Marinated Meat in Baked Bun,China-Style lamburger
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Marinated meat in baked bun,the traditional snack native to northwestern China,was not only popular with local folks but also welcomed by gourmets nationwide.Among them, “Cured Meat in baked bun”from Xi’an is the most famous one. Actually,the name”Marinated Meat in baked bun”adopted the inverted sentence order of ancient Chinese language,meaning”meat sandwiched between a baked bun”.In the ancient times,people called the snack a name with opposite order,”baked buns containing marinated meat” instead of”marinated meat in baked bun”,which sounded in Chinese similar to”No meat contained” when one spoke fast-how could the snack be without meat?Thus,the worries just turned the name into”marinated meat in baked bun”,a change that was made to everyone’s satisfaction.
When the outlanders first heard about this snack,they would always wonder whether the order of characters of the name is inverted.But this kind of order is just the expression that was generally used in ancient times.However,regardless of the various expressions,the snack itself remains delicious anyway.
