Foshan is the "hometown of delicacies" in the Pearl River Delta, where the land is fertile, the water network is criss-crossed, the things are gorgeous and the land, sea and air are abundant. No matter the animals flying in the sky, walking on the ground, drilling in the soil, swimming in the water, or the lush fruits and vegetables, they can all become delicious food under the careful cooking of the chefs.

There are many restaurants in Foshan, and there are many gourmet villas. They are open day and night, and they are rich and frugal. Drinking tea in restaurants in the morning and evening has always been a favorite of Foshan people. Whenever drinking tea, the restaurant is full of people, family members, close friends and friends, or talking and chatting, or getting together, forming a unique local food culture.

Foshan people have created many delicious dishes with different styles according to the specialties and tastes of different places. Zhuhou food in Foshan and "Fengcheng (Daliang) speculation" in Shunde are well-known. Many snacks in Foshan, such as Foshan Blind Cake, Tieti, Daliang Pheasant Roll, Fried Milk, Bouncing Sand, Double Skin Milk, Xiaofeng Cake, Nanhai Fish Raw, Dafu Cake, Jiujiang Fried Dumpling, Sanshui Paparazzi Duck and so on, are well known.

Heji Blind Gongbing is a famous specialty of Foshan

Because it was created by a blind person. Therefore, it is named blind cake. It was founded in the late period of Pujiaqing (1796-l82), and it has been 16 years since. The blind man's name is He Shengchao. At the age of eight, he was blind because of his poor family and illness and lack of money for medical treatment. At the age of ten, he began to learn divination. After he completed his studies, he opened the "Gan Gan Tang" divination hall at the entrance of Jiaoshan Square in this city, which was quite believed by some people at that time. Son two, a shade source; A Fenxing (word Yuzhai). Yu Zhai served his father in the library. Because the soothsayer carries many children, he cries noisily and affects his work. Yu Zhai came up with a method: dry rice and grind it into rice flour, add sesame seeds and peanuts, and mix them with raw oil to make rice cakes, which are called "patties". (At present, the word "meat pie" is still printed on the cake of the blind man.) This way, you can sell it to the people who ask for advice to bait the children, and you can earn more money to support your family. Because the production is unique, sweet and delicious, the price is cheap, and more purchases are made every day. In order to make a profit, neighbors also copied and sold them, but the quality was not as good as the "genuine goods". People flocked to Heshengchao to buy them, and passed them on from generation to generation. People who bought cakes from the blind man called them "blind men's cakes", hence the name. In feudal society, the blind man was most afraid of being called a blind man. Therefore, for more than a hundred years, although hundreds of cakes in the market have been well-known, his descendants did not take the cake as a signboard, but took it as the name of Heji Meat Heart Cake. Since the liberation of the people in 1952, our city participated in the South China Material Exchange Conference, and in order to vigorously promote Foshan native products, it was officially designated as blind cakes.

The making of blind cakes is different from ordinary cakes. Most cakes sold in the market are made of flour, while blind cakes are all made of glutinous rice with excellent raw materials such as sugar, peanuts, sesame seeds, pork and raw oil. The pork sandwiched in the cake is made more beautifully and delicately. It is marinated with fine white sugar for several months (at least a few days) before it is taken out and prepared. It tastes sweet, crisp and delicious, and it is also famous at home and abroad. For hundreds of years, the method of making it is simple, baking it with earthen pots filled with materials and sitting for production, which is extremely inefficient. It was not until 1955, after the public-private partnership, that the chopping board system was switched to stand-up production. Due to the improvement of operation method, the production efficiency is greatly improved. At present, there are two kinds of product specifications, the big one is six per barrel and the small one is ten per barrel. When exporting or giving gifts, there are cartons and iron

