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Changhu fish cake

Changhu Fish Cake, also known as Chu Cake, Hougang Fish Cake and Jingmen Fish Cake, is the first traditional dish in Jingmen. Jingmen has said since ancient times that "no bread is impossible, no seat is impossible to see bread". 1998 was rated as "Hubei local flavor dish". No matter what menu and style Jingmen cuisine adopts, fish cake is the first dish. According to legend, Shun Di, one of the Five Emperors, made a southern tour. His concubines, ChristianRandPhillips (E Huang and Nv Ying), like to eat fish, but hate fishbones, so a local chef invented a fish cake, which is also called "ChristianRandPhillips cake". Some people say that the appearance of "Changhu fish cake" is related to Chu Zhuangwang. It is said that Chu Zhuangwang especially likes to eat fresh fish from the Long Lake. The temperature is high in summer, and the fish have begun to rot. The chef had a brainwave. He mixed minced fish, rice flour, seasoning, a little egg and diced meat, and then steamed them in a steamer to remove rancidity. As a result, this kind of fish is long and fragrant, so it was designated as the main course of Chu court by Chu Zhuangwang. In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty, fish cake had become the "head fish" for the emperor and his banquet ministers at that time. Jingmen, Jingzhou and other places along the long lake are rich in freshwater fish resources. On holidays, weddings, funerals and festive banquets, people will have fish cakes on the table. Changhu Fish Cake is a flavor dish made of white fish in Shayang County Lake. The white fish in Changhu Lake is small, with more meat and fewer thorns. Fish cake is fragrant, delicate and delicious, and it has an endless aftertaste after eating. The preparation method is that fish is used as the main raw material, supplemented by a small amount of fat pork, egg white, starch, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, scallion and Jiang Mo, and then steamed in a steamer.