Knife-peeled noodles are a kind of food in Shanxi Province, enjoying great fame and a history of hundreds of years. The name shows the way the dish is prepared. A cook holds dough
(面团) in one hand, and cuts it into pieces with a special knife in the other hand. Then they are directly thrown into a pot of boiling water. The whole process(过程) looks like an exciting kung fu performance. As one piece of noodle falls into the boiling water, the second is flying in the air, and the third has just been peeled off. Within only a minute, 200 pieces of noodles can be cut out. The noodles have a shape of a leaf, with medium thickness and thin edges. The noodles are soft.
Shanxi people like to eat knife-peeled noodles because they have a special feeling to this kind of food. On their birthdays, a bowl of noodles means long life; at the Spring Festival，people have noodles for a lucky new year. Knife –peeled noodles in Shanxi are not made just to satisfy a hungry stomach, but a way to express Chinese people's feelings of life.
What | Knife-peeled noodles |
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How | A cook holds dough in one hand, and cuts it into pieces with a special knife in the other hand. When a piece of noodles falls into the boiling water, the second is in the air, and the thin has just been peeled off. · Each piece is like a leaf and of thickness and thin edges. The noodles are soft. |
· To satisfy a hungry stomach. To express Chinese people's feelings of life. |
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