Tianjin’s specialty snacks include Tianjin’s three unique Goubuli steamed buns, Guifaxiang 18th Street twists, and Er’eryan fried cakes, as well as Zhilanzhai cakes, pancake dumplings, boiled fish with pastry paste, Shitoumenkan vegetarian buns,

Baiji dumplings (halal), fried vegetarian rings, crispy rice dumplings, fried chestnuts with Xiaobao sugar, nut slices, tea soup, donkey rolling, etc., there are simply too many.

Carrying a load, walking through the streets and alleys, wherever there are people, there are their footprints - selling old tofu!

Pancakes, crispy rice dishes, and piles of brown sugar for dipping.

Tianjin snacks bring together characteristics from all over the world and are unrivaled in color, aroma and taste.

The first thing many tourists do when they come to Tianjin is to sit down at a food stall and order a bowl of old tofu or a bowl of crispy rice noodles, followed by a set of pancakes.

After a feast, a few more bunches of sweets are served.

It can be said that "you don't have to spend much money to have fun"... Tianjin's unique geographical location brings together visitors from all over the world and also brings food from all over the world, forming Tianjin's characteristic Tianjin food.

When it comes to Tianjin snacks, they are not only unique in color, aroma and taste, but also high in quality and low in price. They are especially popular among Tianjin people.

Xu Xinglin, a librarian at the Municipal Museum of Culture and History, said that there were many kinds of snacks in Tianjin at that time, with Nanshi, Hebei Hutong (today’s Hongqiao Hutong) and Bird Market being the most famous, with more than a hundred varieties.

Among them, some snacks were developed in the Ming Dynasty and became popular in the Qing Dynasty and have been passed down to this day. Some snacks have disappeared, leaving behind beautiful legends and stories.

Where do pancake dumplings come from? Pancake dumplings and rice dumplings are unique to Tianjin. If you eat pancake dumplings and rice dumplings together, they will have a unique flavor.

It is said that pancakes, dumplings and crispy rice dishes were introduced from Shandong a hundred years ago and were improved by the people of Tianjin to look like this.

Mr. Pu Songling, the author of "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", wrote "Ode to Pancakes" in the early years of Kangxi, which shows traces of the origin of pancakes: "The making of pancakes" first "combines the rice and beans and grinds them like glue" (that is, grinding the rice

Grains such as beans and beans are soaked in water and then ground into a thicker pulp), then put the rice and soy milk into a basin, scoop a spoonful of it, put it on the hot iron griddle, and spread it quickly with a spatula.

If it is flat, it will "suddenly change from yellow to white, and it will become like a whisker".

"The pancakes in some places are made with white flour and water. Of course, such pancakes are difficult to swallow. The main ingredients of Tianjin pancakes are mung beans, millet, dried shrimps (pi rice), spices and water ground into a paste. Pancakes should be made of flat flour.

They are sold in the pan right now. Each piece is fried (you can add an egg) and rolled up with a fried dough stick. Apply a little oil to the frying pan and fry for a while until it is slightly browned. Spread with flour sauce and sprinkle with chopped green onion. Fold it and call it a 'set'

"Zhang Zhong said that the pancake rolls in those days were "Taohuan'er", commonly known as "Pi'er". The dough was cut into four strands, and some even inserted them through the cuts to make them deep-fried.

More transparent, looks good.

Some also use pancakes to roll and eat them, which are crispy and delicious and have different flavors.

Tianjin rice dumplings, like pancakes and pancakes, are both popular in Tianjin.

However, you must not associate crispy rice with the word "vegetable" in stir-fry or vegetables.

Tianjin's rice dumplings are called "Gaba dishes" in colloquial language. The rice dumplings must be added with coriander and chili pepper, and must be spicy to taste.

The crispy rice dishes all use vegan brine (stir fennel, green onion and ginger with clear oil, add salt, soy sauce, gorgon powder, and water to make a marinade), add pancakes (thin slices made from soy milk, cut into pieces), and soak in the marinade.

After that, put it into a bowl, then add sesame paste, bean curd juice, and coriander (if you like it spicy, add spicy paste) and it is ready to eat.

The first step is to spread the pancakes thinly, and the second step is to marinate the rice dumplings using the batter washed out from the gluten wash.

Pancakes, dumplings and crispy rice dishes are both eaten hot, even in summer. They are made with mung beans as the main ingredient and are supplemented with millet, so they can detoxify and clear away heat, whet the appetite and strengthen the spleen, remove stasis, treat constipation, and are good for health. You will never tire of eating them.

, and it can relieve hangover after drinking.

Zhang Zhong said that in the old days, hawkers selling pancakes, dumplings and crispy rice dumplings were everywhere in Tianjin. Many of them were somewhat famous in the local area, but not many were too famous as snacks.

Wang Baoshan’s medicated candies can cure diseases. Do you believe that eating candies can also cure diseases?

In the old days, there were hawkers in Tianjin who specialized in selling medicinal candies. They shouted and explained the types of medicinal candies used to treat diseases. Their shouts were distinctive and their accents were consistent and rhyming.

Talking about the cry of selling medicinal candies, Xu Xinglin even sang to the reporter with great interest: "Selling medicinal candies, who can take the medicinal candies, sweet peach, peach, sand fruit grape; kumquat, that apple, clear away phlegm."

Fire. Oranges and mandarin oranges, Sha Yao Rendan; apples and bananas, almond tea paste..." I can't believe that there are so many tricks to selling medicine candies.

Elder Xu Xinglin said that the so-called medicated sugar is to boil sugar to a certain temperature and then add various Chinese medicinal materials, such as amomum villosum, cardamom, rose, safflower, fresh ginger, mint, etc.; after boiling the sugar, pour it together

On a large stone plate, pull it into strips and cut it into small pieces with a knife.

There is a sugar pot in front of his door, and various Chinese medicinal materials are placed on the bluestone table. They are made on the spot and sold as soon as they are made. Many people are often gathered in front of the shop.

When talking about medicated candies, we have to mention Wang Baoshan, the first medicated candies seller in Tianjin.

According to insiders, Wang Baoshan worked as a servant for a Frenchman living in Tianjin when he was young. Later, the Frenchman returned to China and gave Wang Baoshan some of his unused items, some of which were French food flavors.

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After Wang Baoshan obtained it, after his own research, he integrated these flavors into medicated candies and produced many novel flavored medicated candies, such as orange, apple, peach, etc., which were particularly popular.