The origin or allusion of the famous northeastern dish of pork stewed vermicelli

The origin of pork stewed vermicelli

Pork stewed vermicelli is inseparable from the nomadic fishing and hunting life in ancient times.

The Manchus and their ancestors, the True Women, lived a predominantly hunting life, and their long hunting life formed unique living customs. Large pieces of meat, big bowls of wine, is the ancient style of the Manchu people. Legend has it that in order to withstand the cold and hunger, the Manchus made potatoes into vermicelli, and meat stewed together to eat, popularized, and gradually formed a local dish "pork stew vermicelli".

On the pork stewed vermicelli, there is a legend. It is said that the Jin Dynasty tribes in the war soldiers physical consumption, tribal leaders in order to make the soldiers as soon as possible to restore physical strength, they let the soldiers eat meat. The head of the army to see the purchase of pork is less, then add vermicelli in the stew. The soldiers ate it with great relish, and after consuming it, their strength increased greatly. After that, the dish was spread among the tribes.

Now, pork stew with vermicelli has become one of the four traditional stews in Heilongjiang, and it is also the favorite stew of Heilongjiang people, and this saying has been around for a long time. The Bohai State Records recorded: "Blackwater Department of their animals suitable for pigs, eating their meat and clothing their skin": "Heilongjiang outside the record" recorded, "today, Heilongjiang City, around the door of the guests, must stay in the wine and food, dishes, but pork, chicken eggs". Vermicelli is made of potato starch, which is abundant in Heilongjiang, and the locally produced vermicelli is easy to cook and resistant to cooking, and pork stewed with the fresh aroma of the nose.