Fuding was born for eating goods.

Spread a layer of glutinous rice flour, then a layer of brown sugar powder, mix some chopped flowers evenly and sprinkle some sesame seeds. Finally, the next snow will drown the palm-sized steamer. I still remember on my way to school in winter, I always watched the small steamers steaming high and watching them float warm white air on the pressure cooker, nourishing the dry and cold air. Pass a coin with the temperature of the palm of your hand, take a bite of warm and soft waxy, and the brown sugar slowly overflows, which is sweet and full of the aroma of peanuts and sesame seeds. Rows of fragrant rice cakes are huddled in an incubator, which is really cute. Going out for a walk in summer, I also like to bite a delicious rice cake and watch the night scene. The tepid warmth, frozen brown sugar layer, is another taste.

steamed cake

The same brown sugar powder, the same fine powder, kneaded and put into a steamer the size of a round table, suddenly turned into a delicious steamed cake with Q bombs. No matter how sharp the blade is, you must submit to it, and half a string can be cleaned properly. Several times, it turned into a beautiful little diamond. The scattered pores look like honeycomb cakes, but they are more elastic than cakes. I always like to put a piece in my schoolbag during spring outing, and I am not afraid of being crushed and deformed when I stagger all the way.

Frosted taro

Speaking of taro, friends who are familiar with Fuding must know the famous betel nut taro, but we locals still like to call it piedmont taro. Actually, Piedmont is the old name of one of the three towns in fuding city, just because taro can be planted on the hillside of this town. For a piece of taro, we should also study the origin of the land where it grew, which town and which hillside. Fuding people pay attention to food. It is a widely used method to pour syrup on taro blocks to make rotating taro. At the stalls in the back street of Fuding, it is still a constant practice for decades. The syrup solidifies on the surface of taro to form sugar coating, which is crystal clear and pleasing to the eye like winter snow. The unique softness and sweetness of Fuding taro has been submerged in the sweetness of sugar coating, but it has never been ignored.

Jiaozi or wonton?

Flat food in the south and wonton in the north. Seemingly similar, but actually very different. The important thing about flat food is thin skin and small stuffing. Wonton is often as thick as our jiaozi. If snacks are dressed up by graceful girls in the south, wonton must be a mighty and domineering man. Fuding's flat food is often filled with dozens of materials mixed together. Shrimp, pork, scallops and mushrooms are finely chopped and mixed, and the taste is fully blended. Put a little on the plain leather and wrap it into a roll. Don't think your boss is stingy. Once you pack a lot of flat food, it loses its flavor. Porphyra and fried chopped green onion are scattered in the bowl. Pour a spoonful of Fuding white vinegar and add some special peppers from the store. Every bite of flat food sucked into your mouth makes you want to bite off your tongue.

Fuding sliced meat

Speaking of Fuding's special staple food, how can it be famous at home and abroad without Fuding meat slices?

To outsiders, Fuding's sliced meat, meatballs and tendons seem to have no big difference. Say, "Boss, have a bowl of sliced meat." It covers everything. But the meat is firm, the meat slices are delicious, and the meatballs are elastic and tough, which has always been a favorite staple food. At every meal, the waiting diners are crowded with small shops. The boss skillfully picked up steamed meatballs and sweet potato powder in one hand and jumped out of the boiling cauldron with a wave of his hand. With a spoon in one hand, I leisurely took some minced garlic, Jiang Mo and coriander, added some hot and sour ingredients according to my taste, and waited for the pot to be filled with bowls. Some guests will take the initiative to bring the bowl when they see that the store is busy. The boss smiled and said "Be careful" and told them that rice vinegar and pepper were still on the table.

Passengers who get off the long-distance bus often choose to eat a bowl of hot sliced meat for a walk. The slippery taste gives people a unique taste experience. The meat slices are served with hot and sour soup, and the unique fragrance and sweetness of Fuding coriander float out from one end. Even I, a person who doesn't eat coriander, don't want to give up the taste.

Panxi handmade noodles

I am a person who hates noodles very much. Because I eat slowly, I feel uncomfortable after eating half a bowl. The small town in my memory, the diaojiao building by the Qingxi River, the earthen stove with curling smoke and the crackling firewood always remind me of my beautiful vision for noodles. Remembering that a big pot of bone soup in the big stove is heating up slowly, opening the big wooden cover to let the dense water vapor float, diners look here one after another, as if they had returned to their hometown for New Year's Eve, and a kind of talk slowly grows in their hearts. Looking up at the window, ducks and carp are swimming leisurely under the diaojiao building. Pure wooden windows completely belong to the old times, like photo frames, framing a few rays of time.

When the noodles are ready, the fat and thin meat is covered with noodles and bowls. Fresh chopped green onion and fried chopped green onion oil, which have always been disliked, will also become lovely in this bowl of noodles. Noodles are not as regular as machines, and uneven thickness is the most primitive hand-made. The most haunting thing is the breath that complements this town. At the moment of waiting and enjoying the delicious food, what comes to mind in this scene is just the words "years are quiet and good".

In a trance, I will feel that I am still the child with pigtails clamoring for noodles. It all seems like the first time.

Fuding chicken wings

In this era of foreign fast food, chicken wings are definitely a common food. Fuding chicken wings are more common in stalls and deli in backstreet, and its unique appearance color is also very eye-catching in all kinds of dark brown cooked food. The fragrance of Fuding chicken wings is restrained, which is completely different from coke chicken wings and crispy fried chicken. Just biting down, the crispness of the chicken and the sweetness of the epidermis blend in the mouth, which is completely different from the look and feel of the chicken wings. Because of this secret way, it not only has the warmth and sweetness of coke chicken wings, but also has the tenderness and crispness of crispy fried chicken, and is easy to store and carry. I found it in the convenience store of the railway station.

Many people who have just arrived in Fuding are always surprised by the numerous food stalls and the spectacular dining street. Some travelers even wrote a 100 guide to take you around Fuding. However, they may not understand that when they and their friends are singing and laughing all the way with their wives and belts, it is not just because the best meat swallows in Fuding attract them to cross the mountains. They may not understand that the bosses who frequent five-star hotels will also go to a packed restaurant every day and drink until dawn. But in any case, no one has ever questioned that Fuding is the place where all the food is eaten.

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