Pizhou fried dumpling is also called tide brand, because it looks like Watanabe version held by dynasty officials in costume dramas-rectangular, slightly curved, and several concave roads are like official documents written on Watanabe version. When eating, put your hands on your chest, like an official in court. Pot stickers are one of the important staple foods of Pizhou people.

Pizhou people invented pot stickers because of their pursuit of delicious food-because the tide brand was used by ancient officials and belonged to a set of seals that should be overturned, it was called "pot stickers". Although the fried dumpling sounds far less pleasant than the street brand, it is more appropriate.

Homemade pot cakes are made by breaking the bottom of an old washbasin and putting it on the stove, covering it with a small pan with a single cake or a small hammer the size of the washbasin. Stretch, thin and cut the dough into cubes, press three shallow grooves in the middle with your fingers, then wipe some water or lard, first put it on the pot and cook one side, then stick the cooked side on the washbasin wall and cover the pot, and soon the other side will be cooked. A northern pasta, round, as big as a plate and about 5 cm thick. Shandong fried dumpling is dead noodles, without any seasoning, and there is less water when rubbing powder. They are simply rubbed repeatedly with strength to make round thick cakes, and then put them in a pot and slowly dry the water with a small fire. According to legend, pot cakes were produced in Weifang area and later spread to Linyi area.