Food recommendation:
Zhuangyuanti
Although this dish is unique in Tongli, it is completely different from the production method in Tongli. As for the preparation method, it's a secret. Fellow guests are invited to dinner, and this dish must be served. Residents of nearby towns and villages came all the way to Tongli to buy this thing, which also shows its popularity. The pig's trotters cooked with thick oil sweet potato are red and bright in color, soft and sweet in mouth but not greasy, with endless aftertaste.
Qingtuanzi
According to legend, the green jiaozi is made by mixing Bromus inermis juice and glutinous rice, so that the glutinous rice is soaked in grass juice and turned into jade color. This is used to wrap bean paste or jujube paste, and then the reed leaves are steamed in a cage. Ming Langying's "Seven Manuscripts" once recorded: "The ancients ate cold food, picked poplar leaves, dyed rice blue as a sacrifice, and Ziyang was also angry. This is the meaning of becoming a green and white jiaozi. " There is another legend about Dayu. At that time, Dayu had been managing water for thirteen years, and no one cared. He dredged the three rivers into the sea, so that the water level in Taihu Lake dropped and the flood subsided, which created conditions for planting winter wheat and won the love of Suzhou people.
Tuisi cake
Pay attention to the three white things in Taihu Lake. There are three dishes here, including Taihu white fish, Taihu white shrimp and whitebait scrambled eggs. They are all served in the morning, authentic peasant cooking, nutritious, light and delicious. Whitebait not only has the effect of conditioning and beautifying, but also tastes good and is worth a try.
There are small smoked fish everywhere in Tongli, but the small smoked fish in Tongli is different, and the local residents especially like the taste. Especially for people with small bridges and flowing water, it is particularly comfortable.
Grass chicken pot
The raw materials used are grass chickens raised by local residents in Tongli in rural areas, which feed on grass, tender insects and rice. Stewed grass chicken with flat-pointed wild mushrooms is delicious and the chicken is fresh and tender. Recommended place to eat: Tongli Mantianxing Hotel.
Nine niang cake
This is the seasonal food in Tongli ancient town in spring. It is a kind of pancake made of fermented wine and flour, which is baked and wrapped with sweet stuffing.
Malt cake collapse
Although the wheat milk cake is ugly, it is the traditional Soviet-style tea in Tongli ancient town, and it is a must-have local snacks for Tongli people. This kind of cake is mainly made of rice flour mixed with proper malt powder and grass picked on the ridge between villages.
Orange cake
Orange-red cake is a traditional winter food in Soviet cake, which has a history of 100 years. In the past, this kind of cake was specially used by fellow villagers to entertain new guests or son-in-law.
The orange-red cake has uniform particles and delicate taste, and it has a sweet, soft and waxy feeling when eaten in the mouth. After eating, you will leave a faint scent of roses and oranges in your mouth.
Fermented rice wine dumplings
Fermented rice balls are the representative of rice culture. They are crystal clear, smooth and elastic in taste. The method of making jiaozi with boiled wine is very simple. Boil the water, put it into jiaozi, add soft sugar, and then wait for the water to boil again. Put the jiaozi just made into the water and wait for them to float on the water, which shows that they are mature. Finally, cover the mariko with a thin seal before it comes out.
Min Bing
Min Gao, a specialty of Bentangzhai in Minjiawan, Tongli, is a famous traditional pastry with a history of more than 400 years. Its production is only in Fujian, and it has been handed down from generation to generation, so it is called "Fujian cake". Minbing is made of "Minbing grass", which is kneaded into skin with rice flour, stuffed with bean paste and walnut kernel, and then steamed. It is a green group with dark blue color, bright and delicate knot, oily but not greasy, fragrant and smooth, and has a unique flavor of farmers in the south of the Yangtze River. In the Qing Dynasty, Min Cake was once listed as a court tribute and was selected by Empress Dowager Cixi for tasting.
Huxian famous dish
Shrimp in the cake: Mix egg whites, add rice flour and shrimp, and put them in a pan. It is bright in color and delicious in rosin. You can also put it in a small box with tomatoes, which will taste better.
Three-silk fish roll: choose herring or grass carp weighing five or six Jin, take the middle part of female roe, remove the belly as skin, roll it into shredded ham, shredded chicken and shredded fragrant shavings, and steam it in a cage with seasonings such as yellow wine and chives. Its meat is tender, fragrant and delicious, and its flavor is unique.
Sesame oil eel paste: made of fried eel shreds, ham shreds, chicken shreds, shrimps, etc. , with a little shredded ginger, ghee, mashed garlic and cook the meat oil. When serving, the pepper is sprinkled very thinly, the aroma is tangy, and it melts at the entrance.
Gorgon fruit
Euryale ferox, the top-grade local product in Tongli, is known as "ginseng in water" because it is produced in the northwest of Tongli. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Euryale Semen is mainly used to treat dampness, waist and knee pain, tonify middle warmer, eliminate sudden illness, benefit vital energy, strengthen ambition, make eyes and ears smart, stimulate appetite, benefit qi, quench thirst, benefit kidney, and treat urinary incontinence. Can be used as a medicated diet, soaked in water for half a day, cooked with slow fire, with red dates, lotus seeds, longan can be more delicious.