Why does Shanxi focus on pasta?

The main face of Shanxi is closely related to its history, geography, politics, culture and planting habits. Historically, Yao, Shun and Yu of Shanxi once established their capitals here to do business. Another one, from Pingyao, a famous historical and cultural city, has many commercial activities in Shanxi, which also laid the foundation for the formation and development of Shanxi pasta. In addition, there are many mountains and little water in Shanxi, and the temperature difference between north and south is large, which forms the planting habit of miscellaneous grains and lays a material foundation for the formation of Shanxi pasta.

Shanxi pasta has a long history, with a long history of two thousand years. Noodles, for example, were called "boiled cakes" in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Wei and Jin dynasties were called "soup cakes"; The Northern and Southern Dynasties were called "water transmission"; The Tang Dynasty was called "cold pottery". The name of pasta is very innovative, and it varies from time to time. As the saying goes, spoiled children are the most popular, and many names and names of pasta reflect the attention and love of Shanxi people.

There are many kinds of Shanxi pasta, and ordinary housewives can make dozens of them with wheat flour, sorghum flour, bean noodles, buckwheat noodles and oat noodles, such as Daoxiao Noodles, Lamian Noodles, Gepei noodles, Tuwowo and enema. In the hands of the chef, it is even more innovative and dazzling, reaching a one-sided realm. According to the survey, according to the production process, Shanxi pasta can be divided into three categories: steamed pasta, cooked pasta and cooked pasta. There are 280 kinds of recorded pasta in Shanxi, among which Daoxiao Noodles is well-known at home and abroad, and is regarded as one of the five famous noodles in China. Others, such as Lamian Noodles, Daoxiao Noodles, fish picking, fishing, river fishing, cat's ear, steaming, frying, roasting, frying, stewing, stewing, frying, rotting, pasting, spreading, mixing, dipping and burning, are numerous and dizzying.

The daily pasta of Shanxi people can be divided into steaming, boiling, frying, roasting, frying and stewing.

In terms of steaming, in addition to steaming white flour, you can also steam oat noodles and buckwheat noodles, especially oat noodles, and fry rotten seeds; There are Lamian Noodles in cooking, cutting noodles, poking noodles with a knife and picking tips. Of course, there are also some cooking things such as catching the flow, pulling the tab, cutting the pimple and so on. In terms of frying, there are paste soup cakes, pancakes, fried dumplings and raw fried buns, which are very popular. As for baked things, there are more, such as sesame cakes and flour cakes. Braised and fried foods are more abundant.

Shanxi people really have feelings opposite. Of course, this preference also incorporates the plasticity of the face and the wisdom of Shanxi people. Eating Lamian Noodles on birthday means longevity, and eating "Happy New Year" on New Year's Day means longevity. When children go to school, they should eat "keeping in mind" on the first day of school, hoping that children will have a learned mind. These wheaten foods are no longer just food to satisfy hunger, but become a kind of "spiritual food" with emotional and philosophical implications. In fact, the roots of China pasta are in Shanxi.