There is shaqima in the north and fried egg scatter in the south. As a classic traditional snack of Cantonese style, fried egg powder is a must-have New Year's gift for Lao Cantonese families. In the old streets and alleys of Qiaodong Street, there is a traditional cake shop that has been open for more than 20 years, and their egg scatters and sugar rings will be included in the "List of the Seventh Batch of Representative Items of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Huicheng District" in 2023. The foodie team of the "First Live Room" column group went out collectively to take everyone to taste this traditional snack full of New Year's flavor.
This traditional cake shop in the alley has not officially opened its doors to sell goods, and there is a long queue in front of the store. The old Huizhou people said that every year before the Chinese New Year, they have to come to buy egg scatters and oil horns, and they buy more than a dozen packs.
The mediocre little dough, why can it stand firmly in the "C position" of New Year's snacks after getting out of the oil pot? According to the person in charge of the store, in the past, people had no money to buy fillings, so they flattened the dough, added salt, sugar, eggs, and fried it into crispy small noodles in an oil pan for entertaining relatives and friends in the New Year. This tradition continues to this day, and its butterfly-like shape makes it popular with the neighborhood.
Deng Huiling, the person in charge of the strong fragrance cake shop: It means reunion, and it is very beautiful to make it like a bow, and many people buy it to give it to relatives and friends.
In addition to fried egg powder, fried oil horns and sugar rings are also popular New Year's snacks during the Spring Festival, because for Lao Guang, the oil pot is hot, the coming year is prosperous, and the moment the fried snacks are served on the table is the most real New Year's atmosphere.
Reporter: Zhu Wanting Long Kui.