Foshan nine-layer cakes to make pig's feet

In Foshan and Nanhai areas, people must make nine-layer cakes, which means "for a long time, step by step". Nine-layer cake is a kind of sweet rice cake with exquisite workmanship. Soak it in white rice, grind it into gouache with a stone mill, stir it into slurry, add sugar water, put a thin layer of gouache on a copper plate, heat and steam it, and then add powder layer by layer to nine layers. The steamed nine-layer cake has distinct layers and is soft, smooth and delicious. Some people also use food pigments, each layer is red and white, which is very beautiful. During the festival, people cut the steamed nine-layer cake into diamond-shaped pieces, and every four pieces are stacked into a plate (three pieces at the bottom and one at the top). First, they worship their ancestors, and then the whole family eats the cake. Take its auspicious meaning. During the Spring Festival, people often give friends and relatives muffins, rice cakes, fried dumplings and oil angle to each other, but nine-layer cakes are not given to others. It is said that giving them to others will divide auspiciousness, which is not good for them. When it comes to the heart-warming pig's trotters, everyone who has eaten them is full of praise. The pig's trotters are light and refreshing, waking up the stomach but not greasy; The hoof skin is crispy and fragrant, fresh and delicious, and it is fragrant after eating. In addition, it is convenient to eat, and it can be eaten at home without cooking and steaming, so it is still famous for more than 1 years. In addition to chicken as the main dish, Foshan people put on a plate of hooves, which is a special hospitality.

Foshan Zhuhou sauce Xiqiao pancake

Zhuhou sauce is delicious in color, moderate in sweetness and fragrant in black bean flavor, and it is a good seasoning with unique flavor. For more than 1 years, Zhuhou food has become one of the most distinctive food ingredients in Foshan, which is well-known and praised by people. Xiqiao pie was first produced by Tianyuan bakery in Guanshan Fair, and once sold well in provinces and ports. It is characterized by softness, sweetness and loose entrance. This cake can only be made from the clear spring of Xiqiao Mountain, and it is copied in other places, which is not as good as this taste, so it is called Xiqiao pie.

Pueraria lobata

, commonly known as silkworm worms, is rich in protein, which is one of the inexpensive dishes. Silk reeling industry is developed in Shunde and Nanhai. Silkworm pupa is a by-product after silk reeling. Besides being sold to farmers and put into fish ponds as fertilizer, fresh silkworm pupa can also be eaten and often sold in the market.

1. Ready to eat. When reeling silk, the boiling cauldron of water will extract the silk from the cocoon, and then the silkworm worms can be eaten, which is sweet and delicious. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, women silk reeling workers worked long hours, leaving early and returning late. When they were hungry, they were not allowed to leave the silk reeling machine to buy things to eat in the street, so they had to pick silkworms to eat, but they could only eat them secretly. The boss did not allow workers to eat silkworms.

2. fry silkworms. Cool the silkworm worms to dry water, take the pan with oil, put the silkworm worms in the pan and fry them slowly until they are brown and ready to eat. It is very sweet and delicious. Stir-fry Stir-fry in oil, add vegetables and cook. Serve. This is a dish that residents in Foshan like to eat very much. Silkworm worms can be fried with leeks as well as bamboo shoots, green peppers and shage granules, which is a delicious farmhouse dish.

3. Silkworm paste. Explode silkworm worms with oil, grind them into paste with sand basin, add salt and minced red pepper to make paste, put them in utensils and take them out when eating, which can be used as seasoning for steamed pork and stir-fried dishes. Pueraria lobata is one of the native products of Gaoming City, mainly distributed in mountainous towns such as Heshui. Pueraria lobata, a species of Hehui people, began in the 196s and 197s, but until the 199s, few farmers planted Pueraria lobata, and everyone used the land for planting "Hehui watermelons". Due to the lack of scientific knowledge of melon cultivation, the mature watermelon fields were not "rested" for many years, and the quality of watermelons produced deteriorated, and the market gradually disappeared, so farmers turned to planting Pueraria lobata. Because the hydration soil is mainly loose sandy loam, the cultivated Pueraria lobata is sweet and slag-free, with high starch rate, high edible and medicinal value, and soon it is famous. Ge Nong also invented "Tibetan kudzu" in practice, which can be sold at a price all year round. At present, the area of Pueraria lobata cultivated in the local area has remained above 1, mu all the year round, which has become the main source of income for local farmers after "Heshui Watermelon". Heshui people have been planting Pueraria lobata for more than 3 years, and the planting area in recent years is nearly 1, mu, accounting for more than 8% of the planting area of Pueraria lobata in Gaoming City. Pueraria lobata in Heshui is famous all over the world, and it has become a delicacy on people's table because of its rich powder and sweet taste. It is the "king of fists" in agricultural and sideline products in Heshui Town, with an annual output of about 9315 tons. Last year, the economic income was more than 2 million yuan. In addition to sales in major cities in this province, it is also exported to Hong Kong, Japan, the United States and other places.