What are the specialties of Nantong, Jiangsu? 1. Seafood treasures - Clams. Nantong is adjacent to the Yellow Sea in the east. It is rich in hundreds of shallow-water shellfish on 130,000 hectares of tidal flats, especially clams, which account for 10% of China's exports. one third. Clam is known as "the most fresh in the world" and belongs to the class Gill and Clam.
2. Baipu "Sanxiangzhai" dried tea (referred to as Baipu dried tea) has more than 300 varieties so far. It has a history of more than 10 years and is a famous traditional local specialty in Nantong. "Bai Pu Dried Tea" is made from high-quality soybeans and a variety of spices. It contains high-quality protein that is easily digested by the human body, vitamins B1, B2, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. that are necessary for the human body. It also contains unsaturated fatty acids that are lacking in animal foods, which can make up for the shortcomings of animal dishes and is extremely useful for supplementing the human body and nutrition. favorable. Dried tea is delicious, fragrant, tough, beautiful in color, square and thin in shape, unique, economical, well-known, and extremely popular among the masses.
3. Nantong Inlaid Peach Sesame Cake is made with exquisite workmanship, using raw materials such as sesame powder, white sugar, fried rice noodles and walnut kernels. Two pieces per catty, about fifty pieces each, each piece is golden in color, evenly inlaid with peaches, fragrant, sweet, loose and crisp.
4. Xiting Crispy Cake, formerly known as Fulongmao White Crispy Cake, was first produced during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years. The place of production is Xiting Town, Tongzhou City. Won the gold medal at the 95 International Food Expo. This kind of shortbread has exquisite material selection, fine processing, unique shape, clear layers, sweet and crunchy, and rich nutrition. It is a high-quality food for family consumption, travel, and gift to relatives and friends.
5. Shigang fermented bean curd is bright yellow in color, delicious in taste, mellow and refreshing, with firm outer skin and crispy and tender meat. It has always been a traditional home-style food.
6. Bonsai Nantong bonsai is divided into Rupai bonsai and Tongpai bonsai. The distinctive feature of Nantong bonsai is that it uses short-pointed small-leaf Podocarpus (commonly known as Podocarpus podocarpus) as the material, and climbs them into "two The "bent and half" pattern means that the main trunk is climbed into two and a half bends, with three main branches on each bend, and each branch is tied into a flat, cloud-like trunk. It looks like a lion, dignified and steady, like a three-dimensional painting, and is deeply loved by the people. 7. Rugao ham The production of Rugao ham began in the early Xianfeng years of the Qing Dynasty. It is as famous as Zhejiang Jinhua ham and Yunnan Xuanwei ham and is one of the three famous hams in the country. Rugao ham is thin-skinned and thin-clawed, shaped like a rustle, red in color and has a unique flavor. It is famous at home and abroad for its "four unique features" of color, aroma, taste, shape. It can be stored year-round and consumed throughout the seasons. Cooking can be steamed, boiled, stewed, simmered, stir-fried, simmered, or roasted. Generally, stewing and cooking are better.
8. Rugao Sausage Ru-style sausage is a Rugao sausage with a history of more than 100 years. The product is well-known throughout the country and has been rated as a high-quality famous product by the Ministry of Commerce and Jiangsu Province. Its characteristics are: neat strips, tight meat texture, bright color, moderate salty and sweet taste, rich flavor, rich nutrition, fine meat that is chewable but not old, fat meat but not greasy, and is deeply loved by the masses. Rugao sausage has a long history and is one of the nationally famous varieties. Its production began during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 100 years. In the late Qing Dynasty, he won the second prize of the "Nanyang Encouragement Association". It is comparable to "Cantonese-style" sausage and is called "Ru-style" sausage. Rugao Meat Joint Factory has inherited and carried forward traditional craftsmanship, carefully developed new formulas, and its product quality is well-known at home and abroad. The "Rugao brand" sausage produced
9. Rugao meat floss The production of Rugao meat floss was founded in 1914. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was produced by the Rugao Meat Factory. Originally "Taicang-style" meat floss, due to continuous improvement of production technology and development of the best formula, Rugao meat floss has developed its own unique flavor. Since 1982, "Jinmei Brand" meat floss has been continuously rated as a famous and high-quality product by the Ministry of Commerce; in 1985, it won the gold medal of honor awarded by the International Gastronomy Society and the Tourism and Tourism Committee in Paris. This is the first time that my country has won the international meat floss medal. Food gold medal; won the gold medal at the first China Food Expo in 1988.
10. Linzi Chao Cake Linzi Chao Cake was founded in the Renzi Year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (1732 AD) and has a history of more than 200 years. It is a Jiangsu specialty and a famous snack in northern Jiangsu, and is famous all over the country. It was introduced in the book "Jiangsu Famous Dishes and Dishes". Lin Zi Chao Cake pays special attention to the selection of ingredients. It uses high-quality glutinous rice and japonica rice produced that year, pounded into rice flour, mixed with various soft white sugar, golden osmanthus, pine nuts and red and green melon shreds. It is made into a round cake base with lotus leaves as the bottom. It is carefully cut with a knife and steamed. Become. It is not sticky to the hands when it is freshly released from the cage, and is as elastic as a sponge. It has the aroma of rice, cinnamon, and lotus, which is refreshing, fragrant but not turbid, sweet but not greasy, soft and refreshing, and has a pure flavor. It is not only a delicious snack, but also an excellent gift for relatives and friends. ,
11. Rugao radish
The white radish cultivated by the Rugao people has a history of at least thousands of years. According to legend, during the Taihe period of the Tang Dynasty (827-836), the monks of Dinghui Temple in Rugao had already planted radish, used it as an offering and gave it to donors. It was called rapeseed at that time, and its seeds were called rapeseed, which were used for medicinal purposes. Later, it gradually spread among the people and was widely planted. The "Rugao County Chronicle" compiled in the Gengwu Year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1750) contains: "Radish, also known as rape, has two kinds, red and white. It can be planted in all seasons, but it is good to plant it in the late autumn and early autumn, and it can be used if it is broken. For food, those grown in less soil are sweet and crispy, while those grown in barren soil are firm and spicy." Nowadays, there are very few carrots planted, and only a small amount is on the market around the Dragon Boat Festival, mostly white radish.
12. Dongtang Dongtang was made by Dong Xiaowan, the concubine of a famous patriotic celebrity from Rugao in the late Ming Dynasty.
Its characteristics are that it is easy to eat, crispy and sweet, leaves a fragrant taste in the mouth, has a long aftertaste, is rich in nutrients, and is suitable for all ages. It has been famous all over the country for more than 300 years. 13. Menthol: Menthol products made from mint are important raw materials for medicine and health, daily chemical industry, and food industry. The White Bear brand menthol produced by Nantong Peppermint Oil Factory has been surpassing natural or synthetic menthol from Brazil, the United States, Japan and other countries with stable quality for many years, and has therefore continuously won the National Product Gold Award.