Chapter 9 Talk about eating dumplings

In the past, northerners used dumplings as a staple food, while southerners used dumplings as a snack.Since the rise of the Anti-Japanese War, people from the front and rear have migrated, and there have been great changes in eating habits.Because the younger generation has lived in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and Guizhou for a long time, they have a preference for chili, and more and more people take pasta as their main meal.Now no matter which county or city in Taiwan, dumpling restaurants can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys, which proves that dumplings have become the most popular food in society.

Dumplings can be steamed, so the boiled ones are called boiled dumplings, and the steamed ones are called steamed dumplings.Manchurians call boiled dumplings boiled dumplings, and some places on both sides of the Yellow River call it Bianshi. The most special thing is that Shandong cuisine calls boiled dumplings "Xiabao". Foreigners who are new to this country often get confused when they hear "Xiabao". . Back then, the people in the northern countryside were simple and frugal. Apart from eating white flour dumplings during festivals, they usually ate dumplings made of buckwheat noodles, sorghum noodles, bean noodles, and black bread with bran.As for dumpling stuffing, there are meat and vegetables.In addition to pork, beef and mutton, meat fillings also include chicken, shrimp, fish, and three delicacies; meat fillings are also served with Chinese cabbage, small cabbage, spinach, leeks, leeks, green onions, fennel, zucchini, wax gourd, Pumpkin, shepherd's purse, lentils, and some people even use radish sprouts and mustards as stuffing.Although it belongs to the use of waste, it is unique, and it has a different flavor if you eat it once in a while.Vegetarian fillings include cabbage, spinach, vermicelli, tofu, golden needles, fungus, winter bamboo shoots, etc. If you add eggs, golden hooks, and chives, it will become flower elements.In addition, pumpkin, chicken and duck blood, and golden hook are used as fillings, which are both meat and vegetarian and very fragrant and palatable.

There are five steps in making dumplings: mixing stuffing, kneading noodles, rolling skins, kneading, and cooking. There is a saying in the north: "Comfortable but upside down, delicious but dumplings." Everyone loves to eat dumplings. It's just that there are many kinds of dumpling fillings, which are so varied that people can't get tired of eating more.Whether the dumplings are delicious or not depends on how well the stuffing is mixed.There are three types of dumpling fillings: chopping, cutting, and rubbing. There are certain rules for which one should be chopped, which one should be cut, and which one should be rubbed with a plane.If the ingredients are prepared properly, the dumplings will taste just right in saltiness.The amount of oil used is more important. Only when it is soft and soft, without knots or greasy, can it be considered a master.Although it is not difficult to knead the dough, the amount of water used is also very important. If the dough is to be moderately soft and hard, it depends on whether the amount of water used for kneading the dough is appropriate or not.There are two types of dumpling wrappers: pressing and rolling. Pressing the skin is fast but not round. Although rolling the skin is round but slow, the naturally rolled dumplings are more neat and beautiful than the pressed skin. It is easy to roll and press the skin separately.

Making dumplings is also called kneading dumplings. Most of the dumplings made in restaurants are different from the way of making dumplings at home. They are called "squeezing", and the technique is very fast.There is also an old mother in the north who makes dumplings on the 30th night. When receiving the God of Wealth, no matter men, women, old or young, they have to make three or two dumplings.It is said to make a few dumplings, you can pinch the villain's mouth, so as to prevent the villain from talking nonsense and provoking some right and wrong.The God of Wealth dumplings need to be filled with small money. I am afraid that the dumplings will not be squeezed firmly, and if they are broken, they will leak money, so the God of Wealth dumplings are pinched with lace.

