Dietary customs of tribute noodles

The history of processing and making tribute noodles for thousands of years has formed a rich diet custom and culture.

The noodle soup of tribute noodles is divided first and then combined, which effectively solves the problem of difficult blending and adapts to different tastes and characteristics in different places. Generally speaking, broth (or chicken soup) is prepared in a bowl, supplemented by meat oil or tea oil, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, ginger and garlic, pepper and chopped green onion. After the pot is boiled, put the noodles into the tribute noodles. When the noodles are soft and emerald-colored, they can be taken out and put into the soup bowl. Those who like vinegar add some balsamic vinegar, and then mix well to eat. It is smooth and soft, delicious and nutritious, especially suitable for the elderly, women and children. According to "Changshan County Records", "tribute noodles are mixed, pulled and dried with salt water, and spicy oil and chives are the best food, with soft-shelled turtle (turtle) and ham as toppings."

Eating tribute noodles on different occasions has different meanings. Generally speaking, we should eat tribute noodles on holidays and major traditional festivals. For example, on the morning of the first day of the first month, every household eats a bowl of tribute noodles, which is called "New Year noodles", meaning blessing and good luck. Men, women and children should eat tribute noodles on their birthdays, which is called "longevity noodles". The first bowl of tribute noodles is given to the birthday girl first, which means health, longevity and happiness. When you are at a wedding or moving, you should eat tribute noodles, which is called "festival noodles", which means you are full of joy and happiness; The new son-in-law will also eat tribute noodles when he goes to his mother-in-law's house for the first time. Mother-in-law will hide four poached eggs under the tribute noodles, commonly known as "turtle noodles", and people jokingly call them "pigsty grass taro", which means a happy marriage and early birth of your son. Later, the hospitable Changshan people continued this courtesy. When relatives and friends come to the door, they always bring a bowl of noodles with spicy oil. Holding a chopstick is like hanging a water curtain. Refreshing, faint fragrance, mouth watering. The entrance is soft and tough, with endless aftertaste. Needless to say, guests from afar are worried when they smell it outside, and their thoughts are like countless strands.

From the point of view of dietary nutrition, it is a green and healthy food with flour above Gong Mian as the main ingredient and camellia oil, Jiang Mo and chopped green onion as the seasoning. Its cooking method is also very particular, and it can be cooked into various flavors according to different people. For example, laying eggs with water, commonly known as "turtle noodles", is a good place to entertain guests; Cooking noodles with spinach, called "spinach noodles", tastes fresh and tender, smooth but not greasy, and is the favorite of the elderly; Shredded pork, shredded bamboo shoots (or shredded leeks) and shredded dried beans are used as toppings, which are called "three-silk noodles", which are rich in flavor and most suitable for young people's tastes; There is also a kind of "cold-faced" noodles, that is, occasionally catching cold. When cooking noodles, add more ginger, onion and dried Chili powder, then eat the soup while it is hot, cover the quilt and sleep. When you sweat, you will feel refreshed and the cold will completely disappear. There are also folk cooking methods and customs such as maternal eating tribute noodles to promote lactation and orange peel noodles to stimulate appetite.