The pinyin: gá, because this word is translated from the French word nougat. Nougat is a "transliterated" name. According to its French pronunciation, it should be pronounced as ga.
Nougat generally refers to candies made of roasted nuts and honey, and is divided into two types: soft and hard. The soft one is white nougat made of egg white, and the hard one is brown and made of caramel, with a hard and crisp texture.
Traditional nougat is mainly produced in Spain, and its main ingredients are roasted almonds, followed by honey and egg whites.
The source of nougat
Li Yuan, a native of Guangzhou, took the "Jie Yuan" exam in the Guangzhou Provincial Examination during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. He went to Beijing to take the exam the following year and thought he would definitely be on the list. , Unexpectedly, not only did he fail that year, but he also seemed to be possessed by evil spirits and failed no matter how hard he took the exam. After successive blows, he decided to give up taking the exam and enter Taixue to concentrate on his studies.
After 10 years of hard study, one night, Li Yuan dreamed that he was kneeling in front of Emperor Wenchang. Emperor Wenchang, who originally smiled at him and said nothing, suddenly stretched out his hand and waved the peanuts on the table. shell, flying into a nearby dish of sugar.
When all the peanuts fell, they turned into a herd of cows and rushed towards him. Li Yuan was scared to death and woke up immediately. After dawn, he hurriedly asked someone to interpret his dream. As a result, the dream interpreter analyzed the dream and said: "The pens, inkstones and peanuts on the altar must be a metaphor for the flower-making pen, and the cow refers to cow hair, which is a symbol of wisdom."
Li Yuan was very happy after hearing this. After packing up his baggage, he went to Beijing to take the exam. Sure enough, as the dream interpreter said, he passed the test one after another, ranking first in both the joint examination and the palace examination. In addition to the previous provincial examination, he was even more happy to "get the third grade".
After gaining fame, in order to thank Emperor Wenchang for blessing the high school, Li Yuan found the famous "Fengyitai" bakery in Guangzhou at that time and asked Wan Fengtai, the owner of Fengyitai bakery, to imitate the cake in his dream The scene was mixed with rice, maltose, peanuts, and made into a cow-shaped candy with a cow-shaped mold. It was named "Niu Zha Candy" as an offering to Emperor Wenchang.