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Which installment of China on the tip of the tongue is the meat bird's nest?

December 10, 2018 - China on the tip of the tongue: Fuzhou, Fujian special flavor snack "meat swallow" we have eaten?

Meat bird's nest is also known as flat meat bird's nest. But the skin is made of pork and sweet potato flour. It is one of Fuzhou's specialty snacks, and it is different from the flat meat (flatbread) in other parts of Fujian, which has a completely different taste. The skin is as thin as white paper, its color is like jade, and its taste is soft and tender, tough and strong.

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Legend has it that as early as during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was an imperial official in Pucheng County, Fujian Province, who returned to his hometown in the mountainous area and ate too many mountain treasures, then he felt that the food was bland. So, his family chef to take the lean meat of the pig's leg, with a wooden stick into a puree, mixed with the right amount of sweet potato flour, rolled out as thin as a sheet of paper, cut into small pieces of three inches square, wrapped in the meat, made into a flatbread, boiled and eaten with soup.

The royal historian of the Lord ate in the mouth only feel smooth and crisp, pure fragrance refreshing, and even called "wonderful", busy asking what is the snacks, the chef because of its shape such as flying swallows and said "flat meat swallow". After the flat meat swallow and duck eggs **** cooking, because of the Fuzhou language duck eggs and "pressure chaos", "pressure wave" harmonic, meaning "peace", and there is a "Peaceful Swallow

"Meat Swallow" is a famous traditional food in Pucheng, fine but not greasy, soft and crispy, fresh and tasty, like a bird's nest, both meat and vegetarian flavors, is the county's wedding and funeral celebrations in the cage seat of the indispensable one of the famous dishes.