【Haichuan Food Talk】What character is this? What kind of soup is this?

Many people come across a type of soup while eating; this soup is named with a single character that consists of the character for moon followed by the character for sky, and then the character for leek below it. Many people don’t recognize this character and don’t know how to pronounce it; it is pronounced as “sa” with the fourth tone. This is a constructed character that cannot be found in dictionaries; it was created by Ji Xiaolan. The story originates from the Qianlong era, when the emperor visited the area around Yongqiao County (present-day Suzhou in Anhui). He was both hungry and thirsty, and then he tasted a bowl of chicken soup mixed with eggs prepared by an old woman from the local community; it tasted exceptionally good. He asked the old woman what kind of soup it was. The woman was quite old and had poor hearing, so she replied, \"What soup?\" ”Qianlong asked Ji Xiaolan what the old woman had said Ji Xiaolan had a sudden idea and said, “The old woman says this soup is called sa soup.” ”Qianlong asked again, \"How is this character ‘sa’ written?\" ”Ji Xiaolan said, “The character for ‘sa’ is the character for ‘moon’ with a ‘sky’ character next to it, and below that is the character for ‘leek’.” ”Its meaning is: Life-saving soup under the moon. ”

Is this the right way to make egg soup, https://bbs.hcbbs.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2947079&extra=&mobile=2&shareuid=715815?

Yes, it’s just the remaining taste from what was eaten

Suan Tang – in our early form, it had the character for rice beside it

There is also a Sa soup in the Linyi area of Shandong, which is a local specialty.

It seems this way of eating is also available in the Xuzhou area

Based on this speculation, this photo was likely taken in the northern part of Anhui; the dietary habits in western Shandong, northern Anhui, and northern Jiangsu are similar

Sā is a traditional delicacy from the Linyi area in Shandong. This includes things such as the recipe for the ingredients, etc., but the paste from the Linyi area is the most famous, and many famous people have benefited from it. It is generally made with beef mince as the main ingredient, but in recent years minces made with chicken mince have also become available. Soup made with fermented beans can be roughly divided into two categories. One type is the “black fermented bean soup” from the Linyi region; a large amount of black fermented beans are used in its preparation, and crushed bone fragments are also added to it during cooking. As a result, the soup has a dark color and a thick consistency. It tastes fresh, spicy, and rich, with a lingering aftertaste. Later, it was introduced to other areas from Linyi. Due to the dark color of the filling, it was not accepted in some regions, so white fillers were used instead; another version is the \"white filler\" used in Zaozhuang and Jining areas, where either no filler is used or white filler is added to the mixture. The soup is slightly yellow in color and thinner than that of \"Hei San\".