The 72-year-old uncle has been an invisible snack in Jiangsu town for 56 years, but the locals dare not eat it.

Fuan Town, Jiangsu Province is a famous historical and cultural town, and also a famous hometown of silk. Gu Xiang, the ancient street here, makes people travel back to the past, while the new street, new scenery and tall buildings make people understand that it is far more than an ancient town. Although Fu 'an Town is small, it stands out. The local people rushed out of the country with hard-working hands, making the whole world fall in love with Fuan silk to come to Fuan. Besides enjoying the beautiful scenery and buying silk, the fish soup noodles and shortbread here are very famous, especially shortbread, which used to be a tribute, but now it is an intangible cultural heritage, which makes people never tire of eating.

How delicious the shortbread is, the locals will say that they are reluctant to throw it when they smack it. This snack has a long history. It's been on fire for hundreds of years. It used to be fried around the Spring Festival, and Tomb-Sweeping Day made it. It is famous because Emperor Qianlong ate in Jiangnan. Strangely, some people in nearby towns learned their craft, but they couldn't make it rich. So now many people in Jiangsu will drive to the town to eat shortbread.

This shop is small and simple. There is no decoration in the store, and it still stays in the style of the last century, but it is very clean and makes people feel very grounded. The boss is an uncle, 72 years old this year. It is said that he has been making shortbread for 56 years. From 1966 to now, he can sell more than 3000 pieces of shortbread a day at most, which is really hard and enviable.

Grandpa said that when he was young, there were many pastry makers in Fuan. Later, some people gradually changed careers, and some people stopped making them, mainly because this kind of cake didn't make money, and people could eat more and more delicious food. Now there are not many pastry shops in Fuan, and their home can be said to be the oldest one. I make my own cakes, and my son-in-law has followed me for many years. I will take over this small shop in the future to prevent cakes from disappearing in the long river of history. It is still gratifying.

This shortcake has two kinds of fillings, one is onion meat and the other is bean paste. It is a dough mixed with old flour and oily flour, which tastes oily but not greasy. Because my uncle is old and lack of energy, the work of rolling noodles is handed over to my son-in-law. The rolled noodles are thin and sticky, and then wrapped with stuffing layer by layer and rolled up. The next important part is still to be completed by my uncle.

Put the cooked shortcake into the oil pan, and enlarge half a pan of oil at a time to submerge the shortcake. This is also a traditional craft that has not changed. Layers of shortbread are like flowers and bones that bloom slightly. They look very attractive, and the golden crispy pastry is really crisp. The more you eat, the more delicious it is. Uncle said he used cotton oil. Many people misunderstand that cotton oil is unhealthy. In fact, it contains a variety of vitamins, which can resist aging and the price is more affordable. Crispy cakes made with fresh oil are very beautiful every day.1.The price in 2 yuan is also very affordable.

Although shortbread is delicious, because it is fried food, many locals no longer patronize it for health. If the traffic conditions hadn't improved, many foreign tourists would have come here, and this kind of non-legacy snack might have disappeared long ago. I hope more traditional snacks can be passed down!