Zhengding, known as Changshan in ancient times, is a national historical and cultural city. A long history and culture have bred a wide variety of traditional foods, and Changshan County Eager Maruko is one of them.

Changshan county hot meatballs are different from traditional meatballs. They are cylindrical foods with a diameter of 5 cm and a length of about 2 cm, which are not spherical. Because they need to be sliced while they are hot, they are called hot meatballs. It is similar to Baoding's braised pork and Shenze's meat cake, and is well-known for its unique taste. Changshan County Eagered meatballs are delicious and have a faint fragrance of lotus leaves, which is rich in taste when eaten in the mouth. Because of the filling made of sesame oil, stock and soup, the shredded pork tastes strong, and the rest is tender and tender, and the mouth is soft and the tongue melts when stirred.

Eager meatballs pay attention to one red, two white and three green. Red refers to fresh meat, white refers to good sweet potato powder, and green refers to the best green onions. Generally, meatballs are fried, while Changshan County Eager meatballs are steamed, which can ensure the original flavor of the food to the greatest extent and is also the most beneficial to the health.

Eager meatballs have been passed down in Zhengding for more than 6 years. They were once a must-have dish for housewives in Zhengding area, and they were also an indispensable dish for entertaining guests and friends. In recent ten years, many housewives feel that their production process is complicated and demanding, and they are unwilling to make it by themselves. However, many restaurants specialize in making eager meatballs and use them for take-away. Among them, Master Xu's fervent meatballs have inherited the ancient method of ancestors and combined the technological characteristics of some old chefs, forming the existing formula and technology: fresh pork or beef, adding sweet potato powder, sesame oil, green onions, fresh ginger and other ingredients in strict proportion, and then cooking with bone, cooking wine, pepper, dried tangerine peel and other raw materials to make soup and stuffing. And stuffing require precise time and technique, which will make it hard after a long time and soft and weak after a short time. After the stuffing is mixed, it is wrapped with natural lotus leaves, and the steamer is steamed with firewood. The steaming time is also strict. Master Xu is famous for his eager meatballs, which are sliced with a knife and seasoned with garlic juice or mustard juice. The flavor is especially good.