What special foods have you eaten in Tongchuan?

Tongchuan, formerly known as Tongguan, was renamed Tongchuan because it was homophonic with Tongguan and ruled by the Tongshui River. Tongchuan Xia and Shang belong to Gu Yong area. Qin belongs to internal history geography. 155 years ago (the second year of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty), it was a county belonging to Zuo Fengyi. In Wei Dynasty, the three kingdoms belonged to Beidi County. In 446 (the seventh year of Taiping Zhenjun in the Northern Wei Dynasty), Tongguan County was established, belonging to Beidi County. In 575 (the fourth year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty), Tongguan County was renamed Tongguan County and belonged to Yizhou. Sui and Tang Zeng are subordinate to Yongzhou and Jingzhao County. From 925 (three years of Tongguang in the Tang Dynasty after the Five Dynasties), it all belonged to Yaozhou after the Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Tongchuan is located in the middle of Shaanxi, on the southern edge of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, with east longitude 1083520 "- 1092904 "and north latitude 3448 16-3535 16. It borders Baishui County, pucheng county County and Fuping County in Weinan in the east and southeast, Xunyi County, Chunhua County and Sanyuan County in Xianyang in the west and south, and Luochuan County and huangling county County in Yan 'an in the north and northwest.

Snowflake sugar

Yaozhou snowflake candy is a specialty of Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. Yaozhou snowflake sugar, commonly known as "slag sugar", has been praised by people for a hundred years and is the first of the four sugars in Guanzhong. It is sweet and crisp, with unique flavor, and has the effects of invigorating stomach, moistening intestines, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.

Yaozhou snowflake candy, commonly known as "slag candy", is a famous traditional specialty in Yaozhou, which is well-known all over the world. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it has been a tribute to the imperial court for hundreds of years.

Snowflake sugar has been praised by people for a hundred years, and it is the first of the four major sugars in Guanzhong (Xianyang amber sugar, Sanyuan Polygonum flower sugar, Fuping Guo Qiong sugar and Yaozhou snowflake sugar). It is sweet and crisp, with unique flavor, and has the effects of invigorating stomach, moistening intestines, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. During the Republic of China, there was a folk song: "Around Yaozhou City, snowflake candy is delicious. It can strengthen the stomach, moisten the intestines, and has a strong antitussive and expectorant effect. If you have money, don't buy anything. Buy snowflake candy first. " Nowadays, elderly Yaozhou people can recite snowflake candy fluently from time to time.

Big cherry

Big cherry is the earliest mature tree species in deciduous fruit trees, and is known as "the first branch of spring fruit". Its bright color, delicious taste and rich fragrance are known as fruit treasures. At present, it is the concentrated market period of greenhouse cherries. Although greenhouse cherries are only listed more than a month earlier than open-field cherries, the price can be several times higher. Nowadays, planting cherries in greenhouses has become an important channel for farmers to get rich. However, the big cherry fruit is not resistant to storage and transportation, and often rots due to improper post-harvest treatment, which reduces or loses the commodity value. Therefore, the harvesting, packaging and storage methods of big cherry are introduced as follows:

It is more suitable to harvest big cherry when the fruit is eight ripe. Keep the fruit stalks when harvesting, and handle them gently; Paper should be laid at the bottom and around the fruit basket to avoid damaging the fruit. In sunny days with low temperature, after the dew is dry, harvest should be carried out in the morning or evening.

Wo Wo noodles

Yaozhou Wo Wo Noodles is a special snack in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. Yaozhou Wo Wo noodles are colorful, and the meat foam enters the noodle Wo Wo. Because there is mushroom broth, it tastes tender, fragrant and cool, which can be described as good in color and fragrance.

Yaoxian County (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City), which was called Yaozhou in ancient times, still retains a famous snack-Wo Wo noodles. Wo Wo noodles in history are not pasta, but essential soup for local weddings, funerals and banquets of ordinary people in Yaozhou. As the name implies, "Wowomian" is named after its materials are like bird's nest-shaped pasta.

Wo Wo noodles pay attention to ingredients and special cooking, which is typical kung fu. The method is as follows: mix the best white flour with egg yolk, knead it into hard dough (it is said that a young man will sweat all over and breathe for a long time when rubbing 10 kg of hard dough), then roll the dough open, cut it into dice, and press the dice-shaped dough into nests one by one with a special tool similar to the semi-circle of chopsticks head; The key is to choose the best Tricholoma, pour chicken and broth, and steam thoroughly in a cage for later use. When cooking, put the steamed Tricholoma into a chicken soup pot for stewing, put a proper amount of meat into the soup pot and pound it into 70% cooked meat foam, and then put it into the basically cooked nest surface. Before cooking, add chopped green onion, Jiang Mo, fried egg slices, coriander and walnut slices.

Camellia oleifera paomo

Camellia oleifera bread in soup is a common traditional dish of Han nationality in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. Locals often cook breakfast.

When eating, the camellia oleifera is chopped and put into a boiling water pot, and salt noodles are added and stirred into a paste. Then break the steamed stuffed bun (Guo kui, sesame seed cake and steamed bread) into small pieces in a bowl, scoop up the fried camellia oleifera and pour it for two or three times until it is thoroughly poured. Finally, add camellia oleifera and sprinkle with onion and Jiang Mo. The taste is mellow and delicious, salty and delicious, oily but not greasy, and tolerant of hunger and satiety. In addition, eggs can be added to camellia oleifera to make it more delicious.

This kind of camellia oleifera is not only mellow and palatable, but also rich in nutrition and has the effect of nourishing the body. Because the production is simple, many Yaoxian people are used to frying some in winter. Early in the morning, according to the number of people, cooking bowls on the stove and soaking steamed bread is a convenient and nutritious breakfast. This is beneficial to those who have old people and patients at home. It can nourish the body and promote health.

This kind of camellia oleifera is not sesame almond oil tea, but a kind of camellia oleifera fried with animal oil and flour. It has a long history and is known to have been sold in the Qing Dynasty, and it is still popular among the people. This kind of camellia oleifera is generally made by mixing refined cattle and sheep oil with a little lard and vegetable oil, melting in a pot, adding flour, repeatedly stirring with a shovel and frying. When the oil and noodles are evenly fried into a yellow paste, it is considered to be mature, and then it is scooped into a pot and bowl, cooled and solidified into a block and can be eaten. The proportion of ingredients is one catty of oil, one catty of half powder or two catty of flour.

Honey pumpkin

Nutritional efficacy:

1. Detoxification: It contains vitamins and pectin, has good adsorption, can combine and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals, and can play a detoxification role;

2. Preventing diabetes and lowering blood sugar: Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, which can activate human metabolism, promote hematopoietic function and participate in the synthesis of vitamin B 12 in human body. It is an essential trace element for human islet cells and has special effects on preventing diabetes and lowering blood sugar.

3. Protect gastric mucosa and help digestion: The pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect gastric mucosa from the stimulation of coarse grains and promote ulcer healing, which is suitable for patients with gastric diseases. The ingredients contained in pumpkin can promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis and help food digestion;

4. Elimination of carcinogens: Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of nitrosamine, which is a carcinogen, and it can prevent cancer, help the recovery of liver and kidney functions, and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells;