1. Baode Youzao: Youzao in Baode County is characterized by its large size, thin skin, thick meat, small pit, juicy, sweet taste, deep red color, shiny luster and high sugar content. The most famous one is the processed "Ribose-free Jujube", which is deep purple and oily, thin skin and fine lines, big and seedless, and the jujube meat is fat and delicate, with a special kind. Easy to store and transport, it sells well all over the country and is exported to Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and other countries.
2. Hequ Sour Porridge: Hequ Sour Porridge is a famous spot of Han nationality in Hequ County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province. According to legend, the origin of Hequ Sour Porridge is purely accidental. The Li Zicheng Uprising Army passed by this place, and the local people were happy. Every household soaked rice to prepare meals for the army soldiers. Unexpectedly, due to changes in the situation, the army temporarily changed its route and detoured, but the people soaked too much rice, which could not be eaten for a while, and it was sent after a long time. Just use sour rice to cook porridge to eat. Unexpectedly, it was found that the porridge cooked with sour rice did not affect its edible value. Later, people deliberately soaked rice in acid to eat porridge, and gradually found that this sour porridge could stimulate the appetite, strengthen the spleen, protect the skin and beautify the face, and was wonderful.
3. Yuanping Guokui: The Guokui in Yuanping County was named after winning the first place in local cooking in history. Its shape is like a block, about three inches long and several inches wide, and it is curled and rounded. Those without stuffing are called hollow pot heads, and those with stuffing have another name. Most of them are sweet-stuffed Guo Kui, and the best one is Mei Cheng Guo Kui. Guo Kui's cake noodles are orange, fragrant, sweet, crisp and crisp. In addition, the stuffing is different and has its own flavor, which makes people never tire of eating for a long time. The supply of Pingyuan Guokui is in short supply. Besides selling well in this province, it also goes directly to Beijing and Tianjin, north to Inner Mongolia and south to Sichuan.
4. Shenchi Moon Cake: Shenchi Moon Cake is a special product of Han nationality in Shenchi County, Xinzhou City, and is famous for its fragrance, crispness and sweetness in Xinzhou and even in Shanxi. Shenchi moon cake is made of local specialty linseed oil, superior white flour and sugar as the main ingredients, with roses, green shredded pork, walnuts, peanuts, raisins and sesame seeds as the auxiliary materials, and refined by traditional formula and modern technology. Sweet but not greasy, crisp but not scattered, not spoiled for a long time, favored by consumers. At the same time, one of its raw materials, Shenchi linseed oil, has the characteristics of "no precipitation after long-term storage, no odor when eaten raw, little smoke when fried, quick coloring, fragrant taste and transparent color". Due to the representative position of Shenchi moon cake in the northern moon cake, its production technology has been included in the list of intangible cultural heritage in Shanxi Province, and it has been awarded the title of "strong county in moon cake industry" by the baking trade union of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.