The legend of burning butter in Xixian County began in the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years. During the Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty, there were several people baking cakes in Xixian County, and only Xiong Mingde, a well-known cooked food family, cooked delicious cakes under the guidance of the famous teacher Cai Anren, which enjoyed a long reputation. 1942, Xiong Mingde took the apprentice to teach art, and Peng Zengren, the east street of Chengguan Town, studied under him. His technology is very advanced and he is famous in Zhongzhou. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Peng Zengren returned to his old job 30 years ago and opened his own pastry shop. Although the store is small, customers are full and full of praise after eating.
1980 in March, Henan famous dishes and snacks fair was held in Zhengzhou. It lasted for a month. Peng Zengren, a famous pastry chef in Xixian County, applied for a job and started cooking in the street. Open management, providing skills and performing arts, the fried cakes made are on fire, and tourists from all over the world have praised them after tasting them. Among the 150 kinds of snacks in the province, 7 1 kind was rated as a famous snack. Xixian crisp fire is among the best.
1983, the book "China Famous Food Guide" published by China Tourism Publishing House recorded: "Xixian fried crisp is a famous snack, which is oval, coiled with filaments, bright in color, crisp and sweet to handle, and very delicious." The "small cantaloupe" produced by the unique geology and typical climate environment of Linxian Township and Balicha Township in Xixian County is a must in southeast Henan. Fruit has the characteristics of "rich aroma, sweet but not greasy, crisp and delicious" and is deeply loved by the public. In 2005, it was approved by Henan Agricultural Industry Integration Office as a provincial-level characteristic agricultural product-"small melon" planting base.