurants offering minced meat noodles.
It is said that a bowl of qualified Qishan minced meat noodles should be white, fine, smooth, oily, sour and spicy.
In other words, the minced meat noodles should be slender and uniform in thickness, fresh and delicious, with red oil floating on the surface, sour and spicy soup, and very chewy.
Today's noodles with minced meat were mainly formed in the Qing Dynasty, when Shaanxi began to eat peppers. The earliest local chronicles appeared in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. Before that, China seldom used chilies, and there was no red oil in the earlier minced meat noodles.
When cooking noodles with minced meat, it is required that the noodle soup is wide, that is, there is more water, and the sour and spicy taste is highlighted.
In Guanzhong area, minced meat noodles are essential food for people's weddings, funerals and celebrations. They are the first choice for almost anything, even in the morning.
Although Qishan minced meat noodles originated from Qishan and Fufeng, they are also very popular in big cities in Guanzhong, such as Xi 'an.
Fufeng's noodles with minced meat are called "full of fragrance", and the production is very particular. Noodles are served in beautiful small bowls, and just a little noodles is enough for each serving, but there is a lot of soup, which makes people want to eat more.
In Qishan and Fufeng, guests must be ashamed, which is also the standard to measure whether local people are grand, ashamed and good at being ashamed, and also the standard to measure local wives.
The custom of eating noodles instead of soup. Besides delicious noodles, there is also a famous traditional way to eat noodles without soup.
If you eat noodles instead of soup, will the noodle soup pour out? Of course not. Noodle soup needs to be poured back into the pot to continue processing, which is the traditional custom of "frying soup"
Most modern locals know that minced meat noodles only eat noodles instead of soup, but most of them don't know how this custom came about.
In fact, in ancient times, leftover soup needed to be poured back into the pot, not treated as waste soup, but into the original soup pot, which needed to be heated, processed, supplemented and recycled.
At the traditional banquet, distinguished guests and old people sit at the table to show special respect. While they are not moving chopsticks, others have to wait patiently. The leftover soup of VIPs and the elderly is called "Fu Ba Zi", which needs people to use it repeatedly.
The custom of "Fubazi" is an ancient ritual.
After the ancient people offered sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth ghosts and gods, people enjoyed food according to their age and status. The so-called "glutinous rice" means eating a wave of leftovers and offering a wave of sacrifices, which means that people with low status should not forget the benefits of their ancestors and kings.
God used chopsticks before the elders and guests moved them.
In the land of Qishan, no matter what the reason, the first bowl of minced meat noodles must not be served. A ceremony of "splashing soup" should be held, that is, splashing heaven and earth to pay homage to the gods and ancestors of heaven and earth, and splashing soup is something that many young people are scrambling to do.
Sprinkle noodle soup twice outside the gate to show that the god of heaven and earth benefited from it. Then, take the remaining soup to the building, pour the soup in front of the ancestral tablet, and dedicate the "Fubazi" of heaven and earth to the ancestors. The ceremony is over and the banquet can officially begin.
There are many records and descriptions about a custom in the Book of Rites.
Sacrificing the ancestors of heaven and earth is an integral part of the sacrificial ceremony in Zhou Dynasty, which is intended to make people not forget the kindness of their ancestors. This kind of etiquette has gradually faded for thousands of years, but it has been preserved in Guanzhong area.
Perhaps it is precisely because the eating method of minced meat noodles originated in Zhou Li, and its production is also very grand and exquisite. Whether it is the production of noodles or minced meat noodles, even noodle soup has many requirements, which is not so easy.
Of course, not all the customs of the ancients should be completely inherited.
In ancient times, eating noodles instead of soup was to let future generations enjoy the "blessing" of their elders and guests. The intention may be good, but it is a bit unsanitary.
In modern times, you can go to Shaanxi to eat minced meat noodles without soup, and no one will stop you from drinking soup. Even if you don't drink soup, noodle soup will not be poured back into the soup pot like in ancient times.
People have known the importance of food civilization and food safety and hygiene, and at the same time, they have retained all the advantages of noodles with minced meat.