The production method of Weining Artemisia sphaerocephala seed powder is: using fine white flour, adding appropriate amount of Artemisia sphaerocephala seed powder and saline-alkali, mixing with water, and repeatedly kneading until soft and tough. Then use a long rolling pin to roll it into a round piece on the chopping board. The thinner the better. After a little cooling and hardening, roll it up with a flour stick, then fold it back and forth into a shape with a narrow top and a wide bottom, and then cut it into filaments with a thin and sharp kitchen knife. The finer the better.
The way to eat Weining wormwood noodles is: first make sour soup, stir-fry minced meat, and then cook fine thread noodles in the pot. Fish in a pot of cold boiled water for a while, rinse off the sticky gas on the long noodles, then put them in a bowl with chopsticks, pour the sour soup and minced meat, and serve. The Weining wormwood noodles made by the above method are fragrant and refreshing. So in Weining Plain, there are many long-faced food stalls in every suitable market, which are very popular. Because of this, a long-faced ballad has been circulating in this area for hundreds of years: long-necked goose, pulling the red line, pulling it to Zhongning County. Miss Zhongning rolled out a long noodle, rolled it thin and cut it fine. Lift it up, put a thread in the pot and turn it around, and catch the silk thread in the bowl. A bowl for dad, a bowl for mom, and a bowl for when the son-in-law is away. In rural areas, people like to eat long noodles on holidays, festivals and festivals. The foreign guests ate Zhongning's long noodles and were full of praise.
As a folk snack, Zhongning Artemisia noodles have been circulated in Zhongning County for more than 360 years, which has its contingency and inevitability. From the historical and realistic point of view, there are three main values to explore and protect Artemisia scoparia noodles in Zhongning:
1, academic research value. The excavation and protection of chrysanthemum morifolium noodles in Zhongning can further study and discover the history, geography and humanities of Zhongning.
2. The value of dietotherapy. Since Artemisia powder was originally handed down from the court, Artemisia powder has the efficacy of invigorating stomach and clearing away heat, and Lycium barbarum has the efficacy of protecting liver, improving eyesight and prolonging life, it has high therapeutic value to explore and protect Artemisia powder in Zhongning.
3. Enrich recipes and inherit folk values. Zhongning mugwort noodles is a snack with unique flavor, and there are many stresses on eating mugwort noodles. The wormwood noodles eaten by the elderly on their birthdays are called longevity noodles, which means that the elderly are healthy and longevity; The wormwood noodles eaten on the second day of the wedding are called hi noodles, which means that the couple are constantly in love; The wormwood noodles eaten on the 100 th day (or full moon) of the child's birth are called Geely noodles, which means wishing the child a long life; The wormwood noodles eaten on the seventh day of the first month are called soul-pulling noodles, which means long-term happiness; The mugwort noodles eaten when guests come or friends get together are called VIP noodles, which means that friendship lasts forever.