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Chenghai is a famous cultural hometown in China, and it also has its own characteristics in local snacks. Chenghai snacks have always been famous for their various names, exquisite production and delicious taste, which are favored and well-known at home and abroad. Here are some traditional snacks in Chenghai.

Chenghai Zhutou Zongzi:

Zhutou Zongzi is a kind of breakfast and supper food, which is a famous product in Chenghai. It takes pig's head meat and leg meat as the main materials, which are divided into coarse and fine. Thick and crisp; Fine and soft, each with its own characteristics. Its production method is very elegant. First, select the first-class pig's head and lean meat, add spices such as clove and star anise, marinate for a certain period of time, remove the fat, wrap it with rotten leather bag, wrap it tightly with fine bamboo cloth, then put it into a rectangular mold, press it, and remove the wooden mold to get the finished product. The fragrance and color are all good, and men, women and children like to eat them.

Braised goose with loose hair:

Braised goose is a popular food for Chaoshan people. The best braised goose in Chaoshan is Songfa, Xucuo Village, Lianxia Town, Chenghai. Xu Songfa, the founder, opened a braised goose shop in Yishulou Lane, his hometown during the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty. He has experienced vicissitudes for a hundred years and his business is very prosperous. The selection and production of Songfa braised goose are very strict. Each live goose should be over 12 Jin, and the ingredients are 18 kinds of raw materials such as super soy sauce, cinnamon, clove, Shaoxing wine, rock sugar and refined salt. When marinating, the original juice must be used and the temperature should be studied. Because of its unique cooking skills, the meat is delicious. It is not only welcomed by local hipsters, but also loved by overseas Chinese and is well-known at home and abroad.

Sunan Fang Gao:

Chaoshan Fang Gao is a kind of pastry food with unique flavor. Among the workshops of Chaoshan Fang Gao Factory, Chenghai Sunan Fang Gao is the most famous, especially the Fang Gao produced by "Guanghua" store in Guanghua Du, Tucheng. The store was first established in the early years of the Republic of China, and it is well-known all over the world for its characteristics of softness, lubrication, coolness and sweetness. Sunan Fang cake is made of glutinous rice, lard, white sugar, sesame seeds and other excellent raw materials. The production process is as follows: firstly, the glutinous rice is finely ground into flour, and then it is served with lard and white sugar and steamed; Then sprinkle sesame seeds evenly on it, and then sprinkle a few drops of sherbet; Then cut into round, square, ribbed and finger-sized strips; Finally, it is put into containers such as cake boxes and pottery bowls with diverse and beautiful shapes, which looks simple and elegant, has a unique local folk style and is well received by people at home and abroad.

Longdu Misi:

Misi, commonly known as "Miqian", is made by grinding glutinous rice, adding water, stirring it into a soft lump, repeatedly kneading it as skin after cooking, filling it with oiled black bean paste or diced melon, and printing it with a flat round wooden mold. After the rice paste is made, add some sesame seeds, which makes it taste more delicious, fragrant, sweet, soft and smooth, which is full of praise.

Zhanglin Rat Qu Xiang:

During the Spring Festival to Lantern Festival, every household in Chengren has to make various kinds of Xiang Xiang. Among them, the most famous one is the mouse song. Chenghai's mousetrap is the most famous one produced by Zhanglin. It uses the core leaves of wild Daqu (also known as Saxifraga, Chinese medicine called Pulsatilla) to boil in a pot, drain off astringent water, and then put them into a stone mortar to smash. Then glutinous rice flour is mixed and kneaded to make cake crust. Then divide the cake skin into small pieces, knead them into round cakes, and wrap them with fillings, including sweet, salty and double-cooked. The sweet stuffing is black bean paste or mung bean paste; Salty stuffing is made by mixing glutinous rice with mushrooms, dried shrimps, diced meat and other materials; Double cooking is half sweet and half salty. After wrapping, put it into a wooden mold, put it on a banana leaf and steam it in a steamer. When eating, it can be steamed hot or fried, and the entrance has a soft and sweet feeling, which has a unique flavor. Because it can cure gastrointestinal diseases, it can be regarded as medicinal food and is very popular.

Chenghai's famous snacks include Zhanglin mung bean cake, Dongli Youguo, Sunan Xiaomi, Chengcheng Zongqiu and so on ~

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