蹄花丝是社旗的一种名菜,历史悠久:早在社旗还是水旱码头时,就以北走京洛、南
销湖、广等地。不少富商名流还拿蹄花丝作探亲访友的礼品,也是人们下酒的上等肴馔
,可见蹄花丝当年的声誉,由于历史上水旱码头被破坏,商业逐步萧条,蹄花丝这一名
菜,随着商业的凋零而销声匿
迹,至解放前夕已经无人经营。蹄花丝的做法:将猪蹄、腿煮熟剔去骨头,用刀切碎,
放入五香粉,精盐搅拌匀称,分三、四斤一堆,用稀布包裹紧,压以重物,置一夜后去
包布,使利刀片切,再竖切成丝,即成。用时调以酱油\醋、葱(或蒜苗)丝和匀,鲜醇
郁香,不愧为一种名菜。 --
"the West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or
religion but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.
Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do."