What is Quanzhou's specialty?

Quanzhou specialty is Gongwan.

Gongwan, Quanzhou traditional specialty snacks. Like tribute sugar, crowned with a tribute word, that is, it is also tribute to the emperor's tribute, according to the Taiwan tribute pill family of people examined: the original name of the tribute pill is "carried (carry the traditional Chinese Minnan sound "gong") pill". Minnan language of the tribute pill "Gong" through the "carried", that is, beating.

Legend:

According to legend, in ancient Quanzhou City, Shishi County, there is a filial son in order to make a delicious soup to his mother to drink, looking for materials everywhere, at a time of contemplation inadvertently took the mallet has been whacked with a piece of pork, when he whacked the pork into the soup after cooking, and found that the flavor is so delicious, and then many times after the practice of creating a After practicing it many times, he created the method of making gongwan.

Influenced by the "Gongwan" dish, many specialties in Quanzhou are pureed, such as fish soup, fish balls, beef soup, turnip cake and so on, all of which are traditional dishes made in every household in the Quanzhou area.

It is similar to the familiar beef meatballs, which are also made by pounding the meat repeatedly with a bar, pounding the meat, removing the tendons, and making them into balls, which are therefore more elastic to eat, and also called jumping balls because they are very elastic.