Changshu Chicken, also known as Simmered Chicken, is produced in Changshu, Jiangsu Province, China. "Taicang meat floss", very famous, known to women and children. With breakfast, filling cold dishes, the common people's dinner table is commonplace. The silky, fluffy meat floss sips into the mouth, without the help of teeth, gradually dissolved in the mouth, a salty-sweet unique flavor, in the teeth and cheeks for a long time to stay. Jinjin Brand Dried Bean Curd in Marinated Sauce Dried bean curd in marinated sauce is a nationally famous Suzhou specialty. It was developed from the Suzhou local snack "vegetarian chicken in marinade". It is a popular, colorful and tasty dish, and is one of the best heirloom products among Suzhou's specialties. Dongting Biluochun tea:
Biluochun tea produced in Dongting East and West Mountain, buds, tender and fragrant, clear soup, flavor mellow, is one of China's top ten famous tea. Bi Luochun tea has a history of more than 1,000 years. The earliest folk called "Dongting tea", also known as "scared people incense". Bi Luochun tea is characterized by tightly knotted cord, curled like a snail, white hair exposed, silver green hidden green, leaf buds young and tender, after brewing the tea flavor slowly stretching, up and down, the tea water silver clear turquoise, fragrant, cool and sweet taste, fresh and refreshing, as early as the end of the Tang and early Song Dynasty will be listed as a tribute. Picking Biluo tea, before and after the Qingming Festival, a flag of a shot of "Mingqian tea" is the best, the leaf system and become. Baking Biluochun without tools, relying on hands in the pot constantly roasting young leaves, to light green, white hair exposed, a catty of Biluochun tea leaves about 60,000 leaf buds to bake to do "dry and not burnt, crispy and not crushed, green and not fishy, fine and uninterrupted," depending on the frying tea masters mastered the temperature, the right time to regimentation, kneading, rubbing, stir-frying. Visible process requirements of the high, deep kung fu, and therefore Qiu Luochun tea is known as "kung fu tea", "blood tea".
Huqiu Camellia Tea:
Huqiu is the main production area of camellia in China, every year before and after the "summer", where the mountains and water, the spring is bright and beautiful, beautiful scenery, the mountains before the album, camellia in full bloom, the aroma of the people, there is a "into the eyes of all the flowers, all the eyes of the fragrance! The feeling of "all flowers and shadows in sight, all flowers and shadows in sight". By the Huqiu camellia has a long history, as early as in the Five Dynasties period for ornamental jasmine planting. Years of tired pals, Huqiu folk have formed a number of flower-related customs, such as the annual lunar calendar February 12 as the birthday of the flower, the day Huqiu flower farmers are to hold a grand ceremony of sacrifice to the God of flowers. Huqiu camellia, for the curing of tea and refinement of flavor with white orchids, jasmine, tortoiseshell and pearl orchids and other valuable fragrant flowers is the most prestigious, of which jasmine production is the highest.
Dongting Loquat:
Wu County Dongting is the traditional production area of loquat in China. As early as in the Ming Dynasty, Dongshan Township, Baisha Village, the abundance of loquat, so there is "Baisha loquat". Loquat is a kind of evergreen tree, the flowers bloom in winter, the forest is full of fragrance, and the honey can be made into loquat honey by putting the bees to collect honey; at the end of May, the loquat is yellow, and the brochures are covered with brocade. Dongting loquat varieties are divided into two categories of white sand, red sand, *** more than 30 varieties, of which the white sand loquat has a "light seed", "green seed", "small white sand" and other strains. According to the species has the advantages of neat fruit, thin skin, juicy, sweet flesh, rapid growth, high yield, large and small years is not significant, is currently the leading variety of Dongting loquat, planting area of loquat more than 90% of the total area. Red sand loquat, skin and flesh are yellow, poor quality, has been basically eliminated.
Dongting prunes:
"Folded to the top of the crane red is still wet, plucked through the dragon clear blood is not dry. If you know this flavor, how can lychee get to Chang'an?" This is the ancient poem praising the Dongting Yangmei. Cultivation history of China's prunes began before the North and South Dynasties, more than 1,000 years ago, with the Taihu Lake area Dongting Mountain and Mashu Book of prunes of the best quality, was listed as tribute. At present, the varieties of Dongting Yangmei are "large-leafed fine-tipped", "small-leafed fine-tipped", "black plum", "green yin head ", "Lychee head" and so on, the fruit has purple, red and white three kinds, of which "plum" varieties of the best, the color of purple is good, the taste of the sweet in its own acidic, white or red prunes, acidic taste, low yield.
