Do you know the origin of rice rolls?

I don't know since when, rice rolls has become a famous snack that people can see everywhere.

Is it particularly comfortable to have a bowl of hot rice rolls in the winter morning to warm your stomach and then go to work?

If you are interested in food culture, let's learn about the origin of rice rolls today!

Rice rolls originated from the Han snacks in Xiguan, Lingnan, Guangzhou, among which Xiguanbula sausage is the most famous. As early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were cries of selling rice rolls on the streets of Guangzhou. At that time, rice rolls was divided into salty and sweet. Salty rice rolls stuffing mainly includes pork, beef, shrimp and pork liver, while sweet rice rolls stuffing mainly includes fruits and vegetables soaked in sugar, mixed with fried sesame seeds.

Rice rolls, also known as steamed rice rolls with bra, is a rice product, also known as diarrhea, vermicelli and rice rolls with pig (because rice rolls is shaped like pig intestines). Rice rolls in Chaozhou is different from traditional Cantonese sausages, and rice rolls in Chaozhou has many fillings and ingredients. Traditional Cantonese sausages often have only one or two fillings, which are only served with soy sauce and are pure. ), also known as Bra Steamed rice rolls, is a rice product, also known as Bra rice rolls, Curled Powder, Diarrhea, and Hairpins, which is different from rice rolls (shaped like pig intestines). Due to the large sales volume in the morning market, most shops are out of stock, and people often queue up to buy rice, so they are nicknamed "grabbing powder". It is known as "white as snow, thin as paper, shiny, smooth and delicious" when it is produced. In Guangdong, rice rolls is a very common neighborhood food, which is cheap, delicious, suitable for all ages and well known to women and children. From humble restaurants and tea markets to five-star hotels, there are almost all of them.

origin

There are different opinions about the origin of rice rolls, and there is no unified statement. Some people say that it was first created by Pantang and Xiange during the Anti-Japanese War. Others said that "rice rolls originated in Guangdong, and as early as the late Qing Dynasty, there was a cry of selling rice rolls on the streets of Guangzhou". There is also a legend that when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he was bewitched by Ji Xiaolan, the minister of diners, and specially went to western Guangdong to eat rice rolls. When eating this "refreshing, tender and smooth" food, Qianlong was full of praise and said, "This rice noodle is a bit like a fat sausage". Rice rolls is the most common breakfast in Guangdong. It looks as white as snow, as thin as cicada's wings, crystal clear, delicious, delicate and smooth, and a little tough, which makes people unforgettable.

classify

There are two main schools in rice rolls: one is Bula rice rolls, and the other is Drawer rice rolls. Because the production tools used are different, the rice rolls made is different. Bula rice rolls mainly tastes stuffing (rice rolls paste mostly uses sticky rice flour plus noodles, corn flour and raw flour), while drawer-type rice rolls (rice paste is made of pure rice paste) mainly tastes rice paste and sauce for seasoning! Rice rolls is a must-have item for teahouse, restaurant, morning tea and night market in Guangzhou.

Rice rolls in Chaozhou is made in the same way as rice rolls in Guangzhou. However, due to different ingredients, there are great regional differences in taste. Bra rice rolls steamed rice pulp on the cloth, also called bra steamed rice rolls. Well-known shops operating Bra rice rolls in Guangzhou include Yin Ji and Dake. Drawer-style rice rolls mainly uses rice rolls for breakfast, and the most famous in western Guangdong is "rice rolls, the capital", which enjoys a long-standing reputation in Zhaoqing and Yunfu.

In Hongkong, rice rolls is also a common breakfast food in traditional porridge shops. Usually rice rolls for breakfast is vegetarian sausage with shrimp on the surface; There are two slippery rice rolls fried, rice rolls wrapped in fried dough sticks. In the past, mobile vendors often sold vegetarian sausages on street corners, but most of them turned into bunk shops. Usually, rice rolls is cut off and seasoned with sesame, sweet sauce and hot sauce. Note that rice rolls and rice rolls are not the same food, but some diners will be confused. Although rice rolls is made of rice paste, it is different from rice rolls. Rice rolls, a mild pig, has no stuffing. It is made of rice paste rolled into a roll and then diced. The cross section of each grain is like the annual rings of trees, which are made from different flavors of soy sauce.