What are the ways to eat Quanzhou oysters?

Quanzhou is an ancient city along the southeast coast of Fujian. It is the oldest world trade port and freight gathering place in China and even the Far East, attracting businessmen from different countries in ancient history, and its cultural composition is very complicated. Here, I would like to share with you some recommendations on how to eat oysters in Quanzhou.

There are almost all kinds of oysters in the coastal areas of China. There are more than 20 kinds of oysters in China from Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, Taiwan Province Strait and Nansha Islands. As we all know, delicious oysters are not only tender and delicious, but also nutritious, so they are called "milk in the sea".

People all over the world eat oysters. I remember a text "My Uncle Yule" in middle school, which described the scene of eating oysters. Oysters and oysters belong to the same family, so they are estimated to be relatively large.

An old sailor in rags pried open the oyster with a knife and handed it to two gentlemen, who handed it to two ladies. They eat gracefully, holding oysters with small handkerchiefs and sticking their heads forward slightly to avoid soiling their robes; Then open your mouth a little faster, then suck the juice in and throw the oyster shell into the sea. "

After reading this article, all my previous views on eating oysters were subverted. Quanzhou Bay is rich in oysters, and eating oysters is a common practice for Quanzhou people. People in Quanzhou eat fried food, fried food, and there are many ways to eat it, so they have never eaten it raw (I said that oysters were not introduced in the 1980s), while the French not only eat it raw, but also eat it elegantly. The French not only dress elegantly, but also eat.

First, Quanzhou people's housing

In Quanzhou, there is a house made of oyster shells, called oyster shells.

Oyster shells are big oyster shells, and there are no such big oysters in Quanzhou. Oysters produced in Quanzhou are pearl-shaped oysters, small in size and sweet in taste.

Although Quanzhou Bay is small and the waters are different, we actually have many different kinds of oysters. The most common oyster is Dongshi, Jinjiang, which is bigger and has black ears. The other is oysters from Junpu, which live in shells. Oysters are small, round like pearls and yellow in color. Both kinds of oysters are very delicious.

The shell of Quanzhou oyster is too small to build (that is, to build a house), but how did the whole shell of Xunpu come from?

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Tong Tong Port in Quanzhou was the largest port in the East. With the voyage of the Maritime Silk Road, many Quanzhou people made a living. Every time they come back from a long trade voyage, they will put a big oyster shell at the bottom of the cabin. A wise man in Quanzhou discovered a truth: "A thousand years' bricks are more than ten thousand years' worth." Cannonballs are much more durable than bricks, so they are invulnerable to bandits and Japanese pirates when used to warm winter and cool summer.

If you walk into Xunpu Village, from a distance, rows of oyster shells are like big fish, and pieces of oyster shells are fish scales, shining in the sun.

While the French gracefully threw oyster shells into the sea, the ancient Quanzhou people transported oyster shells back to their distant hometown in East Africa and built a unique shell, which has great historical and humanistic value in the history of architecture.

Second, Quanzhou people in Luoyang Bridge

Quanzhou people are not only hardworking and simple, but also quite clever. Cleverness is not limited to building bridges.

There is the first bridge in Quanzhou, Luoyang Bridge, the earliest cross-sea stone bridge in China, which was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. 1053 ~ 1059 has been one of the four famous bridges in China for thousands of years. Why is it called Luoyang Bridge? Not in Luoyang, Henan, but in Quanzhou. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Wang Jian established Fujian, and almost all the people he brought from Henan entered Fujian, especially Luoyang and Luoshui. In order to commemorate the ancestors, the local village was called Luoyang, so Luoyang Bridge was established.

Luoyang Bridge, also known as Wan 'an Bridge, was built by Cai Xiang, a famous politician, calligrapher and Quanzhou magistrate in the Northern Song Dynasty. There are many legends about the construction of Luoyang Bridge in Quanzhou, including sea monsters, Eight Immortals and Guanyin Bodhisattva, which are very interesting, so I won't elaborate here.

Luoyang Bridge can become the first bridge in the sea, and there are several firsts, such as "raft bridge foundation", "oyster solid foundation method" and "floating support method", which are unprecedented firsts in the history of bridge construction.

After thousands of years, the pier of Luoyang Bridge is still stable, which is inseparable from the wisdom of Quanzhou people. In ancient Quanzhou, skilled craftsmen invented planting oysters on the pier foundation stone, making it a solid mainstay. This is also a precedent for applying biology to bridge engineering in the world, and it is also the only one in Quanzhou.

