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The famous specialty of Huangshi

The specialties of Huangshi City are the so-called eight treasures of Huangshi, namely: China Jin Jiu, Huangshigang cake, preserved pine eggs, pearl fruit rice wine, Jinke pepper, Lingxi lobster sauce, refreshing radish and Han Meng liquor. In addition, there are thousands of seals and Taurus. Huangshi Port Cake is a famous local product in Huangshi City, Hubei Province. It has a history of 170 years. 20 1 1 was named "China's Time-honored Brand" by the Ministry of Commerce in March. Huangshi pastry food has a long history. According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei's "Dragon and Phoenix Wedding Cake" was purchased in Huangshi. Longfeng Wedding Cake is the predecessor of Huangshi Port Cake.

Huangshigang cake consists of flour, sesame, rock sugar, sesame oil, money orange cake, osmanthus, etc. Because of its unique flavor, such as drum string, hemp color, Huang Liang, crisp, sweet, appetizing, long aftertaste and rich natural hemp flavor, it is well-known in Hubei and sells well all over the country. Douchi, also known as "Ji You", has a production history of more than 2,000 years. Because of its good edible and medicinal value, it is deeply loved by people. Nutritional components are similar to beef, with protein content as high as 40% and fat content of about 3%. It is nutritious and delicious. Used for cooking, whether it is steaming, frying, mixing and seasoning, it is suitable for meat and vegetables. Douchi has high nutritional value and edible value. It has been used as medicine since ancient times and has been recorded in medical books of past dynasties. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, Douchi has the functions of appetizing, expelling wind and cold, strengthening brain, preventing and treating hypertension, cancer, relieving fatigue, delaying aging, treating acclimatization and relieving mountain haze.

Lingxi Douchi was carefully brewed by daye city Lingxi Bean Products Co., Ltd. by using the traditional technology of Tang Dynasty, citing Lingxi natural mountain spring and combining modern biotechnology, and by microbiology experts from the Department of Science, Technology and Food of Huazhong Agricultural University. Its products are diverse in taste, unique in ingredients and rich in ingredients, vacuum packed and autoclaved, and all indicators have reached the national standards. Opening a bottle, eating in a bag, home cooking and seasoning save time and worry, all of which have unexpected effects. Melaleuca skin, also known as skin for short, is a specialty of Taurus and a flavor food in southeastern Hubei. The main raw materials for making thousand skins are soybeans and winter beans, and July black beans and mud beans can also be used.

The preparation method and steps are as follows: firstly, soak the beans in clear water for 24 hours, pinch off their shells by hand, float on the water surface, scoop them out with a spoon, then wash them with cold well water, grind them into paste, put them into a cloth bag, add a small amount of edible oil residue, stir them with clear water while scooping, filter out soup-like bean juice, put them into a large pot, boil them, pour them into a jar, and slowly add cooked gypsum water, commonly known as soybean milk. Stir it back and forth with a spoon while ordering the pulp until small particles appear, cover it with a wooden cover, and wait for about 20 minutes to become brain pulp, which is tofu brain. Stir evenly with a small bamboo broom, pour it into a wooden box (the wooden box is about 26 cm square and the height is 10 cm) placed on a special wooden frame in advance, pour a layer of cloth to a height of 1 m or more, then press the surgical head slightly smaller than the wooden box into the box with a wooden bar to drain the water, then take the cloth out of the box and gently put it layer by layer by hand. Soybean is a kind of food for strengthening the spleen. The skin of Taurus is made of soybeans, thin and crisp, fragrant and sweet, loose and soft. When thousands of skins are eaten, they can be cut into silk strips or strips 3 cm wide to form skin flowers and cooked with fresh fish. They are delicious, especially the stewed skin of mandarin fish.