What's delicious in Zichuan District of Zibo?

"Pancakes, wheat sticks, and tofu are pickled. Everyone eats white and fat." There is such a popular folk song in xihe town, Zichuan District, Zibo City. For a long time, pancakes, as the traditional staple food of Xihe people, are full of local characteristics. Pu Songling, a famous writer in Qing Dynasty who was born in Zichuan, once wrote a "Pancake Fu" to praise it. In recent years, with the opening of the market, a large number of businessmen came to Zibo to do business, and the xihe town government lost no time to promote this famous flavor. As a result, Xihe pancake became an instant hit with its characteristics of "paper-thin, delicious, nutritious and delicate taste". In Xihe, almost every courtyard has a stone mill to grind the paste for pancakes. In the past, most of the paste was corn, wheat and beans. Now Xihe people have developed more than 30 varieties of rice, millet, sesame, sorghum, red dates and vegetables for merchants to choose from. Xihe pancake is made by hand with traditional processing technology. The grain should be washed many times, soaked overnight, and then added with 1/3 or half of the ingredients, so that the ground paste can be branded and the pancakes spread out are more refreshing. It takes a lot of time to grind paste. It takes two or three hours to grind twenty or thirty kilograms of grain. You have to be an experienced veteran to feed the grinding eyes. You must reduce the frequency of addition to make the paste fine and even. Communication and brand building require high skills. If you want to practice this unique skill, you must first use the "three treasures" of Xihe people: tobacco, scraper and oil. Tobacco, iron, round, slightly convex in the center, three feet below, heated with firewood below, and pancakes can be baked on it. There is a saying in the Tang Dynasty that "the icing on the cake is in your hand", which shows that pancakes have a long history. A wooden plate-shaped arc scraper with handle shovels the paste onto the cooked seeds and thinly coats the left and right sides. Oil wipe, also known as oil pad, is a square wipe sewn with more than ten layers of white cloth, dipped in edible oil to wipe the dumplings to prevent pancakes from sticking to them. Because pancakes have many advantages, Xihe people regard them as their own meals, and spreading pancakes has become a skill that women must master. It is said that in the past, it was difficult for girls to find a good husband's family if they could not spread pancakes well. To sum up, pancakes have four characteristics: first, they are as thin as paper, easy to cook or heat, convenient to eat, and can be rolled with various dishes. Children who go to school often spoil their mothers: "Stick pancakes roll eggs, and I won't think about it after eating them." Second, pure grain production, rich in fiber, sugar-free, easy for human digestion and absorption. Third, it should be preserved for a long time, should not deteriorate, and does not need to add preservatives, because it contains little water and has been dried before sale. Fourth, the hardness and toughness are higher than those of other pasta. Long-term chewing can promote the production of body fluids, strengthen the stomach, stimulate appetite, promote facial nerve movement, maintain the acuity of visual, auditory and olfactory nerves, and delay aging. It is a natural green and healthy food. Nowadays, Xihe pancakes have been loved by people. From the past, solving food and clothing has become the backbone of the villagers to get rich. According to statistics, there are more than 0/000 pancake processing households in this town, and more than 40 self-employed households mainly selling pancakes, with annual sales of more than 3 million kilograms and sales of 1000 million yuan. With the strong support of the town government, Tianjishan, Apollo, Yongjie and other pancake sales companies signed long-term supply contracts with farmers, forming a "company+farmers" business model and actively expanding the market. Their products are exported to Beijing, Shanghai, Heilongjiang and other large and medium-sized cities. Nowadays, the people of Xihe who have embarked on the road to prosperity are still eating pancakes, pickles and tofu, and living a real and rich life for the people of the world, calm and calm.

Zibo Zichuan Cuisine "Xihe Pancake"