Anping Bridge, shunji bridge and Sunjiang Bridges, which were built later, are also famous bridges in China, all of which were built according to the principle of imitating Luoyang Bridge.

So when you come to Quanzhou, I will take you to eat delicious oysters. I will definitely take you to taste the shells in Xunpu, blow the sea breeze, taste the sea, and then take a walk on these bridges. While overlooking the sea, you will see the dense oysters on the dock, forming a large sailing ship, which is very spectacular.

Several ways for Quanzhou people to eat oysters.

Of course, I'll invite you to eat oysters in Quanzhou, and it must be winter and spring. At this time, oysters are the most delicious and sweet.

Minnan dialect is very interesting. Quanzhou people say oysters, some people say oysters, but more often, they say clams and oysters.

People in Quanzhou are also very particular about eating. Let me start with a few local dishes, all of which have elegant names: osmanthus crab meat.

Stir-fried pearl oyster, Tongxin River steamed bread, oil _ red search, eight-treasure taro paste, spiced chicken rolls, sweet and sour plum meat, fish balls in soup pot, steamed bass, fried red shrimp, stewed black-bone chicken, eight-treasure fragrant rice, tiger bite grass and four-fruit sweet soup.

The first way to eat oysters introduced to you today is to fry oysters with pearls, which is also called fried oysters in Quanzhou. I know there are many different ways to fry oysters in coastal areas. Taiwan Province Province, Chaoshan, Zhangzhou and Xiamen are all places where Minnan dialect is spoken. The frying method is similar, but not the same. Quanzhou fried oysters, old Quanzhou people, prefer to use Xunpu oysters, because it is small, sweet, fresh and has no earthy smell.

Wash the fresh oyster with salt water, cut the leek or garlic sprout into 1cm, put it in a container, mix in sweet potato powder, add salt, cooking wine, pepper and spiced powder, stir well, put the food in the container into a pan, stir fry, finally add the beaten duck eggs, and sprinkle coriander on the pan. This is the authentic Quanzhou pearl oyster stir fry.

People in Quanzhou eat oyster omelet and like it with sour radish and sweet and spicy sauce.

It is not so easy to stir-fry a plate of oysters. It is very important to master the proportion and heat of all materials. There is less sweet potato powder used to stir-fry oysters in Quanzhou, so it is necessary to stir-fry them properly, and the process of stir-frying should be very careful, otherwise the belly of oysters will burst, which will affect the appearance and appetite.

Fried oysters are an indispensable table food for Quanzhou people in the New Year. In Quanzhou, there is also a dish called fried oysters, which is also delicious. The material is similar to fried oysters. It's also oyster and garlic seedlings. Garlic seedlings are finely cut, and the amount of sweet potato powder is large. Add eggs and peanuts, stir-fry in the pot spoonful by spoonful, which is not only delicious, but also crispy. In our family, fried oysters are usually sacrificed to ancestors first, and then we eat them.

I often eat oysters, frying pan, fried ginger slices, oyster with lobster sauce, garlic cloves and a little cooking wine on weekdays. _ This will take a little time. This is a very delicious dish. Very delicious.

Or have a clam soup, wash the oysters, grab some sweet potato powder, cook the soup with tofu and cauliflower, add some shredded ginger, drop some white vinegar and Chinese angelica liquor, sprinkle some pepper and chopped green onion, just for your own taste.

There seems to be no shortage of jellyfish in Quanzhou's noodles According to my gourmet, the main ingredients of noodles in Quanzhou must be raw alkaline noodles, sea bream, goose meat dishes and garlic seedlings. Of course, I also added some pieces of beef and prawns. Haha, there are no regrets in life!

Dried oysters are also a good thing, and dried oysters are indispensable for roasted dumplings in Quanzhou.

Four, Quanzhou pearl shell, low-key luxury

Having said so much about Quanzhou's oysters, whether it's cooking, small bridges and flowing water, or the food that people enjoy every day, all reflect the diligence and wisdom of Quanzhou people from one side. Of course, many oysters have also been introduced to Quanzhou, especially French oysters. Quanzhou women can eat oysters as gracefully as French women.

But in any case, there are so few varieties of oysters in Quanzhou. Although expensive as a pearl, it is low-key.

At the opening ceremony of the third Maritime Silk Road International Art Festival held in Quanzhou a few days ago, Bai said: Quanzhou is a city that you have the opportunity to visit once in your life. This city is too low-key, which is a bit inconsistent with its strength and attraction. It leads Fujian's GDP by 18 and is moving towards 20 years. ......

Welcome to Quanzhou, see oysters and eat oysters.