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Many people say that there are no traditional snacks in Shenzhen
Here's a list of these traditional pastries that are well-known
There's always something that stimulates your childhood memories
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > fried rice cakes</h1>
Fried rice cake, also known as rice cake, is the most local folk custom activity in Shenzhen during the Spring Festival. "Hear the sound of cakes, know the New Year." In the old days of Shenzhen, there was a custom of "New Year cakes".
It is made of rice, sugar, peanut rice and other materials, and the preparation and production process of raw materials is cumbersome. However, the traditional process also makes a sweet and crispy original taste, which is scattered and fragrant as soon as it comes out of the oven, and the light bite in the mouth immediately dissolves. It can also be made into heart-shaped, peach-shaped, round and other shapes according to the model, which is very interesting.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > cloud cake</h1>
The most famous pastries in Shenzhen are cloud cake and lard cake, which was created at the end of the Qing Dynasty for the Shenzhen Wei "Synthesis" cake shop Huangguo. Bao'an County Chronicle records: "In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (1901), Futian people's yellow fruit and other famous Shenzhen cloud cakes were officially put into production. And "At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was created for the Shenzhen Wei 'Synthesis' cake shop Huangguo." Each 14 pieces (packets) are made of Foshan first-class cake powder 220 grams, sugar 500 grams, lard 80 grams and other materials mixed and evenly kneaded and refined, refreshing and fragrant, well-known at home and abroad. ”
Shenzhen cloud slice cake is pure handmade, by glutinous rice, sugar, lard, olive kernels, sesame, spices and other more than a dozen kinds of raw materials fine processing, too wet and too dry can not work, after molding by the knife master knife, cut into thin slices. Authentic cloud cake, lit with a match, can be "nourishing" and burning into flames.
The "Bao'an County Chronicle" records: "Over the past hundred years, cloud cake has evolved several times, and the original production technology has been lost. After entering the 1980s, some bakers imitated it, but the texture was slightly inferior. ”
Do not underestimate this thin slice, Shenzhen cloud cake has a history of more than 100 years, and lard cake is the same name, for Shenzhen's two most famous traditional pastries. However, in the 1980s, imported candy and biscuits hit the market, and the unified transformation of the factory into the Dongmen Pedestrian Street was demolished, the teachers retired, the workers were dismissed, and famous snacks such as Shenzhen cloud cake disappeared.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > sugar ring</h1>
Sugar ring used to be the seasonal food of the Spring Festival. The shape of the sugar ring is unique, a ring on the outside, and the inside is like a five-pointed star, which means that the links are interlocked and endless. Sugar rings are available in both salty and sweet flavors. The raw materials for making the salty sugar ring are: coriander, garlic, southern milk, salt, glutinous rice flour, etc., while the raw materials of the sweet sugar ring are relatively simple, only white sugar and glutinous rice flour.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > muffins</h1>
Made from wheat flour, emulsified oil, sugar and eggs, it is artificially made and baked. It is one of the traditional handmade cakes in Shenzhen, popular in the Guangfu area in the west of Shenzhen, and one of them is the best in Gongming, so it is called "Gongming Songsha Cake".
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Miton, also known as rice candy. Crunchy and delicious, is made of rice burst out of the rice, plus syrup and peanut black sesame and other mixed production, because the rice after high temperature stir-frying, the formation of hollow shape, but also the year's "puffed food", but delicious rice put for a long time will not feel sticky teeth, sweetness is appropriate, before the streets and alleys have specialized in selling rice candy old people pushing bicycles to sell, especially the sense of the year.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > cow ears</h1>
Others call it Cow Ear Ji, a circle that looks like a cat's ears. In memory, cat ears also have salty and sweet tastes, but the main ingredients are flour and eggs, a dough with brown sugar, a dough with eggs, so that two colors are formed, fried in a frying pan, until slightly golden brown and fished out. The West Road area will also add spices such as southern milk to make a very characteristic local snack.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > mugwort/mugwort</h1>.)
