Roll your Spring 最正宗的中国春卷

It seems that every festival in China is celebrated with a certain food. We have moon cakes for the Mid-autumn Day and dumplings for the Spring Festival. Today is February 4, which marks the start of spring. What's the food for today?

Pancakes! Or more specifically, Spring Pancakes. You can either cook it by yourself to kill time or you can buy it in the supermarket to save time.

And it has to go with several dishes. But what exactly? Some suggest scrambled egg with leek-but some say just egg. And bamboo shoots according to some old sayings, or celery? It seems very hard to reach a consensus but don't worry, at least we've got three must-haves here: braised pork with soy sauce, stir-fried bean sprouts, and egg pancake-which I'm cutting into clumsy shreds.

Eating spring pancake is more or less the same as eating the Peking Duck, which means you've got to put everything on the pancake, and make a roll. But its history went far beyond the Duck back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty (316AD－420AD), approximately 1600 years ago.

So bite it and not only will you get the whole prosperous spirit of spring but also a tangible feeling about being Chinese.
 

配 料:

韭菜60克，肉丝160克，鸡蛋75克，面粉70克。酱油10克，精盐3克。水淀粉15克，植物油250克(实耗50克)。

操 作:

1.将韭菜切成3厘米长的段；肉丝用精盐少许和水淀粉浆上，用温油滑散，挥出控净油，再放入锅内，加入酱油、精盐、韭菜稍炒一下，制成春卷馅。

2.将鸡蛋打入碗内，加入面粉、水、搅成稀糊，用炒勺摊成4张皮子待用。

3.将皮子放在菜板上，卷入馅，在封口处抹上面糊封口，逐个制成4个春卷生胚。

4.将锅放在旺火上，倒入油，烧至七八成热时投入春卷，炸成外皮酥脆，呈金黄色时即成，吃时将春卷剁成段码入盘内即可。

　春卷是汉族民间节日传统食品。流行于中国各地，江南等地尤盛。民间除供自己家食用外，常用于待客。唐宋以后，立春之日有食春饼与生菜之俗。饼与生菜以盘装之，即称为春盘。源于汉代，与六朝元旦之五辛盘也有一定联系。故春盘或亦称辛盘。明、清之时，于春饼、生菜外，兼食水红萝卜，谓能去春困，因而整个尝新活动称为“咬春”。表示迎接春天之意。汉崔寔《四民月令》：“立春日食生菜，取迎新之意。”唐岑参《送杨千趁岁赴汝南郡觐省便成婚》诗：“汝南遥倚望，早去及春盘。”唐杜甫《立春》诗：“春日春盘细生菜，忽忆两京梅发时。”宋周密《武林旧事·立春》：“后苑办造春盘供进，及分赐贵邸、宰臣、巨珰，翠缕红丝、金鸡玉燕，备极精巧，每盘值万钱。”《宋史.礼志》：“立春赐春盘。”《类腋·天部·正月》引《四时宝镜》：“东晋李鄂，立春日命以芦菔、芹芽为春盘，相馈贶。”清潘荣陛《帝京岁时纪胜.正月·春盘》：“新春日献辛盘。虽士庶之家，亦必割鸡豚，炊面饼，而杂以生菜、青韭菜、羊角葱，冲和合菜皮，兼生食水红萝卜，名曰咬春。”