Jiaozi gossip

As the saying goes, "delicious but jiaozi, comfortable but upside down". There are three staple foods in northern China: steamed bread, pancakes and noodles, among which there is no jiaozi. But most people in the north like it. In fact, many places in the south also eat jiaozi.

First, how to eat

Jiaozi in the north is "dry eating". Jiaozi is mostly boiled and fished out; And steamed. Dip in vinegar, etc There is no soup. If you drink the soup cooked in jiaozi, it is called "the original soup turns into the original food".

I thought jiaozi didn't bring soup except Shaanxi sour soup jiaozi. Colleague Liu Jun, a native of Hubei, went out to be a soldier at the age of 18, and spent half his life wandering until he was nearly 50 years old the year before. When he said that he would eat jiaozi at home, he first asked "eat glutinous rice balls" or "sneak around jiaozi". There is no "slippery" soup; "Soup" means putting jiaozi's soup in a bowl, adding soy sauce, vinegar and pepper, and soaking jiaozi in the soup. I heard that Fujian also has this habit.

200 1, having lunch at a famous dumpling restaurant in Hefei. The store owner asked "What soup to drink"? Ask "what soup"? The shopkeeper was surprised. "Don't you drink soup? ! How can I eat jiaozi without soup? " ? ! I looked around and there was soup on the table. And most of them are beef vermicelli soup and shredded pork soup with mustard tuber. The diners at the next table stared at me, as if it were different. I was surprised that when I was in Rome, I cooked a bowl of seaweed and egg soup with food. Later, I met friends in Suzhou and learned that this is also the way to eat there.

This shows that there are great differences in eating habits between north and south.

Second, food intake.

Northerners eat a lot, and a family of three or four people includes jiaozi, and a pack of 180 children is not too much. It is common to stuff a few curtains (containers made of sorghum stalks, flat and round, commonly used in northern families); After cooking, the table is filled with plates of jiaozi, which are both food and rice. It's not unusual for everyone to eat twenty or thirty.

When I was five years old, I ate jiaozi with 40 eggs and leeks. After lying on the ground, rubbing your stomach and shouting uncomfortable; When I was ten years old, I ate 4 Liang pork and leek jiaozi at Shuncheng Street Dumpling House in Xinhua Street (now Hepingmen) in Beijing in the afternoon, which was just a pre-meal snack.

1999 went to Guangzhou on business with two colleagues and had morning tea in Xiguan. There are three fried dumplings in a cage in Guangzhou, which is not enough to plug the teeth. Three northern men lit 30 cages at a time. The boss came to ask if he was not careful enough.

Third, scale.

Jiaozi in the north is big. Of course, it can't be infinite, no matter how big it is, it's not easy to cook. First, the stuffing is not easy to make, second, it takes a lot of fire, and third, the stuffing is cooked and the skin is cooked. Jiaozi, 50 bags a catty is better. Want to eat big jiaozi, usually steamed dumplings.

But there are alternatives. Around 2000, there was a small dumpling restaurant on Liucun Road in Xuanwu District, Beijing. A jiaozi weighs only two or two, and ordinary people are full after eating one or two. At that time, it was very strange how its jiaozi was made, and its skin was not broken. Later, I learned that it should be the trick when mixing noodles.

Jiangnan is not. 1988 a restaurant in Wuxi, having dinner with two classmates. After dinner, we provided them with chicken soup, jiaozi, the size of two or three knuckles, with soup and water. Just order a snack.

Fourth, importance.

Life was hard in the early years, and it was not easy for most families to eat jiaozi. There's a reason to eat jiaozi. For example, when children in the north return to the door; Fu Tou's cross-fertilization is negative; Jiaozi's welcome face on the bus, etc.

Of course, in any case, every family in the north will eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. You should eat white flour if you can. Yang Bailao dodged the debt and brought home two Jin of noodles to wrap jiaozi, hoping to have a happy New Year. It's a big deal not to eat jiaozi in the New Year.

