Who invented Dim Sum?

According to legend, a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, saw the soldiers fighting day and night, bravely killed the enemy, repeatedly built the war, very touched, and then ordered the baking of the folk favorite delicious cakes, sent to the front line, to comfort the soldiers, in order to show "a little bit of heart". Since then, the name "Dim Sum" has spread, and has been used to this day.

Examining the "dim sum"

Qing Gu Zhang Si's "soil wind record" volume six, "dim sum" under the article cloud: snacks said dim sum, see "Wu Zeng Man Records". Tang Zheng 傪 for jianghuai stay after the family prepared Mrs. morning food, Mrs. said his brother said "treatment of makeup is not finished, I have not and meal, and you can snacks." From the text, we can see that the snacks in ancient times also refers to the morning meal.

The same book also cited Zhou Hui "North Regulus record" cloud: "wash and rinse crown persimmon Bi, snacks have arrived." The latter article explains that the dim sum for steamed buns, wontons, buns, etc., in the Tang Dynasty has this name.

And tea food, according to "soil wind record" cloud: "dry snacks said tea food, see Yuwen Mao "Zhao Jin Zhi": 'son-in-law first period to pay the door to write to the wine, wine three lines, into the large soft fat small soft fat, such as Chinese cold equipment, but also into the honey cake, people each a plate, said tea food.' " Sachima

From the literature, it seems, dim sum and tea food both original difference, the nature of the different, but later has long been mixed.

North and South "dim sum"

According to my research, the history of the North's dim sum ancient, the history of the South's new, ancient may still have the Tang and Song dynasty system, the new is only the middle of the Ming dynasty, right. Dim sum store signboards on the two commonly used phrases, I want to borrow used here, it seems appropriate, the north can be called "official ceremony tea food", the south is "Jiahu fine point". --- Zhou Zuoren "North and South of the snacks"

The following is the origin of the snacks

Sakima, the snacks we ate from childhood to the big snacks, is a traditional pastry of the Manchu people, the older generation called it Manchurian meat and potatoes, and others gave it up the Chinese translation, known as the sugar entanglement or the gold silk cake. Jinshi cake, but most people still like to call it saqima!

Chef's quick word: kill the one on horseback!

An interesting story has been circulated about the origin of this snack: it is said that a Manchu general, surnamed Sa, who served in Guangzhou during the Qing Dynasty, loved to hunt on horseback and was sure to eat a snack after each hunt, and could not repeat it! One time before General Sa went out hunting, he specifically instructed the cook to "come up with something fresh", and if it didn't satisfy him, he was ready to go home and eat himself!

The chef in charge of the snacks was so nervous that he blew up the egg-soaked snacks! When the general urged for more dim sum, the cook cursed, "Kill the horseman! The chef was furious and cursed, "Kill the horseman!" before bringing out the dim sum in a panic.

Unexpectedly, General Sa was quite satisfied with the food and asked for the name of the dessert, but the chef was so shocked that he replied, "Kill the horseback rider! As a result, the general heard as "Sa Riding Horse", and wanted to say that his last name is Sa and love to ride horses, but also quite wonderful, but also praised, and thus the name of Saqima.

Mix the sugar while it's hot to get a fluffy texture! When making sakima, the action of mixing sugar is the most critical step, just fried small crust must be mixed with sugar while it is hot, otherwise the texture of the crust becomes brittle when it is cold, and then mix the sugar is easy to crack, then you can not taste the fluffy texture!