What is Hunan specialty food?

It smells bad, but it tastes tender and spicy. According to legend, Wang Zhihe, an Anhui native, went to Beijing to take the exam in the eighth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty. After failing to go home due to inconvenient transportation, he left stinky tofu in Beijing to run a tofu shop. Accidentally found that salted tofu smells bad, but it has a strong fragrance after tasting it. Then he slowly tried to process stinky tofu, and finally he created a unique stinky tofu. Legend has it that Empress Dowager Cixi also likes to eat stinky tofu, so she named it "Fang Qing".

2, Hunan sugar oil Baba

The freshly baked sugar and oil are golden yellow, crisp and tender, fragrant but not greasy, oily but not greasy, soft in taste and appetizing. According to legend, there was once a person who was ill and had no appetite, so he couldn't eat anything in front of him. People asked him what he wanted to eat, and he said he wanted to eat sugar and oil Baba. When a bowl of golden crispy and attractive sugar and oil was brought to him, his eyes lit up and he ate it upside down. Later, he insisted on eating several pieces of sugar and oil every day.

3. Fish head with chopped pepper

Burning red pepper wrapped in fresh fish head meat, smelling a faint spicy fragrance, eating fresh and delicious, making you spicy and enjoyable. According to legend, Huang Zongxian, an anti-Qing scholar, fled because of the taboo of "literary prison" and passed through a small village in Hunan, where he was cooked by a peasant woman. At that time, he thought it was delicious after eating it, and he couldn't forget it when he got home, so he improved his kitchen.

4. Yongzhou blood duck

Traditional folk dishes, it is best to eat blood duck with a bottle of cold beer. It's really a blend of fire and water-the fire that went straight to the top of my head was put out by Baizhang Waterfall, and the light smoke curled up in my heart, which is really indescribable.

According to legend, when Hong Xiuquan, the leader of Taiping Army, led all the soldiers to attack Yongzhou City, the military chef used his quick wits to pour duck blood into the pot because he had no time to clean the duck feathers. Then the soldiers had a big appetite and asked what it was at the celebration dinner. The chef couldn't answer, and Hong Xiuquan said it was called "Yongzhou Blood Duck", hence the name.

5. Huaihua Zhijiang Duck

Duck meat is soft and Huang Liang in color. Gravy tastes crisp and fragrant, oily but not greasy, and tastes refreshing. According to legend, Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty visited Jiangnan privately and passed Zhijiang on his way. He smelled a fragrance and was refreshed, so he went to eat this Zhijiang duck and was full of praise after eating it.