The earliest eight bowls were mainly pork, and the bowls were all meat. Usually, a table of eight bowls consumes more than six kilograms of meat, and each bowl contains eight pieces or pieces of meat. Such as: strip meat, cube meat, rice flour meat, steamed sausage, steamed blood balls, steamed native chicken, steamed crispy meat, sausage, steamed bacon ribs, stewed lotus root with ribs, steamed game, etc. It reflects the rich family background of the banquet and the kindness of others. Pay attention to the benefits and satisfy the cravings. When you eat, you can drink with a big bowl. That kind of bold and hearty scene will often leave a deep impression on those who eat, and let those who have never eaten have unlimited reverie. Although the bowls of the eight bowls are inseparable from the meat, the techniques are different, and the auxiliary dishes at the bottom are also different. They are all local specialties, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, dried bamboo shoots, dried green beans, mushrooms, fungus, tofu, red and white radishes and so on. Eight bowls of dishes have the characteristics of strong fragrance, thick taste, salty, fresh and sour taste.

Eight bowls have always been a form of catering culture in important occasions. Eight bowls are not necessarily limited to eight kinds, and the dishes, especially the addition of auxiliary materials, will be adjusted and changed according to the specific situation and different seasons. But the basic content has not changed much. There are eight people at each table, sitting around, serving eight bowls, and each bowl has eight copies, which are shared equally. Wang's walnut buns have a long history. According to the word of mouth of the Wangs, after Zhou Yuji, a commander-in-chief of Tianjin, was defeated by the soldiers, his son fled to Ningqiang with his chef and became a door-to-door son-in-law in the Wangs. His chef cooked in the Wangs, mainly making seafood pickles and cakes. After a long time, the chef became familiar with Ningqiang's situation, so he incorporated the walnuts rich in Ningqiang and the local method of making walnut buns into his own cakes.

This is the initial embryonic form of Ningqiang walnut buns. Bacon is a kind of cured meat popular in southern China. Because it is usually cured in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, it is called "bacon". From the processing, production and storage of fresh meat, bacon has the characteristics of constant meat quality, long-term fragrance and long-term preservation. This meat is smoked by cypress branches, so mosquitoes and flies don't climb in summer, and it doesn't go bad after three days, making it a unique local flavor food.

Smoked bacon is consistent in appearance and appearance, cooked and sliced, transparent and shiny, bright in color, red in yellow, mellow in taste, fat but not greasy, thin and not stuffed, not only unique in flavor, but also has the functions of appetizing, removing cold and promoting digestion. Red tofu: produced in all counties of the city, with the most famous red tofu in Shangyuanguan Town, Chenggu County. Made of high-quality soybeans, bean curd blocks are cut into an inch square, fermented at constant temperature, soaked with 19 kinds of seasonings such as salt, pepper, anise, cinnamon, galangal, Amomum villosum, etc., dried in the air, mixed with Daqu liquor and hot sauce, sealed in the jar, buried underground, and the temperature in the jar is adjusted by natural temperature for secondary fermentation, and stored for three years. The appearance is purplish red and the inside is apricot yellow. It has the characteristics of soft, delicate, salty and spicy, mellow tail flavor, refreshing fragrance and long aftertaste. In 1981, it was awarded the third place of similar products at the national condiment appraisal meeting.

Yellow rice wine: produced in Yangxian, Chenggu and other counties, with xie cun yellow rice wine in Yangxian being the most famous. Xie cun yellow rice wine was brewed in the first year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1862) and still enjoys a high reputation. Yellow rice wine is composed of wheat and made of more than 111 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines, such as Lindera root, Gardenia, Cinnamomum cassia, Cortex Phellodendri, Asarum, Angelica sinensis and Chrysanthemum. It is well-brewed, full of mellow flavor and bright orange color. It is not only a good wine, but also can get rid of many diseases, and is deeply loved by consumers.

canned tea: traditional refreshments in Lueyang county, including water-brewed tea, fried tea, and surface-canned tea, with the latter being the most distinctive. Fill a small pot with water, add tea leaves, and cook on the fire; While cooking, add the batter and clear oil, and mix with spices and condiments such as fennel, agastaches, ginger, salt, walnuts, diced meat and plumeria. Early in the morning or when guests come, make tea with breakfast and eat, refreshing and warming the stomach, refreshing and pleasant. This kind of tea and food was originally a life custom of the Bianqiang people and has been passed down to this day.

Xixiang beef jerky: It is said that it has a history of more than 111 years. It is made of high-quality "Xizhen Niu" meat and baked. The skin is brown or brown, the lean meat is pink, the cut surface is shiny, crisp and delicious, and it has a high content of protein. It was once used as a delicacy for foreign guests in the State Council.