1. jujube paste cake

jujube paste cake is a traditional cake snack in Suzhou, Jiangsu and other places in winter and spring. It is a very typical Soviet-style cake. In the past, glutinous rice flour and water were used to make this cake. When the cake was put in a bowl, it was provoked and pulled away with chopsticks when eating, so it was named as pulling the cake. After the improvement of the production method, the amount of water added was reduced, and it was cut into pieces and put into pots, with beautiful shape and excellent flavor.

2. Dumpling sugar

Dumpling sugar is a specialty of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, and is a local traditional name. One of the earliest candies in China. The amber maltose juice condenses into a small "four-corner dumpling", which is crystal clear and seems to have a faint fragrance into the nose. Who can say that it is not a fine work of art if a few ivory pine nuts are set in a sparse way? Its shape is like a triangular zongzi, so it is named zongzi sugar.

zongzi candy is hard, transparent and shiny. You can clearly see that roses and pine nuts are evenly dispersed in the candy, just like beautiful crystal stones. It is sweet, fragrant and delicious, with the faint scent of pine nuts and roses. Due to the influence of climate, it is not suitable for production in summer.

3. Su-style candied fruit

Su-style candied fruit is a traditional snack with a long history in Wuxian, Jiangsu Province. Its production technology is unique, delicious and fresh, and it sells well all over the country and is well received by consumers. The history of making candied fruit in Suzhou can be traced back to the Three Kingdoms period, and the Qing Dynasty was the heyday of Soviet-style candied fruit, among which "Zhang Xiangfeng" is the most famous and has always been "court food".

There are more than 161 varieties of Soviet-style candied fruit, among which Jinsi Jujube, Buttered Plum, Jinsi Kumquat, White Myrica rubra and Jiuji Chenpi are the most famous. The flavor of Su-style plum is sweet and sour, with a grain in the mouth, refreshing and refreshing, and it has a long aftertaste, which is most popular among tourists. Su orange cake and Kumquat cake made of Dongting orange are rich in orange flavor, sweet and refreshing, and have appetizing and ventilation functions.

4. Oil-soaked tight fermentation

Oil-soaked tight fermentation, also known as tight-fermented steamed bread, is a traditional famous dish, a seasonal snack in Jiangsu, which is relatively small in shape. It is called oil-soaked tight fermentation after frying, and it is a Soviet-style food with fresh meat as the stuffing. Oil-fermented steamed bread is also called fermented steamed bread.

Winter season, especially before the Spring Festival, is a gift that people give to each other. Known as "Xinglong Steamed Bread". Tight fermentation means that when making steamed bun dough, little yeast is used, and the swelling and softness are low after steaming. Therefore, the tightly fermented steamed bread is not as soft and loose as ordinary steamed buns, but once fried, it can continue to expand, and it can be crispy outside and loose inside, and the juice is delicious.

5. Stir-fried bean sugar porridge

Stir-fried bean sugar porridge is a traditional name in Jiangsu and belongs to the Jiangsu cuisine. The shape of rice is complete, it melts in the mouth, with delicate fragrance, soft and sweet taste, and the fragrance of rice, bean and osmanthus is combined.

Extended information:

Suzhou, known as Wu in ancient times, is also called Suzhou for short, also known as Gusu and Pingjiang, etc. It is a national historical and cultural city, a scenic tourist city, a national high-tech industrial base, one of the important central cities of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, the central city of G61 Science and Technology Corridor and an important part of Jiangsu Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Suzhou is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, bordering Shanghai in the east, Jiaxing in the south, Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north. Suzhou has a subtropical monsoon maritime climate with four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. It grows rice, wheat and rape, produces cotton, sericulture and fruit, and its specialties include Biluochun tea, Yangtze river swordfish, Taihu whitebait and Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs.

Suzhou is the center of the eastern food culture, and it is also the place where one of the three major food cultures (Beijing-style, Soviet-style and Cantonese-style)-the Soviet-style food culture is developed. ?

Suzhou snacks are one of the four largest snacks in China (Nanjing Confucius Temple snacks, Shanghai Chenghuangmiao snacks, Suzhou Xuanmiaoguan snacks and Hunan Changsha Huogong snacks are also called the four largest snacks in China). "Songhelou" is an old-fashioned Soviet-style restaurant; "Old Suzhou Tea Restaurant" is famous for its traditional Su-bang cuisine. "Zhuhongxing Noodle Restaurant" and "Lvyang Wonton" are inexpensive and suitable for mass consumption. Noodle shops all over Suzhou show that Suzhou-style noodles with many toppings and paying attention to soup are popular snacks.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Suzhou