Beiwudu Town is located in the south bank of Shahe River, 25 kilometers north of Wuyang County, Luohe City. It was called Dingling in ancient times and has a long history of more than two thousand years. According to historical records, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the commercial economy here reached its peak, Shanxi and Shaanxi businessmen gathered here, and the commodities in Zhenrushui (Shahe), Xiruluo, East Jianghuai, South Jingchu, North Zhengbian and Jiangnan were mixed, and the coastal reed salt aquatic products were swallowed up and transferred. It was once praised as "Northern Dance Crossing Japan to Earn Gold", "Small Beijing with Nine Doors and Nine Customs", "Unfinished Shop (Sheqi County) and Unsatisfied Northern Dance Crossing", and it was an important commercial distribution center in central Henan at that time. Due to the accumulation of history, there are many famous snacks in Beiwudu, such as Hu spicy soup, paper buns, canned dumplings, mutton steamed dumplings, fried cakes and dumplings, among which Hu spicy soup is one of the most famous snacks in Beiwudu.
On the eve of the opening of the 5th China Food Festival, the reporter came to Beiwudu Town, Luohe City for an interview. Shan Baomin, head of Zhaishan Jiahu Spicy Soup in Long Yuan, Wuyang County, said that from a historical perspective, Beiwudu Hot Soup is also an old name in the Central Plains. It originated in the fifth year of Qing Daoguang (A.D. 1828), where merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces established Shanshan Guild Hall. After the hall was completed, guests were entertained, and the soup made by a chef in Taiyuan was praised by celebrities and gentlemen. This soup is Hu spicy soup. After 100 years of development, the hot soup in Beiwudu is now divided into four families: Shanjia, Dingjia, Lv Jia and Wanjia. Among them, Shanji Hot Soup, which is the most famous one in the North Dance Crossing Longyuanzhai. Their stores are expanding, their business is booming, and they stand out in the Hu spicy soup market.
Beiwudu hot soup is carried forward by Hui people. According to the old man, the traditional Hu spicy soup is packed in a big copper pot, embedded in a big red car, and simmered under charcoal fire. Plainclothes, the soup seller, with a white hat and a big wooden spoon in his hand, stirred in the soup pot three times, and with a bang, a bowl of steaming soup was filled up and handed to the soup drinker. A skilled soup seller will not leave the soup at the edge of the bowl. Nowadays, Beiwudu Hot Soup Shop (stall) opened in Zhengzhou, Luohe, Pingdingshan, Xuchang, Xiangcheng and other places has become the first choice for local people to have breakfast.
The stew and spicy soup in Beiwudu is delicious, spicy and delicious, with endless aftertaste. It is made of more than 30 Chinese herbal medicines plus stewed meat, pepper, pepper, pepper and star anise. Judging from the color of the soup, the Hu spicy soup in Beiwudu is dignified, and in terms of taste, it is full of spicy taste because it uses more peppers. Another nickname of Chili soup is Bazhen soup, which is naturally exaggerated, but it also shows that Chili soup has a lot of "content". The most common products are gluten, kelp, vermicelli, shredded pork, peanuts, coriander, Jiang Mo, pickled mustard tuber and pepper. According to different festivals and regions, there will also be beef (sheep) meat, soybeans, fungus, day lily, spinach, radish strips, chopped green onion and so on. The method is very complicated. First, mix flour with light salt water, knead it into dough, and then add water to "wash" gluten. After the water is boiled, the gluten will be washed when it is cooked.