Chaoshan people can eat rice rolls, soybean milk, steamed buns, salty pancakes, glutinous rice cakes, rice porridge and miscellaneous vegetables for breakfast. The rice rolls of each family is slightly different, especially the sauces, which are similar to bittern juice and peanut butter. Chaoshan people may always eat rice rolls and go home for breakfast, or even go home because they are greedy for rice rolls.
In fact, the staple food for lunch and dinner is white rice most of the time. In addition to rice, there are all kinds of rice skins, such as red peach skin, rat skin, rice skin, salt water skin, plain seed skin, vegetable skin, taro skin, wheat skin, and then glutinous rice fat sausage, spring cakes and so on.
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Glutinous rice money: Glutinous rice money is a traditional dessert in Chaoshan. It uses glutinous rice flour as the main raw material, and adds seasonings such as brown sugar and chopped peanuts to make round glutinous rice paste, and then fry it in oil until golden brown. Soft and sweet, it is a favorite food of Chaoshan people.
Red peach cake: Red peach cake is one of the most famous cakes in Chaoshan area. It is made of glutinous rice flour, taro, brown sugar, etc. Its taste is soft and glutinous, with a layer of red glutinous rice skin outside and sweet and soft glutinous taro stuffing inside, which makes people feel the sweet taste with a bite. It is very suitable as an afternoon tea snack.
Chaoshan beancurd: Chaoshan beancurd is mainly made of pure soybean milk, and no additives are added during the production process. Its taste is delicate and soft, and the soup is sweet, which is deeply loved by Chaoshan people. People usually sprinkle some powdered sugar, chopped flowers, mint leaves and so on. Put it on tofu pudding to add flavor and fragrance.