Type Noodle | Place of origin China | |
Similar Dragon's beard ca, Youmian, Yi mein | ||
Dragon beard noodles
Dragon beard noodles (Traditional Chinese：龍鬚麵 Simplified Chinese:龙须面) is a kind of noodles which are popular in the northern part of China. It is very long and thin and are much like dragon beard. It's a tradition eaten on the second day of the second lunar month, which calls Longtaitou Festival. Usually, they should be pulled into 4096 strips, because the noodles are unsuitable to be cooked. There is folk custom called "peeling the dragon skin" (pinyin: “bolongpi”).
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History
It is origined from Shandong Province. It has a history of more than 300 years.
Allusion
There was a chef in the emperor's diet room of Ming Dynasty. When people ate spring pancake on the lichun, he invented a very thin noodle, pleasing the emperor. Thence, it had become a very fashionable snack. Because of the noodles were very overwhelming and it was very thin as if it was a hairline, so it calls dragon beard noodles.
Steps of making
- Dough making
- Pulling into noodles
- Deep frying