The soil and water support the people, and the food in each place has the characteristics of its hometown. When we come to Enping, the hometown of Chinese overseas Chinese, do you know what special delicacies are worth tasting?

Someone once said that if you don’t eat Enping sesame cakes when traveling to Enping, your visit is not in vain. This sentence is a good answer to the status of sesame cakes in the hearts of Enping people.

Enping Shaobing has a long history and rich local characteristics, and is a distinctive part of Enping’s folk culture. Enping Shaobing, also called "Enping Shaobing", originated in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of 600 years. Every time before and after Qingming Festival, the streets and alleys of Enping will be filled with the unique aroma of sesame cakes. This is the flavor of hometown for those who work outside. Every time at this time, they come back.

Because of the unique cultural connotation and production process of sesame cakes, Enping sesame cakes have now been selected into the Enping Municipal Intangible Cultural Protection Catalog.

During our self-driving trip to Enping, when we checked into the hotel, we were given a box of sesame seed cakes as a gift in the room. Then, when I went to visit the Jingu Scenic Area the next day, I happened to see this "Jingu Shaobing" shop at the entrance of the scenic area, so I took my baby in to visit and experience the process of making sesame cakes.

The crust is the key to making Enping’s sesame cakes. It is mainly made of glutinous rice flour and fermented with sugar water. Finally, it will be filled with iced meat, sesame, bean paste, barbecued pork and other fillings according to the customer’s preference. Made into pancakes.

The boss took us to visit the fermentation tank where he uses glutinous rice flour to make the cake crust. The fermented glutinous rice flour will produce a fermented aroma unique to traditional sesame cakes.

According to him, the fermentation time is usually about 3 to 7 days, and will be adjusted appropriately due to climate changes. The main thing is to control the hardness and acidity of the crust.

We followed the work and made the stuffing. Just flatten the dough, stuff it with fillings, knead it into a small ball, and flatten it into a cake shape again. This process is complete.

The second step is to put it on the oven. This traditional ancient charcoal grilling technique has been passed down from the Ming Dynasty. Charcoal is added to the top and bottom of the oven, and the biscuits are placed in a flat-bottomed round iron basin. medium, then cover, and after grilling for a few minutes, use a large shovel to take out the sesame cakes.

The Enping sesame cake baked in this way is golden in color, has a charred outer skin, is juicy inside, and has a soft and glutinous texture that you will never tire of eating.

Enping’s food culture has a long history. In addition to sesame seed pancakes, there are also specialty delicacies such as bougainvillea and braised goose.

Bougainvillea delicacies

Bougainvillea is a kind of wild vegetable. There are many mountains in Enping, which are hilly areas. These wild vegetables grow on hillsides, valleys, forest edges and shrubs.

Bougainvillea is a natural environmentally friendly health-care vegetable. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", Bougainvillea has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, relieving tobacco and alcohol, losing weight, and resisting fatigue.

In terms of how to eat, the most traditional and homely way for Enping people is to make crucian carp soup with bougainvillea. The freshness and sweetness of crucian carp and the sweetness of bougainvillea are well blended together. The vegetable soup is sweet, cool and refreshing. It has a fragrant and slightly bitter taste; and the fish meat is extremely delicious.

Steamed native chicken with bougainvillea

Tips: When handling bougainvillea at home, be careful not to be touched by the thorns on the wild vegetables. Every year, Enping holds a Guancai Food Festival. All kinds of ingredients made from Bougainvillea can be found.

Enping's special snacks, laofen

Enping braised goose

Enping people like to eat goose very much. Whenever relatives and friends visit during holidays, they will The goose must be killed and braised. Braised goose is a signature dish in many restaurants in Enping. The braised goose has a rich aroma and smooth texture. It is a must-try when traveling.

Other Enping specialty delicacies, such as braised farm chicken with Shankeng snails, are not very delicious in my opinion. The chicken flavor is rich and the Shankeng snails are delicious.

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