: Hangzhou specialty
1. Jiangya
Generally, sauced ducks should be selected for about 2 years. This kind of duck has thin skin and thin bones, and the meat is firm, and it does not contain fatty duck oil. The prepared sauced duck is full in appearance, evenly distributed in oil, amber in meat, fresh and delicious.
2. Salted chicken
Salt _ chicken is also one of the favorite tastes of Hangzhou people. Some people use native chicken at home, while others use Sanhuang chicken at home. Brine chicken can be eaten steamed, or cut into pieces and made into a steamer with vegetables, mushrooms and vermicelli. It is most suitable for family dinners in cold winter.
3. Pickled chicken with wool
Pickled chicken is salty and fresh, with unique flavor. It has a history of 100 years in Pingyao and Jingshan. Chickens growing in bamboo forests can be cured with straw after being slaughtered, dried and pickled, and hung in a cool and ventilated place, which can be eaten until the Spring Festival. Pickled chicken absorbs the special flavor of rice straw, which is tender inside and crisp outside, with salty bones.
4. Sauced meat
Although the sauce meat looks dark, it is steamed and cut, and it is absolutely crystal clear. Eating in the mouth is full of sunshine and memories of home.
5. Sausage
Sausages are also the "hard currency" for Chinese New Year. It tastes delicious, mellow and rich, and the more you chew it, the more fragrant it becomes. When a pot of greasy sausage is served in front of you, does that happiness make your mouth water?
6. dried fish meal
Dried fish is an important item in the list of new year goods in Hangzhou. In Renhe Sanbaitan, every household will dry dried herring, which reflects people's expectation of "more than one year"! During the Chinese New Year, guests came, steamed herring, added some ginger slices and cooking wine, full of Chinese New Year flavor!
7. Fish balls
"Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan" and "More than a year", people in Laohang celebrate the New Year, and the delicacy of fish balls is almost indispensable. Those humble old fish circle shops will line up at the end of the year.
8. rice cakes
Rice cakes, rice cakes, grow taller every year. The handmade rice cakes in the old countryside are chewy and rice-flavored. You can stir-fry with sugar, make soup, braise in soy sauce and fry in oil. It is not only a delicious food for entertaining guests in the New Year, but also a new year's gift for greeting each other.
9. Hair cake
Congratulations, you have made a fortune. How can you miss such auspicious cakes and soft cakes during the Chinese New Year? It's just a simple hometown cake, which tastes different when fried.
: Hangzhou snacks
1. Frozen rice candy
Heat the stove, boil maltose, stir-fry pieces of hot quick-frozen rice candy, press and shape it, cut it into strips, take a bite, "click click", and the lips and teeth remain fragrant.
Fried oil cup
On holidays, every household will start to make oil pans. Slice the diamond-shaped raw flour and mix in a certain amount of sesame seeds. After making the flowers, you can fry them in the pot. In rural areas, it is called "boiling rape". This creaking "boiling rape" also indicates that everyone's life will be prosperous in the coming year! Speaking of new year's goods, dried fruit is also an essential "snack" for festivals. There are so many varieties of peanuts, melon seeds and walnuts, how should we choose them?
Step 3: melon seeds
There are many kinds of melon seeds on the market, including cream, green tea and spiced plums. Different tastes of melon seeds have different colors, such as green, white and red. It tastes good, but there are additives. It is best to buy original melon seeds. This kind of melon seeds has obvious white stripes on the skin and obvious dents on the shell, which is not greasy to the touch and tastes like melon seeds.
4. peanuts
Peanut is the most susceptible to damp and mildew, resulting in Aspergillus flavus harmful to human body. Eating too much will make you dizzy and vomit. You can try peanuts before you buy them. Peanuts with pungent and musty smell should be purchased carefully, and don't buy too much at a time to prevent them from getting damp and deteriorating.
walnut
Dried walnuts are rich in amino acids and can be used for skin care and anti-aging. Many merchants soak walnuts with hydrogen peroxide or ammonia water in advance in order to make the walnut skin whiter and more shiny. This kind of walnut treated with chemical raw materials, if eaten too much, will cause respiratory diseases and lead to decreased resistance. Remind everyone that there are dark spots on the surface of fresh walnuts, with obvious lines and a slight woody smell.
6. dried mushrooms
The appearance of dried mushrooms is white or too black, with a musty smell, which is easily broken by hand, indicating that this kind of mushrooms is likely to be specially treated and should not be bought and eaten. The truly dry and dehydrated high-quality shiitake mushrooms have complete appearance, dark brown color, no dampness to the touch, and are completely dry, retaining the unique aroma of fresh shiitake mushrooms. This mushroom is the healthiest to stir-fry after soaking in water.
7. Macroalgae
High-quality dried kelp will have a layer of hoarfrost on its surface, which is grayish green in color. Touch the surface of kelp with your hands, and it won't stick.
8.auricularia auricula
Inferior tremella is generally divided into two types, one is smoked with sulfur, which looks white and translucent and has a pungent smell; The other is damp and moldy, sticky to the touch, dark or even black, which is not suitable for purchase. The color of high-quality tremella is generally yellowish, and there are no impurities in the roots. The soaked auricularia auricula is big and loose, with strong toughness and full and chewy meat.