Since ancient times, the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River have been a rich place. Rich products and resources and humid environment not only gave birth to Jiangnan culture, but also brought Jiangnan cuisine. Changzhou is in Jiangsu Province, which belongs to southern Jiangsu. The local food is delicious and varied.

steamed buns with crab

The steamed buns and soup-filling buns in the south of the Yangtze River are the most famous, among which pork stuffing and crab roe stuffing are the best, while in Changzhou, steamed buns with crab are the representative. Steamed buns with crabs are a traditional snack in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Because steamed buns were called steamed buns in ancient times, steamed buns with crabs were also called? Small steamed bread with crab? .

steamed buns with crabs are naturally steamed buns with crab powder as stuffing. Local people have a particular attitude towards eating steamed buns. What are the points? Right inlay? ，? With the number? ，? Add crabs? Three kinds. The difference between them is whether crab oil is added or not. Undoubtedly, steamed buns with crab oil will taste better. Hot steamed buns dipped in local balsamic vinegar are extremely delicious.

Crab shell yellow

Although there are abundant crabs in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, although the name of this dish is Crab shell yellow, it does not mean that Crab shell yellow is a dish made of crabs. The so-called crab shell yellow is actually a kind of pie-baked food made of flour, sesame seeds and other fillings. It is called crab shell yellow because its shell is golden and crisp, hence the name.

There are several kinds of fillings in crab shell yellow. The common cake fillings are onion oil, sugar, shepherd's purse and red bean paste. The cake shell looks like a crab shell, golden and crisp in color, and covered with white sesame seeds. However, today's crab shell yellow has crab powder stuffing, which makes this pasta really related to crabs.

wine-fermented dumplings

At the beginning of the movie The Eight Hundred, a kind of food, wine-fermented dumplings, appeared. Friends from other places may not know what fermented rice balls are, but in fact, they are a unique traditional food in Jiangsu. The dumplings in the wine-brewed dumplings are small balls made of glutinous rice flour. To put it bluntly, the wine-brewed dumplings are dumplings without stuffing.

However, the soul of the wine-brewed dumpling is not the glutinous rice dumpling, but? Fermented wine? . Fermented rice wine is a kind of sweet rice wine which is unique in Jiangnan area and fermented by glutinous rice and yeast. Fermented rice wine is the real flavor source of fermented rice dumplings. Fermented wine tastes sweet, with a special bouquet, and it is also a delicious food with soft glutinous dumplings.

shrimp cake

Fish balls and fish cakes in Guangzhou are very famous, and shrimp cakes are also very famous in Changzhou, Jiangsu. The so-called shrimp cake is a cake made of shrimp, but the meaning of shrimp cake is not a pie filled with shrimp meat, but fresh shrimp meat and noodles, and shrimp, diced meat and various seasonings are ground into a paste and mixed into the noodles.

Wash the fresh shrimps, gut them and soak them in salt water. Soak for a while, then smash it with a knife, and then finely chop it. Put it in a bowl with salt, pepper, pepper and other seasonings, beat an egg white and start stirring until it is strong. Add flour, make it into small cakes, fry it in hot oil or fry it in a pan, which is crisp and delicious.