Fan's cured meat in pancakes is one of the traditional Shaanxi
delicacies. In fact they are pancakes made of high-quality wheat flour
stuffed with cured meat. Fan's cured meat appeared in Xi’an a long time
ago, and there is a story about it. In the Tang Dynasty, an official
called "Fan" lived in Eastern Chang'an. Once he financed a young man
when his mother died. Ten years later, this young man became wealthy
through his cured meat business. To show his gratitude, he wanted to
Fan's 80th birthday with an intricately built coffin made of Chinese
prickly ash wood. In the coffin there hid cured meat made of 250 kg of
lean meat. Since there were many guests on the day, Fan did not take any
notice of the coffin. Ten years later when Fan died of illness, the
family had no means of making a living but sell property. At last, they
found the coffin in the small house. When the family opened it, there
was the aromatic and freshly looking cured meat! Mrs. Fan sent it for
sale in the market and it was well received. More people rushed to the
family for the meat. Mrs. Fan put some fresh meat into the juice. The
newly cooked cured meat was just as delicious. Then the Fans' fame of
their cured meat went apace. |
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