Where are the sweet potato fans from?

Duozhu sweet potato vermicelli is mainly produced in Shangcun, Yuanling, Henan, Hebei and other villages in Duozhu Town. It is a famous product in Huidongshan District. It is made of pollution-free betel nut sweet potato (purple sweet potato) planted in the mountains without adding any chemical components and by traditional handicrafts.

It used to be the main course for mountain people to entertain guests.

"Before and after the reform and opening up, sweet potato fans were the main dishes for mountain people to entertain guests." A few days ago, when the reporter visited the village in Duozhu Town, the village cadres said that in the old society, sweet potatoes were the staple food of local farmers. Farmers put the cut sweet potatoes into a jar, and after washing with water, the turbid water in the jar quickly becomes clear, and there is a layer of white sediment like rice noodles at the bottom. When cooked, these deposits become gelatinous, and the color will change from milky white to crystal clear light brown. Farmers put the cooked sweet potato powder in the sun to dry, and when cooked again, it is tough, smooth and refreshing, and tastes excellent. Later, people cut the dry powder into strips and sweet potato vermicelli was born. People in mountainous areas are very hospitable. In those days when materials were scarce, some sweet potato vermicelli were usually prepared. When the guests come, they will cook or fry several dishes with the theme of sweet potato vermicelli to entertain them. Especially when holding a happy event, sweet potato vermicelli is an essential main course.

In recent years, with the popularity of local sweet potato fans, coupled with its unique taste and excellent quality, city people have also fallen in love with this dish. In the major hotels and restaurants in Huidong County, sweet potato vermicelli is also written on the menu as a special dish.

When guests come to buy, the demand is often in short supply.

It is understood that many local people now use a potato mill to grind sweet potato vermicelli into pulp. After the sweet potato is dug back from the ground and cleaned, it is ground into pulp with potatoes. After filtering, the sweet potato pulp is poured into a vat, stirred into paste with a rolling pin and steamed, and it becomes sweet potato vermicelli. After the sweet potato vermicelli is dried in the sun, it is cut and packaged by machine to make sweet potato vermicelli.

Making sweet potato fans is usually around October of the lunar calendar every year, because at that time, the weather is fine, just in time for drying fans, and just in time for the sales season of New Year's Day and Spring Festival. "If the weather is good, it will take at least 4 days to be a batch of sweet potato fans." The villagers in Shangcun told reporters that the sweet potato vermicelli is crystal clear after being cooked, very tough and smooth, and has a unique sweet potato fragrance, which is very popular among consumers. Generally, guests come to buy it, and one kilogram can be sold to about 15 yuan, which is often in short supply, while raw sweet potatoes are generally only sold to about 1.6 yuan.

"Being a fan is better than selling raw sweet potatoes." The village cadre said that now every villager's family can earn 10,000 yuan and 20,000 yuan a year just by selling sweet potato fans, so that the villagers in Shangcun have tasted the sweetness of getting rich and even built buildings. According to reports, there are more than 300 villagers in Shangcun, and almost every household has sweet potatoes, all of which process sweet potato fans. In order to help the villagers sell sweet potato fans, the village also set up an agricultural product shopping department.