It originated from Tujia sesame seed cake in Enshi, Hubei. The history can be traced back to 100 years ago: with the immigration of a group of immigrants, the practice of baked wheat cakes also came to Enshi, a Tujia gathering place. Tujia people combine their own eating habits to make sesame cakes with unique flavor and stuffing on the surface, which are widely spread. This kind of sesame seed cake has become an indispensable food for Tujia and Miao people in Enshi.
What really made Tujia baked wheat cake famous was a female college student in Wuhan. The hometown of this female college student is Enshi Tujia Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province. Since she was a child, she loved to eat sesame cakes made by her grandmother. Because she was deeply impressed by her grandmother's baked wheat cakes, she always thought that if she could open a baked wheat cake shop in Wuhan, it might be welcomed by customers. So she used almost all her connections to raise money to build a store, and she was the first to send Tujia sesame cakes to the store for sale. At that time, according to the characteristics that crumbs will fall off with every bite of a broken biscuit, and combining with a popular saying among young people, "handsome to fall off", she gave her biscuit a name of "big soil is elegant"-"falling off".
The "slag-dropping" sesame cake has since appeared.
The origin of Yuan Meng sesame seed cake
There is an imitation restaurant in Tang Yilan, Daoningzhai, Jinglian Huayun and other ancient buildings in Beijing Beihai Park. Its predecessor was the Imperial Dining Hall in the Qing Dynasty, which was dedicated to emperors and concubines. According to historical records, there are 108 kinds of famous dishes, and imitation food is to make various dishes according to the practice of "Imperial Restaurant". One of the famous dishes is called "minced meat sesame cake", also called "dream sesame cake". Why is it called "dream sesame cake"? That's an allusion.
It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi had a dream one night. In the dream, she ate a kind of minced meat sesame cake, which was very delicious. When she woke up, she didn't tell anyone about it. Coincidentally, she also ate this kind of sesame cake at dinner that day. Cixi was very happy and asked who did it. The eunuch inquired and told him that it was made by a chef named Zhao Yongshou. Empress Dowager Cixi was even happier when she heard this. Because longevity represents eternal health and longevity, she ordered to give the chef twenty taels of silver and an official position.
Because this dish fulfilled the dream of Empress Dowager Cixi, it was later passed down as a "dream-fulfilling sesame cake", symbolizing the realization of the dream, and wishing people who eat it a long and healthy life, promotion and wealth.
Huangqiao sesame seed cake is produced in huangqiao town, northern Jiangsu, and its fame is closely related to the famous Huangqiao Campaign. After the Battle of Huangqiao started, under the direct command of Chen Yi and Su Yu, huangqiao town 12 agricultural mill and 60 biscuit stoves rushed to make biscuits day and night. There are wars outside the city, and the town is ablaze. The local people braved the enemy's gunfire to send the baked wheat cake to the front line and wrote a magnificent victory song of loving the people and supporting the army. After more than 30 years, that is,1May, 975, General Su Yu returned to Huangqiao, and the people of Huangqiao were still warmly entertained. Holding cookies in his hand, he excitedly encouraged everyone to say, "From Huangqiao cookies, we saw the deep affection of the soldiers and civilians. We should continue to carry forward the revolutionary tradition and strive for greater honor. "
The ancient sesame seed cake was made and used carefully. According to "Eating with China", sesame cake is made by "crushing pine nuts and walnuts, adding rock sugar crumbs, fat oil and fried noodles." Huangqiao sesame seed cake absorbed the ancient method of making sesame seed cake, and retained the traditional characteristics of sweet yellow on both sides, sesame seeds sprinkled on the outside and crisp inside. From ordinary varieties such as "Crispy Cake", "Sesame Cake" and "Crispy Cake" to more than ten exquisite varieties with different fillings such as scallion oil, minced meat, diced chicken, sausage, sugar, orange cake, sweet-scented osmanthus and fine sand. Huangqiao sesame seed cake is salty and sweet, and the salty one contains diced meat, floss, ham, shrimp skin and spices. The baked sesame seed cake is red in color, not burnt, not burnt and not raw. 1983 was rated as "Jiangsu Famous Special Food".
There are five kinds of Huangqiao sesame cakes: round, long, square, oval and oblique. At present, Huangqiao Biscuit Shop generally sells round and oval, both salty and sweet.