Where is the most delicious potato in China?

In Shanxi, my name is yam egg; in Shandong, my name is ground egg; in Yunguichuan, my name is potato; in Guangzhou, my name is potato; in Chaoshan, my name is Dutch potato; in Northeast and North China, my name is potato... In fact, I have a name-potato.

 

Don't look at my name, but in reality, many places are proud of it. Why? Because I'm delicious, of course.

 

However, I have settled down all over the country, where is the most delicious for me?

Dingxi, Gansu

nice and delicious

 

This is me in GansuDingxiHome, didn't you think? In the remote northwest, there are large tractsterraced fields

Dingxi Terrace

This is stacked on the Loess Plateaudry terraces. From the 1970 s, Dingxi began to build terraces. Nowadays, the areas suitable for farming have basically been terraced, and I live in terraced fields with the same staff.

This is how I bloom ↑ ↑ ↑

 

This is what I looked like when I opened a large area of flowers ↑ ↑ ↑

 

Is it subverting your imagination again? I didn't expect that I, like a lump of earth, still have such a beautiful side, right? In fact, flowers are flowers, and I am me. When the flowers on the ground are gone, I will be almost mature in the ground.

Why did I grow up so well in Dingxi? It's located here.The confluence of the Loess Plateau, the Tibetan Plateau and the West Qinling Mountains, large temperature difference between day and night, sufficient light, I grow out under this condition, willLarge, high starch content, tasteSpecialDelicateIt's delicious.

 

Potatoes just plucked from the dirt

 

The local people in Dingxi also have a special preference for me. They have a saying:Dingxi has three treasures, potatoes, potato, potato. Those who understand will know that these three things are all about me, which shows my position in the minds of Dingxi people.

In Dingxi, I will be madeStirring-- Slowly add the potato flour with hot water and mix to a paste. Ingredients must be cooked with mashed garlic, leeks, oil and spicy pepper, and then with balsamic vinegar.

will also be madeWipe with potato-Rub into silk, add salt, pepper and other ingredients, add corn flour and steam in a pan. The taste is soft, the more you chew, the more fragrant.

 

Wipe with potato

 

and made with meDingxi wide powder, not only the malatang "Dinghai Shen needle", has also been made to set off the northwest food industry flowing juice wide powder.

Wulanchabu, Inner Mongolia

Here are some raw potatoes.

 

When you think of Wulanchabu, which is far inland and located in the middle of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, you may first think of the following spectacular scene.

Ulan Hada Volcanic Geopark

 

Yes, the fire has not been good in recent years.Ulan Hada Volcanic GeoparkIt is in the territory of Ulan Hadasumu, the right-wing rear flag of Chahar in Wulanchabu City.

 

The volcano brought a magnificent landscape to Ulan Qab, and also brought a special element to my growth-selenium. Coupled with high output and good quality, in 2009, the China Food Industry Association officially named Wulanchabu the "Potato Capital of China".

 

Wulanchabu also has three treasures: naked oats, yam and sheepskin jacket. This yam is actually me.

Food made of naked oats

 

Why did I thrive in Wulanchabu? It's not because of the large temperature difference between day and night, the long hours of sunshine, and the fertile and loose sandy soil, which makes it internationally recognized.Golden latitude zone of potato growth.

Mr. Wang Zengqi, a gourmet, once mentioned in his articlePotatoes that can be eaten rawHowever, he did not mention the origin. Now in Ulanqab, you can find this kind of potato.

Potatoes that can be eaten raw

 

This can be eaten raw potatoesStarch content is very low, the entrance is brittlecrisp, slightly sweet, a littleFruit cucumber tasteIt is especially suitable for salads.

 

As a veritable potato, Wulanchabu has eaten me out of flowers.yam fish fishIt is the most distinctive food here. However, there is no yam and no fish in it. Instead, it uses potatoes and naked oats as raw materials and is steamed and eaten with mutton soup or mushroom soup.

Noodle Fish

And I and milk as the main raw materialsPotato yogurt cakeIt is also a special food that should not be missed here.

Qujing, Yunnan

Red land breeds colorful potatoes

 

When you mention Yunnan Red Land, you may immediately think of Dongchuan, which is actually located in Qujing City, Yunnan Province.Red Land in Huize CountyAlso famous, and my brother colorful potatoes, all live here.

Huize Red Land

Compared to ordinary potatoes,Colorful Potatoofit will be smallSome. It looks flat, and when you cut it, you'll see that it's a cross-section.Like a purple rose in full bloomThe color levels are clear.

