I'd like to share some of these delicious foods with you. If you have the chance to go to Guangdong, don't be "scared" by their names. Guangdong's "strange name" food:

1. Fried ghost

Although we often talk about drunkards, gamblers and dead ghosts at ordinary times, they are all spoken words, but what is this fried ghost and what kind of ghost is it? Actually, it has nothing to do with ghosts. The "fried ghost" in Guangdong population is actually not unique to Guangdong, but can be seen all over the country, that is, fried dough sticks.

how can fried dough sticks be called fried ghosts? Treacherous court official Qin Gui killed Yue Fei, a patriotic general, in the Song Dynasty. The common people made a kind of fried food, one * * * two, which represented Qin Gui and his wife Wang, and named it Fried Ji to express their anger, and later it turned into a fried ghost. Fried dough sticks are also called fried fruit in Chaoshan area, oil film in Anhui area, and hemp leaves in Shanxi.

2. Chicken excrement vine cake

Hearing the word chicken excrement, many people are sure to lose interest and even turn off their appetite. In fact, it is not chicken excrement, but chicken excrement vine, which is a very common plant in southern China. Why is it called this name? Because it smells like chicken shit. You probably don't know that Paederia japonica Thunb. has "Radix Ginseng" among the people, which has high nutritional value. It can clear away heat and dampness, promote digestion, relieve cough, nourish the body, make tea, make dumplings, and make cakes. It is also called Wuqin rattan cake. In Chaoshan, Guangdong Province, if someone has a persistent cough, or coughs badly at night, they will make soup with chicken excrement and rattan.

3. Does it sound like a dirty mouse? Is it made of mice? After all, Cantonese people eat rats. In fact, this kind of food is made of a kind of rat grass, which is also a good thing. The stems and leaves can be used as medicine, which has the functions of relieving cough and eliminating phlegm. This kind of rat weed is very common all over the country, and it can be seen near rice fields with yellow flowers. Rat Qu Guo, also known as Qingming Guo, is a traditional food eaten in Qingming Festival, just like wormwood dumplings. The stuffing is rich, including mung bean paste, red bean paste, peanuts, black sesame seeds, taro paste and so on.

4. Head Rice

When a foreigner goes to a restaurant in Guangdong for the first time, if he hears someone shouting "Head Rice", his face will probably turn white with fear. Although Cantonese people dare to eat anything, they dare not eat human heads. Are they afraid to eat rice cooked like human heads? In fact, head-cooked rice is a cantonese term, which is not found anywhere in the country. Head-to-head rice is rice served according to the head, and several bosses serve several bowls of rice. People who don't understand it will really be shocked.

5. Mother duck twist

Although the name is not scary, it is very strange. Mother duck is the mother duck. Is it the food twisted by the mother duck? Has nothing to do with ducks. To put it bluntly, it is a kind of food that is available all over the country, that is, glutinous rice dumplings. Why is it called duck mother twist? There are two explanations. The first one is that this kind of dumpling is much bigger than that in the north, and it is as big as a duck egg. In Chaozhou, a duck egg is a duck mother egg, so it becomes a duck mother twist. The second is that the dumplings will float on the water after being cooked, like a white mother duck, so it is called duck mother twist.

There are two explanations about the origin of the name "Duck Mother Twist". One is that this kind of glutinous rice balls used to be as big as duck eggs, and the duck eggs are also called duck mother eggs in Chaozhou dialect, so they are called "Duck Mother Twist". Secondly, this dumpling is cooked and floats on the water, like a white duck floating on the water, so it is called duck mother twist. The reason why there are so many strange names is related to Cantonese on the one hand and local characteristics on the other. In fact, every place has some delicious foods that are not delicious to listen to, but can't be forgotten after eating, such as stinky tofu, which smells bad and tastes good. If you can have a chance to go to Guangdong, I suggest you give it a try.