What is a pot helmet

Every year, before the Spring Festival, we have a small New Year. Although it is not as grand as the New Year, it is one of the indispensable customs of our tradition. The custom of celebrating the New Year is different all over the country, and in Shaanxi and other places, there is the custom of eating pot helmet on the New Year's Day. Here the pot helmet is not the meaning of the iron pot, helmet, but a traditional food oh.

The custom of eating pot helmets on the Lunar New Year

There are a lot of customs on the Lunar New Year, and there are some differences in the customs of each place. Lunar month 23 that is the small year, every day people will be early to prepare food to meet Zao Wang Wang, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qingdao regions to prepare food is the pot helmet. Local people believe that the New Year to eat pot helmets to symbolize the reunion, peace and perfection. So every family must have pot helmets on New Year's Day.

What is a pot helmet

Many people have never heard of or eaten a pot helmet, literally, it is difficult to see a gourmet. Pot helmet, also known as pot kui, dry buns, is the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi Province and Gansu Province, urban and rural residents like to eat the local traditional flavor of noodle snacks. Cake large diameter two feet outside, round and thick like a pot lid, so named pot helmet. Helmet originated from grandma to grandchildren congratulations on the gift, and later developed into a flavorful convenience food. The production of Shaanxi pot helmets can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. According to legend, when King Wu of Zhou conquered the Zhou Dynasty, pot helmets were used as military rations for soldiers, and there is another variety of pot helmets called King Wu's pot helmets in the area of Xifu in Shaanxi Province. Although the pot helmet is a street food, but the flavor is very good, so it is widely loved by the local people.

Which places eat pot helmets on New Year's Day

China's land is vast, and the food culture is different. Pot helmet is the northwest Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places of folk snacks, especially in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qingdao areas have been passed down for a long time. Outside the province, people made up of jingles in the top ten strange Shaanxi, there is a strange for the branded bread like a pot lid, referring to the pot helmet. Guanzhong more famous Qianzhou pot helmet, Jingyang pot helmet. Wugong County pot helmet, Changwu County pot helmet, Qishan County pot helmet, Fufeng County pot helmet, Fengxiang County pot helmet, Xihe pot helmet. The production of pot helmet is not difficult, mainly with flour through fermentation, branding and baking, interested friends can find an opportunity to taste.