Introduce the New Year’s delicacies and special customs in your hometown?

My hometown is Huizhou, located between Huangshan Mountain and Tianmu Mountain. The scenery is beautiful and the food is also very famous. Here are some specialties from my hometown to entertain relatives and friends during the New Year to share with you:

1. Cunjin Tang

The filling with a full New Year flavor is salted osmanthus mixed with crushed orange cake filling, the middle layer is sugar skin, and the outside is wrapped with sesame seeds. It tastes sweet and crunchy, and is not Sticky to the teeth, with the aroma of sesame, osmanthus, and orange cake, it is high quality and low price. It is one of the most popular snacks during the Huizhou rural New Year. Cunjin Tang, a specialty snack in Huizhou, is an ancient sugar food. The sucrose is heated, stuffed, pressed and broken into strips, turning into 3.3 cm (1 inch) long golden strips. The name "Cunjin" comes from This image comes from. Cunjin candy has a filling inside and is wrapped with sesame seeds. It is made with exquisite craftsmanship. It tastes sweet and has a long aftertaste. It is high quality and low price and is very popular among consumers during the Chinese New Year.

2. Dingshi Cake

Huizhou folk proverb says: "If you don't bring Dingshi Cake to greet the New Year, please don't enter the hall." Also known as Ma Su Candy, it is a famous Huizhou specialty thin pastry. It was first produced in the Southern Song Dynasty and became famous in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Commonly known as "red paper bag" or "red bag candy", it is made from fried sesame powder and sugar. It is wrapped in a small red paper into a rectangular shape about 3 cm long and 2 cm wide. The store name is printed on the small red paper. The specialty of the shop is the sweet and soft sesame candy called "Dingshi Su".

3. Zhonghe soup

Zhonghe soup is an authentic Qimen famous dish. Whenever Qimen people have a banquet, Zhonghe soup is indispensable, and it is the first thing served on the table. dish. Zhonghe was originally called "Zhonghe". The Zhonghe River originates from Qimen and flows into Poyang County, Jiangxi Province. A river to the east flows from Wuyuan, and a river to the west flows from Zhide. The East River, West River, and Middle River meet at the upper reaches of Poyang Lake and flow into Poyang Lake together. The water in the east and west rivers is turbid, but the middle river is crystal clear and rich in shrimps, which are particularly delicious.

4. Huimo Crisps

It can be used as breakfast accompaniment, or as tea snack, as a gift for friends during the Chinese New Year, or as a food tonic for fitness. Hui ink cake makes people often recall their trip to Huizhou and smell the fragrance of the mountains and wild fields. The shape of Huimo puff pastry is very similar to Hui ink, it is black and shiny, full of aroma, the puff pastry is soft and delicate, sweet and refreshing, melts in the mouth, and has an excellent taste. In addition, it also has the functions of moistening the throat, nourishing the lungs, and blackening the hair.

5. Scale Guan Candy

It would be good to eat Scale Guan Candy during the Chinese New Year. Guan Guan Candy is wrapped with white or black sesame seeds in caramel, with a white sugar center inside. The heart is made of white sugar mixed with sesame powder and rice flour. If you knead it into a finer shape (like a pen holder), it becomes a "first-grade incense". It is characterized by being crunchy, non-sticky to the teeth, sweet and delicious, and suitable for all ages when eaten during the Chinese New Year. Scale Guan Tang is a traditional local snack in Huizhou, Anhui Province. It was originally produced in Wan'an Town, Xiuning County. This is a unique candy product, shaped like large scale tubes cut off one by one, so it is called "scale tube candy".

6. Fuling rose cake

The rose cake made by Fuling has an appearance as white as jade, with dots of roses, orange cakes, green plums, etc. looming, like emerald agate embedded in it. Among the white jade. This product was first produced in the Qing Dynasty and has been enduring for a long time. Fuling rose cake is a traditional snack specializing in Jixi County, Anhui. Fuling Rose Cake is a well-known traditional pastry produced in Fuling Village, Jixi County. It is named after roses as auxiliary ingredients and the fragrance of roses.

7. Furong Cake

The two processes of soaking glutinous rice and frying cake slices are quite complex and highly technical, so only a few manufacturers can produce this kind of pastry. Huizhou has a custom of using hibiscus cake to entertain distinguished guests before and after the Lunar New Year. Furong cake is made from fine glutinous rice flour, which is made into rice cake slices, deep-fried, and then mixed with sugar and caramel. The two processes of soaking glutinous rice and frying cake slices are quite complicated and technical, so only a few manufacturers can produce this kind of pastry. Huizhou custom is to use hibiscus cake to entertain distinguished guests before and after the Lunar New Year.

8. Faxi Noodles

In Huizhou, there are many kinds of Noodles, and their taste is rich in the New Year flavor. It is said that even Emperor Qianlong was full of praise. Amidst the sound of the seals being struck, the white rice dumplings engraved with blessings, wealth and longevity are steamed into a white and shiny jade color. They are dotted with red dots and given to the neighbors. They are called "faxi dumplings" and are suitable for frying, steaming and cooking.

