The story of Zhenchuan Ganlu.

Ganlu is also known as Desheng Cake. It originated in the Song and Liao dynasties and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. It has exquisite craftsmanship. Later generations continued to research and innovate with great concentration to produce different flavors, especially the "oil dry oven": fragrant, crispy, crispy, sweet but not greasy. It is a great gift for relatives and friends. of excellent food. It is said that Shanxi Huairen's "Sugar Dried Stove" originated from the Song and Liao Dynasties and was a mail carrier specially made by the Yang family to deliver information. Because the intelligence was accurate, the Yang family became famous. Later, in memory of his achievements, the Yang family called it "Victory Cake." Later, because it contained more sugar, it had a cake wall inside and a void in the middle, resembling the stove that people used to make fires every day. It was also called "sugar dry stove" among the people. Legend has it that Li Zicheng was trapped in the mountains of southern Shaanxi by the Ming army, but he finally resisted for three months and successfully escaped. Some people speculate that Ganlu saved their lives. From this, there is also a local saying in Zhenchuan - those who carry guns are those who hunt, and those who eat dry steamed buns are delicious.

?There is such a passage in the folk saying "Praise to Yulin": "Zizhou's glutinous rice stuffing is delicious in the mouth, and Suide's oil spin is praised by everyone. The rice fat and oil cakes are the best in the world, and Zhenchuan's dry oven goes all the way to Hainan." According to "Zhenchuan Chronicles", in Zhenchuan during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many shops on both sides of the streets, stretching from Ningxia, Wuwei, and Qingyang in the west to Taiyuan, Beijing, and Tianjin in the east. There were merchants walking here, and Zhenchuan became a It has become a place with "four gatherings and five expansions" and ranks among the "four famous forts" in northern Shaanxi (the other three are Gaojiabao, Wayaobao and Anbianbao). In the early years of the Republic of China, there were more than 130 fur shops in Zhenchuan in the Hebei, Shanxi, and Beijing-Tianjin regions alone. There were 378 permanent merchants and clerks in Shunde Prefecture in Hebei Province alone in Zhenchuan. The scale of trade in Zhenchuan back then can be seen from this. And

?The fate of Zhenchuan dry furnace is closely related to the rise and fall of Zhenchuan economy. "Yusai Jijilu" compiled in the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886) records: "Zhenchuan Fort, Yulin City and other markets have opened meat rice shops one after another, but Zhenchuan Yang's cake tray (i.e. dry oven) is very beautiful." "Yansui Range Rover" records that restaurants in Zhenchuan Fort are all over the street, and dry ovens are the staple food for dozens of restaurants on the street to entertain foreign merchants. It is not difficult to see from this that Ganlu has an unusual position in Zhenchuan snacks. ?So it is extremely normal for Gansu to go to Hainan. .

In Zhenchuan, Yulin, there is also an ancient delicacy called kū lüè. It is a kind of Jincheon dry stove, and it is also a token of engagement.

There is a local custom in Zhenchuan, that is, when getting engaged, the man should give the woman a quqi (a type of dry stove, circular) tied with a red string, and the woman should give these dry stoves as gifts. Give it to relatives as a "signal" that your daughter is engaged (similar to Zizhou giving stuffing when she is engaged). The main meaning of tying a red rope on the harem is that the two parties have been "tied" and cannot go back on it. It also means that they hope for a happy marriage in the future. The Quqi is baked in a fire and has a red rope on it, which is a wish for a prosperous life after marriage.

And for the local people in Zhenchuan, there are too many happy and bitter memories. There is a story circulating in Zhenchuan. It is said that there is a farmer in Yihe Town, Suide County. Whenever he goes to the market in Zhenchuan, he always buys several oil-dried ovens for his precious son to eat. The son also grew up and became famous in Sixiang. When his father talked about his son, he always said with a bit of pride: "My son grew up eating Zhenchuan oil dry stove."< /p>

?For people born in the 60s and 70s now, dry oven is simply the supreme delicacy of childhood.

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The process of making the dry oven is called "making the dry oven", which involves kneading the dough, pressing the rod, dividing ingredients, adding dough salt, holding the hand, serving the sauce, and dividing the dough. It can be completed by more than ten processes such as threading, turning in the oven, and taking it out of the oven. Immediately after the dry oven comes out of the oven, brush a layer of rapeseed oil while it is at high temperature to achieve a semi-fried effect. After it is completely cooled, put it into a porcelain vat for oil return and crisping, so that the dry oven is crisp but not hard. It is dry but not strong, with pure taste and high quality, resulting in crispy and refreshing taste, easy to digest, and unique and ancient craftsmanship. Does not contain any preservatives. It has the characteristics of not getting moldy after being stored for a long time. It can be stored for about half a year at room temperature in the north.

Zhenchuan Ganlu is a kind of tourist food that developed with the development of commerce and trade. It has a history of more than 800 years. It is a phoenix-shaped wheat flour sesame seed cake (unfermented). Shaped like a small wheel, with thick edges and a convex center, it has a ring and a lower ring, which is quite artistic. It is divided into upper and lower layers, with a big red heart bulging out in the middle of the upper layer. It generally weighs 125 grams, and the larger one weighs 200 grams. There are two types of dry ovens and oil dry ovens.

There is a folk saying: "It tastes delicious, it is crispy when you bite it, and it tastes dry when you burp it." It is indeed a unique flavor. Now, Zhenchuan Ganlu has two flavors: sweet Ganlu and salty Ganlu. If you like to eat it, you can also buy it online.