Breakfast in Yili: the first thought in the morning

Breakfast in Yili: The first thought in the morning

Among the many Chinese proverbs, there are two sentences that I remember very clearly. One is "Food is the first necessity of the people", There is a saying that "a day's plan begins in the morning." This combination and extension means that I pay special attention to breakfast among my three meals a day.

Especially in Yili, after I reach middle age, having a delicious breakfast has almost become my biggest thought after getting up every morning.

This kind of breakfast is usually prepared from the night before. Bulk milk is bought from the milk kiosk on the street, cooked over slow fire, and Kazakh firewood naan is bought and packed in food bags. Easy to store.

Human energy is limited and basically fixed. When all the reasons for being busy seem far-fetched and you cannot convince yourself, the attraction to food is turbulent and direct. This exquisite and patient eating mood, It can make a small city more humane and make boring life more interesting.

An authentic Yili breakfast should look like this: After getting up early, pick out the Zhaosu red potatoes bought at the morning market, slice them, cut green and red peppers into cubes, add a small amount of mutton, and stir-fry the chowder. , when you are more particular, you also need to take out the cabbage, add vermicelli and mutton, and stir-fry a plate. To be more luxurious, you also need to stir-fry the meat with chili pepper, and the dish is ready for the table. Heat the milk, brew the Fu tea, add four spoons of milk, one spoon of milk skin, a pinch of salt, and strong tea to make the hot milk tea. Just eat side dishes, drink milk tea, and eat naan cakes. If you add ghee, honey, etc., it will be even more perfect. This kind of morning gives people a sense of solidity.

Every life has its own fun. People pursue and enjoy themselves in different directions in different environments.

In Yili, there are many people who can eat breakfast like this, but in Beijing, Shanghai, and even Urumqi, you rarely see people paying such attention to breakfast. People seem to be busy, and the fast-food style life will destroy everything. Everyone speeds up. On the subways and buses there, young people are often seen holding pancakes, fried dough sticks and drinking soy milk, or young people holding hamburgers and milk. They are all in a hurry and have adjusted their lives to a fast-forward state. .

Once upon a time, I was in agony because I couldn’t find anyone with whom I could slowly drink milk tea in the morning in a city.

I remember that I went to Urumqi for training. When I got up early, I habitually wanted to find a milk tea shop to have breakfast. I searched a street near my residence but couldn't find one. I called a friend in Urumqi and he smiled. This is an international metropolis, where everything follows the pace. Slow-paced places like milk tea houses are no longer suitable. People here are more willing to spend their time on work, business or on other “important” things.

It seems like this. I can really feel it in the so-called big cities. People seem to be busy, including those of the same age who go to small cities. If you go to see him with enthusiasm, if he is not on a business trip, The most I can do is treat you to a meal, a very simple one, basically within two hours, and spanning several districts. The topics discussed during the meal are mostly about making money, housing, starting a business, etc. It is realistic and cold. As for my friends in Yili, they are very enthusiastic towards those friends who come from Beijing and Shanghai. They must treat them to dinner several times with all their heart, even if they don’t get drunk, they must accompany them all the time. They want to give them the best things.

I’m not saying that people in big cities don’t care about friendship, but this is a common phenomenon. Living in them is like a top. If you don’t move at high speed, you will fall behind or even be eliminated. Pop up the track. In this busy life, any serious meal is a waste of time. People who can't help themselves have to make sacrifices under the pressure of their future and life.

Fortunately, I am. Living in Yili is a relatively suitable place for my life.

In Yili, in addition to breakfast at home, the streets are crowded with milk tea shops, no matter how remote the corner is, you can walk there. 200 meters away, there will definitely be a simple but warm breakfast restaurant, and there will definitely be a dense crowd of people sitting slowly eating Hanamaki and Youxiang and drinking milk tea. It seems that they are never in a hurry, eating vegetables one bite at a time and drinking tea one bite at a time. , telling some short stories and jokes about family life.

Time seems to slow down a lot here.

In addition to the main role of milk tea, breakfast in Yili also includes noodles and lungs. Beef noodles.

Generally speaking, most of the people who went to eat these two breakfasts had a grand drinking party the night before. This grandness does not refer to the pomp, but in terms of the actual intake, it means drinking a lot of wine. The direct result of this kind of drinking party is that there is basically nothing to eat on the drinking table. After a night of vomiting, headache, and discomfort, what people with an empty stomach look forward to most when they wake up in the morning are these two foods, soup and meat. Adding a lot of mature vinegar will reduce the overnight effect of alcohol.

The Xibo set meal is also one of the breakfast options for Ili people. It is also a bowl of fragrant milk tea, served with a piece of hand-torn Xibo flatbread, plus flower pickles containing spicy peppers and carrots, or topped with Add some chive sauce and it's a different feeling.

Of course, the traditional fried dough sticks, soy milk and tofu, as well as the spicy spicy soup of Henan people, are also part of the breakfast content of Ili people.

Ili people put great enthusiasm and effort into breakfast. They put their expectations and blessings for every beautiful day in the breakfast time as the sun rises. This way to spend casual days Here, we can feel the happiness that belongs to us and can only be imagined.

This kind of happiness has nothing to do with money, but is connected with the state of mind.

A good day should start with a comfortable breakfast, and in a good life, being able to eat calmly and happily should be one of the main contents. In ordinary days, in the busy work In life, it is so rare and valuable to be able to have breakfast in a calm and calm mood.

In Yili, you feel at ease and lucky to have delicious breakfast.

(Cai Lipeng)