Taihu Lake Brasenia schreberi:
Brasenia schreberi is a perennial aquatic plants, originally wild in the lakes and ponds south of the Yangtze River, especially in the Taihu Lake in southern Jiangsu Province, Hangzhou, the West Lake produced the most, and the most famous. Brasenia schreberi's leaves are oval, dark green, the back of the secretion of a mucus similar to agar, rich in protein, glucose and other ingredients, can be boiled or fried, not only is the unique flavor of the precious vegetables, but also has a heat, moistening the lungs, diuretic, decongestive, detoxification, stomach, diarrhea, and other efficacy. Taihu Lake Brasenia schreberi has been artificially cultivated since the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and it grows and reproduces quickly, and the underground stems under the water begin to sprout and grow around the time of "Qingming" every year. The young pieces of Brasenia schreberi picked at this time of the year are called "spring Brasenia schreberi"; after "summer", the temperature rises, Brasenia schreberi grows vigorously, and a large number of Brasenia schreberi can be picked in the "frost", which is known as "fall Brasenia schreberi ". At present, the production of Brasenia schreberi is greatest in the lake area of the East Book Consortium and the Summer Bay of the West Book. Every year in the summer and fall, there is a large area covered with clusters of Brasenia schreberi, stretching for miles, as if to the blue and clear as a mirror on the surface of Lake Taihu embroidered with emerald green "lace", beautiful.
Nandang Gorgonzola:
Wumen water town, aquatic crops are abundant, there are wild rice, mushrooms, red rhombus, water chestnuts, lotus root, especially turnip outside the Gorgonzola is the most famous. Gorgon fruit, also known as chicken head, its kernel fresh and clean, flavorful, white, tender, fragrant and glutinous, rich in nutritional value, is a traditional winter tonic, exported to Southeast Asia. The village of Qunli, outside the turnip gate of Suzhou's suburb of Turnip, is the traditional place of origin of the aquatic specialty gorgonian.
Taihu Lake silverfish:
Silverfish, also known as noodle fish, noodle stick fish, mainly distributed in the eastern countries of Asia, of which China's production is the highest, the most varieties, is one of China's important exports of aquatic products. China's silverfish production areas, mainly concentrated in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River in shallow lakes, especially in Taihu Lake silverfish most negative. Lake Taihu silverfish, body length of about 10 centimeters, delicate meat, white and tender, no bones, known as one of the three treasures of Lake Taihu, and has been listed as a key object of protection of national aquatic resources. Silverfish in Lake Taihu, there are big silverfish, Lei's silverfish, Lake Taihu short-nosed silverfish and oligochaetonous short-nosed silverfish four, to big silverfish and Lake Taihu short-nosed silverfish, Lei's silverfish and oligochaetonous short-nosed silverfish due to population decline, the number is very small. Lake Taihu silverfish is caught from mid-May to mid- or late-June every year. After catching, most of them are chilled for export. The "Taihu Brand" chilled silverfish enjoys a reputation as a famous brand in Japan.
Yangcheng Lake freshwater hairy crabs:
There are many kinds of crabs, only in freshwater lakes there are more than 20 kinds, among which Yangcheng Lake gold claw hairy crabs are the best. "Autumn end of Jiangnan crab is fat", after the mid-autumn fresh and fat Yangcheng Lake crab a large number of market, become a large river north and south of the table on the delicious delicacies. Yangcheng Lake is a big lake in the northeast of Suzhou, across the three boundaries of Wuxian, Changshu and Kunshan, with a circumference of 80 miles, the lake water is clear and clean, rich in wormwood and grass, which provides a good environment and conditions for the growth of crabs. At the same time by the crab is a kind of animal with the habit of swimming back, before September every year in freshwater lakes in the long life, after the shell in September half a month or so, the lake crab for mating and spawning, eastward to the Yangtze River Pin and seawater junction crawl, the formation of the annual crab flood, Yangcheng Lake, east of Kunshan, the river port and lake bay is Yangcheng Lake crab back to the must pass through, so that there to become a centralized origin of the hairy crabs of Yangcheng Lake. Every year in September and October, fishermen use nets, traps, baskets, and even bamboo poles to catch crabs, a moving scene. Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs, large and plump, green back white belly, golden claw yellow hair, called "golden claw crab". General three into a catty, a large one in more than half a catty, and the solution to the yellow fat, tender meat, peel off the crab cover, the orange-red eggs, white like cream, together with the snow-white crab meat, wine with dinner, nutritious, rich and beautiful exception. Not only in the country by the various restaurants listed as a delicacy, but also such as Hong Kong, Macao and other international markets enjoy fame.
Cream watermelon seeds:
Cream watermelon seeds choose black thin shell, thick meat, protein-rich, flavorful and tender watermelon seeds as raw materials, adding sweetened materials containing cream flavor, and after careful frying, the formation of a unique style, is a traditional product of Suzhou fried goods. Cai Zhai candy store cream watermelon seeds, inherited the traditional technology, combined with modern science and technology, procurement, picking, roasting, adding materials, each process is very careful, strict control, so dark and bright. The grains are full, the texture is crispy, the sweetness is moderate, unique flavor, is classified as a watermelon seeds in the top grade.
Dried tofu in marinade:
Dried tofu in marinade can be tasted as preserves, but also as a home-cooked dishes or feasts marinade, is Suzhou soybean products in the category of famous specialties. Dried bean curd in marinade to "Jinjin" brand is the most famous. It is red in color and aroma, full of marinade, sweet and soft, both brine and candied fruit two flavors. 1983 won the Jiangsu Province quality products and the State Economic Commission of the new products of the Golden Dragon Award, not only sells well along the Shanghai-Nanjing, Shanghai-Hangzhou, and exported to Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Xi'an, Harbin and other major cities.
Cai Zhi Zhai Su-style preserves, Huang Tianyuan cake dough and so on countless.