Cotton Lake Peanut Bean Paste in Chaoshan

Peanuts are known as "douren" in Chaoshan dialect. In the ancient town of Mindhu in Jiexi, there is a saying: "Bean nut wine, bean nut wine, better than lovers holding hands." The douren in this saying refers to the Wu Membrane Douren, which is famous in the eastern part of Guangdong. This snack, whose surface is as black as ink, is loved for its loose, crunchy and fragrant characteristics.

The ancient town of Cotton Lake is home to many delicacies. Spring rolls, soft cake, melon ding, fruit meat, hexagonal cake, no rice kuey teow ...... make many "foodies" desire. Among the many delicacies, there is a snack called "U film bean nuts", is called the most classic characteristics of the cotton lake snacks, many travelers return home, they deliberately order a dish of U film bean nuts, taste the unique taste of home.

Wu film bean nut is a kind of cotton lake town with its unique flavor and famous for its traditional snacks. The film is loved by people for its loose, crispy and fragrant characteristics. In the past, when the material life was relatively poor, it was so enjoyable to have a plate of film and a glass of wine! So there is a saying in Cotton Lake: "Bean kernel wine, bean kernel wine, better than holding hands with lovers." Speaking of this snack, there is a history. Rumor has it that there used to be a dentist in Cotton Lake named Shi Hao Yu, whose two sons were in the peanut trade. In the old days, peanuts were usually not shelled, and were first dipped in water for a period of time, then taken out and dried in the sun, and then fried in a big pot, and the shells were peeled off only when they were eaten. Once, the two brothers bought into 17 quintals of peanuts, put together in the pool dip, who knows a series of more than 20 days of rain, 17 quintals of peanuts blackened shells, look to be all scrapped, Mr. Stone suddenly came up with a way to peanut shells peeled off the peanut kernels washed, and then seeped into a number of edible medicines, and then fry them. Although the peanut film after frying all black, but the peanut kernel is whiter, fluffier, more fragrant, so Mr. Shi will be for it to give the name of "black film bean kernel". When his two sons picked out the sale, vendors from all over the world tasted and competed to buy, less than two days was snapped up. From then on, the reputation of the dentist Shi Hao Yu's son for making "烏膜豆仁" spread. Ancestral craftsmanship in the ancient town of Cotton Lake Township, the "Boji" peanut store at the top of the pier embankment on the Ring Road, unlike most of the peanut stores using the machine production process, this small store to make the black film bean nut is still the most classic handmade process. "The art of making black bean nuts is passed down from generation to generation, and the founder of Bo Ji is his father, known as "Lao Chi" to the old generation of Cotton Lake people. When it comes to the production process of the bean curd, it's really not simple. The first step is to remove the shells from the high-quality peanuts that are purchased and obtain the bean kernels. After drying the raw peanuts in the sun for about a week, a kind of Chinese herbal medicine called alum is dissolved in a pot of water, and then the peanuts are put into the pot proportionally and boiled with salt. Since alum is black, the membrane of the bean kernel will be colored black during the boiling process. Cooked bean kernels fished up to dry, take the river sand (sand can not be too fine, can not be too thick) with a cauldron frying hot, poured into the dried bean kernels, stir-fry until the bean kernels crispy, stir-frying process takes about half an hour, and then use the sieve to remove the sand, the entire production process is considered to be complete. At this time, the bean kernel film black and shiny, attractive color, like a tempting "black pearl". With two fingers gently rubbed the film off, it will reveal a light yellow, loose, crispy, fragrant nuts to, mouth-watering. And with the other need to "enjoy while hot" of the food is different, just start the pot of the film is not the best time of its flavor, let some cool, eat more crispy.