Suining salt beans

There is a saying in Suining: pancakes with salted beans are not enough for three meals a day. Salt bean, also called pepper bean, Suining is called "old salt bean". Old salt beans are loved by men, women and children in Suining. In the past, in the home of ordinary people, as long as there was a plate of old salt beans at dinner all year round, the appetite was wide open and the food was full. The production of salt beans has its special procedures. Every year around beginning of winter, housewives in Suining urban and rural areas are busy "planting salted beans". They choose the best soybeans as raw materials, cook them in a pot, put them in a bun while they are hot, put them in a warm and hot place, cover them with dry soft grass, cover them tightly, ferment them, stir them until they are sticky, take them out, and mix them with red pepper sauce (in the old days, farmers used a turn mill to grind dry red peppers with water into Chili sauce; Nowadays, people in the city go directly to the place where chili sauce is processed by machines, add seasonings such as salt, green onions and ginger, and mix with a little cold water to make it. After mixing, it is called "fresh salted bean", and after drying, it is called "dried salted bean". Suining old salt bean has incomparable advantages over other dishes. It is unique in flavor, easy to keep and collect, and can be eaten all year round without deterioration. In particular, the freshly mixed "fresh salt beans" are red and spicy, and a roll of newly baked pancakes is full of saliva, which makes people feel appetizing.
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