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Pancake is Lingbao's local flavor snack. According to legend, it was introduced from Shaanxi hundreds of years ago. Retort is a retort with a small hole at the bottom, so retort is also called Zhuang pancake. It is said that Zan was produced in the late primitive society, Tao Zan appeared in the Neolithic Age and developed into bronze casting in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. After the ironware is produced, it becomes an iron retort. In recent years, it is also welded with white iron leaves. The quality of Taozan steamed is the best. The raw materials of retort cakes are glutinous rice (traditionally Wuxi glutinous rice) and jujube (Lingbao hairy jujube is the best), and the ratio is 10 kg of glutinous rice and 3 kg of jujube per pot. There are strict requirements for soaking rice, filling retort, adding water and cooking. Pot cakes are good in color, moderate in hardness, soft and sweet, and mellow in taste, which is a good breakfast in winter and spring.

2. Fat sesame cake

Fat sesame cake, also called fat sesame cake, is a famous food of Lingbao. It is oblate, spirally staggered, brown and Huang Guangliang in appearance, with distinct layers after biting. Each layer is as thin as paper, crisp outside and soft inside, and full of fragrance. The oil briquetting technology is exquisite, and the main raw materials are flour, pig fat, cotton oil, salt, alkaline noodles and so on. There are two ways to eat. One way is to let the chef squeeze it and shake it out. In the blink of an eye, a cake was piled up on a plate, fluffy and sliced, and eaten with chopsticks. The other is to keep the cake in its original state. Food has its own flavor.

3. Stone steamed stuffed bun

Stone buns, also known as stone biscuits. Named after the bean pit is cooked at the bottom of tobacco, it has a long history and a unique production method. This is Lingbao's unique food. The main raw materials are: flour, lard, small oil (vegetable oil), salt, star anise, pepper, onion and so on. The stone mill sesame seed cake is brown and bright, and the concave edge is protruding, like an oval small golden basin. After biting, it has distinct layers, crisp outside and soft inside, salty and delicious, and can be stored for a long time

4. Lingbao jujube

Lingbao jujube is one of the three famous treasures of Lingbao (jujube, apple and gold). It has been cultivated for more than 400 years and is mainly produced in sandy soil along the Yellow River in lingbao city. The variety is mainly round jujube, also called pimple jujube. The fruit is large, mostly short cylindrical, with a single fruit weighing about 25 grams, and the largest can reach 33 grams. Deep red skin, thick meat and small core, less tough juice, sweet taste, soft meat, good flavor, strong fragrance and high sugar content, suitable for making dried jujube and jujube. Dried jujube is elastic, compressible and suitable for long-distance transportation, so it is famous all over the country. Mr. Lu Xun once praised: "Jujube is excellent and was acquired by South China Research Institute." Cao Jinghua, a famous translator, also wrote a poem praising: "A stubborn monkey sticks its head among branches, and a flat peach is not fresh.

According to the determination, Lingbao jujube is rich in nutrition, and its fruit contains protein, sugars, organic acids, mucus, vitamins A, B2, C and trace amounts of calcium, phosphorus and iron. It can be eaten fresh and made into candied dates, smoked dates, and jujube dates. , and also made into jujube noodles, jujube paste, jujube cake, jujube wine, jujube vinegar and so on. It also has high medicinal value and is most suitable for asplenia patients. In recent years, it has been used in the treatment or adjuvant treatment of hepatitis, hypertension, anemia and other diseases.

5. Guifei apricot

Guifei apricot is produced in the sandy land along the Yellow River in lingbao city. According to legend, Yang Yuhuan, the imperial concubine of the Tang Dynasty, lived in Lingbao when she was young. Although her face is white but not tender, her skin is delicate but not moist and not very beautiful. In her yard, there is an apricot Xinger, which is especially sweet. Yuhuan eats it every year, and when she grows up, she becomes as beautiful as flowers and jade. Therefore, after Yang Yuhuan entered the palace and was canonized as the imperial concubine, people called this kind of apricot "the imperial concubine apricot".

The fruit of Guifei apricot is as big as a duck egg, with an average weight of 80 grams and a maximum weight of 200 grams. The fruit is pleasant in shape, orange in peel and pulp, flushed in the morning, delicate in meat quality, without fiber, rich in juice, sweet and sour, and rich in aroma, suitable for fresh eating, and can also be processed into preserved fruit or canned sugar water. This kind of stone tastes slightly sweet and can be eaten or used as medicine.

6. Ganlian

Ganlian is one of the main specialties in lingbao city, named after it was produced in Ganxiang County. This kind of lotus root color is delicious and has a history of hundreds of years. Its main feature is that the meat is thin and white, with almost no lotus thread, crisp and juicy, sweet and delicious, and very refreshing. Lotus root is very different from common lotus root. This kind of lotus root generally has nine holes, two more than usual, also known as "nine-hole lotus".

7. Lingbao line pepper

Line pepper is mainly produced in Louxia Village, Yinzhuang Town, lingbao city. It was called "spicy half county" in ancient times and has a history of more than 200 years. Line pepper has bright color, bright red luster, strong spicy taste, heavy oil, thick pulp and even size, and contains protein, fat and minerals. Line pepper is mainly used as seasoning. Because the fruit is as small as a thread, the skin will wrinkle after drying. In the international market, it is known as "Henan wrinkled pepper", with an annual export volume of 30 thousand kilograms.

8. Jueshan onion

Jueshan Onion, also known as "Whip Onion", is produced in Zhaoshan Village, Yinzhuang Town, lingbao city. Its stems are long and thick, the length is generally more than 26 cm, and the longest can reach 40 cm. The green onions are thin and fragrant, and the entrance is spicy and sweet. Jueshan onion is not only a delicious condiment, but also can be used as medicine to treat diseases, and its efficacy is better than other onions. This kind of onion was once supplied to the incense market and was very popular.

9, broadsword face

Daoxiao Noodles is the most popular snack in lingbao city with a history of more than 200 years. The broadsword on the cutting surface is 3 feet long and 5 inches wide, much like a hay cutter. It is rolled into a thin dough more than a foot wide, folded into more than ten layers, and then cut into noodles with a big knife. Due to the difference of nine methods, the big knife noodles are divided into four varieties: fine noodles, as fine as vermicelli; Curtains are as thick as curtains; Wide face, as wide as leek (mostly made into dried noodles), as wide as two leek leaves. When slicing, it actually cuts a knife and flashes a knife, hence the name flash knife. Usually fine noodles and dried noodles are sold in the morning and lasagna is sold at noon. The seasoning is mainly hot and sour, and the sauce and side dishes can change according to the season.