Yu Dafu once complained in "Eating Men and Women in Fuzhou": Fuzhou people love to eat sweets, and "nine out of ten people's teeth will be damaged" after eating them. This is true, because we Fuzhou people always add sugar when cooking, even when we stir-fry ginkgo. According to the logic of Fuzhou people’s taste buds, the food can be salty, but it cannot be sweet. Fujian cuisine expert: Fuzhou people are very fond of sweets

A chef in Fuzhou who has been cooking Fujian cuisine for more than 20 years once said: Fujian cuisine is like people, and the knife skills must not be flashy. In terms of styling. In the cooking method, make good use of sugar to remove the fishy and greasy taste; use vinegar skillfully to make the food sour and sweet; and the taste is light. As a variety of Fujian cuisine, Fuzhou cuisine naturally makes full use of sugar.

Not to mention the crispy fried lychee meat, drunken pork ribs, fish, and red glutinous rice meat. Bibimbap with sweet and sour sauce, you can easily eat two bowls of it!

Every Fuzhou family dinner will always end with mashed taro as dessert. In the early days, Fuzhou people even put sugar in fried noodles and fried rape hearts, which is enough to prove Fuzhou people’s dependence on sugar. . The sweetness of Fuzhou cuisine originated from the sugar production in the Yuan Dynasty

According to the information, the reason why Fuzhou cuisine is sweet is actually related to Fuzhou’s specialty “sugar”. According to information provided by netizens: Due to the exchange of Eastern and Western cultures in the Yuan Dynasty, Fuzhou had the highest technological level in the world in sugar production. The Fuzhou area became the main sugar producing area. "Fuzhou people love to eat sweets. In the 1970s and 1980s, almost every kitchen was equipped with the 'Dianzhu brand' white sugar produced in Fuzhou." Nowadays, middle-aged people in Fuzhou will have some sweet snacks when they recall their childhood. memory. In the 1980s, the Fujian Sugar Industry also set three firsts in the country in sugarcane yield per mu, sugar yield per mu, and profit of 10,000 tons of sugarcane in Asia. Fuzhou has many unique sweet snacks, which reflect Fuzhou people's love for sweets. Peanut "Ga"

"Ga" has a strong meaning in Fuzhou dialect the meaning of. The chopped peanuts stuck together with syrup also prove this point. A small box can make your cheeks sore when you chew it, but the more you chew, the more addictive you become! swastika cake

The swastika pattern is very special. When I was a child, I tried to eat only the white part and leave the pattern! But I never succeeded, and I was complained about how disgusting it was to eat... Well, what a childhood memory! Lard Cake

The name makes people think it is a large piece of lard that is so greasy that it makes people feel sick to their stomach. In fact, there is a small piece of white inside, and some also add green onions. It does taste oily, but the oil has been melted away after processing, so it's definitely not greasy! Winter Melon Candy

Your parents must have told you when you were a child that eating too much sugar can easily cause you to get angry. But winter melon candy, they think it’s totally fine. Is it because of the fragrance of winter melon? Flower candy

In fact, each candy is a peanut covered with thick sugar coating! Some people like to bite them into pieces and let the sugar and peanuts mix together, while others like to eat the peanuts with the sugar melted in their mouths. How do you like to eat them? Maltose

When it comes to maltose, Fuzhou people must think of the saying "Blind Ah Nong bury it (sell maltose)". It's a pity that there are fewer and fewer candy sellers jumping on the iron bucket. Ice cream cake

Each piece of ice cream cake is made to look like it needs to be cut but not cut off. You can tear it off piece by piece and eat it in a pretentious manner, or you can be more bold and just break off a large piece and chew it. Eight-treasure rice

Sugar, raisins, and black sesame are added to the glutinous rice. Every bite is sweet! The only drawback is that the rice is too sticky, you can’t pick it up with chopsticks and you have to eat it with a spoon... Tangyuan

"Tangyuan" and The question of which "Yuanxiao" is sweet and which is salty has been debated for a long time. In my impression, Fuzhou calls the sweet ones "tangyuan" and the salty ones stuffed with meat as "yuanxiao". Peanut soup

Peanut soup requires that the cooked peanuts should not become rotten, but should melt in the mouth. For example, the famous "Toothless Peanut Soup" in Fuzhou can even be drunk by the elderly without teeth! Thousand-feuille cake

After the sugar is heated and melted, it will penetrate into each layer of the thousand-feuille cake, and it will be very sweet after one bite! But be sure to eat it while it's hot. After it cools down, the sugar and noodles will become hard and the taste will be much worse! Yangsu

Using peanuts and sugar as raw materials, the powder is fragrant and sweet. I was only willing to eat a dime each time, and I had to carefully wrap it back in the paper bag after eating. "Rat boy"

This short and small thing is also called "inch date" in some places. There are two slightly different names, one is soft when you bite it, and the other is hard when you bite it, but they both taste sweet and crispy.

Lard fried rice

White fried rice, yellow peanuts, black sesame seeds, and marble-like patterns are a major feature of lard fried rice. And the aroma of the mixture of these three things is guaranteed to be the most fragrant among all kinds of sweets! Brown sugar rice cake

Compared with white rice cake, brown sugar is added. It can be eaten directly or fried in oil, and many people think it is red. The color of the rice cakes is also more in line with the lively festive atmosphere. Fa Gao

Fa Gao is very popular in various areas of Fuzhou, and there are many types such as bowl cake, yellow rice cake, and glutinous rice cake. The steamed cake is fluffy and sweet, not inferior to Western cakes at all! Money Biscuit

This is the most popular Zao Tang Zao Biscuit. It has a crispy texture and the fragrance of sesame. No matter how much you eat, it will be eaten in minutes. . But its name is cake, and it tastes more like a steamed bun. Fried "mouse boy"

Fried "mouse boy" is fried with sweet potato skin and sugared peanut filling, and "inch date" "The collision of names is not the same thing. I just don’t understand why there is so much resentment towards mice... Horseshoe cake

I like using water chestnut powder as raw material There is one with some water chestnut pulp in it! The sweetness of the water chestnuts neutralizes the greasiness. It is good whether it is eaten hot or chilled~

The sweet and sour taste is a specialty of Fuzhou, and the taro paste is very delicious. It is so representative that it is also referred to as hot ice cream. Eight-treasure rice is also a must-have in banquets. The upgraded version of eight-treasure taro paste combines two delicacies to satisfy two tastes at one time.

Horseshoe cake, chewy and refreshing, with water chestnuts and water chestnut powder, is a sweet memory from childhood.

Fried sweet rice cakes, which used to be only eaten during the Chinese New Year, have now become a dessert at banquets. They are fried to a crispy exterior, topped with syrup, and sprinkled with a handful of colored chocolate needles if possible, served hot. Eat the most delicious food.

Fuzhou’s sweetness must be at the top of the list!

Sorry, I’m from the Northeast and don’t understand Fuzhou’s eating habits