Tijian

Pick noodles along the edge of the plate with chopsticks. This kind of pasta is unique in operation, soft and refreshing, easy to digest, and unique with large fried meat, fried sauce and vegetarian dishes. Picking tips are slender at both ends, slightly broad in the middle, white, fine and smooth, soft and ribbed, topped with toppings, and served with seasonings. They are very delicious and are one of the main folk pasta in Jinzhong. In people's daily life, there are many kinds of picking tips because of different tools for picking noodles. Such as using wooden spoons, bamboo chopsticks or iron spoons and iron-pointed chopsticks, it is called "picking"; Made of sea bowls and bamboo chopsticks, it is called "poop"; And those made of porcelain plates and bamboo chopsticks are called "top-notch turntables", which are various and have their own characteristics. Secondly, it is said that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a man named Chang Wanda in Yuci, in the restaurant in the "Four Townships Joint Firm" opened in Chaketu City, specializes in picking the tips of Shanxi pasta, making the tips famous. Because the pick tip has strong local characteristics, it is simple to make and delicious to eat. Therefore, picking tips is not only widely spread in China, but also introduced to many overseas countries and regions. Picking the tip is a fine product in Shanxi people's lunch recipes. White flour can be picked, sorghum flour (usually with elm bark) can be picked, and miscellaneous grains can also be picked. Red-faced picking tips (also known as picking stocks) used to be one of the main lunches for residents in central China. An expert, using a special paddle and iron chopsticks to pick out the red noodles, is only about 0.5 cm thick, which can be used for more than a dozen young people to eat at the same time in half an hour. The skill and speed of picking tips are amazing. Picking tips with white flour is a specialty of housewives in central China, which is faster and more changeable than picking tips with red flour. Pick the tip of white flour with special iron chopsticks on a special iron plate (residents call it "picking board"). The tips picked by experts are in the shape of a middle circle and two tips, and some can also pick out long tips 2 ~ 3 times wider than the iron plate with special skills. The skill lies in the moment when the noodles leave the iron plate, stretching the noodles with the chopsticks head and quickly pulling them away from the iron plate with the chopsticks tail. This is a must for housewives in the hometown of pasta. People in Taiyuan and Jiexiu call Tiaojian "Ba (Dial) Gu (Share)", and there is a legend that Li Shimin's cousin Ba Gu created this pasta. Changing tips, picking fish, picking tips on the turntable, etc., evolved from picking tips, and are all pasta dishes that residents in the central region pay attention to. In the past, most rich people paid attention to eating "three-in-one noodles" and picking tips.
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