The origin of wheel cake

This kind of cake not only tastes crisp and sweet, but also makes a noise. A customer who has eaten wheel cakes said, "I have been to Western Europe and the United States, and I have traveled all over the world, and I have never seen a more delicious snack than wheel cakes." It can be seen that it is a wonderful product. "Wheel cake originated in Yanghe, and its reputation is far-reaching.

There is an interesting legend about its history:

During the Qianlong period, there was a small hotel in Yanghe ancient town. The owner's name is Zhang, and everyone calls him Master Joe. His wife, called Aunt Joe; This girl is called a clever girl.

Master Qiao's family has superb craftsmanship and prosperous business. The local folks gave him a signboard of Sanqiao Hotel and a couplet.

The first part is: good at making Huaibei cakes.

The bottom line is: make Jiangnan cuisine skillfully.

One year, Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River and passed through Taoyuan (now Siyang) county. It is said that Yanghe ancient town has beautiful scenery and delicious food. So he and Ji Xiaolan, a college student, disguised themselves as businessmen and came to Yanghe by carriage. When I got to the street, I saw the couplets on the door of Sanqiao Hotel at a glance. Emperor Qianlong was quite unhappy: Hum! How capable the country shop is, how dare you boast about this Haikou? Even if I were a chef, I wouldn't dare to be so boastful. Too arrogant!

When the monarch minister entered the store, Emperor Qianlong said, Look at your hotel, the couplets posted at the door are not small!

Master Joe was all smiles: Hee hee, the couplets at the door were sent by fellow villagers, so don't mind! If there are any problems in the store, please advise!

Emperor Qianlong sneered a few times; Hey hey! Don't eat today, make a cake according to the shape of my wheel; It is golden yellow, crisp and sweet. Delicious, nice to hear ... Ji Xiaolan stopped: The store has heard that you are called three smart people. You have to be skillful and elaborate. If you can make this cake well, my master will be rewarded! Emperor Qianlong then added: If you can't make this cake well, I will smash your signboard and tear your couplets!

Master Joe bowed down and whispered, I wonder when the guest will eat.

Emperor Qianlong said, it's just a quarter of an hour now, and you have an hour to make this cake. Let's eat here after seeing the Beauty Well in West Street! Say, two people leave the store.

Speaking of wonderful workmanship, it is really the first in Kyushu and unparalleled in the four seas. For decades, rare and famous dishes have made more than10 million. However, making cakes according to the shape of wheels should be beautiful, delicious and pleasant ... I have never heard of it! Master Qiao did not dare to neglect, and immediately discussed making cakes with his wife and daughter.

Aunt Joe suggested using lard as the main material, mixed with sugar as the filling, and the cake should be wrapped like a wheel. Miss Qiao thinks that using lard as stuffing is too greasy and needs to be mixed with walnuts, melon seeds, kumquat cakes, sweet-scented osmanthus and red and green silk. , in order to achieve colorful, refreshing and delicious; Master Qiao suggested that in order to make this special dish well, we must break the routine and find another way to make cake dough. I want to mix flour with water and oil so that it will be crisp and not flat when fried in oil. As a supplement, Aunt Joe must make another kind of flour with pure oil, knead it with your oily flour, and roll it into a dough bag cake, so that it will be crisp and delicious when fried. From the appearance, the crust can present beautiful patterns, which make the tasters feel comfortable and look pleasing to the eye.

Joe girl said; Good-looking skin is available, and delicious stuffing is available, but how can we' creak'?

Three people relatively speechless, can't figure out a way. ...

A lively and naive girl, seeing two old people bow their heads and speechless, worried about making cakes, was very distressed ... She took two pieces of rock sugar and stuffed them into her parents' mouths, so that the old people could think while changing. But how can the old couple have leisure to melt sugar? Chew it three or two times, and then swallow the rock sugar.

Miss Qiao couldn't help jumping high when she heard her parents chewing rock candy. She clapped her hands and laughed, haha, the problem is solved, so don't worry about it any more. The old couple stared at their daughter with four big eyes open, puzzled. Miss Qiao said: won't you hear the creaking sound when you add rock sugar to the wheel cake stuffing? It's really three heads are better than one, making a Zhuge Liang.

As soon as the problem is solved, we will divide the work immediately: Aunt Joe is in charge of stuffing, Master Joe is in charge of kneading dough, and Miss Joe is in charge of rolling dough. In a short time, a delicious, delicious and pleasant wheel cake was born in Yanghe ancient town.

The wheel cakes in the store have just been fried, and Emperor Qianlong and Ji Xiaolan just returned to the hotel outside.

Before the guests could speak, Miss Qiao brought out the steaming wheel cakes and put them on the table.

With a straight face, Emperor Qianlong picked up chopsticks and looked around with wheel cakes. It is really golden, round and has gorgeous patterns. Very beautiful, can't find any flaws. He gently took a bite, only felt sweet and crisp, full of fragrance, very delicious, and could not find the slightest flaw; He chewed carefully again, listening to the creaking sound, which was crisp and pleasant to hear, and could not find any loopholes. ...