First there was the person who bought gluten at a health food store, soaked it in water to let it coagulate, squeezed out the moisture, chopped it up, fried it in oil and came up--voila! --with mien-chin (dough lumps).
起先是有人到健康食品店，買了包麩粉回來，把麩粉泡在水，讓它結成塊狀，然後壓出水份，再切成一塊塊，放進油鍋炸，居然成了麵筋。