Shanxi Lamian Noodles

Lamian Noodles, Shanxi, also known as noodle-throwing, noodle-pulling and pulled noodles, is a famous pasta with unique local flavor in northwest urban and rural areas. It is one of the four major pasta dishes in Shanxi. What fashion does Lamian Noodles originate from? However, according to "A Brief Introduction to Qin Food" written by Xue Baochen of Shaanxi Province in the late Qing Dynasty, a kind of "Zhen Noodle" was popular in Shanxi and Shaanxi at that time (press: Zhen Yi Pull, Pull): "It is made by kneading dough with water, adding salt, alkali and clear oil, covering it with a wet cloth, and once it is blended, it is pulled into thin strips and boiled, which is called Zhen Noodle. The practice is based on Pingding Prefecture in Taiyuan, Shanxi, and Chaoyi and Tongzhou in Shaanxi. Now, Lamian Noodles is widely spread in Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Yuncheng and other places in Shanxi, especially in Jinzhong and Yangquan and Lamian Noodles in Yangqu County of Taiyuan. Lamian Noodles is a highly technical skill. If you learn the technique of Lamian Noodles, you can produce dozens of sister varieties with different tastes and shapes. Such as Lamian Noodles, Lamian Noodles with stuffing, Lamian Noodles with water, Lamian Noodles with oil, Longxu Noodles, Lamian Noodles, silver wire roll, a nest of cakes, clear oil cake, shredded chicken roll, etc., are all based on the basic technique of Lamian Noodles. Historical Lamian Noodles, a kind of food, was actually spread to Japan from China in those years. In fact, among the three major noodles in Japan (oolong, Lala and buckwheat), only buckwheat noodles can barely be regarded as traditional Japanese pasta, and Lamian Noodles, which is well-known in Chinese cuisine, is the original body of Lamian Noodles in Japan today. The earliest historical record of Lamian Noodles in Japan is that in 1704, a historian named An Jijue mentioned Chinese noodles in his book "Talking about Qi in Shun Shui Zhu Style" and that Mito Huangmen had eaten pasta similar to Oolong noodles. Generally speaking, Lamian Noodles's technology was introduced from China to Yokohama by the Japanese in 1912. Since the China-Qing Friendship Treaty was signed between Japan and Manchu in the fifth year of Meiji, a large number of overseas Chinese migrated and settled in three major ports-Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki. As a result, the "Chinese Street" was formed in, and Lamian Noodles's technology was spread from these areas.
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