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What are the delicious specialties in Changzhou?
1, Shrimp Cake: Also known as Tonggu Cake, it is a traditional famous food in Changzhou, with a history of more than 200 years. The main materials are raw shrimp meat, flour and so on. Mix raw shrimp and flour into batter, then fry in oil pan, remove and drain the oil. Its characteristics: golden color, crisp outside and soft inside, fresh and delicious.

2. Hemp cake: one of the traditional cuisines with Changzhou flavor. It began in the Xianfeng period of Qing Dynasty and has a history of 150 years. It is made of pork suet, flour, shelled sesame seeds, sugar, refined salt and other raw materials by traditional barrel furnace baking. It has three flavors of sweet, salty, pepper and salt, and is round or oval in shape, with golden color, crispy and soft, and distinct layers. This cake is best eaten hot, and it will affect the taste when it is cold.

3, add crab steamed buns: also known as crab steamed buns. It started in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty, and was initiated by Wanhua Teahouse in the south of Xiaoheyan pontoon bridge in Changzhou. Actually, it's a soup bag. The stuffing is made of pork, crab meat and crab roe. The leather is made of semi-hair powder, which means that the steamed buns are tough and transparent. It is characterized by thin and transparent skin, rich marinade and fragrant crab.

4. Fermented dumplings: It is one of the traditional snacks in Changzhou, and there is a custom of eating dumplings in the local Spring Festival or Lantern Festival. More than 100 years ago, a master named Pei Yugao added some distiller's grains to the traditional dumplings, which was characterized by its fragrant wine and unique flavor.

5. Crab shell yellow: Crab shell yellow is one of the traditional snacks in Changzhou, commonly known as Xiaoma cake. Crab shell yellow has salty and sweet fillings. Salty is generally put onion oil, fresh meat, crab powder, shrimp, etc., sweet is generally put sugar, roses, red bean paste, jujube paste and other varieties.