Generally speaking, when people want to visit relatives and friends, the host must politely treat them with tea or eat fruits and melon seeds. In this way, the host still felt that the hospitality was not good enough, and specially made "snacks", usually noodles, rice noodles, or eggs, duck eggs, dumplings and so on. But guests must accept the host's hospitality, and sit down and taste a few mouthfuls when they are full, which shows that they are polite to accept each other's etiquette. In the meantime, the host squeezed chopsticks into the guest's bowl from time to time, and kept saying "eat clean" and "eat all!" "Don't mention it, you will be hungry after such a long journey ..." Guests always feel embarrassed and embarrassed. After a while, the guests put down their chopsticks and left the table. At this time, the host was in a hurry and insisted that the guests eat more. Guests only eat about a third, or a quarter. They only eat a small amount of peanuts, seaweed, meat, vegetables, day lilies and so on. Put it in the "dim sum" bowl for fear of rudeness. At this time, the host and the guests dawdled for a while, and finally the host had to take the snacks to the kitchen and put them in the pot. After the guests left, they were served to the children, who were overjoyed and ate with relish. It's called "leftovers"
The host cooks "snacks" and cooks eggs. Generally, it's four-cooked. Guests only eat two, and the rest is polite. No matter how hungry you are, you can't finish it. Puxian people call it "leaving the bottom of the bowl", which is not that cooking is too bad, but a polite behavior. When making "dim sum", if it is a male guest, the host must also prepare wine. In the past, the average family in rural areas made hundreds of bowls of "snacks" a year, indicating that there were many people coming and going, many guests and crowded places. In a sense, this shows that the host is hospitable, friends extend in all directions, and making friends is more diplomatic, which is regarded as an honor. In the past, when people invited doctors to see a doctor, they wanted to make "snacks" and the owner wanted to make rice noodles. Because rice noodles are crisp and soft after being cooked, it means "crispy onion". In other words, when a doctor treats a patient, the medicine can be recovered quickly. During the Spring Festival, "dim sum" must be cooked with noodles or noodles, which means longevity and affection. When making "snacks" for relatives' birthdays, you must make noodles and noodles. When someone's children are admitted to college, they are going to travel far away, or young people are enlisted in the army, relatives should cook "dim sum" to show their blessing and egg soup to show their success.
People build houses, or decorate and make furniture. And hire masons and carpenters. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, they must make "snacks" for the craftsmen. This situation is more flexible, such as noodles, noodles, noodles, rice noodles, white rice fruits and so on. Craftsmen work hard. Snacks are eaten as meals in the afternoon. Usually it's all finished, and half a bowl is needed. People hire craftsmen to work and have "snacks" to satisfy their hunger, usually steamed bread, cakes, bread and so on. When someone's mansion is completed, the owner cooks a bowl of noodles, which is called "back to the kitchen", which is the "dim sum" after the project is completed. Women in Puxian should eat and drink more every day when giving birth, which is called "90 casserole and 180 bowls", which means three meals and three snacks a day. Some people are greedy and lazy, and are spurned by others, calling them "three meals and four snacks". In fact, most people have three meals a day, unless they are busy working overtime at night and have "snacks". There are many food stalls in the street, which provide catering services for people who work overtime at night. It is said that eating snacks at night will increase the burden of gastrointestinal digestion, and working until about ten o'clock will not affect the body. Many patients with stomach diseases have to eat more and more, which has become a habit.
During the busy farming season in rural areas, farmers' labor intensity increases and their physical strength is exhausted. In addition to three meals, they have to add "snacks" to satisfy their hunger. This kind of "dim sum" is varied according to people's convenience, and some even cook the leftovers from lunch into "dim sum", which is relatively simple and mainly based on eating.