Snail powder is a kind of food with local characteristics. Many people know that the authentic snail powder is Liuzhou snail powder, which means that snail powder originated in Liuzhou. As the most distinctive and well-known snack in Liuzhou, snail powder has many honors. In 2008, Liuzhou snail powder handicraft skill was selected into the second batch of intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. On August 20th, 20 18, "Liuzhou snail powder" was awarded the national geographical indication trademark.
Second, what are the arguments about the origin of snail powder?
Liuzhou snail powder originated in 1970s and 1980s. There are many stories about its origin, but they all have one thing in common, that is, snail powder was invented by accident:
1, Ji Wang's grandmother said.
In the mid-1980s, there was a grocery store on Jiefang South Road, which also made dry cutting powder. The clerk doesn't eat until 9 o'clock every morning. The clerk who didn't have time to have breakfast had to grab a handful of dry cut powder and cook it at the grandmother snail stall next door. The clerk thought it was delicious and later bought it and cooked it together. Wang Ji's grandmother who sells snails also thinks it's delicious, so she sells snail powder and gradually becomes popular in the streets. Many shopkeepers who deal in snail powder have improved it many times and added other ingredients to form Liuzhou snail powder today.
2. Gubu Night Market Theory
At the end of 1970s, Gubu Street vegetable market gradually became the largest wholesale distribution center of endophytic snails in Liuzhou, and with a large number of workers nearby, Gubu Street night market was also formed. Some night market owners operated boiled snails and rice noodles here. Diners who come to eat rice noodles at night intentionally or unintentionally ask to add a few spoonfuls of snail soup with a lot of oil and water to the rice noodles to enjoy together, so there is the prototype of snail powder. Later, after improvement, they added other ingredients, and snail powder became more and more popular.
3. Coincidence theory
In the 1980s, several foreigners rushed to Liuzhou in the middle of the night and found a rice noodle stall that was about to close. However, the bone soup that rice noodles must use is gone, leaving only a pot of snail soup. The stall owner had to put rice noodles in snail soup and add peanuts and other side dishes. After eating, these foreigners shouted delicious food. Keeping this in mind, the stall owner gradually improved its ingredients and production, and gradually formed the current snail powder.