Cake-eating tube, also known as wheat oil and five tigers to catch sheep, is a unique local traditional folk snack in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, and is a traditional food for Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival and other festivals. The main production materials of the cake container are flour, water, vermicelli and various delicious dishes. The cake container has the characteristics of thin and tough dough and fresh and fragrant seasoning, and belongs to Zhejiang cuisine.
The main method of eating cake tube is to add water to flour to make it into a paste, put it in a pan with grease and use a tool to move the powder slurry evenly clockwise, spread it out, smooth it and bake it. Take out the dough, spread it with fried vermicelli and wrap it with various dishes, such as shredded duck eggs, shredded eel, bean sprouts, shredded potatoes, braised pork and onions.
Cake-eating tubes are often eaten on traditional folk festivals such as Qingming Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. It is difficult to verify when this tradition in Taizhou began. There is a saying that the crazy Jigong monk in Tiantai invented the cake-eating tube. Seeing that there were many dishes left in each meal, he wrapped the leftovers in bread and ate them at the next meal. During the Shanghai World Expo, the cake tube was called Jigong burrito and appeared as a famous Chinese snack.
The dishes packed in the cake container are diverse and have a variety of flavors, which are generally delicious and salty.
The cake-eating tube making technique was listed in the intangible cultural heritage protection list by Taizhou huangyan district Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center.