Entering the cold winter, even if you don't have that ta, can't you find a bowl of warm and heart-warming hot porridge?
In my memory, I have formed an indissoluble bond with porridge since I was a child: I have to eat a bowl of grandma Sheng before school in the morningSweet potato porridge, drink a bowl when you have a cold and feverWhite porridgeThe most calming, Ah Gong boiledDuck porridgeI was able to drink all the porridge and soup, and of course the unknown one on the streets of the townFish porridgeThe shop has always been unforgettable.
Porridge, as a magical food, plays an indispensable role in the life trajectory of every Hokkien person. Next, I want to count a few good porridges in southern Fujian, trying to evoke the memories that belong to you and spend time with "porridge" (those who haven't eaten can make a strategic retreat first).
Porridge, written as "millet" in Hokkien dialect
There is a kind of happiness called that after waking up leisurely, you can eat a bowl of hot foodSweet potato porridge。Of course, banji (sweet potato fries) and banko (sweet potato chunks with a harder taste) are also classic companions to white porridge. Choose from the preserved scrambled eggs, pickles, meat floss, meat sauce, tofu milk, bamboo shoots and many other side dishes, with sweet potato porridge, perfectly constitute a pleasant breakfast, Hokkien people are stunned to eat a different kind of food from the people.
How can a single porridge be enough to soothe the taste buds of Hokkien people?In addition to sweet potato porridge, the richest taste is the southern FujianSalty porridgeIt's over!The porridge is enhanced by seafood ingredients such as dried oysters and scallops, supplemented by seasonal vegetables such as shiitake mushrooms, cabbage and carrots, and slowly drizzled with a little green onion oil before cooking
Fish porridge, the "nobility in porridge" in my mind. It's not that it's complicated or cumbersome to boil, but when the bowl of hot fish porridge with snow-white soup base is placed in front of you, the sense of ritual of enjoying food is particularly strong.
Under the baptism of porridge water, the fish fillets do not melt or rot, the rice grains are distinct, not rotten or thick, and the taste of porridge water is still refreshing. Behind this bowl of elegant fish porridge that has been passed down to today for decades is not only the silent persistence of every family and small shop, but also the seriousness and hope that all living beings have maintained for a long life.
Ginger duck, duck broth, braised duck, duck porridge. In southern Fujian, whether it is the dining table at home or the small shops in the streets and alleys, the fragrance of duck meat can always waft out.
Miraculously, the fishy duck meat becomes sweet and delicate after some cooking in the hands of Hokkien people, mixed with sweet glutinous rice, fresh and greasy taste, just suitable for summer consumption. Imagine a bowl on a summer night at a street stallDuck porridge, eating porridge and talking about fairy with two or three friends, it is really pleasantA portrayal of life in southern Fujian
In this way, bowls and bowls of all kinds of porridge accompanied our childhood, witnessed our growth, and secretly formed a connection with us. For every Hokkien person, it may have already surpassed the delicacy brought by the porridge itselfCountless wanderers are the carrier of their hometown feelingsand from time to time to give them physical and mental comfort.
So we can completely understand why some overseas Chinese in southern Fujian will return to their hometowns and say that they must come to eat a bowl of porridge.
In their eyes, even if they have experienced the joy of life from countless feasts, this bowl of plain and fresh porridge in their hometown brings more precious, timeless calmness in the face of ups and downs.
The township is there, the porridge is there, and the people are there.
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