The special products that Kaifeng can take away are: peanut cake, baogong beans, pickles in Qixian county, Xinzheng red dates and glutinous rice wine.
1. Peanut cake
The first snack in Kaifeng is peanut cake. Because Kaifeng is rich in peanuts, peanut cake with peanuts as raw materials is one of the most distinctive snacks in Kaifeng.
This cake is mainly made of selected peanut kernels, plus white sugar and caramel, which are boiled, stirred and padded with peanut flour, and then cut into blocks with a knife. Peanut cake has distinct layers, tastes crisp and crunchy, is sweet and delicious, and can melt in your mouth, so it is very popular.
2. Bao Gong Dou
Bao Gong Dou, like peanut cake, is one of the famous snacks in Kaifeng. It is made by soaking and baking with all kinds of pure natural plant spices. Because of its unique flavor, it tastes fragrant and crisp, suitable for all ages. Because Bao Gong Dou is a peanut bean that looks like Bao Gong's face, it is called Bao Gong Dou.
3. pickles in Qixian county
Qixian county in Kaifeng city is the hometown of pickles. Sauced carrots are bright red in color, crisp and sweet to eat, and have a strong sauce flavor. Among them, the famous ones are Mingdetang Moshi pickles and Long Ting pickles. It is said that as early as Jiaqing year of Qing Dynasty, these two kinds of pickles became popular. At that time, pickles in Long Ting were also listed as court tributes.
4. Xinzheng Jujube
Also known as Jixin Jujube and Jixin Jujube, it is a specialty of xinzheng city, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, and has been praised as "Lingbao Apple Tongguan Pear, Xinzheng Jujube as Sweet as Honey". Jujube is sweet and warm, which is a nourishing fruit for nourishing blood, strengthening spleen and beautifying face. Xinzheng jujube is favored by people for its thin skin, thick meat, small core and sweet taste, and it has become the best among jujubes.
5. Jiangmi liqueur
is a common local snacks, which is common in southern China.