Wen/Li Danya

If you want to ask the Chinese people about their living conditions in the morning, I'm afraid that many people are like this on the street. They are leisurely with soymilk in one hand, or bottles or cups or bags, and three or five golden and thick fried dough sticks in the other hand. Youtiao, a kind of food made of fat, or "breakfast", has been an indispensable food for Chinese people for thousands of years.

Youtiao, especially northern Youtiao, is a flower blooming in the pan. Southern fried dough sticks are generally solid. After being fried, they are also hard or strong, unlike northern fried dough sticks. The northern fried dough sticks are burnt yellow on the outside and empty on the inside, like bamboo.

When I was young, my neighbor's uncle would fry fried dough sticks. He often saw him mixing noodles and put them in a basin awake. The next day, he would fry them. The noodles of fried dough sticks would be twisted into a long strip on the chopping board, and a bamboo stick would be used to press a groove in the middle. Once his hands were stretched, they would be placed in the frying pan. Squeaking oil spatters rise. One side of the fried dough sticks is fried to golden yellow. Uncle uses bamboo chopsticks to flip it and fry the other side. When the whole fried dough sticks straighten up, or even burst bubbles, it can be out of the pot. The fried dough sticks stand upright, put them on the iron grates to control the oil. After half a minute or so, if they are slightly less hot, they can be taken away by diners and walked into thousands of households. Of course, some people like to eat "fried dough sticks", which are usually fried for a while, with dark yellow skin. When bamboo chopsticks are knocking on fried dough sticks in the frying pan, they will feel burnt and crisp, and then they can go out of the frying pan. Or simply return the fried fried dough sticks to the pot for the second time. It is said that such "old fried dough sticks" will be crisper. After all, after being cooked twice with boiling oil, it is time for people to become "old fried dough sticks" after two trials.

In northern Anhui, where I live, local people like to eat fried dough sticks, which are either salty or light. The salty sesame paste is usually a porridge made of bean curd skin, black sesame and washed gluten. It will put a little pepper, which can relieve the greasy dough sticks; The light hemp paste is much simpler. The thick porridge made of bean noodles, wheat flour, etc. is covered with soybeans or diced turnip. It tastes delicious and is eaten with fried dough sticks. Both are classic.

Some people like to use chopsticks to hold a stick of fried dough sticks and dip it in the hemp paste. The best thing to match the salty hemp paste is the burnt and crisp old fried dough sticks, and the best thing to match the light hemp paste is the soft fried dough sticks. When eating, the taste of porridge and fried dough sticks is integrated. When the fried dough sticks are inserted into the porridge, they look like a tube of wolf hair dipped in ink, but the brush is walking on rice paper, and the fried dough sticks are walking on people's taste buds.

There are also thicker fried dough sticks, which are called as fried buns in different places. Noodles must be made of noodles. Two iron sticks are directly used to pick out a long strip from the flour and prick it. When it is put in the oil pan, the fried bun will be like an activated yellow dragon and expand instantly. At this time, the iron stick is used to tear a hole in the middle of the fried bun, and the egg liquid is poured in the middle. It will be cooked and fried slightly and fished out. The flavor is better than that of the fried bun in thickness. It can be called a giant in the fried bun.

I sometimes think, how many fried dough sticks have been born in the world for thousands of years? How many fried dough sticks are remembered? Now, the fried dough sticks have been cut into sections and made into shredded meat; Or it can be made into chips of fried dough sticks and served with spicy soup; Or simply stir fry with pineapple. I don't know whether there is a fried dough stick feast in the world.

Read a piece of news, foreigners also like to eat fried dough sticks, some of their own fried dough sticks, smooth! A stick of fried dough sticks has become a food bridge between Chinese and foreign cultures.

If you read this article in the morning, maybe your family has prepared fried dough sticks for you at your dinner table

Hefei Daily May 19, 2024