Beiwudu Town is located in the south bank of Shahe River, 25 kilometers north of Wuyang County, Luohe City. It was called Dingling in ancient times and has a long history of more than two thousand years. According to historical records, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the commercial economy here reached its peak, Shanxi and Shaanxi businessmen gathered here, and the commodities in Zhenrushui (Shahe), Xiruluo, East Jianghuai, South Jingchu, North Zhengbian and Jiangnan were mixed, and the coastal reed salt aquatic products were swallowed up and transferred. It was once praised as "Northern Dance Crossing Japan to Earn Gold", "Small Beijing with Nine Doors and Nine Customs", "Unfinished Shop (Sheqi County) and Unsatisfied Northern Dance Crossing", and it was an important commercial distribution center in central Henan at that time. Due to the accumulation of history, there are many famous snacks in Beiwudu, such as Hu spicy soup, paper buns, canned dumplings, mutton steamed dumplings, fried cakes and dumplings, among which Hu spicy soup is one of the most famous snacks in Beiwudu.
On the eve of the opening of the 5th China Food Festival, the reporter came to Beiwudu Town, Luohe City for an interview. Shan Baomin, head of Zhaishan Jiahu Spicy Soup in Long Yuan, Wuyang County, said that from a historical perspective, Beiwudu Hot Soup is also an old name in the Central Plains. It originated in the fifth year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1828), where merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces established Shanshan Guild Hall. After the hall was completed, guests were entertained, and the soup made by a chef in Taiyuan was praised by celebrities and gentlemen. This soup is Hu spicy soup. After 100 years of development, the hot soup in Beiwudu is now divided into four families: Shanjia, Dingjia, Lv Jia and Wanjia. Among them, Shanji Hot Soup, which is the most famous one in the North Dance Crossing Longyuanzhai. Their stores are expanding, their business is booming, and they stand out in the Hu spicy soup market.
Beiwudu hot soup is carried forward by Hui people. According to the old man, the traditional Hu spicy soup is packed in a big copper pot, embedded in a big red car, and simmered under charcoal fire. Plainclothes, the soup seller, with a white hat and a big wooden spoon in his hand, stirred in the soup pot three times, and with a bang, a bowl of steaming soup was filled up and handed to the soup drinker. A skilled soup seller will not leave the soup at the edge of the bowl. Nowadays, Beiwudu Hot Soup Shop (stall) opened in Zhengzhou, Luohe, Pingdingshan, Xuchang, Xiangcheng and other places has become the first choice for local people to have breakfast.
The stew and spicy soup in Beiwudu is delicious, spicy and delicious, with endless aftertaste. It is made of more than 30 Chinese herbal medicines plus stewed meat, pepper, pepper, pepper and star anise. Judging from the color of the soup, the Hu spicy soup in Beiwudu is dignified, and in terms of taste, it is full of spicy taste because it uses more peppers. Another nickname of Chili soup is Bazhen soup, which is naturally exaggerated, but it also shows that Chili soup has a lot of "content". The most common products are gluten, kelp, vermicelli, shredded pork, peanuts, coriander, Jiang Mo, pickled mustard tuber and pepper. According to different festivals and regions, there will also be beef (sheep) meat, soybeans, fungus, day lily, spinach, radish strips, chopped green onion and so on. The method is very complicated. First, mix flour with light salt water, knead it into dough, and then add water to "wash" gluten. Gluten is tender after water is boiled. After the gluten is cooked, pour the water for washing the gluten, that is, the thin starch paste, into the pot, simmer until the soup is thick, then add other ingredients and boil. Add mustard tuber, sesame oil, balsamic vinegar, etc. And it tastes sticky and delicious. Spicy is its main feature, but that kind of spicy is not as spicy as eating Chongqing hot pot, but spicy in the mouth and beautiful in the heart. Then it's sour. Generally, vinegar should be added to this soup, which is spicy and sour, with spicy taste in acid. Coupled with the comprehensive reaction of various raw materials, it is fragrant, smooth, moist and chewy when swallowed, which is very satisfying. There is another way to eat Chili sauce soup. Half a bowl of Chili sauce soup mixed with half a bowl of bean curd brain is called "two bastards" People who sell sticky soup often accidentally sell tofu brain. Stir it a little with a spoon, and the delicious, light and bitter tofu will be alternately stimulated with the sticky, sour and spicy soup, adding more flavor. Especially in the early morning of winter, after eating a bowl of sticky soup, thin sweat will seep from the forehead, and the whole body will be hot and the appetite will be wide open.
Hot soup is a must in the Central Plains snack series. Although it originated in the Qing Dynasty and flourished in the early years of the Republic of China, it has been continuously renovated since then. So far, if you walk in the street, you can see it everywhere. With its popular taste and low price, it has always been the first choice for breakfast.
Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, Hu spicy soup stalls are always scattered in the streets and alleys of Central Plains towns. In the early morning, when the doors of major hotels are still closed, the smell of Hu spicy soup has dissipated, attracting people's appetite. There are three greenhouses facing the street, paved with blue bricks, and dozens of tables and stools are scattered all over the floor. Clean bowls and chopsticks, surging diners, hot scenes. The stalls of authentic and famous hot soup are always crowded with people, and it is hard to find a bowl. No wonder some people say that if you can eat "steamed bread, steamed stuffed bun and hot soup", it is really memorable.
With the development of economy, especially after Luohe was named as a famous food city in China, the intervention of famous snacks from other places had a great impact on the snacks in Luohe. There are many famous snacks in the old Luohe, but there are not many really famous snacks. On the contrary, "foreign" snacks have developed rapidly because they have adapted to the market. However, in recent years, Beiwudu stews and hot soup have occupied the main market with their unique posture.
Although Beiwudu hot soup has been enduring for hundreds of years, how can Beiwudu hot soup develop further compared with Xiaoyaozhen hot soup in the future? This is a question worth pondering. The person in charge of Zhaishan Jia Hu spicy soup in Long Yuan, Wuyang County has a more positive view: First, the local government should take the opportunity of China Food Festival, make great efforts to guide the market development, increase the packaging and publicity of Beiwudu Hu spicy soup, and promote industrial upgrading. We can learn from the industrial expansion of Taiwan Province Yonghe Soymilk and Kaifeng Tangyuanzi. Second, it is necessary to organize some relevant technicians to excavate and integrate Beiwudu Hula Soup, so as to develop it on the basis of traditional famous snacks.
Beiwudu hot soup bears the heavy responsibility of carrying forward the time-honored brand of the Central Plains …