Bai Kueh is made from high-quality Japonica rice and is still one of the staple foods during Chinese New Year in Fuzhou.

Chinese name: Bai Kueh Alias: rice cracker Fuzhou people eat light food, and the same applies to making Bai Kueh.

In Fuzhou, there are fried white cakes and boiled white cakes. Generally, they are stir-fried with shredded pork and vegetables. They can also be cooked into sweets for late-night snacks. Each has its own taste.

The most common method is to stir-fry white rice cakes with kale and vegetables. The white rice cakes are stir-fried with a little shredded pork, mushrooms, garlic sprouts, etc. The fried white rice cakes are as white as jade and refreshing.

When people mention the delicacy "white cake", they spontaneously praise: the "white cake" from the mountains is flexible and indeed delicious.

From the 1970s to the 1980s, "white rice cake" was "self-produced and sold" by every household in the mountains of Fujian.

To make "white cake" rice, you need to choose the high-quality winter rice "Baigu".

The yield of "White Valley" is low, with a harvest of only 400-500 kilograms per mu.

Moreover, the process of making "white cake" is complicated and requires a lot of manpower and material resources. It usually requires 5-8 people to help complete it.

First soak the "white rice", and after it is "cooked" in the steamer, sprinkle a little salt on it, pound it in a stone mortar, and spray some cooked peanut oil into the mortar from time to time, then pull a ball onto the chopping board while it is hot.

Pinch into strips or stamp into pairs.

It is difficult to eat "white rice cake" at ordinary times. It can only be tasted occasionally during Qingming Festival, Winter Solstice, "July 15th", weddings and funerals, Chinese New Year and other occasions, and as a first course dish.

According to local elders in Fujian, according to the customs and habits of mountain people, "white rice cake" is the highest standard gift for mountain people and cannot be given to others casually.

People generally choose to give "white cakes" when "traveling" on the third day of the first lunar month, which means that people have close relationships, like brothers and sisters.

It is very particular to send "white cakes" at the same time. Light red or put red paper on the pairs of "white cakes" to wish good things in pairs, a prosperous life in the coming year, and friendship like a spark of fire that will last forever.

After the 1990s, mechanical grinding of "white rice cake" replaced stone mortar pounding, which not only saves time and manpower.

At the same time, almost no one grows the low-yield rice "White Valley". It is simple and convenient to choose high-quality winter rice on the market.

With the improvement of life in mountainous areas, it is very convenient to eat "white rice cake" every day. You can buy it at any time. You can order it by phone and have it delivered to your door. Whatever you want, the quality and quantity can be guaranteed.

Of course, the popular Chinese New Year tradition of "white rice cakes with fried garlic and garlic every year" (I guess it's the same thing every year) is gone forever. It's indispensable to cook or fry a "white rice cake".

High-quality condiments such as oysters, dried razor clams, shrimps, and mushrooms.

"Bai Kueh" can be kept fresh for about 7 days when placed in the refrigerator. There is no need to soak it in water before cooking.

Due to the long storage time, "white rice cake" is particularly popular. Tourists passing by from other places get out of the car to buy when they see it. Restaurants nearby come to place orders. Usually, they sell more than 100 kilograms a day. If it comes to the "Tooth Festival", they sell for more than 200 kilograms. It's so busy.

But he didn't come and asked the neighbors to help.