Origin of Spring Rolls

It is rumored that there was in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At that time, it was called "spring plate". At that time, every spring day, people will be made of flour pancakes spread on the plate, plus fine vegetables to eat, so it is called "spring plate". At that time, not only the spring this day to eat, spring tour people also bring "spring plate". In the Tang and Song dynasties, this trend is more prevalent.

Famous poet Du Fu's "spring spring plate of fine lettuce" and Lu You's "spring spring plate of new festivals" poem, are a true reflection of the Tang and Song Dynasty people this custom of life. In the Tang Dynasty, the spring plate is also called the five Xin plate.

Expanded Information:

There are a lot of ingredients in the spring pancake, and the work of getting them smoothly into your mouth without falling apart is all in the way the spring pancake is rolled. Put the lamb's quarters, sweet flour sauce, chopped meat in clear sauce, spread eggs, fried spinach and leeks, yellow flower vermicelli, bean sprouts and so on on the spring pancake in order, yards and yards, this time to use an important tool - chopsticks.

Place the chopsticks on the spring pancake, roll up one side of the spring pancake along with the chopsticks, wrap the bottom end upwards, pinch it with your hand, then roll up the other side, roll it up and put it on a plate, and then raise the chopsticks one by one. If you are good at this, the size of the roll will be as big as your mouth, making it easy to bite into. This rolling method also applies to roast duck.

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