Cao County specialties include Cao County asparagus, Weiwan Town Lotus Root, Cao County Spicy Pork Knuckle, Cao County BBQ Cake, Sun Laojia Chaotian Pepper and so on.

1, Cao County asparagus

Cao County asparagus, Cao County, Heze City, Shandong Province, specialty, the national agricultural products geographical indications. Caoxian soil organic matter content, quick-acting phosphorus, quick-acting potassium content is relatively high, the soil water holding capacity of 60 to 80%, suitable for asparagus cultivation, Caoxian asparagus with the tip of the bamboo shoots are not open, the surface of the smooth, white and tender meat and other specific qualities.

2, Weiwan Town Lotus Root

Weiwan Town Lotus Root, the production of raw materials are mainly lotus root. Weiwan town is rich in water resources, abundant lotus root. Produced lotus root holes, section large, crispy, flavor, sweet, no slag. The lotus root is white and tender, rich in nutrients, nourishing and strong, not only is a fine dish, but also a high medicinal value of health food.

3, Cao County spicy pork elbow

Cao County spicy pork elbow is 1990 by Wang San learned from Xi'an, selected vegetable pork before and after the elbow meat, through the marinade, bundled, boiled and other processes, supplemented with a variety of materials made of, and then sliced and modulated. Since the spicy pork knuckle settled in Cao County, there has been a history of 30 years. When local people talk about the famous food in Cao County, they must mention the Cao County Spicy Pork Knuckle.

4, Cao County baklava

Cao County baklava with wheat flour, after a number of processes, wrapped with sesame oil, salt and fennel, pepper and other condiments and become the oil flesh, and then cut flowers, disk along, coated with a layer of sugar, the surface of the sesame seed kernel, that is, pasted into the furnace barbecue. The surface of the baked baklava is reddish yellow, and the layers are separated by hand, not hard and not sticky.

5, Sun Laojia Chaotian pepper

Sun Laojia Chaotian pepper in 1992 in Sun Laojia Town, the first planted in the village of Wangjie, to take sets of planting mode, mulch cover, considerable benefits. Sun Laojia town is known as "Shandong Province, the first town of morning glory production". Since then, Chaotian pepper from a single fresh pepper sales into fresh pepper, dry pepper two sales methods. Dry pepper is easier to save and transportation, more profitable.