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What specialties are there in Xikou?

There are three treasures at the mouth of Fenghua Xikou: Thousand Layer Pancakes, Taro Heads and Peach!

Xikou Thousand Layer Cake: a specialty of Xikou Town, Fenghua District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, and a national geographical indication product of China.

Thousand-layer cake is fragrant, crispy, crispy, and can be eaten without getting tired of it, so it is very popular among people.

Although this cake is only 4-5 cm square and about 2 cm thick, it has 27 layers inside, hence the name "thousand-layer cake".

Thousand layer cake has a history of more than 100 years.

It is made by mixing flour with taro powder, adding sugar, refined salt, vegetable oil, sesame seeds, seaweed, etc., rolling it out into thin slices, folding it up, cutting it into one-inch square pieces, and baking it in a special round oven made of yellow mud.

Take a bite and it will be crispy and fragrant, with various sweet and salty flavors. It is rated as one of the three specialties of Fenghua, Zhejiang.

On September 14, 2004, the former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the implementation of regional product protection for "Xikou Thousand Layer Cake".

Fenghua Taro Head: According to the "Fenghua County Chronicle", taro head has been cultivated in the Song Dynasty and has a history of more than 700 years.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was widely planted in the Qiange area of ??Xiaowangmiao, and later expanded to Paiting, Luocun, Tongshan'ao, Shiqiao and other villages along the Yanjiang River.

In 1996, Xiaowang Temple was jointly named the "Hometown of Chinese Taro Heads" by the Research and Development Center of the State Council, the Chinese Agricultural Society, and China Specialty Products News.

Fenghua taro head is a traditional pollution-free agricultural product in Fenghua and Ningbo. It is shaped like a ball, with a brown appearance and a pink top. Each one weighs more than 1 kilogram. It is large and has thin skin. The meat is powdery and gluten-free. It is glutinous and delicious.

Vegetables are also grains. “They can be steamed, grilled, stir-fried, sliced, made into paste, souped, or frozen. If they are steamed, they will be fragrant; if they are cooked in soup and soup, they will be as slippery as white fungus and glutinous.”

"Tangtuan." Not only is it delicious, but it is also a nutritious health food. Fenghua Peach: Xikou is the hometown of peach in China, and Fenghua peach is known as "the best in China". It has a thin skin that is easy to peel, soft and has no residue.

It dissolves easily in the mouth and is sweet and fragrant.

August 2nd every year is the "Fenghua Peach Festival", which lasts from mid-June to late August.

The peaches during this period are of the highest quality.

Fenghua peaches have a long history, with diverse varieties and rich nutrition. The history of peach cultivation can be traced back to the Song Dynasty seven or eight hundred years ago.

The unique natural conditions and good cultivation technology have created the superior quality of Fenghua peaches with "beautiful fruit shape, soft flesh, juicy and sweet taste, and easy to melt in the mouth". The reputation of "Qiongjiang Jade Dew" and "Yaochi Treasure" is well-deserved.