Camellia oleifera is not called cooking, but "beating", which is a unified name in all places, but Camellia oleifera in all places has its own different flavors. The production method of camellia oleifera is to take the old leaf black tea as the main material, stir-fry it with oil until it is slightly burnt and fragrant, add salt and water to boil it, and mostly cook it with ginger, which is thick and spicy. In Gongcheng area, the ground peanut powder is added, which makes the taste more mellow and less astringent. Moreover, because the cooking time is just right, Gongcheng Camellia oleifera is known as the crown of camellia oleifera in China and enjoys a high reputation in northern Guangxi and Guangxi.
Drinking camellia oleifera must be accompanied by various snacks, all of which are fried. In Miao, Yao, Dong and other ethnic minority areas, fried soybeans, peanuts, corn and peanuts are often used as supplementary foods, accompanied by dumplings or glutinous rice cakes. County food in Pingle, Gongcheng is more particular. There are often more than a dozen crispy fried snacks. Camellia, which invites guests to drink, is often placed on a table of snacks, which looks like inviting guests to dinner. It is a courtesy for Dong people to respect their guests with camellia oil. The host held tea in his hands and said some humble words. Good singers also speak with songs. Guests must finish two bowls to give their host face, which also means "yes-man". After two bowls, I don't want to drink any more, so I give the bowl and chopsticks to my host. If you only give a bowl without chopsticks, it means you want to continue drinking. The host will happily fill another bowl of camellia oleifera and give it to the guests. Yao people don't give chopsticks when giving the first bowl and the second bowl, but add snacks such as rice flowers and fried beans to the bowls. After drinking the tea in the bowl, there are some snacks left at the bottom of the bowl, which means more than enough. Chopsticks are served in the third bowl, so guests must drink more than three bowls and only one or two bowls, and the host will be unhappy.
Camellia oleifera is drunk all year round, morning and evening, regardless of season. Guests arrive in the morning and evening, ready to serve, and more abundant.
People often say that "Gongcheng Camellia Oleifera is fragrant, and both tea and ginger are available", which tells the true meaning of Camellia Oleifera production. Camellia oleifera itself is made of two main raw materials: tea and ginger. If the taste is not enough, plus some ingredients, you can make fragrant camellia oil tea.
There are many legends about Gongcheng Camellia oleifera.
A long time ago, there was a man named Yao. He lived in and had little contact with the outside world. I don't know the reform of Emperor Zhu, but they still followed the old-fashioned boiled camellia oleifera. In the Ming Dynasty, it was said that the Yao people in Qian Jiadong sent troops to wipe out the Yao people in Qian Jiadong without paying the imperial grain. Some Yao people fled to Gongcheng, and one of them, a Yao with eight rooms and a large number, chose the flat Jiahui area to settle down and brought their traditional food-Camellia oleifera. Why does Jiahui Yao's Camellia oleifera spread? Because Jiahui Yao people live near the branch river with convenient transportation and a large population. In the Qing Dynasty, there were thousands of families and a Don Juan village. Anyone who fishes on the Chajiang River must pay taxes to them. They built the Tang and Huang Temple, and held a grand temple fair every three years, which was attended by people of all ethnic groups nearby. The temple fair stipulates that local people are not allowed to grab fireworks, and only foreign villages are allowed to grab fireworks. Foreigners and eight-room people who came to the temple fair were warmly received. The custom of drinking camellia oleifera and entertaining guests spread.
It is said that when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, hundreds of officials paid great attention to it along the way, and delicacies emerged one after another. At tea and rice, he was bored with the food, and all the chefs were at a loss and panicked. At this time, a Gongcheng chef suddenly remembered the efficacy of hometown camellia oleifera, so he quickly made tools and brought a bowl of Gongcheng camellia oleifera to the headquarters. After drinking, Gan Long immediately spat and had a big appetite. In joy, Gongcheng Camellia oleifera was given the title of "Double Ginseng Soup". As for why Emperor Qianlong ate a large amount of food, it was because Gongcheng Camellia oleifera had the effects of promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, eliminating dampness and stopping dysentery. It is a health drink invented by Yao people who lived in mountainous areas for generations according to the humid and miasma geographical environment in mountainous areas, in which tea is rich in theophylline, which plays a role in conditioning the body. Ginger dispels cold and dampness; Garlic disinfection; Peanut contains three essential trace elements, which can replenish energy.
The production method of Gongcheng Camellia oleifera is particularly particular. Tea leaves picked in Qingming and Grain Rain seasons were soaked in a little boiling water for 5- 10 minutes to reduce the smell of fireworks and bitterness. Then put a little lard in the tea pot to heat it, add ginger, garlic and soaked tea leaves, stir-fry, then chop them, boil them in water to taste, season them with refined salt, and filter them into a bowl with a bamboo funnel. After the prepared Gongcheng Camellia oleifera is served, it first smells a unique fragrance of chopped green onion and coriander. After import, it was bitter at first, then sweet and delicious, with endless aftertaste. ?
After drinking a pot of tea, you can also add water to the pot and boil it. This repeated cooking can reach five or six pots. In this way, the taste of camellia oleifera is not as rich as before, which can be regarded as fulfilling the saying that "one pot is bitter, two pots are bitter, and three pots and four pots of good tea". In recent years, with more and more tourists visiting Gongcheng, Gongcheng Camellia oleifera has gained a good reputation and spread widely.