What is the origin of the twist?

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, poisonous scorpions were rampant in the area of Daying, causing widespread harm. About half of the people who were stung by poisonous scorpions died without treatment. In order to curse the scorpion, on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year, every family pulls the noodles into long strips, twisting them into a scorpion's tail, and then eats them after deep-frying them, which is called "biting the scorpion's tail". Over time, this "scorpion tail" evolved into twisted.

So, Daying Sesame Flower is endowed with the meaning of good luck and peace. Whenever there are festivals or celebrations, the local people always use the twist to treat the guests or as a gift to convey their feelings. With the beautiful symbolism and the special role of contacting friendship, Daying Sesame Flower has gradually become an important part of the food culture with a strong flavor of western Henan.

In the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, when Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu passed by Daying on their way back to Beijing from Xi'an, they tasted Daying Sesame Flower and praised the flavor of the product, saying that it was "fragrant", "crispy" and "brittle", so they gave it the title of "Sesame Flower of Daying". "and then gave it as a tribute. Become a tribute to the value of Daying twist skyrocketed, the recipe by the founder of the oral tradition, secret. Ordinary people can only be in the celebration of wedding banquets, visiting friends and relatives, major festivals occasionally tasted. For many years, with a few mysterious coloring of the Daying hemp flower has been "hidden in the bosom".

Expanded Information

There are 10 processes to make an authentic twist: fertilizer, sugar, ingredients, filling, dough, pressing, splitting, pairing, molding and frying.

The whole twist consists of ten thin strips, and in the middle of the white strips and twist strips, there is a crispy filling containing osmanthus, min ginger, peach kernel, melon strips and other small ingredients, which is twisted into three flowers to form the pattern of "assorted fillings". The finished product is deep-fried in pure and healthy natural vegetable oil, free of preservatives, with a long aftertaste of the compound aroma, and a full aftertaste in the mouth.

In the production of computer program-controlled production line and vegetable oil automatic circulation system, the implementation of the relevant national environmental protection standards, to maintain the unique flavor of the traditional twist, but also to enhance the quality of the twist. Put the twist into the peanut oil pot on the micro-fire frying through, and then clip on the rock sugar cubes, sprinkled with green and red silk, melon strips and other small materials. It is crispy and sweet, better than crispy candy.

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