The origin of spring rolls

It is said that it existed in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was called "spring vegetables" at that time. At that time, when people went to beginning of spring, they spread pancakes made of flour on the plate and ate them with delicate vegetables, so they were called "spring dishes". At that time, not only did beginning of spring eat it on this day, but people also brought "spring dishes" during their spring outing. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, this trend became more prevalent.

The famous poet Du Fu's poem "Spring Lettuce" and Lu You's poem "Spring Stories" truly reflect this kind of life custom of people in Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Tang dynasty, the spring plate was also called the spiced plate.

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There are a lot of raw materials for spring cakes. To put them into your mouth smoothly, the kung fu lies in the rolling method of spring cakes. Add chopped green onion, sweet noodle sauce, cut sauce meat, scrambled eggs, fried spinach and leeks, yellow vermicelli, bean sprouts, etc. Put them on the spring cakes in turn, and the code is neat. At this time, you will use an important tool-chopsticks.

Put chopsticks on the spring cake, roll up one side of the spring cake along the chopsticks, wrap the lower end up, hold it with your hands, roll up the other side, roll it up and put it on the plate, and then take out the chopsticks one by one. Skilled people will roll out spring pancake rolls as big as their mouths for easy biting. This rolling method is also suitable for roast duck.

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