Nanxisu noodles

Product Name: Nanxi Plain Noodle Product Origin: Wenzhou Product Features: Crystal clear and smooth, with excellent taste Product Description: Nanxi Plain Noodle looks no different from ordinary noodles when cooked, but its making process is unusual. After the vegetarian noodles are made, they must be exposed to the sun for a few days. At this time, white plain noodles were hung all over the front yard of the village. The scene of flying and fluttering is very pleasing to the eye, which is called a scene of Nanxi. Product history: Wenzhou people are no strangers to vegetarian noodles. It is produced in all parts of Wenzhou, but as for its excellent quality, Yongjia Nanxi plain noodles are the first one. Nanxi plain noodles, whose finished products are often overlapped into the shape of "8", are also called "8" literally. Making plain noodles is a traditional family sideline of villagers on both sides of Nanxi, which has a history of more than 1000 years. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, when Chen Yuzhi, a national hero of Yongjia, fought against the Yuan Dynasty on the south cliff of Furong for three years, he used "white paper instead of plain noodles to hang on bamboo poles" to retreat the besieged Yuan Army, which became a beautiful talk in ancient and modern times. This shows that at that time, Nanxi vegetarian noodles were already very popular. Nanxi plain noodles are as thin as silver, white and flexible. The cooking method of vegetarian noodles is simple, which is suitable for men, women and children. First, prepare the soup, wait until the water boils, and then cook it. However, it should not be cooked for a long time, otherwise it will burn into a paste and become tasteless. The vegetarian noodles are crystal clear and smooth when cooked, and the taste is excellent. However, it must be noted that the vegetarian noodles themselves have been mixed with salt and are salty, so there is no need to put salt when cooking, which is different from the burning method of dried powder. Residents along the Yangtze River in Nanxi always regard vegetarian noodles as the top grade in food, and often entertain guests with vegetarian noodles. In Yongjia rural areas, people used to give gifts in kind when visiting relatives and friends. When a woman is in confinement, it is inevitable for a grandmother to carry a long basket of plain noodles overlapping into an "8" shape, commonly known as "longevity noodles" for good luck. After the success of matchmaking, the matchmaker often goes to the bride's house to drink "plain noodle soup".
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