Peanut( peanut ), formerly known as Luohuasheng (scientific name: Arachis hypogaea Linn. )It is a kind of nut with abundant production and wide consumption in China, also known as "longevity fruit", mainly distributed in Brazil, China, Egypt and other places. It can be used as raw material for making soap, hair oil and other cosmetics.
When I was a child, I liked, smelled and remembered nothing more than peanuts. When I cooked them in sand or sand, I squeezed out the crisp shells. The riddle "A white fat man in a red coat" was also true, because there was enough fat. When they were cooked, they had a strange smell. The edible oil in the north was peanut oil, such as "Luhua", at least in the city, The south is mostly rapeseed oil, and other regions also have soybean oil. Cottonseed oil in difficult times is said to cause infertility, while our Shandong province has always been eating peanut oil. Since I remember things, everyone can buy half a jin of peanut oil, one or two sesame oil, one jin of soybean ticket, and one jin of soybean ticket every month to buy three jin of tofu.
Stir fried peanuts are most common during the Spring Festival. There are many children. One can hold dozens of peanuts, hide them, enjoy them slowly, meet friends, and rub them in their pockets. They are stingy and unwilling to eat them all at once. Naughty children will wander around the peanut stalls, kick the bags of fried peanuts when running fast, We would rush forward in a burst of anger, shouting and scolding, to track down the spilled peanuts. The stall owners did not dare to sue the officials, because this kind of sales was illegal at that time. Setting up stalls and doing business was the tail of capitalism.
At that time, there was a clear mail limit for peanuts in the post office, one kilogram at a time, that is, not two kilograms. Travelers and relatives from afar could eat peanuts in their hometown of Shandong, which was sweet and crisp.
It must be a pity that there is no peanuts with wine. The processing and production of spiced peanuts is also a very interesting process. Now it has disappeared. It is not easy to define whether it is a kind of intangible cultural heritage. It is to use superior peanuts, also known as "tasting fruits" in Shandong, and soak them in salt water, star anise, cinnamon leaves, onion and ginger water for two days. Then, To dry naturally, use Yellow River sand and dry peanuts together. Put them in a pot and stir fry them. The fire gradually heats up. The sand and peanuts heat up together. When they are slightly yellow, stir up the pot, screen out the sand, cool peanuts, and wrap them with old newspapers. Generally, and rarely, they buy one kilogram of peanuts for one dime or two dimes for family elders to drink. Children can only watch with eager eyes, Waiting for the generous reward from the elders, unlike children today, they enjoy the ancestral status.
Since I have a memory, peanuts and peanuts are the most delicious food. Until the late 1970s, there was a kind of food in Qingdao. The export was transferred to the inside, the sales were peeled, and the two pieces were stained with fine salt particles. The pepper and salt peanuts and peanuts packed in tin cans began to be less difficult to get, and more food was eaten, so it was convenient to buy. With the richness of taste, More and more light, however, there is peanuts in drinking, which is certain. Fried peanuts, spicy peanuts, and boiled peanuts. Now, the "old black peanuts" fried by the Hui people in Xiguan, Jinan, have been used for electric frying, and the taste is greatly reduced. On Saturdays, Lanxiang Fair in the western suburbs buys a packet of fried peanuts for 10 yuan, which is still delicious in the sand stove. Blowing the air conditioner, there are peanuts with white wine, two to one, one drink is necessary!