When it comes to how to eat less in Hunan, Hunan cuisine, one of the eight major cuisines, is enough to prove how much attention Hunan people attach to eating this matter. What are the specialties in Hunan?

Let's not elaborate on the stinky tofu, sugar and oil Baba, tasty shrimp, tasty crab and pot dumplings in Changsha, which are all well-known delicacies. You must eat these delicacies when you come to Changsha. If you don't eat them when you come to Changsha, you will not come. Let's take a look at other famous foods that have won many awards!

Let's talk about several geographical indication products

1. Anhua black tea

is produced in Anhua County, Yiyang, Hunan Province. Black tea belongs to post-fermented tea, and its unique processing process, especially the participation of microorganisms, makes it have special TCM efficacy. It is rich in tea polysaccharide compounds, which is considered by the medical community to regulate sugar metabolism (prevent diabetes), reduce blood lipid, blood pressure, prevent blood coagulation and thrombosis, and improve immunity.

2. Guzhang Maojian tea

The unique quality of Guzhang Maojian tea lies in picking bud tea or bud heads with one bud and one leaf at the beginning of Qingming every year. After eight processes, such as spreading green, deactivating enzymes, kneading strips, frying blanks, spreading cold, shaping, drying and screening, it is meticulously refined into "tea before Qingming". Its tea strips are tight and thin, the front seedlings are beautiful, the color is green and moist, and the white hair is full; The fragrance is rich, the taste is mellow, and the aftertaste is fluid; The soup is bright yellow-green, and the bottom of leaves is green, tender and even.

3. qianyang sugar orange

qianyang sugar orange is a specialty of hongjiang city, Huaihua, which is named after its crisp, tender and sweet fruit like rock sugar. From 1997 to 1999, Hunan Province won the Gold Award for High-quality Fruits for three consecutive years. In 26, it was awarded the title of "Famous Fruit in China" and in 27, it was listed as a national geographical indication product for protection of origin. Thin-skinned juice is seedless, rich in sugar, citric acid and vitamins (sugar 12.8-14.5%, soluble solids 16.3-18.4%). It is no exaggeration to say that it is really sweeter than first love.

4. The yellow peach in Yanling

It is a pure original ecological and pollution-free health care fruit. In 211, Yanling County was named as "the hometown of high-quality yellow peach in China". It is famous for its fragrance, crispness and sweetness. The fruit is large, does not crack, and has a beautiful appearance. Generally, it is very good for giving gifts.

5. Jiangyong pomelo

Jiangyong pomelo is a variety of Shatian pomelo, which originated from Shatian Village, Rong County, Guangxi. Jiangyong pomelo pulp is crystal clear as jade, thick and juicy, tender, crisp and fragrant, moderately sweet and sour, and can be stored for a long time. Regular consumption can promote the normal physiological activities of human body, and has the functions of promoting digestion, resolving phlegm, moistening lung, relieving cough and sobering up.

6. Baojing Golden Tea

Baojing Golden Tea is an ancient and rare local tea variety resource in Baojing County, western Hunan. It has the quality characteristics of "high amino acid, high tea polyphenols and high water extract" and "fragrant, green, cool and strong". The content of amino acids in early spring tea is as high as 7%, which is more than twice that of green tea at the same time, and the content of tea polyphenols is as high as 2%. The product tastes mellow, strong but not bitter, and is resistant to brewing.

7. Huarong mustard

Huarong county is the largest mustard production area in China. "Huarong Mustard" passed the national geographical indication protection certification in 28 and won the national geographical indication certification trademark in 213. It is reported that "Huarong Mustard" series of processed products account for 5% of the sales market of similar products in China.

8. Xinhuang beef

Xinhuang beef has tender meat, rich flavor, unique flavor and high nutritional value. The four series of chilled beef, hotel beef, leisure beef and wax beef developed and produced are in short supply. The contents of vitamins B2 and B6 in Xinhuang yellow beef are almost 2 times and 3 times that of other Xiangxi yellow cattle in surrounding counties.

In fact, there are more than these geographical indication products in Hunan, and a few are listed as representatives. There are many delicious foods in other cities and counties in Hunan, such as

Shaoyang articles

Shaodong day lily, Shaoyang tea oil, Wugang copper goose, Wugang braised vegetables, Wugang kudzu root, Wugang rice flower, Shaodong Yuzhu, pig blood balls, etc.

Huaihua articles

Besides Qianyang sugar orange mentioned earlier, there are Zhijiang duck, Jingzhou bayberry and Tuokou.

Yongzhou

Besides the fragrant pomelo mentioned before, there are Yongzhou Blood Duck, Dongan Chicken, Daozhou Navel Orange, Jianghua Bitter Tea, etc.

Chenzhou food is also very famous, such as Linwu Duck, Yongxing Sugar Orange, Rucheng Baimao Tea, Dongjiang Fish, Dongjiang Lake Tangerine, Yongxing Sihuang Chicken, Chenzhou Alpine Hehua Fish, etc. The betel nut taro in Qidong, the tea oil in Changning and the tobacco leaves in Hengnan are all geographical indication products

Changde articles

The famous products eaten in Changde are salted duck, Hanshou turtle, Taoyuan big leaf tea, Taoyuan chicken, Shimen native chicken, Linli mixed orange, Jinshi rice flour, Shimen citrus, Lixian grape, etc.

There are countless Hunan cuisines, as well as Anhua black tea and Songhua peel in Yiyang. Yueyang Huarong Road wrinkled tangerine, Huarong Road egg, Changle sweet wine; Yongfeng Hot Sauce in Loudi, Yangmei in Tieshan and Gong Mi in Ziquejie; Zhuzhou Youxian rice noodles, Youxian tofu, Youxian duck; Xiangtan's Xianglian, Wicker Cake, Roasted Fish, Mao Shi Braised Pork, etc. are more than you can imagine, and many of them are geographical indication products. My great Hunan is a well-deserved food province.