wrote an article about reminiscing early in Shanghai when he was a child. "In my memory, Shanghai cuisine in childhood, and the four kings who are drifting away" . It caused a strong response among netizens and fan groups, and everyone participated in heated discussions. Happy sister Min feels extremely gratified here, and thank you all for your support and encouragement, so that sister Min has more motivation to create topics and works of interest to everyone. In the discussion, some netizens recalled the “Four King Kong” in Shanghai as a child and mentioned the tiger paws and sugar porridge that they had eaten as a child. Then this time Jie Min opens the prelude to this article on these two traditional snacks.
recalled that of all the grassroots snacks in Shanghai, 〖 tiger feet 〗is really not a standout. The old pie stall made this dim sum until the afternoon. If the business is good, the master will only make pie fried dough sticks and leave it on the side. As if it were an oil bottle that came in with the stepmother, inferior. Old people in Shanghai eat breakfast. They prefer flatbread fried dough sticks and soy milk. In the afternoon, when they are in a better mood, they will ask their grandson to buy two tiger paws and chat with the already soaked fried greens. Most of them are killing time. One is for children, it's for fun. To put it mildly, the status of tiger claws in Shanghai is equivalent to , the soda cracker for British afternoon tea.
The previous method of 〖 tiger paws 〗 was that the master made three equally divided knives on a tuft. Hexagonal, magical tiger paws, opened slightly, brushed with caramel water, and baked in a small vat furnace. Browned and crispy. Before eating, I like to break it apart and eat, so I can grind my teeth for a while. The authentic 〖 tiger feet 〗is crispy on the outside and fragrant on the inside. The sweetness is not heavy, but the slightly firm dough is its characteristic. In the era of scarcity of materials, it undertook the mission of leisure, which can be regarded as a bright spot in Shikumen. Today, modern people eat "Tiger Paw", mostly out of nostalgia, in order to awaken the taste memory of childhood, then this paw is gently tickling in your heart and it is very comfortable.
Speaking of sugar porridge , Shanghai people are very kind, " white sugar lotus heart porridge... sweet-scented osmanthus sweet wine..." has been overwhelmed by the city's voice, and the nursery rhyme of ", sell sugar porridge " has been carved into Intangible cultural heritage files, played occasionally, will arouse people's infinite nostalgia for the golden years.
sugar porridge , there are also street hawkers in Suzhou. A hot bowl of glutinous rice porridge is placed in a lotus heart bowl, and a small spoonful of red bean paste is also called (red bean paste) on the top. The red bean paste oozes a red edge on the white porridge, a bit like red glaze in porcelain , It's really beautiful. Suzhou people also gave it an elegant name: red clouds cover white snow.
Yuxin Dim Sum Store’s congee with red dates and lotus heart is another kind of red and white inlaid, you can enjoy the same work with different tunes in your hand.
now sells traditional tiger claws and congee in Shanghai’s Yuyuan Food Street. Although is no longer the original taste and feel of , there will still be an endless stream of tourists who buy it. How delicious are tiger paws for two yuan each now? In fact, the taste is imaginable. Customers in long queues are vying to taste, most of is to obtain a kind of psychological satisfaction, and a nostalgic complex .
It can be seen that the happiness of snacks is more often in the spirit of .