Colorful Potato

Gourmets say that natural ingredients often require only the most modest cooking methods, and colorful potatoes are no exception. Boil over high heat first, then simmer slowly over low heat, and when the water in the pot is dry and you can smell the potatoes, withdraw the open flame,BakingOne or twenty minutes. The colorful potatoes made in this way do not fade or deform, and when eatenJust dip a little green pepper and parsley in water, crisp, soft, fragrant, loose taste, absolutely let you stop

Baked ripe colorful potatoes

Zhangjiakou, Hebei

Mr. Wang Zengqi once painted "The Atlas of Chinese Potato" here.

 

In my eyes, Mr. Wang is not only a writer, but also a famous gourmet. His prose "Potato" is about me. That year, he painted.Chinese Potato Atlas, specifically came to Zhangjiakou Guyuan.

Guyuan Luanhe River

At that time, Guyuan, at an altitude of 1400 meters, concentrated potato varieties across the country, and the potato research station was located here. Every year, many provinces and cities drove here to adjust the planting. Today, here orNational famous potato town

Farmers harvest potatoes in the field

Guyuan has a very distinctive potato method. It is estimated that you may not have eaten it: naked oats flour and potato starch and flour, diced potatoes, cut leeks into small pieces, add meat stuffing, seasonings and stuffing, and wrap it up.Potato noodle dumplingsSteamed on the drawer, it tastes different.

Naked noodle dumplings

Sichuan Cloth Tuo

Hometown of black potato

 

In Butuo County, Liangshan, Sichuan, I have a longer Yi name."Ya Ya Ya Nian"Translated, that is.black potato.

 

Butuo is very different from the places mentioned earlier. Here it is locatedTransition Zone from Hengduan Mountains to Sichuan Basin and Yunnan-Guizhou PlateauThe territory is densely covered with rivers and mountains, with an average altitude of 2400 meters.

Le'an Wetland in Butuo County

It is the second largest plateau peat swamp wetland in Sichuan

The picture is from the special issue of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China National Geographic

However, it is the living environment in this alpine mountain area that makes my life very moist. Although I am a little smaller,The purple skin, and the purple ring inside.Definitely my sign.

Butuo Black Potato

Boil with water, peel off the purple skin, dip in chili flour salt, spicy taste mixed with soft waxy taste, can definitely conquer your taste buds.

Spicy cloth potato. Photography/Heavy Rain

Hubei Enshi

Authentic Southern Small Potatoes

Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, located in the southwest of Hubei Province, has a deep relationship with me-the Southern China Potato Research Center is built here. In addition, Enshi is known as the "Selenium Capital of China", and the specialty small potatoes here naturally become selenium-rich potatoes.

Yes, you are right. I am here to call Enshi Potatoes.

One of Enshi Grand Canyon Signs-Asahi Bamboo Shoots

Compared with the big potatoes in the north, I can show a lot of beauty in Enshi. The small table tennis ball is the size of an egg and the big one is just the size of an egg. This size is just right for making."Kang" potatoes. This is a practice between frying and frying. Sprinkle sesame and scallions when you come out of the pot, and it tastes sweet and cooked.

Kang Potato

Enshi locals used it beforeOil from the seed of the lacquer treeKang small potatoes, taste more crisp, but because many people are allergic to sumac tree, now basically no longer use lacquer oil to cook.

Enshi small potatoes and a special practice--Cooked and dried, the finished product is called"potato fruit"When eating, stew with bacon and bacon spareribs, and potato fruit full of gravy will become especially Q-elastic and tough.

potato fruit

In China

Make the most wonderful staple

 

Today, I can be eaten in China, thanks from the root to the indigenous people who lived in the Andes of South America in 200 BC. They found me in the high altitude and barren environment.

Peru's World Natural Heritage Vascaran National Park

It is located on the Cordillera Blanca mountain in the central Andes.

But it wasn't until the 16th century that I wasSpainThe colonists broughtEurope, but because I don't look good, and dug out from the soil, so not to be seen. Yes.Queen of France Louis XVIPut my flowers on my head, just lead a waveFashion wave.

Pharmacist Pamontye

Show the potato plants to King Louis XVI and the Queen

I came to China is alreadyWanli period of the Ming DynastyUnlike many European and American countries that use me as a staple food, the Chinese seem to prefer to treat me as a dish, just like the samesolanaceae plantsLike tomatoes, eggplants and peppers.

It's so different from potatoes, but it's in the same family as Solanaceae.

However, with my super adaptability to the environment and high productivity, I have changed my low-key, simple and unpretentious human design to realize"staple grain"Definitely not a dream.

　　

I don't know what shape I'll be on the table by then. No matter, as long as you like me, it is good.