Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup,More than a Wisp of Fragrance
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Nanjing people are fond of dishes made by ducks.Not only duck blood can be cooked,but also the entrails can be put into good use.Many storefronts in Nanjing are skilled in cooking these ingredients to their best taste,no matter the well-known “aftertaste” duck blood soup with rice noodle shops or the less well-known but well-rated ones.Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup are prepared with rice noodles,duck blood and duck liver,and stewed with duck soup stock.A plain bowl of rice noodle soup unexpectedly brings in it the taste of duck meat.Impressed by the tastes of soup,rice noodles and congealed duck blood,one cannot help but give a hearted sigh:these plain ingredients can make such a variety of delicious cuisine!
Actually behind this tasty soup there is a story about unintentional positive outcome.As the story goes,an underprivileged person once scarcely ate duck,and he valued the duck and entrails of the duck as treasure.Of course he would rather keep the duck blood than throw it away,therefore storing the blood in a small bowl. However,he was careless while cooling the rice noodles,dropping the bowl of blood into the cooking pot.He had no other options but to cook the rice noodles with duck blood.However,the result came beyond his expectations.He just made the first delicious Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup!The agreeable smell of soup lingered in the air for a long while,until many passers-by were attracted and stopped by to guess how this palatable soup was made.
A rich person from nearby heard of this anecdote and employed this poor mall as the home cook dedicated to cooking Duck Blood and Vermicelli Soup for him and his concubines.Thus this cuisine was passed down generation by generation until today,enabling us to enjoy such tasty food!
