My grandmother lived with us for ten years. As far as I can remember, her old man's favorite food is porridge and side dishes. The porridge is made of corn flour, and the side dish is Sichuan kimchi pickled by herself. But I like them least. Corn has a high sugar content, and kimchi is sour and makes my teeth ache. Stomach acid will appear when eating, so I refuse to eat. Later, I went to the countryside to jump the queue to exercise. The staple food is corn and pickles. I often have a stomachache, but I have to eat it, so I eat weishuping immediately after dinner. Weishuping is aluminum hydroxide, which neutralizes with gastric acid to form salt and water, thus curing gastric acid.
After I joined the work, with the continuous improvement of living standards, the stomach trouble I got as a child was cured by myself, and I can also accept porridge and side dishes. But I seldom eat corn porridge, sauerkraut and pickles, but I like rice porridge, shredded radish, shredded Chinese cabbage and green pepper.
My mother inherited my grandmother's living habits, drinking porridge made of corn flour and eating Sichuan pickles preserved by her. Her old man knows that I don't eat, but every time we meet, she always asks me if I eat, and I eat occasionally. It is said that people who can accept a high-sugar and acidic diet have an alkaline stomach, while those whose stomachs are alkaline live longer. My grandmother and mother both have alkaline stomachs, and they both live to be in their eighties.
China has a long history of eating porridge. Before wheat and rice were planted in large quantities, the grain crops in China were mainly millet, also called millet. This kind of food is best for porridge. It can be said that people got to know this kind of crop, millet, and began to grow it artificially, so there was porridge. Of course, the thickness of porridge is determined according to the harvest and personal preference. Porridge is very nourishing. It can be said that any grain can be eaten as porridge. Add vegetables, meat, beans, peanuts, walnuts, preserved eggs, etc. Add seasoning to the porridge, and you can make many patterns.
Longnan produces rice, and a kind of porridge cooked by Longnan people with rice is called rice grain, also called oil porridge. Add diced potatoes, diced carrots, green leaves, pepper noodles, salt and chopped green onion to the porridge, which is particularly delicious when it is rotten. There are oatmeal porridge, cereal porridge, corn Pearl Krabs porridge, corn flour porridge, rice porridge, millet porridge, sorghum rice porridge, potato flour porridge and so on in Longnan, which are not only commonplace, but also common snacks in food stalls and even hotels.
Longnan is rich in all kinds of vegetables, almost all of which can be made into side dishes. Besides vegetables, tofu, all kinds of braised pork and eggs of chickens, ducks and geese can also be made into side dishes. There are many kinds of side dishes, so you can compile a complete list of side dishes. Even in the beef noodle restaurant, there are often more than a dozen side dishes. Most side dishes are cold and cooked. Different from big dishes, they don't need complicated cooking procedures, rich aniseed and superb cooking skills. They are fast, simple, economical and available. There are many styles to stimulate taste buds and enhance appetite. Small dishes are often used as an ornament and an aid to the broader market, but their status is not low, and people do not look down on them, or even favor them.
Porridge dishes are a natural match. If you only drink porridge, you will feel sad; You can't fill your stomach if you only eat small dishes. And many people who like what's in the glass will drink wine with side dishes. Longnan called the side dishes of drinking "appetizers". Earlier, Longnan had the habit of dry drinking. Nowadays, anyone who invites guests to drink can't do without "doing something". In fact, Longnan night market sells mostly side dishes, eggs, meat and vegetables.
There is a porridge shop in Mianyang, Sichuan, which doesn't sell porridge. As long as you buy its buns, rolls, all kinds of side dishes and porridge, they are free. Besides, there are many kinds of free porridge, so you can choose it at will, and it's quite delicious. Longnan food stalls, there must be side dishes with porridge, but there may not be porridge with side dishes. It seems that porridge is the "head of the household" and side dishes are "family"; For other staple foods, side dishes are subordinate, always collocation, and a green leaf in the flower of food.
In some distinctive places such as Yangba Town and Bikou Town in Longnan, its side dishes are also unique. All kinds of mushrooms, bamboo shoots, fungus, wild vegetables, game, small fish, and even flowers, stems, leaves and roots of some plants can be made into exquisite and delicious side dishes. Side dishes play a very special role in the special food of farmhouse music, which is one of the important foods to attract customers and one of the good economic sources for farmers.
Nowadays, the living standard has been greatly improved, but porridge and side dishes are still the main foods of thousands of households, restaurants and food stalls every morning, and they are very popular diets. A bowl of porridge, a steamed bread and several dishes are simple and practical. After eating, you will feel very comfortable, warm and satisfied.
Some people call themselves "clear porridge dishes" on the online media, which is very interesting. Porridge dishes, although humble and low-key, are also high-quality, exquisite and popular, and the public loves them. Porridge dishes are not extravagant, extravagant and wasteful. Grains, the essence of heaven and earth, nourish people and support people's lives, which is especially precious! Let's make a bowl of porridge and a dish of side dishes in the world. As long as it is useful to society and needed by others, it has its own status and role. What can I ask?