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Noodle fish is a unique pasta in Yantai area. It is similar to fried dough sticks and wider than fried dough sticks. It used to be a must-have food during the Chinese New Year.
Fried fish with noodles is a family tradition in our family. It is said that my grandfather has two special skills, one is fried fish with noodles, and the other is singing Lu opera .
My grandfather’s fried fish fed the whole family. During the composition classification in the early days of liberation, our family was classified as a middle peasant because of the fried fish. Don’t underestimate this ingredient. Because of the ingredients, my father was not able to enter college, nor was he in high school. I was able to enjoy subsidies from poor and lower-middle peasants, even though my family was very poor at that time.
I have been exposed to fried fish since I can remember. At that time, if I wanted to eat it on weekdays, I had to go to the market. My mother bought me two fried fish at the market, and I had to show off when I took it back to the village. Because at that time, there were very few couples in our village who were both working.
Nowadays, there is such a saying in nursery rhymes, "Twenty-eight handfuls of fried noodles". In our place, it means "Twenty-eight handfuls of fried noodles." Every household has fried noodles and fish, and it really fills the village with fragrance. My grandfather’s craftsmanship was inherited by my uncle, and our family was given the panels used to fry fish noodles, which were soaked in oil. Every year on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, at three or four o'clock in the morning, my uncle finishes making noodles at his place and then comes to our house to make noodles. In the morning, we will blow up his house first, and then our house. There is no need to eat seriously for the whole day. Noodle fish, twists, sweet potato pancake , meat and eggs, fish balls (manta ray)... everything is delicious right out of the pot.
Dad’s fried fish and triangles
Actually I want to share how to make fried fish, but I really can’t. Neither brother in our generation has learned how to make it. My dad had no teacher more than 30 years after my grandfather passed away. He learned how to fry fish by himself - it is said that my grandfather taught him in a dream [face covering]
Now my grandfather is over 70, and my father is almost 70. It is really necessary to learn this skill. , the two major skills of our family cannot be lost in our lifetime.
Dad’s fried noodle fish and bean cake