Do not cook too many dumplings in one pot. If the dumplings cannot be turned over in the pot, they will not only be difficult to cook, but also easy to stick and break.Cooked stuffing can be boiled by pouring water once, but raw stuffing may need two or three times of water to be cooked. It depends on the size of the stuffing and the thickness of the skin, so there is a way to cook dumplings! When eating dumplings, northerners pay attention to thin skin and big stuffing to satisfy their cravings.The author thinks that the size of the stuffing has nothing to do with it. On the contrary, if the stuffing is filled too much, the flavor of the skin and stuffing will be lost. Narrow sides and thin skin are the only conditions for eating dumplings.If the side is wide and the skin is thick, and the mouth is light, it will be difficult to swallow.Although the author is famous for being greedy, I never pick my mouth. One year, a friend from Northeast China invited me to eat dumplings. Each dumpling was two inches in size. The skin was thicker than a copper plate. At that time, I really wanted to change the phrase "dumplings are delicious" to "dumplings are the worst", so I became a little more wary from then on. Whenever people I don't know very well invite me to eat dumplings, I always thank them. of.

When the bride and groom in the north enter the bridal chamber after worshiping heaven and earth, the family members first make a few dumplings for the bride and groom to eat. This kind of dumpling is filled with a chopstick. Call it descendants, probably the smallest dumpling. For the stuffing of dumplings, as far as the author is concerned, pork stuffing with winter bamboo shoots is the best meat stuffing. Cut the winter bamboo shoots into fine pieces and stir-fry them with minced meat. The skin is pierced, this is a wonderful product of winter dumplings.The vegetarian stuffing is divided into half spinach and Chinese cabbage, chopped eggs and finely chopped shrimp.Shrimp can be used more, whichever is fresh and salty, and seasoning can be used less.When there are leeks and carrots, add a little bit of flavor to enhance the color, and add tofu vermicelli, golden needles, and fungus more than ordinary restaurants. The so-called food is only leeks and scallions.

When it comes to being the best at eating dumplings, you have to admire Xunqing Baylor Zaitao.One year, it snowed heavily for the ninth day of the year, and he suddenly became infuriated. He went to Donglaishun, Dong'an Market, and wanted to eat mutton and cabbage dumplings. .Seeing a thin and tender lamb tenderloin on the Ganqing stove, he chopped up the tenderloin and stuffed it. Unexpectedly, the gourmet expert had a good tongue and found something wrong when he ate it. It was really amazing. Southerners seem to be less particular about eating dumplings than northerners, but once at Shanghai Yihong Restaurant, I ate soup-filled dumplings, two in a bowl, and they were boiled and served right away.The rare thing is that Wuyang noodles all use Chengfen, while soup dumplings use pure flour instead of Chengfen, and they are boiled in water instead of steamed. Although the price is twice as high as that of ordinary noodles, it is still commendable.Later, in Guangdong restaurants in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong, no such soup dumplings were sold.

Dim sum in southern banquets is rarely made with dumplings, and occasionally small dumplings are cooked with chicken soup. Most of the dumpling skins are thick and hard, which is not palatable.However, the steamed dumplings at the banquet (called hot noodles dumplings in the north) are better in the south than in the north, and I have eaten quite good steamed dumplings a few times.I ate emerald steamed dumplings once in Shanghai Laobanzhai. It is said that they were taught by Chen Buyun, the owner of Fuchun Tea House in Yangzhou, and then improved.He chopped the small green vegetables into puree, and filled them with sugar.Dajichun in Hankou has a kind of steamed dumplings with pea paste. It was not easy for his family to serve guests. The master of the white case came from the old family in Xuancheng, Anhui, and was the boss's in-laws.The author happened to bow to its prime, creamy and fragrant, it is indeed a wonderful delicacy.Now old friends in Wuhan sometimes talk about meals, and when they talk about steamed dumplings with pea paste in Hankou Dajichun, they can’t help but salivate!There is a cart selling hot noodle dumplings in Beicheng, Beiping. He has a kind of dumpling stuffed with three delicacies, which is very delicate and fragrant.

During the general cleaning at the end of last year, an accidental inspection of the old policy found more than ten small silver dimes made in Guangdong Province, which were made in Guangdong Province. They were small silver coins used to eat the God of Wealth dumplings and make dumplings in the mainland.The children and grandchildren were very interested in eating the God of Wealth dumplings with small silver coins, so they wrapped all a dozen small coins in the dumplings. Write it down.I think, if you want to eat dumplings, but you are not very good at making them, if you can follow the five steps mentioned above, you will definitely have a meal of delicious dumplings.