The following is a general introduction of these special snacks;
Jinghaijin Xiao Si jujube
As the hometown of golden jujube in China, the planting history of golden jujube in Jinghai County of Tianjin has been more than 600 years. Jinghai Jinsixiaozao is sweet, juicy, bright in appearance, bright red in color, thin and fleshy, and the mature pulp is often connected with Jinsixiao after being torn open.
Liu Du vinegar
Jinghai unique old vinegar is one of the three famous traditional vinegars, which was once a royal tribute during the reign of Kangxi. Liu Du mature vinegar uses traditional formula to ferment high-quality red sorghum, millet, rice, peas and wheat. In a special way. After ripening, it naturally turns over for three years, so the old vinegar brewed by traditional technology is red and bright in color, rich in layering, without natural addition, without side effects on the body, rich in vitamins and trace elements, and can be preserved for a long time.
Chinese cabbage with green hemp leaves
The quality of Chinese cabbage planted in Jinghai County is excellent. Not only the leaves are delicate, the vegetables are thin, the fiber in the leaves is less, and the taste is refreshing and delicious, but also they are rich in nutrition, containing more vitamins, carotene, protein and minerals. Chinese cabbage with green hemp leaves is delicious. It can be eaten in many ways, such as cooking, cold salad, pickling and soup making.
Taitou watermelon
Taitou Town, Jinghai County, Tianjin has had the reputation of "Land of Fish and Rice" since ancient times, especially the watermelon is favored by consumers in Beijing and Tianjin. Daitou watermelon has a history of thousands of years. The clear and sweet Daqing River, fertile black soil and high-quality climatic conditions have cultivated a high-quality, green and pollution-free Daitou watermelon. The skin is thin and crisp and the taste is sweet and refreshing.
Fried vegetable rolls
Using bean skin as skin, mung bean, dried bean curd, vermicelli and coriander are mixed with sesame sauce, fermented bean curd, sesame oil, Jiang Mo and other condiments to make stuffing, then the stuffing is rolled on the skin, cut into sections, and the batter at both ends is fried in an oil pan. Fried vegetable rolls are golden in color, crisp outside and tender inside, light and delicious, and are a unique flavor snack in Tianjin.
Caoji donkey meat
Named after the founder surnamed Cao, it has a history of more than 200 years. It selects fresh and high-quality donkey meat with various spices and puts it in a pot for seven to eight hours. It is rich in protein, crisp and chewy, and is famous for its delicious food.
Wangkou roasted seeds and nuts
Tianjin Jinghai wang kou zhen is a base of roasted seeds and nuts, with a wide variety, mainly including black and white melon seeds, sunflower seeds, fried broad beans, various peanut products and dried fruits, such as opening pine, almond and hazelnut. Wholesale all kinds of raw materials.
Fried grasshopper
It's a snack in Jinghai. Locust, scientific name locust, is extremely harmful to crops. When the plague of locusts strikes, in an instant, the grasshopper that covers the sun will eat all the crops in the field. Once upon a time, the northern countryside suffered greatly from it, and Tianjin people hated it to the extent of "peeling its skin and eating its meat". As time went on, locusts were not eradicated, but they ate a famous snack. It is a great pity not to eat fried grasshoppers when visiting Jincheng.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, grasshoppers eat newly cooked grains and become fatter and fatter, which is the most delicious time for grasshoppers. Too early, the grasshopper is not fat and has no children; It's too late, the grasshopper is old, and the thick skin is not delicious.
The specific production method of fried grasshoppers: tear off the wings of live grasshoppers and remove their thighs; When the oil pan is boiling, fry the grasshopper until brown and remove the oil. Prepare a clay pot filled with soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil in advance, and put some shredded onion and garlic in it. Soak the fried grasshopper in a casserole, take it out twice, and then take it out to dry. Add a little onion and shredded garlic to the surface when selling. Fried grasshoppers, fat but not greasy, crisp, fragrant and crisp. If they are sandwiched between hot cakes that have just been baked, they are really full of different smells and taste great. Therefore, there is a saying in Tianjinwei: "Pancakes are fried grasshoppers-eat at home!"
Postscript: Among many special snacks, only fried grasshoppers are introduced in detail, because this snack has disappeared.
The plague of locusts is the enemy of agriculture. After decades of scientific control of locusts, it has been basically controlled now, and the possibility of locust plague is very slim. Without the plague of locusts, fried grasshoppers cut off the source of raw materials, and the hope of eating fried grasshoppers is slim. Old people who have eaten this flavor when they were young sometimes take a small basket and catch dozens of grasshoppers in the field to fry them as an appetizer, so as to taste this ancient flavor again, which is unique and humorous.