Baoqing pig blood meatballs, also known as Xueba, are traditional snacks in Shaoyang, Hunan. It began in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and was handed down from generation to generation. It has a history of hundreds of years. ?

The main raw material of Baoqing pig blood meatballs is tofu. First, filter the water in the tofu with gauze, then crush the tofu, then cut the fresh pork into diced meat or strips, and mix in proper amount of pig blood, salt, Chili powder, spiced powder and a little seasoning such as sesame oil, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate and sesame seeds. Stir well, make into oval balls the size of steamed bread, dry them in the sun for a few days, and then hang them on a firewood stove and smoke them with fireworks.

2. Shaoyang rice noodles

Shaoyang rice noodle is a flavor snack in Shaoyang, Hunan. It has a long history. For local citizens, eating Shaoyang rice noodles is a way of life. You must try to go to Shaoyang. The main raw material of Shaoyang rice noodles is rice, which is made into white, round, thin and elastic vermicelli through six processes: rice selection, fermentation, pulping, briquetting, briquetting and powder pressing. Just put it in boiling water and add seasoning to eat, and it tastes smooth and delicious. Especially the Hui beef noodles, which are delicious.

3. Wugang Copper Goose

Wugang Copper Goose, with delicate and oval shape, has the characteristics of medium size, fast growth, strong adaptability and good meat quality, and is made into a special dish in Shaoyang. The goose skin is crisp, the braised goose is crisp, clean, fragrant and soft, and the braised goose is mellow.

Wugang belongs to the "hometown of copper geese" and is named as one of the "Three Treasures of Agriculture in Hunan", enjoying the reputation of "Goose in the World". Since it was listed in the national protection list of livestock and poultry genetic resources, its living body and body were registered as certificate of origin trademarks by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce on 20 10, and were awarded famous trademarks in Hunan Province on 20 13.

4. Baoqing dried duck kidney and dried duck paw.

Local farmers smoked roast duck kidneys and dried duck feet with self-feeding firewood, which was earthy, original and chewy, and the more they bit, the more fragrant they became. It tastes good, needless to say! It is a necessary and preferred food for local people to entertain the most distinguished guests.

Baoqing's dried duck kidney, dried duck feet and dried pig ears are also called the best local food and the best dishes!

5. Longhui Egg jiaozi

Egg dumplings are also a specialty of Shaoyang. Beat the eggs and stir well, and bake a layer of egg skin in the pan. Then knead the minced meat into a long ball, put it on one end of the egg skin, and turn it into an egg dumpling with chopsticks. When eating, chicken soup is usually steamed together, and sometimes Longkou vermicelli is added, which is especially fragrant when cooked!

6. liqueur and Ciba

Rural people in Shaoyang must have sweet wine and Ciba during the Spring Festival, which is a pure food, because sweet wine is hard steamed and Ciba is handmade. In that era of material scarcity, Bazin carried too much happiness, and the hometown proverb also said: "If you can rot a mortar, you can marry a wife." ?

Winter in my hometown is very cold. Every time I go to my relatives' house during the Chinese New Year, they will cook sweet wine Ciba. On the red firewood, sweet wine rolled in the pot. In a short time, Ciba was like an angel dancing happily in the wine soup, with white sugar, lined with snow all over the sky, and took a bite carefully.

7. Shaodong Daylily

Day lily is a kind of flower food with high nutritional value and medicinal value. Chinese medicine believes that eating day lily can make people "calm and carefree", so day lily is also called "worry-free girl".

Shaodong Day Lily is listed as one of the eight precious vegetables in China. According to the determination of China Academy of Medical Sciences, the contents of protein, eggs, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and riboflavin in yellow flowers in Shaoyang are higher than those in common vegetables such as tomatoes. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", yellow flowers benefit the chest and diaphragm, the five internal organs, the breast and the stomach, and the intellectual man fit and eyesight. On people's dining tables, yellow flowers are often used to make soup and barbecue, which tastes very delicious; Steamed crucian carp and braised chicken with yellow flowers are also indispensable in maternal recipes.

8. Shaoyang Rice Tofu and Wugang Hair Cake

Rice tofu is a traditional snack in Miao and Tujia areas. It is made by washing and soaking rice, adding water to grind it into rice slurry, and then boiling it with fire to make "tofu". Shaoyang learned it, and then added Shaoyang's brand to the cooking technology.

Or stir-fried, or stir-fried, or cold salad, or soup, with different tastes, so that people of all ages can enjoy their favorite taste. A writer once described it like this: "Rice tofu is very tender, with chopped green onion, cut into four squares and neat edges. The cube was fried in the oil pan and immediately covered with a golden skin. But it is still fresh after tearing, but it is hot. "

9. Dried sweet potato with red heart, Shaodong sweet potato slices and Shaoyang potato powder.

Dried sweet potatoes with red hearts are made from local high-quality sweet potatoes in Shaoyang through hundreds of years of traditional processing. Mainly shredding, slicing, and small sweet potatoes. Their appearance, feel, taste and taste are great. They are pure natural foods without any pigment, and have anti-cancer and beauty effects.

Shaoyang potato powder is a natural green food with pure color, softness and smoothness, which is made by traditional manual technology, freezing treatment and natural air drying. It has the characteristics of delicious and refreshing taste, pure powder taste, strong cooking resistance and rich nutrition. The whole shredded pork and potato noodle soup of Shaoyang people during the Spring Festival is one of the rare holiday dishes.

10, Wugang Mihua, Suining Camus Black Rice

As early as the Western Han Dynasty, Wugang people had the custom of making rice flowers on holidays. Because the fragrance of rice flowers looks like a full moon and is homophonic with "hair", which means all the best and prosperity, every household will fry the fragrance of rice flowers on New Year's Eve every year to welcome the New Year.

Wugang popcorn is made of glutinous rice. The production method is as follows: the glutinous rice is washed several times, soaked in clear water to make it swell, then divided into two halves, half of which is mixed with edible red, and then steamed in a steamer (separated by a partition). Put the cooked rice fragrance on a mat or board and dry it. If the white bottom layer is paved with broken jade and the red surface layer is inlaid with agate, it looks like a gorgeous flower from a distance, so it is called "rice fragrance".

Every year, the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is the "Daughter's Day" of Yang in Suining County. According to legend, Yang, a descendant, fell into Longcheng and was put in prison. In order to save his brother, his sister Yang Jinhua sent a bucket of cooked black rice to prison on April 8th. The jailer didn't dare to fight for food, but Yang's strength increased greatly after eating it. She broke the prison door and rushed out.

In memory of Yang's younger sister who died to save his younger brother, on the eighth day of April, the Yang family always takes the married girl back to her family for a black meal. The leaves of black rice are important raw materials of black rice, which are collected from Suining mountain area. Leaves are green when picked, and turn black after mashing and cooking glutinous rice. Black and beige fragrance is really a local must.

Features of Baoqing pig blood meatballs: It is a traditional food in Baoqing, which began in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years.

Pig blood pill contains many amino acids needed by protein and human body. Moderately salty, delicious, easy to preserve, convenient to eat, with distinctive local characteristics, especially loved by people in Baoqing (Shaoyang).

Exercise:

1. According to the smoke hardness of pig blood meatballs, first cook them with water and simmer for 5 to 6 minutes.

2. Slice and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Don't fry it dry.

3. Add pepper and stir-fry until cooked.

Watch the salt! Pig blood balls are smoked and baked with salt. You'd better taste the salt before adding it.