The delicacies of Leling City include Leling golden jujubes, Zhengdian water chestnut cakes, jujube buns, red jujube and lotus seed soup, Maqiao tofu, jujube hair cake, jujube cut cake, etc.

1. Leling golden jujube: Leling is the origin of golden jujube. Its cultivation began in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, flourished in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a cultivation history of more than 3,000 years. It is the “Hometown of China’s Golden Jujube” and “China’s Golden Jujube Industrial City” named by the state.

2. Zhengdian Water chestnut pancake: Zhengdian Water chestnut pancake is a specialty of Zhengdian Town, Leling City, Dezhou City, Shandong Province. The freshly baked water chestnut pancakes are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. They are both crispy and fragrant, with an overflowing aroma and excellent color, taste and shape.

3. Date paste buns: To make jujube paste buns, first boil the dates, remove the jujube cores, then simmer in a pot until soft, stir into puree, pour into a frying spoon, add sugar, and stir-fry until the sugar melts , then add sesame oil and mix well, pour it out to cool and serve as jujube paste filling. Make steamed buns with jujube paste filling, steam them and eat them immediately.

4. Red dates and lotus seeds soup: It is made from golden jujubes and Weishanhu lotus seeds as the main raw materials, supplemented by dozens of natural raw materials such as tremella, sesame, peanuts, and polished rice. It contains the nutrients needed by the human body. It contains 18 kinds of amino acids and multiple vitamins such as Va, Vc, and Vd, and has extremely high nutritional value.

5. Maqiao tofu: Maqiao tofu Maqiao tofu is refined from soybeans. Delicate, white and elastic, it can be eaten raw or cooked and is a popular health food.

6. Zaofa Cake: For Zaofa Cake, stir and scald the cornmeal with 80% boiling water, let it cool and mix it with the flour, add fresh yeast, mix it with warm water to form a thin dough, and then ferment it. Then add soybean flour and knead evenly.

7. Date-cut cake: Date-cut cake has a long history in Laoling. It is made of golden jujube and millet rice as raw materials, first boiled and then steamed. It is fragrant in the mouth, flexible in chewing, and has a unique flavor.