Gaochun has a traditional scenic spot with a history of nearly 300 years. What kind is it? This is sesame cake.

Shaobing, also known as salty sesame seed cake or crispy salt and pepper sesame seed cake, is a traditional name in Shaoxing. It has a history of more than 300 years.

Sesame cake is a popular pasta with many varieties, such as pie, scone, Jinyun sesame cake, traditional (old noodle) sesame cake from wen county ancient noodle shop, Huangshan sesame cake, traditional sesame cake and Hugou sesame cake.

There are many kinds of patterns 100, such as sesame seed cake, shortbread, shortbread, dough pile, dregs cake, sugar sesame sauce cake, dried cake, baked cake, crispy meat fire, assorted cake, roasted zongzi, unique seven fires, beef tongue cake, and rich chess piece cake.

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As the saying goes, "Ke Qiao dried bean curd, Gaobu salty sesame cake, Xialuqiao Yangmei, Taojiayan Aijiao", we can see the regional characteristics of Shaoxing cuisine. Sesame salted sesame seed cake, mainly used to pad hunger and wrap stomach, belongs to popular baked pasta.

Because its shape is small and round, the middle is convex, and the cake surface is dotted with sesame seeds, which looks like "steamed buns". Its origin is concentrated in Gaobu, Yuecheng District, so it is also called "sesame sesame sesame small sesame cake" or "Gaobu salty sesame cake" and "Gaobu small sesame cake".

Tracing back to its origin, sesame salty sesame seed cake was used by the examinees in Yin Shan and Huiji County in the old days to satisfy their hunger. People even had the beautiful meaning that "sesame seed cake is round and won the first prize", so it was sold in Kyoto as early as the Qing Dynasty, and it has a history of more than 200 years.

There are two kinds of salty sesame cakes in Gaobu, one is called salty sesame cakes, and the other is called crispy salt and pepper sesame cakes. It is mainly made of more than ten kinds of raw materials such as flour, sesame oil, sesame, sugar and maltose. It is made of dough, skin, crispy, stuffing, stuffing and baking. It is golden and translucent, salty and sweet, and crispy at the entrance.

For people in other places, sesame seed cake is too unusual, maybe it is not a delicious food, but for "old Shaoxing", it is a traditional name to accompany them when they grow up.

Zhou Zuoren, a famous modern essayist, mentioned in the Draft of Tang Zhi's Poems (Part II): "I have passed Gaobu City and even Fan Jiang Village. The memory of the famous pine nut cake still exists. Sesame cakes are crispy and the price is only two articles. "

It not only introduces the local customs of hometown with delicate and ethereal brushwork, but also focuses on some local cuisines. According to the research of food experts, the popularity of sesame salty sesame cakes in Vietnam is closely related to the unique taste of their fillings.

Sesame salty sesame cake is very small in shape, with egg white outside and sesame seeds sprinkled on it. Its color is oily, giving people a sense of impact visually. The key is the stuffing, which contains salt, pepper and sugar. When you chew at the mouth, you can not only feel the sweetness of sugar, but also touch the salty taste of salt. Your mouth is full of saliva, which is moderately salty and sweet.

Sweet and salty are contradictory, but they have a wonderful taste collision in the mouth, so they are often regarded as the most "Long Hudou" representatives of Shaoxing food industry.