Specialized pots not only make out of the sugar gourd shiny and beautiful, but also for the control of the fire is relatively simple compared to other pots such as iron, heat transfer is even, copper pot is also very easy to clean and clean up, with a long time, and will not produce rust or discoloration corrosion, the odor is not very big.

Ice candy gourd is also called sugar gourd, also known as sugar dun child in Tianjin, in Anhui Fengyang called sugar ball. Ice sugar gourd is a traditional Chinese snack, originated in the Southern Song Dynasty, it is the wild fruit with bamboo skewers into strings dipped in malt sugar dilution, sugar dilution in the wind quickly harden. A common snack in the northern winter, usually strung with hawthorn, sugar thin frozen hard, eat and sour and sweet, but also very cold.

Origin of the ice candy gourd

In the Song Dynasty years began the ancient practice, "Yanjing Years and Years" records: ice candy gourd, is a bamboo stick, through the mountain red, begonia fruit, grapes, hemp yam, walnuts, bean paste, etc., dipped in icing sugar, sweet and crisp and cool. Tea houses, theaters, streets and alleys everywhere, has become a traditional Chinese snack. Ice sugar gourd has appetizing, nourishing face, increasing wisdom, eliminating fatigue, clearing heat and so on.

Origin

The Emperor Guangzong of the Southern Song Dynasty was named Zhao Dun, and his yearly name was "Shaoxi". During the Shaoxi period, Huang Guifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Guangzong, fell ill. Her face was yellow and thin, and she did not want to eat. The imperial doctors used many expensive medicines, but no effect.

The emperor saw his favorite concubine emaciated, but also all day long worried. Finally, he had no choice but to open a list of doctors. A jianghu Langzhong open list into the palace, for Huang Guifei pulse diagnosis, said: "as long as the use of rock sugar and red fruit (that is, hawthorn) decoction, eat five to ten before each meal, not out of half a month disease quasi see good." The beginning of everyone will be skeptical, good in this way of eating is also suitable for the taste of the Princess, the Princess according to this way to serve, as expected, the disease is cured.

The emperor was naturally delighted, and unfolded the worry. Later, this practice spread to the people, the people and string it up to sell, it became the ice candy gourd.