. It's not a specialty, because it's not famous enough to go out of Hunan. But it is very popular in Changsha. Changsha people must have eaten it before the 1980s. I don't know how much joy it brought to our childhood. I can't help drooling at the thought of that smell.
There are many kinds of Zizyphus jujube Baba, and the seasonings are different. Its production is very elaborate. First, collect fresh jujube granules, wash and cook them, then mash and remove the core, and then mix the cooked pumpkin or sweet potato with jujube paste, pepper, onion, perilla, dried tangerine peel and other ingredients (according to your own taste or habit). Then spread a layer of gauze on a dustpan or wooden board, spread the mixed jujube paste evenly on the gauze, and expose it to the sun (pay attention to fly prevention, insect prevention and dust prevention). After exposure, it will become brown or brown jujube. It is best not to eat it directly after drying, but to steam it in a pot, which can not only sterilize, but also soften the originally dried jujube. Zizyphus jujuba can be preserved for half a year as long as it is placed in a ventilated and dry place.
There is also a kind of jujube granule, which is similar in practice, except that jujube is not pitted, pumpkin and sweet potato are not put, and the ingredients are directly dried in the sun. It tastes sour and sweet.
Now it is rarely sold on the streets of Changsha. Generally speaking, grandma's food is considered to be the most authentic and delicious. Although shops also sell packaged jujube strips and jujube granules, they are not authentic. Maybe you can eat authentic Zizyphus jujuba in the countryside or suburbs, because there are only wild Zizyphus jujuba trees.
As far as I know, Changsha Ningxiang Culture Supermarket has a Ningxiang store with more than ten kinds of jujube products. They are very delicious and have different tastes, which can meet the taste needs of various customers. Good wine needs no bush. Zizyphus jujuba here is cheap and good, and it is very popular.
Welcome distant friends who like to eat Zizyphus jujuba to Changsha. If you want to buy delicious Ziziphus jujuba, please find me, hehe!