Author: Xibo
(photo: Ding Bin, Rizhao)
pancakes, as one of the traditional staple foods in northern my country, originated in Shandong and flourished in Shandong.
There is a legend about the origin of pancakes -
Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei At the beginning, the soldiers were scarce and few generals were often chased by Cao soldiers. Once they were surrounded by Yihe and Shuhe River. The pot and stove were lost. The soldiers were hungry and tired and could not make rice. Zhuge Liang asked the chef to use water and flour as paste, put the gong on the fire, spread the batter flat with wooden sticks, and fry the fragrant pancakes. After the soldiers were eaten, they were very energetic and broke out the siege. Since then, pancakes have been passed down on the Yimeng land to this day...
Legend is a legend after all, and in fact, the history of pancakes may have been much earlier. According to archaeological discoveries, the ancients had created cooking utensils such as pottery and glasses in the cultural era. In other words, the glasses for pancakes have a history of 5,000 years.
It can be seen from this that pancakes have a very long history. For thousands of years, it has raised generations of Chinese children.
pancakes are a kind of nurturing for me, a native Shandong person. They not only nourish my body, but also condense my soul.
The most profound fragment in my memory related to pancakes is that an ignorant boy has a small shoulder pole on his shoulder, carrying a quilt on one end and pancakes on the other. My mother sent him to the entrance of the village and shed tears silently. He looked back at his mother, turned around, tears flowing like a spring, and he never dared to look back at the second... Just in my mother's affectionate tears, I embarked on the road of studying.
is in that short but unforgettable period of junior high school learning. I go home once a week and carry a pack of pancakes back to school before dawn the next day. Then, the first pancakes are served, the next pancakes are served three meals a day and twenty meals a week. Only the meal that you go home on weekend nights may (just possible) change the style.
I think it’s not just me, but Shandong people over 40 or 50 have been eating pancakes for a long time, especially in the 1960s and 1970s. Therefore, the Metropolitan people have an inseparable emotion for pancakes.
Pancakes are not just a staple food, but also a memory, a homesickness, a culture, and a heritage.
For outsiders, pancakes are a medium for them to understand Shandong and Shandong people, a symbol. When you talk about pancakes, you immediately think of Shandong; when you talk about Shandong people, you immediately think of pancake rolls onions .
(Photographed by Ding Bin, Rizhao)
A few days ago, I went to Mengyin Yanzhuang and I visited " Yimeng Six Sisters Memorial Hall ". In the era of war, the " Yimeng Six Sisters " that makes pancakes, make military shoes, and leads the villagers to support them with all their strength is moving. The Yimeng spirit they show is admirable.
Gongfanglian , one of the "Six Sisters of Yimeng", was watched by herself during the Menglianggu battle. She didn't close her eyes for two days and two nights, and spread 160 kilograms of pancakes. At the end of the trip, she was dizzy and her eyelids were fighting. She fell asleep while baking her. She reached her hand on the hot glass and baked her blisters. She washed her face with cold water, and then continued baking until the task was completed. The pancakes were transported away, and she was exhausted, leaving permanent scars on her arms.
Chen Yi Marshal once said from the bottom of his heart, "The victory of Huaihai Battle was launched by the people with a cart!" The cart was pushing ammunition and grain, and at that time, most of the grain in Shandong's front line was pancakes!
It can be said that in the Huaihai Battle and even the founding of New China, Shandong's pancakes made indelible contributions.
The era is developing, and pancakes are also developing.
The pancakes our generation eat mainly sweet potatoes and dried sweet potato pancakes. In some places, there may be sorghum or burrito . As for wheat pancakes, it is almost impossible. Because of that era, wheat yield was low, and each household received only a few dozen or even a few kilograms of wheat, so it was unimaginable to use it to spread pancakes.
Nowadays, there are many types of pancakes, including all kinds of them. In addition to traditional grains, there are also peanuts, chestnuts, and even fruits and vegetables, such as dragon fruits and carrots.
is like the old revolutionary base Mengyin , and it has produced the "Yimeng Six Sisters" brand pancake. It not only has a rich variety, but also has a great taste and is very popular among consumers.
Of course, the tools for processing pancakes have also undergone revolutionary changes. The traditional firewood-burning glass has almost disappeared. Instead, mechanized and semi-mechanized coal ball balls and electric glasses can even be fully automated to produce pancakes.
pancakes are not only developing, but also keeping pace with the times.
Now, pancakes are not only a specialty of Shandong and a staple food for Shandong people, but have also gone out of Shandong and to the whole country.
From metropolis like Beijing and Shanghai, in some small towns and towns across the country, they will find stalls with the signature "Shandong Pancakes" and " Pancakes ". Of course, whether those "Shandong Pancakes" and "Shanghaicakes" are authentic Shandong Pancakes has to be a big question.
In fact, pancakes are so popular in Shandong. After being passed down for thousands of years, they are still one of the most important staple foods in various parts of Shandong. In addition to their simple production process, easy to operate, crispy taste and storage-resistant, there is another very important reason, that is, pancakes have many similarities with the traditional personality of Shandong people.
pancakes are ordinary and are made of native grains and can be eaten after simple processing, which looks like the simple, direct and realistic personality of Shandong people.
When you first eat pancakes, it may be difficult and can't bite them, but the more you chew them, the more you chew them, the more fragrant it will remain. This is exactly the reputation of Shandong people in the outside world. It may make people feel straightforward at the beginning, but after getting along for a long time, you will find that Shandong people are generous and righteous and trustworthy.
As for pancake rolls and green onions, it is even more vivid, that is the symbol of Shandong people! Pancakes can be rolled with green onions. As long as they can be eaten, they can be rolled with anything. Onions, leeks, lettuce, tofu, roasted pork, grilled fish ...
Isn’t this a portrayal of Shandong people’s inclusive and inclusive personality!
Pu Songling once wrote " Pancake Fu ": "A turn around and turn your hands, and write ten hundred times in a moment. It is as round as looking at the moon, as big as copper poles, as thin as the paper of Yanxi River, as color as the feather of a yellow crane... The taste is loose and crisp and refreshing, and the fragrance scatters and drifts away."
What a vivid description, what an attractive food!
This is Shandong pancake!
pancakes are far more historical, cultural and connotative than many people think.
(photographed by Ding Bin, Rizhao)
Author profile
Xi Bo, Shandong Prose Society member, senior middle school Chinese teacher, author of the essay collection "Hometown, Foreign Land", "Love to the Deep, Spring Breeze and Rain", and works are scattered in newspapers and magazines such as Qilu Evening News, " Shandong Education ", " Taishan Evening News ", "Bohai Morning Post", " Guilin Daily ", and other newspapers.
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