Hanamaki

The origin of the flower rollIt is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhugeliang led his troops to attack Nanman, captured Meng Huo and finally surrendered him. Zhugeliang had to pass through Lushui on his way back to the dynasty. When the army was preparing to cross the river, a strong wind suddenly blew and the waves hit thousands of feet. Ghosts and wolves howled and the army was unable to cross the river. At this time, Zhugeliang summoned Meng Huo to ask why. It turned out that the two armies were at war, and the dead could not return to their hometown to reunite with their families, so they made waves on the river and prevented all the soldiers from returning. If the army wants to cross the river, it must sacrifice the heads of 49 barbarians to the river before it can be calm. Zhugeliang thought to himself: it is inevitable that the two armies will be killed or injured in battle. How can we kill 49 more people? When he thought of this, he had a plan, that is, he ordered the cook to take rice noodles as the skin, wrap the meat of black cattle and white sheep inside, and knead 49 heads. Then, set up incense tables and sprinkle wine to sacrifice the river. Since then, there has been a saying of "steamed bread" among the people, and Zhugeliang has also been honored as the founder of the dough sculpture shop. Lang Ying of the Ming dynasty recorded in his note "seven revisions of the manuscript": "the steamed bread was originally named Mantou, and the Mantou worshiped the gods with its head. After Zhuge's expedition, Meng Huo ordered the bread and meat as its head, which was called" Mantou ". Now it is falsely called Mantou." The steamed bread created by Zhugeliang, after all, was filled with beef and mutton. The process was complex and expensive. Therefore, the later generations will omit the filling process and become the present steamed bread. Those with fillings become steamed stuffed buns. Those with many folds like flowers bloom in Nirvana are named "flower rolls"

Main Ingredients

• dough One

Auxiliary Ingredients

• salt A moderate amount of
• oil appropriate amount