Peanut Soup,Fragrance into the Bottom of the Heart
2 min readPeanut attains great nutritious values,suitable to both me elderly and the young,and the soup made of peanut is extraoro inarily tasty with impressions left on those who have the privilege to have some of it.Peanut to Xiamen folks is as what soybean milk is to Shanghai people,something that one must have a bowl every day.The elder ladies carrying their baskets would just enter one peanut shop in a small group,drinking the soup while chatting with each other,quite at ease.Some school-age children plop themselves down and bury their faces down into the bowl and finish it in just a blink of the eye.For the raw material, only the quality peanuts could be selected to make such smooth-taste soup.The well-prepared peanut soup is viscous and looks light brown,yet the peanuts remain intact even after cooking,floating in the soup like a beauty just out of the shower, trying to hide with shyness.
In various ceremonies at Xiamen,for instance,wedding ceremony,birthday party or such occasions as this,the peanut soup can be found there.The plump peanuts symbolizes the wishes of Xiamen people for happiness and consummation and its full integration into the food culture of Xiamen and even the greater scope Of Fujian Province,a sign that people have expectations for the pursuit of a happier twre.Without any doubt,the peanut soup is frequently viewed at the dining table.
Yu Guangyuan,a famous economist of China,has visited Xiamen twice in his we,and each time he would have the peanut soup,with his best acclaims given to Me Huangzehe Peanut Soup.In this case,can anyone miss such a fabulous cuisine!
