Pingyao Ancient City’s specialty pasta—sliced ??noodles

In a narrow alley, I ordered greasy fungus meat, eggs, tomatoes and shaved noodles. How is it going well? Not bad. The most delicious meal in the world always tastes like mom's cooking. Shanxi noodles are the best in noodles, Datong noodles and Yuncheng stir-fried noodles are the best. Datong is a quadrangular shape, also known as hook knife surface. It is known as the five famous noodles in China along with Beijing, Shandong Braised Noodles, Henan Yifu Noodles, Grilled Fish Sichuan Noodles, and Dandan Noodles. The shaved noodles should be delicious, strong, soft and smooth, and have a good whistle. The reason why the knife face is cut is precisely because of the story of the knife. According to legend, in 1222 AD, General Mu Huali of the Yuan Dynasty led tens of thousands of cavalry to capture Taiyuan. The unarmed people used kitchen knives as weapons to resist the Yuan army's plunder. After the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, in order to prevent Han people from rebelling, the Yuan Dynasty implemented a strict knife restriction policy in Taiyuan. It not only confiscated all metal utensils from each household, but also stipulated that every ten households must have a kitchen knife for cutting vegetables and cooking, and then returned it to the Tatars. Tartar people keep it. One day at noon, Mr. Wang’s wife made the dough and asked Mr. Wang to get the knife. Unexpectedly, the knife had been taken away by someone else. There were still a lot of people lining up, so Mr. Wang had to go home and wait. As he was leaving the Tartar gate, his foot was touched by a thin piece of iron that was about to fall from the threshold. He picked it up and held it in his arms. After returning home, the water in the pot has been boiled, and the noodles can be eaten without a knife. When the family was at a loss, Old Man Wang suddenly remembered the iron sheet in his arms, took it out and said, use this iron sheet to cut! The old woman took a look and saw that the iron sheet was thin and soft. How can she cut noodles? Old Man Wang said angrily: If you don't want it, just chop it and don't move it. The word chop reminded my wife, who put the dough on the board and served it with her left hand. She picked up the iron piece with her right hand, stood next to the boiling water pot, and cut the noodles into the pot. The thin slices of dough flew into the pot and kept rolling, and they were cooked quickly. She took out a bowl of marinade and let Old Man Wang eat it first. Old man Wang said while eating, "Very good, very good." You no longer have to wait in line to get your knife. Just use this piece of iron to cut it. In this way, the method of cutting noodles was spread word for word. By the Ming Dynasty, this kind of noodles, also known as Zhangzi noodles, was not only made at home, but also spread to market stalls, constantly evolving into a unique knife-cut noodle cooking technique. The flavor is both soft and hard. It can not only be pickled, but also stir-fried or even eaten cold. It has a unique flavor. But braised is best, and it tastes better if you add a little Shanxi mature vinegar. Later, flying knife noodles gradually became a performing art. For example, Taiyuan Jinquan Guild Hall's flying knife noodles, which participated in the World Expo, had three wonders: fast speed, capable of cutting more than 200 noodles per minute, which is dazzling; accuracy, placing the jade plate on the At a distance of 1.5 meters, he cut the dough and dug it in; strangely, the performer cut the dough on his head with his hands, and he even performed on a unicycle, which was breathtaking and spectacular. One of the exquisite nutrition and delicious taste is the strict noodle making process. The ratio of water to flour is required to be accurate. Generally, one pound of flour is mixed with three ounces of water. First shape the noodles into spikes, then knead into dough and cover with a damp cloth. After half an hour, knead them until they are even, soft and smooth. If the dough is not kneaded well, it will easily stick to the knife and break when cutting the dough. The second is superb sword skills. Knives can best embody the beauty of knife-cut noodles. Curved tool is a special arc tool. When operating, hold the kneaded dough in your left hand, hold the knife in your right hand, keep your wrist sharp, use even force, face the soup pot, and scrape with the knife. One by one, Ye'er's shaved noodles drew an arc in the air, catching the moon like a meteor and falling into the pot. The soup is tumbling like whitebait, really beautiful. There is a poem that says: One leaf fell into the pot, another leaf came out of the plane, another leaf came out with a knife, the silver fish fell into the water and turned into white waves, and the willow leaves rode the wind and made waves

From this came the knife-shaped noodles. of rich nutrition. In fact, this is not difficult to understand. In a bowl of shaved noodles, the delicacy composed of flour, meat, vegetables, beans and fungi perfectly embodies the dietary principles of reasonable combination of various dietary nutrients.