Composition of Beijing-style snacks

As the saying goes, "Food is the most important thing for the people", which is a great success for China. Different nationalities and regions also have their own characteristics in food culture. I have lived in Beijing since I was a child and I am very familiar with Beijing snacks. Among many snacks, Aiwowo is the best.

Aiwowo is one of the traditional snacks in Beijing. Every year around the Lunar New Year, this variety is supplied in snack bars in Beijing and sold until late summer and early autumn. Aiwowo has a long history. It is said that Gan Long robbed ChristianRandPhillips, the wife of Xinjiang Uygur leader, into the palace to be a concubine. After ChristianRandPhillips arrived in Beijing, he didn't eat or drink, so Gan Long had to order the people in White Hat Camp to make ChristianRandPhillips a hometown snack and send it to the palace. ChristianRandPhillips's husband came to Beijing from Xinjiang after being robbed into the palace in ChristianRandPhillips, hiding in the White Hat Camp, trying to find out the whereabouts of ChristianRandPhillips. He tried to contact ChristianRandPhillips. I made a plate of glutinous rice balls. When ChristianRandPhillips sees this dumpling, she will know that her husband has come. He renamed the glutinous rice dumplings Aiwowo. As soon as ChristianRandPhillips saw the Aiwowo, she knew that her husband was coming, so she cheered up and took a bite. When Qianlong heard that ChristianRandPhillips had eaten it, he ordered Amo of White Hat Camp to make Aiwowo every day and send it to the palace. From then on, Amo made Aiwowo and sent it to the palace every day, and Aiwowo became famous. Later spread to the people.

Is Aiwowo delicious? I asked my mother with this question: "Mom, have you ever eaten Aiwowo?" Does it taste good？ "Mom said," of course it's delicious. I'll take you to eat next week! " "I'm very happy to hear that I can eat Aiwowo next week.

The next week, my mother and I went to the snack bar and ordered some Aiwowo. When I saw the delicious Aiwowo, I couldn't wait to take out my chopsticks and put one on it. "Well, it's delicious!" I said, "It's worthy of the name!" I stammered, and my mother said with a smile, "This Aiwowo is washed first, soaked in glutinous rice, then steamed in a steamer, cooled and kneaded evenly, torn into small pieces, pressed into round skins and wrapped with stuffing." I have no time to answer my mother. I just nodded, and in a short time, I ate all those Aiwowo.

There are many snacks in Beijing, such as snowballing, enema, fried belly and fried cake ... they all have their own legends, and they are all waiting for us to taste.