Rizhao specialty

Rizhao is rich in products and many local products. Special local products include seafood, green tea, ginkgo, peanuts, apples, chestnuts, pancakes, cocoons, vegetables, asparagus and so on.

The sea product Rizhao is adjacent to the Yellow Sea in the east, with a coastline of nearly 1 miles. At present, there are 6,-7, hectares of shallow water and 56 hectares of coastal beaches within the 2m isobath, so the development potential of marine aquaculture is huge.

There is Haizhou Bay Fishing Ground, one of the four largest fishing grounds in China, near Rizhao. There are many kinds of aquatic products, such as fish, shellfish, algae, etc. Among them, cuttlefish, shishigu and cauliflower are not only of good quality, but also the areas with the most concentrated output in China's coastal areas.

where rivers enter the sea, fish are rich and precious. There are 86 common species, mainly yellow crucian carp, yellow croaker, silver carp, silver carp, ribbon carp, pomfret, bimu, baigu and herring. Among them, the yield of yellow crucian carp, Spanish mackerel and squid is the highest. The main products of Hite in shallow sea and tidal flat are Shih Tzu, Meretrix meretrix, Scapharyngodon versicolor, Sole Solen, Sea Cucumber, Phaeophaga, as well as artificially cultured prawns and seahorses, which are well-known at home and abroad.

1. Prawn

Prawn is a famous seafood product in Rizhao City. It is flat in length, glittering and translucent, plump and tender in meat, delicious in taste and rich in nutrition, and it is an indispensable delicacy for high-class banquets. Besides being eaten fresh, prawns can also be processed into headless prawns, shrimps and pincer-seeded rice, all of which are top-grade seafood.

2. mullet eggs

mullet eggs are unique treasures in Rizhao city, with a long history and are well-known at home and abroad. It is said that mullet eggs are the best food for feudal emperors. The mullet egg is made from the egg-wrapping gland of the special squid in Rizhao. It is milky white and egg-shaped, and can be processed into high-grade food that looks like petals and is as thin as paper. According to "Rizhao County Records" in the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty, "Squid fish has eggs in its mouth, which is one of the eight treasures in the sea". To the end of the Qing Dynasty, mullet eggs were always listed as tributes.

3. Scallop

Scallop is one of the precious species of marine shellfish. Scallop meat is fresh, tender and delicious, and is internationally recognized as a high-grade aquatic product. The dried scallop is called scallop, which contains 5.43% liver sugar on average, ammonia, succinic acid, etc., and is "the best in the world".

4. Xishi Tongue

In ancient times, Xishi was a woman, and her beauty was extraordinary. Xi Shi's tongue shell is big, thin and crisp, with a fan-like shape, handsome shape, flat axe-foot like tongue, and innocent as jade, so it is known as Xi Shi's tongue. This clam shell is full of soft body, crisp and tender meat, and delicious. The clam meat contains a variety of amino acids, which is rich in nutrition and has the effects of moistening lung and nourishing yin.

Ginkgo biloba is an ancient and precious tree species in China, which is called "living fossil". Modern science has proved that its leaves, fruits and skins have high medicinal and edible values. flavonoid glycosides and terpene lactones extracted from leaves have special effects on treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and have anti-aging, anti-virus and anti-cancer effects. Their development of medicines, foods, health care products and cosmetics has become popular in the world market. "The first ginkgo tree in the world" grows in the territory of Fulaishan Town. For thousands of years, this 4,-year-old "Ginkgo King" which has been verified as the oldest tree in the world has attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists. Since 1996, the town of Fulaishan has invested 1 million yuan to build a 1,-mu ginkgo garden under the "the first ginkgo tree in the world" in Fulaishan, forming a 1,-mu ginkgo garden scenic spot with the "Ginkgo King" as the leader, the ginkgo garden as the main body, and the mountains and forests alternating, which has become another new landscape of the famous tourist area in Fulaishan. Relying on the 1,-mu ginkgo base, the town has now built a ginkgo leaf tea factory and a ginkgo health care product factory. With the development of science and the progress of human beings, the intrinsic value of Ginkgo biloba will be further developed and utilized, and Ginkgo biloba industry has a broader development prospect.

Peanut Rizhao Peanut is very popular at home and abroad because of its big and full grain, sweet and delicious, oily but not greasy. Rizhao has a long history of peanut planting and rich production experience. Rizhao is a national peanut commodity export base, with an annual processing capacity of more than 1, tons of peanut products, such as peanut butter, refined peanut oil, milky white peanut and other high-quality products.

There are more than a dozen high-quality varieties of apples, such as "Red Fuji", "Guoguang", "White Peel" and "Zhuguang", which have high yield and high quality. Juxian County has been designated as "High-quality Apple Base County and Red Star Apple Development Base County" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.

chestnut Rizhao has a long history of developing chestnut production, with fertile soil, abundant sunshine and rainfall, and all kinds of natural conditions are very suitable for chestnut growth. Chestnut is large, plump, oily and storable. The flesh is mostly golden yellow, rich in waxy, sweet and thick, and the skin is easy to peel off. Among them, there are 8, mu of common chestnuts in Huangdun Town, Donggang District, with an annual output of 2 million kilograms. In recent years, the town party committee and government have implemented the project of "revitalizing the town with one industry", taking chestnut production as the leading industry in the town. After five years of development and construction, it has developed 23, mu of high-quality Japanese chestnuts, becoming the first town in China with an annual output of 1 million kilograms.

Pancakes are the main folk food in Rizhao. They are mainly made of wheat flour, sweet potato flour, millet flour and corn flour. They are twisted into thick paste, heated and baked on the beach. The cakes are as thin as paper, yellowish in color, fine, sweet, soft and delicious. Pancakes made from wheat, with fresh tofu and pepper, are even more delicious, and Taiwan Province's < < Shandong literature > > Record: Yellow crucian carp fish roll pancake is one of the best foods in Rizhao, which is easy to eat and preserve after a long time.

The sericulture garden in the city covers an area of 13, mu, with an annual output of 8, tons of cocoons, ranking third and second respectively in the province, and the white silk produced has a high reputation in the international market. The average length of single cocoon silk is more than 1 meters longer than that of the whole province.