Egg mash

Egg mash is also a special snack in Taiyuan. The egg mash in Haizibian snack bar in Rongmaoyuan has a long-standing reputation, and it is still circulating that "Haizibian mash is king, and wine is not as strong as mash." Although there are egg mash in many parts of the country, the taste is very different. According to legend, Zhao Kuangyin abandoned martial arts and crossed the Yellow River to Jiangzhou, where he was starving without money and food. The store saw that he had an extraordinary outlook and made mash for him. Zhao Kuangyin didn't know what it was, and the store said, "It's just bad soup.". Later, when Zhao Kuangyin became emperor, he missed the "bad soup" and asked the store to go to Beijing to make it again. He said, "Bad soup is sweet and sour, refreshing, and the wine smells refreshing, so it will be called mash later." Jin kou Yu Yan, the name of Lao Zao, has been passed down to this day. Jiangbei is mostly called Lao Zao, while Jiangnan is mostly called Jiang Rice Wine.
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