This is related to the origin of sheep intestine soup.
Before liberation, most of the people who patronized the sheep intestine stalls were strong men who sold their labor. Every morning, many coolie men bring their own corn pancakes and buy a bowl of sheep intestine soup to soak in and eat. If the sheep intestine soup is not enough, you can add more at will. After eating and drinking, go to the station to unload coal or go to the dock to transport goods. Because there is a lot of oil in the intestinal wall of the sheep's small intestine, and the sheep's breasts are also fat, which can provide more calories. As the saying goes, "it's hard to get hungry", which means you won't be hungry easily. Other tissues can be counted as protein after all, and you can supplement them in some way. There was no mechanical equipment at that time, so excavation, unloading coal, etc. were purely manual labor. At that time, Cangzhou (called "Cangzhen" at that time) had canals on the waterway and trains on the dry road. It was also a transportation hub, and there was a lot of work for loading and unloading goods. , there are many men working hard to carry big men, so sheep intestines are particularly popular. Another reason for drinking sheep intestines is that it is cheap. At that time, one pound of mutton could buy 20 bowls of sheep intestines. The poor people sweat on their feet every day. The money they earn from a day's work is enough to exchange for a few kilograms of stick noodles. How can they be willing to buy mutton to eat? A bowl of mutton intestines is considered meat.
The vendor selling sheep intestines pushed a long wooden box-shaped cart. Bowls, chopsticks and various condiments were placed at the front of the cart. A large pot was placed in the middle wooden box, and the pot was full. Steaming sheep intestines, there is a box of leftover sesame seeds or pancakes next to the pot. After they parked their cars at a relatively fixed place, they lifted the lid on the pot, attracting passers-by. When people gather in front of the cart, the vendor will ask how much they want to eat, then put down the bowl, use chopsticks to take out a piece of sheep intestines from the pot, and use a sharp knife to quickly cut the sheep intestines into about one-inch pieces. into small pieces, put them into a bowl, then sprinkle some pepper, monosodium glutamate, salt, coriander and other seasonings, then scoop out a ladle of hot soup from the pot, pour it on the sheep intestines, put a pair of bamboo chopsticks on the bowl, and pass it over into the hands of customers. People take the bowls and after eating, they rush to the dock to carry the bulk cargo.