I remember it was difficult to live next door when I was a child. Men go to work, women paste cartons at home and raise five little boys. It is rare for his family to eat eggs once a week, and they have to add salt and fry them into pickles. Every year on New Year's Eve, men cut off five catties of the fattest pork and buy two cabbages. No matter how hard it is, the whole family will make a meal for jiaozi.

V. Use of Noodles

Jiaozi used to be wrapped in standard flour (also called black flour) containing wheat bran. Compared with the finely processed snow-white powder, it is slightly not sticky and has a light taste; There are also sorghum noodles, buckwheat noodles and bean noodles; Corn flour can never be used, its viscosity is not enough, and it cannot be mixed with white flour. At most, it is cabbage jiaozi; Jiaozi had better use white flour. The viscosity and toughness are suitable, and the taste is good.

Practice of intransitive verbs

Cooking jiaozi is the most common, that is, jiaozi is often said in the north; The size of steamed dumplings can be increased. It is said that Qingdao, Shandong Province is seven or eight inches long and can be eaten in your hand. The skin steamed with Regan Noodles is called Regan Noodles jiaozi; Steamed noodles are called steamed dumplings. Fried dumplings are divided into oil frying and water frying, and it is easy to get angry if you eat too much; Of course, the leftover jiaozi at home is fried and fragrant!

Seven, dough mixing

Whether jiaozi is delicious or not depends on the skin and stuffing. It is best to reconcile yourself, both soft and hard; Both face and good (sound: wake up); Use warm water or cold water to see what to eat, jiaozi. Warm noodles can't be boiled in water, and the skin will come loose when cooked.

Eight, packaging

Bao jiaozi can be divided into "pinching" and "squeezing". "Crowding" saves time. My grandfather in Shandong took care of me when I was a child and worked in the canteen. He wrapped a piece of bamboo in jiaozi's stuffing, and when he squeezed it, he got one. Blink of an eye. Two people rolling dough can't supply him with one person.

The extruded jiaozi should not be fragile when cooked, but you should not put too much stuffing on the side of jiaozi.

Squeezing jiaozi can be thin or thick, but it is easy to break when cooked. There are certain requirements for dough mixing and saving noodles. And when cooking jiaozi, the soup should be wide and cold water should be added.

Nine, stuffing

Everyone can mix dumpling stuffing at will according to their own preferences. The main ingredients are pigs, cattle, sheep, fish, shrimp and chicken. Use leafy vegetables and melons such as leeks, green onions, fennel, Chinese cabbage, celery, lentils, zucchini, cantaloupe and purslane. There must be shepherd's purse in the south.

If you like to eat meat, put more meat; Light taste and many dishes; People who love meat will have a whole piece of meat; Don't eat leeks with fennel; Beef, green onions or mutton zucchini, whatever! Many cabbages are called "white face", many leeks are called "leek basket" and the whole piece of meat is called "meatball". No meat, it's Su Jiaozi. Vegetarian dishes that do not contain five kinds of meat; Add shrimp skin, eggs, onions and ginger, which is called standard element. Eggs are between meat and vegetables, and they are delicious as both main ingredients and auxiliary materials. There are also sea cucumbers, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, and a three-fresh stuffing, which tastes quite good.

I like northeast pickled pork best, followed by pork leek, pork fennel and pork Sam sun. I also like pork cabbage, pork scallion, beef scallion, mutton scallion and mutton zucchini. Of course, shepherd's purse comes down, and pork shepherd's purse stuffing is definitely indispensable.

Purchase and sale

Now that life is good, eating white flour jiaozi is nothing. It is also convenient to buy. There are those who specialize in making dumpling skins and stuffing, those who sell frozen jiaozi, those who sell ready-made jiaozi, and those who sell cooked jiaozi and fried dumplings. Only unexpected, no money.

XI。 conclusion

I like packing at home! The whole family, old and young, mobilized to mix dough, roll skin, pick vegetables and adjust stuffing. Division of labor and cooperation, happy!

Of course, the happiest thing is to open your mouth and wait for food! ! !