China News Service, Lanzhou, June 19 (Reporter Ding Si) Under the high temperature, how to relieve the heat?

In the past few days, the high temperature in the north has returned strongly.

The weather in Lanzhou hit a new high and lasted for a long time, with the highest temperature rising above 37°C in some areas.

　　On such a hot day, what can I eat to relieve the scorching heat of summer?

During lunch time, when I invited my partner to sip a bowl of "Jiaoshui noodles" together, my friend in the north smiled suspiciously and reassured, "Even girls in the south love to eat jaggery, of course, our jaggery is a good thing. ."

　　Serum water is the first choice for Lanzhou people to relieve the heat.

In Lanzhou, "slurry water surface" is the "cooling menu" for opening summer.

I'm from the South and I can't help but fall in love with it.

　　As my friends were surprised, my first "encounter" with the water was not a good one.

Just as southerners can't accept "stinky" bean juice, northerners can't accept "zheergen".

"Slurry", a unique food from the northwest, its sour, bitter and sour taste will always scare away southern diners who experience it for the first time.

　　I come from Jingzhou, Hubei, a land of fish and rice. I remember when I first came to Lanzhou, I saw the pulp water packed in plastic bags neatly placed on the counters in the streets and alleys. Every summer when I got off work, my colleagues would buy a bag and take it home. .

He would also leave a sentence for me who accompanied me to buy it, "You may not be used to this thing." I was eager to try, but I was finally defeated by this fear.

In March 2021, diners taste the noodles at a restaurant in Chengguan District, Lanzhou City.

(Data map) Photo by Gao Zhan

　　What's more, when I watched my friends in the north taste a good pulp, I took out a plastic bottle and begged the boss to bottle it up and take it home as a guide for making pulp.

Is it so delicious?

　　Really delicious.

One side of the water and soil support the other side.

Time is enough to prove that food and people on the same soil and water need to gradually fit in over a long period of time.

　　I have been in Gansu for more than ten years. I have tasted all kinds of pasta made from flour in Longyuan, and I have gradually fallen in love with this cool summer syrup. The unique acidity neutralizes the heavy saltiness of Northwest food. Spend.

The sour fragrance is the base, the taste is clear, gentle but not harsh.

　　Serum is a traditional fermented food that includes vegetables such as celery and cabbage.

Northwest people have a long history of eating pulp, mainly in Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Ningxia and other places.

　　In Lanzhou, the fermented water from "lotus vegetable + celery" is fermented with chili and green onion, and then noodles are added.

The noodles are best eaten with tiger skin peppers or pickled leeks, to supplement the spiciness or add saltiness, which can always bring out the sour aroma of the noodles themselves.

　　For thousands of years, the health care functions of serum water to clear heat and detoxify and improve the stomach and intestines have been confirmed again and again.

　　These effects were also valued by researchers at Lanzhou University, in which they isolated rich lactic acid bacteria, acetic acid bacteria and yeast, and had high cholesterol degradation ability, which could relieve gout.

　　Just like the northerners who are good at absorbing the essence, Shui also explores and collides "sparks" with a variety of ingredients, such as yogurt, lemon mint, lime cucumber, honey, and even hot pot and hot pot. When entering the market, the effect of "relieving heat" will be brought into full play.

The unique taste of "serous water" is accepted and loved by more and more people, and I also recommend it to my southern friends.

　　Be tolerant to diversity, tolerance is a virtue.

Lanzhou, an important town on the ancient Silk Road, has been an inclusive city from ancient times to the present.

　　Now, Lanzhou has also become my second hometown. The family who can boil the syrup will always refrigerate a few cans in the refrigerator, mix it in cold dishes, or sprinkle with sugar and drink it directly. The exhaustion and rush of work all day.

This bowl of appetizing and greasy syrup has become the most simple touch of "summer coolness" connecting me and the city.

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