The most unique delicacies on the rooftop are a must-try for foodies who come to the rooftop. Few people know that they were originally made from leftovers.

Introduction:

"Only food cannot be disappointed." When we travel to a strange city, we not only look at its city scenery, but also look for the best things about the city. Distinctive cuisine. When it comes to finding a city’s special delicacies, foodies are the most vocal. Sometimes they will travel all over the city for a certain snack, just to find the “taste” that is passed down by the locals. Even if we are not foodies, we will go to a city to taste the local taste, so that we can better remember the "taste" of the city.

If we go to Tiantai, Zhejiang, we will not miss the most unique local delicacy - dumpling tubes. Dumpling cake tubes are one of the daily meals of Tiantai villagers and a must-try snack when visiting Tiantai. Just hearing this name, it is probably difficult for everyone to imagine what kind of delicacy this is. Why are there dumplings, pancakes and tubes? In fact, as long as the name is taken apart, it is clear at a glance. It is like a dumpling with rich fillings, and then wrapped in cakes, forming a tube shape. Isn't this very specific?

First of all, let’s talk about the rich fillings inside like dumplings. Dumpling tubes are generally filled with pork, pork liver, egg skin, tofu, day needles, fungus, vermicelli, and shredded bamboo shoots. Of course, the vegetable part here can be changed according to seasonal vegetables, but the other parts will basically remain the same. Then, let’s talk about bread. In fact, this cake is very delicate, very thin, but not easy to break. Because the fillings mentioned above need to be included, although the cake is thin, it must not be broken, otherwise the fillings will fall out. The last tube is to wrap the fillings with cakes into a tube.

In fact, making dumpling cake tubes is not difficult. After making the fillings and cakes, add slices of meat, pork liver, egg skin, fish, tofu slices, etc. with day needles, fungus, vermicelli, bamboo shoots, etc. Shredded silk, vegetable stems, etc. are placed on the dough in a certain order and rolled into a tube shape. The locals call it "Five Tigers Capturing Sheep". Fry the wrapped dumpling tube with oil until both sides are oily and golden. The various delicacies in the dumpling tube are no longer loose after being fumigated by high-temperature oil and gas, and become a whole. They will not fall apart when eating. Moreover, the delicious aromas of various meat and vegetables penetrate each other, and the umami flavors blend together to form an absolutely special dish. Delicious taste.

We know that dumpling tubes are a unique and most distinctive delicacy on the rooftop. It is also known that every year during the Qingming Festival, July Half, Winter Solstice and Chinese New Year, every household in Tiantai will make dumplings and pancake cones just like northerners make dumplings during the New Year as a traditional holiday delicacy. This has also become a must-try snack for outsiders traveling to Tiantai. . But few people know the origin of the dumpling receiver. There is an interesting legend about its origin. It is said that when the living Buddha Jigong became a monk at Guoqing Temple in Tiantai, Zhejiang, he saw that there would be leftovers of vegetarian food in the temple for every meal. It was a pity to waste it, so he thought of a good way to use the leftovers. The vegetarian food was wrapped in pancakes for the next meal. The other monks tasted it and found it tasted good. This new way of eating became very popular and spread on the rooftop.

We can now taste dumpling cones in large and small restaurants in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province, but more people will go to the dumpling cones in the old alleys because the dumpling cones here This is the original taste of the rooftop dumpling tube. So when you go to the rooftop, will you look for the dumpling cones in the old alley?