Speaking of wheat cake cones, we cannot just attribute them to Wenling, Taizhou. It is also one of the characteristics of Shipu (belonging to Xiangshan County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang), one of the six central fishing ports in the country. A special snack, also called a pancake tube, is a traditional food that every household eats on the Dragon Boat Festival, Beginning of Summer, and the 16th day of the eighth lunar month every year. The biggest feature is freshness.
The ancient town of Shipu, with a history of more than a thousand years, is located on the central coast of Zhejiang, at the southern end of the Xiangshan Peninsula, connected to the Zhoushan fishing ground to the north, and located in the center of major domestic fishing areas such as Damoyang, Yushan, and Maotouyang. It is rich in various economic fish and shellfish such as hairtail, eel, pomfret, cuttlefish, yellow croaker, swimming crab, prawn, mud clam and razor clam. Therefore, many delicacies and snacks have been passed down in the ancient town since ancient times. Wheat cake cones, which include a variety of seafood and seasonal vegetables, are one of the local specialties. During festivals or when relatives and friends get together, the hospitable Shipu people will serve delicious wheat cake cones to their guests.
Stuffing: It is a variety of dishes served on the table, especially dishes made with various local fish, shrimps, crabs, shells and seafood just caught from the sea, plus fried various kinds of stuffings. There are more than ten kinds of seasonal vegetables, including mung bean noodles, fried shredded pork, fresh pomfret, fried rice noodles, razor clams, fried shredded squid, mung bean sprouts, shredded eel, shredded eggs, fresh shrimps, fried meat with garlic sprouts, shredded potatoes, Mustard mustard, shredded pork, etc. Guests can choose their favorite to put on the wheat cake skin, wrap it up, roll it up and eat it, mixed with the fresh flavor of seafood, poultry, eggs and vegetables, it is really delicious.
As for the wheat cake skin, it is not much different from the one in Wenling. The locals mix flour with water to make a slurry, and then spread it in a pan. It is as thin as paper, white and moist in color, tough in the mouth, and Generally, the taste of pancakes that are directly stuffed and eaten has a certain difference. This is mainly because the flour used is different from conventional home-made flour.