The clock ticks, and what is scattered is the lingering sound.
Time flies, and what I can't forget is the long aftertaste.
Often, remain in a person's memory.
It's not the delicacies of the mountains and the sea at the feast.
It is rice porridge and pastry in home-cooked life.
In the memory of the people of Gucun in Baoshan District, there must be such a delicacy, it is the collapsed cake, which is homophonic with the "Taiping" in Shanghainese, meaning "Mrs. Taiping".
The cake is made with flexible and changeable materials, and it is rich and thrifty. The traditional cake is made of wheat flour as the main ingredient, and can be filled with white sugar and red dates. Mix the dough first, add rapeseed oil and sesame seeds, then roll the dough into long strips, divide it into small pieces and knead it roundly. The filling is then wrapped in the dough and rolled out into a cake shape with a rolling pin. Finally, put the rolled cakes into the oil pan and fry them slowly over low heat until both sides are golden brown and cooked through.
In the era of scarcity of materials, making cakes is almost a must-have craft for the housewives of Gucun farmers, and the husband who gives the door prepares snacks, which is suitable for hunger and hunger, hot and cold, and the local flavor that can be carried with him is probably the most intimate existence around. In the eyes of children, it is also a favorite and easy-to-get snack, which tastes sweet and crispy, which is the taste of many Gucun people in their childhood memories.
Reminiscing about time in the collapsed cakes, each one is full of affection. When I close my eyes, those warmth and touching come to my heart unconsciously. The elders used the simplest ingredients to make what the juniors called "delicacies of the mountains and seas", and also taught them the enlightenment in life through food.
*: Shanghai Baoshan official WeChat.