Miscellaneous talks on southwestern Shandong dialect-Steamed buns

In the spoken dialects of most counties and cities in southwestern Shandong, white-flour steamed buns are called "steamed buns". For example, "Did the Kai family eat steamed buns for lunch?" "No. My grandma ate steamed buns, my sister and I ate steamed buns, my eldest brother and my mother ate wowo and drank mixed noodles. Pimple Soup”. The explanation given by the "Chinese Dictionary" for the word "steamed buns (pinyin zhēng?mó)" is also "dialect: white steamed buns".

"Steamed buns", namely steamed buns or steamed buns, are the oldest fermented dough steamed food in my country. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times and after pacifying the southern barbarians, he was blocked by the ghosts of those killed in battle when he was crossing the river. Zhuge Liang couldn't bear to sacrifice human heads, so he invented "steamed buns" as a substitute. "Steamed buns" means "mantou", so some people say that Zhuge Liang invented steamed buns. Regardless of whether this legend is true or false, the advent of steamed buns reflects that our ancestors have mastered the biochemical reaction characteristics of yeast from a very early time, and it is a great invention in food microorganisms. In addition, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "Steamed cakes (steamed buns) are sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and non-toxic. They have the functions of digesting food, nourishing the spleen and stomach, warming the middle and resolving stagnation, replenishing qi and blood, antiperspirant, benefiting triple burners, and clearing water channels." ", some people now compare it with bread and praise it as a symbol of my country's ancient pasta culture.

In the dialect, making steamed buns is also called "steamed steamed buns". For example, in some places in southwestern Shandong, the staple food is called "steamed steamed buns, steamed (chopped) rolls, steamed (throttled) wowo, fried pot cakes, baked steamed buns, steamed vegetables, pancakes", etc. The expressions are the same. of. There are also some sayings and idioms surrounding "steamed buns", such as "I have been selling steamed buns since I was a kid, and everything has happened", "Newly steamed buns - steaming hot", "Steamed buns do not add water - they are dry", "Selling steamed buns all my life" Mo - I can get angry at anything" and so on.

In the past, I was forced to make several different staple foods because my family was poor. Nowadays, there are many kinds of household staple foods. Some are made by oneself or bought ready-made in the supermarket. Based on the healthy and delicious choices, compared with the two , one underground and one in the sky.