Original address: Pingtan specialty snacks turn for the better. Author: cedar

When it comes to our Pingtan cuisine, it's really a must. Delicious specialty snacks will definitely make you eat delicious food. The ingenuity of Pingtan people regards eating as an art and produces many amazing delicacies. For example, there are fish balls, oyster cakes, light cakes, everlasting, harmonious, lucky and all kinds of seafood.

fortune is similar to glutinous rice balls, and the skin is made of sweet potatoes and sweet potato powder, which is thin and flexible. The stuffing inside is generally: cabbage, seaweed, refined pork, fresh shrimp, squid, crab meat and so on. Luck was originally called "salty rice time" (rice time is combined into one word), and later the restaurant gave this name for the convenience of promotion. Fortune has been turning in Pingtan for a long time, and every household will make it and eat it every holiday.

This is a specialty of Pingtan. It's delicious. Its skin is made of sweet potato and sweet potato powder, and its stuffing is cabbage, seaweed, shrimp, meat and fish ...

It is said that there was a fisherman in Pingtan who was sentenced to death in prison, and his son felt sorry for his father. Every time he visited the prison, he sent delicious food to his father, but he was repeatedly eaten clean by the jailer. Later, he had a plan. He mashed sugar dates, persimmons, etc. into mud to make stuffing, wrapped it in skin made of sweet potato powder, and then stuck some rice residue, so that the delicious food in the ugly appearance finally passed the jailer and was sent to his father. Until the 29th day of the first month, the case was finally found out, and my father was vindicated. Son's filial piety was praised by later generations, so the locals designated this day as "Filial Piety Day". In Pingtan people's homes, there are stone mortar, which is the custom that "there is a stone mortar at home, and evil does not enter the house".

Making fortunes is the specialty of every Pingtan woman.

Whenever there is a holiday, people like to eat salty food, because it also has a festive name-fortunes. It's not easy to get lucky, because its manufacturing process is not simple. The skin should be thin, flexible and elastic.

once you buy fresh sweet potatoes, wash them, peel them and put them in a pot to boil. after cooling, add sweet potato powder and beat them in a stone mortar. when they are completely blended and strong, the skin will be finished when it is salty.

Generally, the second stuffing consists of shrimp, laver, cabbage, diced meat, diced radish and other materials. Stir-fry them in a pot, add seasonings until they are completely tasty, pour them into a basket to drain the water, and let them cool for later use.

thirdly, take out a small piece of salty skin and rub it into a ball in your hand, then knead it into a bowl shape. It is required that the edge is thin and the bottom is slightly thick, so that the stuffing will not break and the taste will be better.

fourthly, put a proper amount of stuffing into the skin, gently press it in the middle with your hand, and slowly pinch and seal it from the edge. A round salty time is ready.

on the fifth day, steam for 1 minutes, and the fragrant "luck turns" will be done!

there are two cooking methods when salty, one is boiling, and the other is steaming. No matter what method you use, it will make your appetite wide open, your mouth water will be watered, you will taste delicious and refreshing, and you will still want to eat after eating.

if you come to visit pingtan, you must try salty time, a unique snack in our hometown.