Although Xuwen is only a small county town and is famous for its local pineapples, there are many unknown delicacies hidden here, which are strongly recommended by local people:

1. Xuwen Pineapple

Xuwen Pineapple, a specialty of xuwen county, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, is a geographical symbol of national agricultural products, and its common name is Fanzhangzi, also known as Mazi, which is important to Xuwen. Xuwen pineapple is big, juicy, crispy, sweet and fragrant.

Xuwen pineapple is full of fruit, which is cylindrical in shape, symmetrical up and down, with shallow eye groove, light yellow or golden flesh, crisp meat, less fiber, small core, rich and lasting fragrance and moderate sweetness and sourness. The soluble solid content of fruit juice is 12-15%, and the organic acid is .4-.5%. The canned pineapple tastes tender, crisp, fragrant and moderately sweet and sour.

2. Babao rice

Babao rice, a famous dish in xuwen county, is an essential snack for Xuwen's wedding banquet. Now it is sold in all kinds of restaurants, which is not only for its auspicious name, but also because it is really delicious. The main raw materials of eight-treasure rice are glutinous rice, red dates, lotus seeds, red bean paste, wax gourd sugar and white sugar. Species, hence the name "Babao" rice.

Babao rice has a long history. When making, the glutinous rice is washed, soaked and dried; Cooked lotus seeds, eggs, red dates, and other condiments in the "eight treasures" are placed in an empty big bowl to form patterns such as flowers and birds; Stir-fry glutinous rice with lard, pig's foot soup, etc. until it is 9% mature, add sugar, sesame oil, etc., put it into a bowl after mixing, put bean paste in the middle, then steam the cooked glutinous rice and buckle it in the dog dish, so that the flower and bird patterns in the original bowl are exposed on it. This is the eight-treasure rice. Eight-treasure rice is sweet and delicious, and has the functions of moistening lung and tonifying kidney, so it is popular in Xian Yi, young and old.

three flavors of sheep

Xuwen mutton is famous all over the country because of its excellent variety and unique style. Xuwen mutton has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, and because of its low cholesterol and fat content, it has been used to develop many health foods. In addition, Xuwen mutton tastes delicious and can be used as breakfast and supper. Therefore, in Xuwen, everyone loves mutton, from the rich to the poor and middle peasants.

In Xuwen, besides the famous all-lamb banquet, white-cut mutton, mutton offal and braised mutton, there is also a very famous snack-"Mutton Sanwei". As the name implies, "three flavors of sheep" are actually sheep porridge, sheep soup and sheep bone soup that can be seen everywhere in Xuwen.

Because of its good quality and low price, Xuwen's sheep porridge shop has been busy since around 9 pm every day. There are men and women, young people and middle-aged and elderly people among the diners. Many of them often put a few fried dough sticks when eating sheep porridge and soup, which makes them taste more delicious. By one or two o'clock the next morning, many sheep porridge shops were still full of customers, and all the sheep porridge shops were operated until dawn.

IV. Dried Red Fish

Red fish produced in the Beibu Gulf of Zhanjiang can live for 4 to 5 years, and the longevity can reach more than 7 years. However, its individual size is also large, its meat is thick and prickly, its meat is delicious, its protein content is high and its nutrition is rich, so it is listed as a high-quality marine fish and a famous seafood delicacy. The annual output of red croaker in Zhanjiang is relatively stable, and it can be caught all year round, mainly in spring flood and winter flood.

Xuwen Dried Red Fish has a long history of production. The red fish produced by Xuwen Dried Red Fish generally adopts the method of "long-line fishing with red fish" in Beibu Gulf. During the spring flood, the hooked fresh red fish is immediately and repeatedly dried on the deck of hundreds of kilometers of ships, which is natural. Therefore, Xuwen dried red fish is famous for its natural drying.

In addition to the Xuwen delicacies mentioned above, there are chicken oil rice, shredded sweet potato porridge, large yellow croaker, pineapple tree and so on.