The delicacies in Qingliu County include Ge Fen Bao, rice paste, steamed rice, Qingliu Hakka bean curd, Qingliu mutton, yellow hairpin, doutang, taro cake and so on.
1. Ge Fen Bao: Ge Fen Bao is a traditional food unique to Qingliu. On New Year's Day, or red and white events, whenever there is a banquet, there must be Ge Fen Bao. Knead the boiled taro and Ge Fen into a tough dough. Knead a ball of palm, knead it round and flatten it, and slowly knead it into a very thin piece. Mashed and fried mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, pork, fried tofu, shallots, etc. are used as stuffing. Put stuffing in the vermicelli, wrap it up, and the wrapped shape is triangular or boat-shaped, while others pinch lace on the edge, and then steam it in a pot. The steamed Ge Fen foreskin is thin and transparent, and the chopped green onion inside can be seen. Then it is poured with seasonings made of lard, soy sauce and monosodium glutamate, and placed in the plate in an orderly manner. They are shiny and exquisite, especially like carved handicrafts, emitting the fragrance of stuffing and Ge Fen, which is beautiful and delicious.
2. Rice paste: Rice paste is a clean traditional snack. Because it can be peeled off layer by layer and looks like a cake, it is also called a thousand-layer cake. Rice paste has a unique flavor, and people sell it on the streets every day. Travellers always have a taste of rice paste in their hometown when they return home, so as to get rid of their homesickness.
3. Rolling steaming: Rolling steaming is a clean traditional snack. In the past, people used to walk around the streets and peddle along the street. It is cheap and delicious, smooth but not greasy. It is an ideal food for people to have porridge for breakfast or to satisfy their hunger. It is deeply loved by ordinary people and never tires of eating it.
4. Qingliu Hakka melted tofu: Qingliu Hakka melted tofu is delicious and fragrant, and it has become a famous product in the eyes of Hakka people. No matter on holidays, weddings, funerals and weddings, melted tofu must be an indispensable dish at the banquet. Pure melted tofu not only has the freshness and fragrance of tofu, but also has the sweetness and vigor of meat. When eaten in the mouth, it is tender and delicious, making people forget its attractive taste.
5. Qingliu mutton: Qingliu County is rich in natural pasture resources. In recent years, vigorously developing the breeding industry and raising sheep has gradually become a key industry in the county. Mutton series has become a major feature of the county's flavor snacks with its unique formula.
6. HuangZan: HuangZan is a kind of flavor snack made by Qingliu farmers with a sticky japonica rice called Dahemi by local people. Anyone who has eaten the yellow hairpin is amazed by its fragrance, tenderness and freshness. During holidays, most Qingliu farmers like to make yellow hairpin as a gift for their guests.
7. Doutang: Doutang is one of the traditional snacks with a long and enduring history of Qingliu, dating back to its history for at least several hundred years. Doutang is made of starch and good lean meat. It is smooth, delicate and delicious.
8. Taro cake: First, select a vegetable taro with complete body shape and no decay, scrape and peel it, and plan it into shreds for later use. Soak high-quality rice, grind it into semi-dry rice slurry, pour in shredded taro, add appropriate amount of seasoning such as salt and monosodium glutamate, stir well, pour it into a steamer with white cloth and spread it flat. Put a proper amount of water in the pot, bring it to a boil with high fire, put it in a steamer, cover it, and steam it over high fire for one hour, that is, it is cooked. When eating, it is cut into small squares and dipped in seasonings made of prepared onions, sauces, chopped peppers and ginger, which is a kind of local snacks that locals like very much.