9. Steamed buns

Lao buns are a kind of traditional pasta of the Han nationality in northern Anhui and Anhui Province. They are similar to pancakes but different from pancakes. As a kind of pasta originating from the Central Plains, steamed bun has a history of more than 2,000 years. Baked buns are made by kneading unfermented flour into a soft dough and rolling it out with a rolling pin into a round shape with a thickness of about 0.1 cm and a diameter of about 30 cm. During the New Year, put it in a steamer, put a grate on it, put water in the pot, boil it, cover the pan with a cloth, and put the rolled pancakes on the pan.

10. Huizhou rice dumplings

Made from mountain bamboo leaves and tied with torn strips of palm leaves, the shape resembles a pillow. Old Huizhou people like to get married and move into new houses during the New Year. They always scatter a few of these four-cornered rice dumplings from the roof, which means "peace in all directions" and "good luck in all seasons."

11. Crab shell yellow sesame cake

Huizhou special snacks can be found everywhere. Due to the long baking time, most of the water in the cake evaporates, which is convenient for storage. Once it gets damp, it will still remain crisp and fragrant after baking. The layers of skin are as thin as paper, making them crispy and moist but not greasy after baking. When buying sesame cakes, it is best to choose ones that are fresh from the stove. Remember to open the bag after putting it in the bag and wait until the cakes are cool before wrapping them, otherwise the steam will make the cakes less crispy.

12. Tiger fur tofu,

Huizhou’s traditional snack, was also introduced in "A Bite of China". The old tofu used to mold the hairy tofu should be as clear as snow, cut like jade with a knife, and do not spill when it falls to the ground. It is named after the hairs turn into tiger skin stripes after being fried on the kang.

13. Huizhou Hairy Tofu,

All seasons, the stall owner carries a tofu basket on his shoulders, with dry firewood and a pan on one end, and hairy tofu, sesame oil and chili paste on the other. , when fried, the hot, fragrant and sizzling tofu on the pan is appetizing. Eating edamame tofu at a stall is also very special. You don’t need a bowl, just eat it with chopsticks on a pan, and the flavor is extraordinary.

14. Huizhou Stone Chicken

Huizhou Stone Chicken is a great tonic food, and many tourists come here for it. The pheasant is a frog that lives in the cracks of rocks in mountain streams and is a specialty of Huangshan. Whether braised or steamed, the tangy aroma and plump hind legs are even better than chicken. The most classic and traditional method is steaming, the clear soup is boiled to the bottom, and the original flavor is not lost when steamed in a tureen. Eat more stone chickens to prevent prickly heat and sores in summer. If the chicken skin is retained during cooking, the flavor will be better and the nutrition will be higher.

15. Sweet wine,

In the streets and alleys of Huangshan City or market towns, you can often see people carrying burdens to sell. At both ends of the load are two stone drum-shaped bamboo baskets. The lids on the bamboo baskets are inlaid with glass, and bowls of rice wine are placed under the glass. There is a pit in the middle of the rice wine, which is filled with sweet wine juice. In the hot summer, eating a bowl of it can cool down the internal organs; in winter, boil the fermented rice with candied dates or eggs and eat it hot, it is fragrant and sweet and will make you feel chilled. The sweet rice wine can be made with exquisite glutinous rice.

16. Huangshan Stewed Pigeon

Huangshan is a world-famous tourist attraction and has the reputation of "the first mountain in Tianyi". Huangshan is not only famous for its scenery, but its specialties and delicacies are also coveted. Huangshan Stewed Pigeon is a dish made from the famous Huangshan yam and Huangshan wild pigeon, which are stewed in water. Yams nourish yin and nourish the kidneys, and pigeon meat strengthens the body. They are regarded by local people as nourishing and prolonging life.

17. Tunxi Drunken Crab

A kind of riverside dish. This dish is a famous dish in Ziyun Hall, Tunxi Ancient Town on the bank of Xin'an River. It is a traditional snack. Merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang competed to sell it, and now the small altar packaging is a good gift for relatives and friends. The famous specialty of Tunxi area in Anhui Province, Tunxi Drunken Crab is complete in body, green to yellow in color, tender in texture, extremely delicious in taste, rich in wine aroma, and has a sweet aftertaste, making it a treasure for banquets. Sealed drunken crabs can be stored for two months without deterioration.

18. Huizhou stinky mandarin fish

Stinky mandarin fish is a classic Huizhou dish with a history of more than 200 years. One of the biggest characteristics is the "stinky", which may not be adaptable to first-time tryers, just like seeing durian. But it smells bad, but tastes extremely fragrant. The preparation of stinky mandarin fish is also very particular. After marinating the mandarin fish for seven days, the fish absorbs the smell and starts to stink at the same time. When eating, put slices of meat and bamboo shoots in the pan and fry for a while, allowing the soup to slowly absorb. This way, the skin will be crispy, but the meat will be delicate, and the aftertaste will be endless.

The above are all the New Year delicacies from our hometown! The food here will make you linger when you come to Huizhou, and it will make us wanderers away from home never forget it, because it is the taste of hometown. I hope that all our friends who come to Huizhou will enjoy the taste and bring some Huizhou delicacies to your relatives and friends before returning home so that they can share it too. . .