Winter food fireworks
Winter solstice dumplings, dumplings dipped in vinegar to eat
When it comes to the winter solstice, dumplings are the first thing that comes to mind, and those heavenly relics are secondary.
The old people say that if you don't eat dumplings on the winter solstice, you will freeze your ears. I don't know if it's because I didn't eat dumplings, when I was a child, I froze my hands and feet and ears every year, and the weather became hotter and hotter in spring, and the frozen places were itchy and unbearable.
Even so, there is still no interest in dumplings. Later, as I got older, my taste changed, and when I was about fifteen or sixteen years old, I suddenly felt that dumplings were also delicious.
The first time I thought the dumplings were delicious, I ate the white radish stuffed dumplings at my grandfather's house. This white radish is grown in dry land, it is relatively dry and hard, and it tastes chewy, with green onions, ginger and salt, and no other condiments are added, so it is already delicious when cooked.
Eat dumplings with vinegar. I still don't like to eat with vinegar, I like to eat a dumpling and drink a spoonful of vinegar. I feel that dumplings dipped in vinegar not only dilute the taste of vinegar, but also mask the taste of dumplings, I think vinegar is used to drink, not seasoning, an authentic Shanxi person said to those who are jealous.
There are also those dipped in minced garlic vinegar and those dipped in chili vinegar, each with their own preferences. According to my observation, most people around me still like minced garlic vinegar, and many dumpling restaurants default to minced garlic vinegar. Finely chop the garlic and pour it into the vinegar.
The ratio of this garlic vinegar is very arbitrary, and I have seen a few drops of vinegar poured into garlic paste, which is almost equivalent to eating it with garlic puree. It's so deliciousThere is also the same way to eat it as I do, a dumpling and a spoonful of vinegar.
Vinegar is indispensable for eating dumplings, no matter what filling of dumplings, you can eat them with vinegar. Vinegar must be old vinegar, authentic old vinegar has a mellow taste, a sip, instant sourness, and so the sour taste in the mouth fades, the sweetness will rise at the root of the tongue, and then a deep inhale, the fragrance flows throughout the body with the breath.
Accompanied by dumplings, what you can see is vinegar, and what you can't see is an atmosphere. Traditionally, dumplings can be said to be holiday gifts, only with a symbolic festive atmosphere, in order to bring out another taste of dumplings, just as moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival symbolize reunion and longing, dumplings in the winter solstice and Spring Festival also have its symbolic meaning.
Time has passed,Dumplings also give me another taste – missing. When I was young, I didn't like to eat dumplings, and when I got older, I couldn't eat the dumplings of the year, and I was full of regrets, and I couldn't grow white radishes in the barren fields. Take a sip of old vinegar, swallow my thoughts, and I taste sweetness in sourness.