Xiang yuan enema

Xiang yuan enema is a summer snack in xiang yuan, Wuxiang and Qinxian. It is made of buckwheat flour. Because of its brown and black color, the folks call it "black-skinned wheat ball". It is rich in nutrition, sweet in taste and has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials. "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains "reducing qi, widening intestine, grinding stagnation, eliminating heat, swelling and wind pain, removing white turbid leucorrhea, and diarrhea due to spleen accumulation". Why is it called "official taste" again? According to legend, in the Yuan Dynasty, there was a man named Li Zhizhong in Xiangyuan County who worked as a minister of rites in the DPRK. One year, he was ordered to return to his hometown to select talents and talents, and passed by Xiying Town of Xiangyuan County. He ate the "black wheat ball" sold by a vendor and repeatedly praised him, and gave him a few more coppers. After Li left, his entourage told the vendor: "This is an adult of rites in the current dynasty, and I will give you more money. So the stall owner was in high spirits. In order to show off the high quality and good taste of his snacks, he erected a big sign in front of the stall, saying, "My enema-official taste!" Because enema is homophonic with "official taste", people later called "enema" "official taste" and it has been passed down since today. Production method: 1. Put the buckwheat noodles into a basin, melt the salt with water, add it into the buckwheat noodles, stir it into a thick paste, divide it into several bowls, put it in a cage for 30 minutes, take it out, cool it and buckle it out. 2. When eating, cut it into wide pieces with a knife, put it in a plate, pour it with aged vinegar, garlic paste, chives, sesame oil, shredded garlic, etc., and adjust the taste to serve. 3. characteristics; The color is brown and bright, refreshing and not greasy, quenching thirst by removing heat and clearing fire to satisfy hunger.
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