It can be said that there are Hakka people who have this kind of pastry, which is a traditional snack commonly seen in Hakka. Not only Hakka, but also other ethnic groups also have Aiguo. Most of the fillings are shredded coconuts and peanuts. Sweet in taste, with a dense texture and elastic teeth. The outer skin is the wormwood in the field, the mugwort is cute in shape, green as emerald, and the smell is fragrant, which is very attractive. In addition, Ai Guo also has the effect of warming the menstrual period to stop bleeding, dispel cold and relieve pain.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > leaf sticker</h1>
It is divided into two kinds: salty and sweet, sweet is generally filled with peanut candy, etc., and salty is filled with radish, eyebrow beans, etc. The following is generally cushioned with the leaves of the tree Boluo, so that it will not be too hot when eating, and you can also smell the fragrance of the leaves.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > tea fruit</h1>
Tea fruit is a special food made during the festival, and it has now penetrated into the daily life of the people. Tea fruits are divided into two categories, sweet with peanuts and sugar, salty with eyebrow beans boiled rotten and fried with green onions. On the palate, the skin is made of glutinous rice flour or sticky rice flour, the filling is placed inside, the leaves of the plant are wrapped on the outside, and steamed to eat.
<h1 class=pgc-h-arrow-right > Qingming Boy/Chicken Vine</h1>
Qingming Tsai (chicken vine) is a traditional snack native to Shenzhen, which is specially eaten during the Qingming Festival. Qingming Tsai is to pick vine and mulberry leaves and other plant stems and leaves that are said to be able to ward off evil spirits, and put them into the stone scoop together with washed glutinous rice, sticky rice, etc., and the flour is more thick green, then mixed with a small amount of sugar or salt, and then rubbed into a thumb-sized powder ball, 10 groups are placed on the banana leaves, and then sprinkled with some broken peanuts, put into the pot to steam.
According to folklore, eating rice dumplings such as Qingming vines clears wet poison, and in the recent summer, there will be no sores. In addition to eating at home, vine is also a good gift for relatives and friends.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > hand flour/muffins</h1>
It is said that the hand flour made on July 14 is made by villagers who used to cultivate the fields, and in order to protect the integrity of their fields, they prayed to the Buddha for blessings and gifts, and have a long history. The production process of hand flour is very exquisite, first with glutinous rice, sticky rice flour together, and then stirred with water. After rubbing, the powder is placed on a sieve to sift out the fine powder, and then placed on the checkered cake box.
Finally, use a ruler to scrape flat on the checkered cake box, and put it on the steaming board and steam it in a pot to eat it!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > peanut crisp</h1>
Shenzhen's peanut crisp selection of peanuts, can be combined with durian or not matched, made of hundred years of craftsmanship to make durian flavor crisp and original crisp, very local characteristics. Lovers can choose the rich and domineering aroma of durian, and those who do not love can choose the original taste, the same taste is unique, crispy and delicious. Among them, Gongming is the most famous, so it is also called Gongming peanut crisp.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > oil angle</h1>
Glutinous rice flour made of dough, brown sugar sugar, sesame, crushed peanuts and other materials can be made of filling, fried after the oil horn is made of bright golden yellow, the aroma is overflowing, people can't help but immediately enter, and the taste is also fresh and crisp, biting up and rattling.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > pile</h1>
"Lu Dui" and "GuiZai" are New Year snacks and belong to the fried food category. Every New Year, each household will make its own "Lu Dui" and "GuiZai", which means peace and wealth, smooth and smooth. The two snacks are just different in shape, and the production process and ingredients are the same.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > sugar cake</h1>
When I was a child, almost every tea house would have white sugar cakes, which looked snow white and crystal clear, like a piece of white jade, and you could see it gently trembling when you clipped it. If you look closely, you will smell a very slight sour taste, which is the unique taste of noodle fermentation. Bite down the QQ bullet, sweet bullet teeth refreshing and with a little "smoke" toughness.