Where did the rotten ring of Yangshou bean come from?

Yangshou bean curd is a special food in Yangshou Town, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Tofu Yuan, commonly known in Yangzhou dialect, is a dish similar to braised lion's head.

Historically, almost every household in Yangshou Town made tofu, producing salted tofu, gypsum tofu, tofu balls, tofu skin rolls, stinky big yuan, hundred pages, leather sticks and other tofu products. Even now, the tofu products in Yangshou Town are very famous in Yangzhou. Among Yang Shou's tofu products, tofu balls are the most distinctive.

"Tofu meatballs" are also called vegetarian meatballs. According to the Records of Hanjiang County, tofu balls have appeared in Yangshou since the Qing Dynasty. Historically, every family in Yangshou had the custom of making tofu balls to show cleanliness and roundness.

Yangshou tofu is very particular about the raw materials. The main raw material of tofu is fresh and superior black beans, which are made by grinding brine into soybean milk. Don't put the tofu into water after it's done, just drain the yellow water on the template, then put it into a container, add diced meat, mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, dried shrimps, fresh shellfish, green onions, diced ginger and various seasonings and stir. In order to keep fresh and delicious, it needs to be added. Later, in order to be easy to cook and carry, they made flat tofu balls like today, which were fried in a flat iron pot.

There are many ways to eat tofu in jiaozi, such as braising in soy sauce, steaming, hot pot, stew, etc. The taste is tough and tender, the bean is rich in flavor and nutrition, and it is deeply loved by the masses. This production technology has a history of 100 years. In the past, it was mainly handed down by one family in Yangshou Town, and now it is also handed down by the master. At present, there are dozens of productions.