This small town in Shandong is full of hard dishes. Which dish do you think is the best?

In July this year, Jackson Yi's new film "A Little Red Flower" came to Wulian to shoot! The charm of this small town full of fireworks will not be known until the movie is broadcast, but the southern Shandong cuisine full of fireworks will soon be hidden.

All kinds of fireworks collected in the mountainous areas in southeastern Shandong allow you to discover new treasures anytime and anywhere ~

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▲ Photography/Wang Yunfei

Wulian, a county town in the southeast of Shandong Province, you may not know it, but for those who really love food, Wulian is a fascinating secret place on earth, where there are mountain feasts that attract everyone: pasta, tofu, goats and barbecue. ......

Wulian people have an unparalleled love for food, and even bugs can't escape the fate of being fried. Today, I will introduce you to the most unique delicacies in Shandong ▼

Part 1

Jujube cake is called jujube hill, and pasta is cooked by the catty.

The low mountain landscape makes Wulian's diet very different from the traditional diet in northern China in many aspects, but some basic eating habits are the same, such as eating noodles.

▲ The food on the stove in the picture is jujube cake, also called jujube cake, but Wulian people prefer to call it? Jujube hill? , meaning early hair, high year after year. Photography/Liu Xianhui

Eating noodles is a traditional eating habit in northern China. The topography of Wulian is mainly low mountains and hills, which is not conducive to the large-scale planting of wheat, so the total output of wheat is extremely low. Even though a certain area of plain can produce wheat, for the local people in Wulian, especially the mountain people, its yield determines that wheat cannot become the most common staple food.

However, in addition to the ecological environment, there are also folk beliefs that affect the diet of China people. Sacrificing ancestors of ghosts and gods requires food, and some sacrifices only accept specific offerings. At this time, food has value and significance beyond nutrition and satiety. June 6th every year is the season of harvesting new wheat, which is regarded by the people as the dividing line between new wheat and old wheat.

June 6th every year is the season of harvesting new wheat. Before June 6, Wulian people will make new flour into snake-shaped or dragon-shaped steamed bread and put it in grain. What does this mean? Dragon hug? It is said that this way, the grain will not grow bugs.

▲ Flower Claw Photography/Wang Yunfei

Pasta is also a necessary food for Wulian people's banquets, such as wedding treat? Like dry food? . Like dry food, it includes small cakes such as claws, cakes and fish cakes. Fanhuazhua is a kind of deep-fried pasta with annular grid shape. It has the size of the palm of your hand, and all kinds of fancy shapes twisted on the dough with a knife look like slender claws, hence its name? Flip your paws? .

▲ What is the taste of pancakes made of sweet potatoes? I believe the little girl's expression in the picture speaks for itself. Photography/Wang Yunfei

The hilly landform of Wulian is not conducive to wheat planting, so that it is very common to plant coarse grain crops such as sweet potato, corn, soybean and sorghum instead of wheat. Among them, sweet potato plays an important role as a substitute for staple food. Wulian people call sweet potatoes sweet potatoes. There is a native sweet potato, which is very big and sticky, and is generally used as a raw material for pancakes. Wash and peel the sweet potato, then grind it into paste, knead the ground paste into a ball and roll it directly on the hot seeds. Of course, pancakes with green onions are good, but Wulian people prefer pancakes with fresh tofu and pepper.

the second part

Make the best use of Wulian soybean

People in China love tofu very much, and think that eating tofu means eating? Fu? . Wulian people must make tofu when they meet important festivals. Wulian's tofu is made of brine, which is yellowish and has little moisture, but the bean flavor is very strong. Wulian people will make tofu when they meet important festivals, and they will slice tofu and eat it after salting.

In Wulian, tofu can be fried, fried, made into soup, rolled into pancakes and made into tofu rolls. Chop the tofu and wrap it in a large semi-circular dough. Add some Chinese cabbage, onion and minced meat, then roll it up like a purple vegetable roll, and then cut the long roll into small pieces, which can be fried or boiled in water.

Soybean can definitely be called the best one for Wulian. A basket of soybeans, first made into soybean milk, then drink tofu brain, then eat fresh tofu, stir-fry tofu residue, and finally drink tofu soup. All kinds of bean foods made through a whole process are what Wulian people say? Tofu feast? . It is a pleasure for Wulian people to eat and chat around a tofu feast.