In Chenghai, there is a kind of satisfaction, and on a cold night comes a steaming bowl of hot - duck mother twist

"Duck mother twist", is the traditional chaoshan snack, first created in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, originally named glutinous rice tangyuan, now said to be chaozhou Taiping Road tail traditional shop Hu Rongquan made of the most authentic "duck mother twist".

Why this snack is called "duck mother twist", there are two explanations, one is that in the past, the shape of this tangyuan was as large as a duck egg, and the duck egg Chaoshan dialect is also called duck mother egg, so it is called "duck mother twist"; the other is that when the tangyuan is cooked and floats on the water, such as the white female duck floating on the water, it is called "duck mother twist".

Duck mother twist Traditional production is strict

Requires a flexible skin and a soft and smooth filling

Traditionally, the mother duck twists three capsules per bowl, and the filling of each grain is different

Historical allusions

Duck mother twist is a kind of glutinous rice flour dumpling with filling

This is a snack for the Lantern Festival

It is a specialty cuisine that Chaoshan cannot miss

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, a traditional festival of the Chinese people

Every evening on this day, lights are displayed everywhere

People watch the lanterns and guess the puzzle, eating the sweet and fragrant "Lantern"

At that time, the Lantern was "solid balls"

No filling, traditionally modified

The mother duck twist is filled with filling, and the taste is even more delicious