Jiaxing de snacks
The history of Jiaxing Zongzi can probably be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. After being passed down from generation to generation, Jiaxing Zongzi has become a traditional snack with national characteristics. Especially fresh meat dumplings, the most famous, known as the king of dumplings. The main raw materials of Jiaxing Zongzi are glutinous rice and pork hind leg meat. Glutinous rice is sweet, glutinous but not sticky, pork is fat but not greasy, salty and sweet, and easy to carry, which is very popular among people.
Chang 'an Banquet Ball is a traditional local famous food in Chang 'an Town, Haining, Jiaxing. Fish and meat are the main raw materials, and the pond silver carp in the next year is the best, and the meat should choose the best fat. A banquet ball, a bowl of rice, Chang 'an banquet ball is a well-known food in Haining, and it is also the best gift for Chang 'an people to visit relatives and friends and entertain guests. The fish is tender, fresh and delicious, and it has a happy meaning, which is also the special feature of Chang 'an banquet ball in Haining.
Xitang Bazhen cake is the most famous cake in the ancient town of xitang, Jiaxing, which appeared in Qianlong period. Xitang Bazhen Cake is mainly made of eight raw materials, namely hawthorn, coix seed, white lentils, Euryale euryales, Poria cocos, Chinese yam, malt and lotus plumule. These eight raw materials are also Chinese medicine formulas, which are not only medicines, but also cakes with no medicinal taste. They are sweet and crisp, suitable for all ages and are very popular among people.
Wuzhen Sister-in-law Cake is a traditional name in Wuzhen. According to legend, Wuzhen Sister-in-law Cake was invented because of the process of quarrelling between two sisters-in-law. It is also very famous in Wuzhen's cakes and has a history of hundreds of years. Wuzhen Sister-in-law Cake has a variety of flavors, including white sugar, salt and pepper, and sesame seeds, which are crisp and waxy, salty and sweet.
Zongxiang black rice, also known as refined rice, is also a special snack in Wuzhen, Jiaxing. The main raw material is steamed with black rice. Before steaming, black rice should be soaked in black leaves for several hours. Wuzhen people believe that eating black rice on this day in long summer can keep mosquitoes from biting all summer. Zongxiang black rice is bright and fragrant, and you can feel full of happiness when you take a bite.
Wuzhen sauce chicken, also known as Sanzhenzhai sauce chicken, is a traditional local snacks in Wuzhen, Jiaxing, and also an old-fashioned signature food. Wuzhen sauce duck is exquisite in material selection, and all of them use this year's female chickens stocked in local rural areas as raw materials. After layers of development, the appearance of sauce chicken is red and shiny, and the taste is fresh and tender, which will definitely make you amazed.
Jiahu fine spots are mainly folk teas in Jiaxing and Huzhou, mostly cakes made of flour and rice flour, with many kinds and various appearances, which are collectively called Jiahu fine spots. Jiahu fine point is meticulous in workmanship and good in taste. It can be divided into water point, dry point, sugar food and so on, which combines various folk techniques and is used as Jiaxing's gourmet classics.
Printed cake is one of the traditional cakes in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. In the old days, people in urban and rural areas in Jiaxing had printed cake molds. On holidays, weddings, birthdays for the elderly, celebrating the full moon for children, building houses, and seasonal farming, glutinous rice flour should be steamed, and sugar cakes with different patterns or cakes with stuffing should be printed with the cake molds.