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? Not far from where I live, there is a famous restaurant, which is a century-old shop-Guiying Steamed Bread Shop. My boss and I often go to have breakfast, and every time he likes to order a flavor snack-Changzhou tofu soup. When I was in my hometown in northern Jiangsu, I almost always drank morning tea. I was not used to breakfast in Changzhou at first, but a bowl of bean curd soup, a few fried dough sticks or a few baked wheat cakes made me unforgettable.
? Everyone has eaten tofu soup, and the taste is different from place to place, because one side of the soil and water raises one side. Changzhou bean curd soup may be the only one in China, and the others have no semicolons. The raw materials of tofu soup are bean cake, tofu, duck blood, silk and oil. In 2004, we built a road in Caijiatang Village, xinqiao town, where Zhou Xiao cooked for us. I'm interested in her tofu soup. Round baked bean cake, tender tofu, shredded pork noodles from Hengshan Bridge, tender duck blood strips, golden and shiny raw bread, fresh minced meat and crispy shredded mustard. After adding starch, it is slightly stirred and thickened. Finally, chopped coriander is added, and the color is bright and the soup is greasy and fragrant, which greatly increases the appetite. We almost ate and drank soup, and everyone was full of praise. There is really a feeling of "knowing the taste and stopping, smelling the fragrance and dismounting". In 2005, we built two roads in Anjia Town Economic Village, around Xinwei Community. Once, Master Yuan on the construction site bought a bag of golden balls. I thought it was a hemp ball, but later I realized it was a gift. Xiao Zhao cooks for us. She is from Sichuan and married in Changzhou. The dishes she cooked were very good, and the tofu soup made was delicious and appetizing. Last year, when we were working on the second bid section of Patrol Road in Changzhou Export Processing Zone, Aunt Xi made tofu soup, which was greasy and refreshing, and tasted authentic. It can be eaten as breakfast and cooked at noon, which is the characteristic of Changzhou tofu soup. Bean cake is a delicious soup, and its fragrance seems to make people taste a piece of music from Jiangnan.
? Bean cake is a specialty of Changzhou. It is as big as 1 dime, milky yellow, crisp and soft, and delicious all over the world. It is made of a kind of white bean called "white sparrow stalk", so it is named because it has a spot on its waist that looks like "sparrow eye". In the article Baked Bean Cake, a famous entrepreneur in Taiwan Province, Mr. Wang Yanru described the wonderful making method of baked bean cake as follows: "Soak the beans in sparrow flowers for a long time, grind them into a slurry (not too thin), and then' cook' them into small round cakes in a pot. Make this small round cake with suitable materials and special furniture. You can pick up some meat at the right time and stir-fry it as a daily snack. " A small word "Du" is a unique usage of Changzhou people, which condenses his unforgettable feelings for his hometown!
? China is the hometown of "food culture", and many dish names often arouse people's infinite reverie. An elegant name may become a quip that people play repeatedly; A clever name may be an ancient legend, which makes people feel ridiculous; An interesting name may contain historical origins and make people remember it deeply. Mr. Fan Yanpei brought a beautiful legend in Gossip Changzhou: "According to legend, Emperor Qianlong visited Changzhou six times before and after he went down to the south of the Yangtze River. He once tasted bean cakes at the home of Qian Weicheng, the champion of Changzhou, and felt unique. Later, the emperor returned to Beijing Palace and missed the bean cakes in Changzhou, but the chef in the palace could never make the bean cakes in Changzhou. " It seems that baked bean cakes are really a must in Changzhou.
? Everywhere tourists go, they will taste local snacks. Snack culture often has an indissoluble bond with the ancient city. After living in Longcheng for several years, I feel that every flavor snack in Changzhou contains many interesting stories, and now it is gradually doing as the Romans do. The delicious food in Changzhou has made me a "diner" in a foreign land. ...