Yixing Top Ten Famous Foods

The top ten famous foods in Yixing are Gaocheng pork belly, Yixing hairy crab, Shanghai pepper wonton, black rice, clear soup bean curd, common watermelon, He Qiao dried bean curd, Xiang Yang scallion cake, wild goose mushroom, cold malantou and so on.

1, Gaocheng pork pork

Gaocheng braised pork has a long history. The Chen family, which originated in taoyuan village, Gaocheng Town, Yixing City, has a history of 130 years. The ancestors lived by farming and had a hard life. Many farmers keep pig women and sell their babies to make up for their livelihood. Each sow gave birth to about 10 litter, so the piglets were very fat and no longer pregnant, because the meat was fishy and had to be abandoned. A farmer surnamed Chen in taoyuan village felt it was a pity to abandon it, so he tried all kinds of condiments and cooked delicious pork.

2. Yixing hairy crabs

The crab culture area in Yixing is nearly 10,000 hectares, and there are not a few farmers whose yield per mu exceeds 100 kg. In Guanlin, Gaocheng, Xinjian and other towns, crab farming has become an important source of income for local farmers to get rich. It is understood that the average selling price of products with geographical indications certification trademarks is higher than that of similar products, and the economic benefits are remarkable. "Yixing Hairy Crab" is recognized as a national geographical indication certification trademark, which is a good opportunity for Yixing crab farmers to transform and develop, increase production and income.

3. Hu jiao Xiao wonton

This key recommendation is that the soup is bone soup, cooked by the boss, and the small wonton is also hand-wrapped, not the kind pinched on the street, but mini wonton. This bowl is a medium bowl, without coriander. It may not look good, but it's really delicious. Don't put Chili sauce on wonton, just sprinkle some pepper. Chili sauce will mask the original flavor of the soup.

4. Black rice

The leaves of black rice made by southern candle in Yixing mainly grow in the hilly area in the south of Yixing. Generally, the rice used to make black rice is mainly glutinous rice, mixed with some japonica rice, which is particularly fragrant and delicious after cooking. The custom of eating black rice in Yixing has a long history and has been passed down from generation to generation. Yixing black rice is a local special food in Yixing and a unique folk culture created by Yixing people. It has distinctive local characteristics and has a great influence around Yixing.

5, clear soup tofu flower

The clear soup bean curd flower at the south gate of Yixing is a pair of shoulders. The bowl and lamp are still from the Ming Dynasty. Hot bean curd flower, hot soy sauce, shrimp and garlic flower are sprinkled on it, and it is unforgettable to stand on the street and eat. In fact, there are many ways to eat "tofu flower", which can be sucked through a straw, eaten in a big bowl or tasted with a spoon. It will be a great pleasure to drink a steaming bowl of "tofu flower" in winter.

6, blaspheme watermelon

Bailidu District on the west bank of Taihu Lake is the main producing area of watermelon in Yixing. The late-maturing watermelon here is called "blasphemy watermelon". After autumn, when other varieties of watermelons withdrew from the market, a large number of secular watermelons went on the market to meet the needs of urban and rural people. Shanghai Yimin Food Factory has signed contracts with some supply and marketing cooperatives in Dingyi area to make canned watermelons from desecrated watermelons and sell them overseas.

Watermelon, despised by people, has always been delicious. Compared with watermelons produced in foreign countries and other local areas, eating them is better than eating them in terms of taste and sand content.

7. Heqiao Town Dried Tofu

Heqiao Town is a famous historical and cultural town in the south of the Yangtze River, with a history of 1500 years. Since ancient times, it has been a bustling commercial port where ships gather in Chiba and merchants from all directions pass by, enjoying the reputation of "Little Wuxi". Grind the selected soybeans into dried flower bags, and their shapes can be displayed in cattail bags. After several complicated processes, it can be sold after soaking for more than a month. Dried tofu is as big as a silver dollar, salty and sweet, chewy but not stiff. It was listed as a "tribute" in the Qing Dynasty.

8. Xiang Yang scallion cake

From Yixing city to the suburbs, walk along the Youfang River and see the big archway of "Jiuhou's hometown", and Xiang Yang Old Street will appear in front of you. Look at this onion, green, green, one by one. In the old gentleman's memory, scallion cake is wrapped in lotus leaf or oil paper. After eating the scallion cake, the attractive fragrance remains on the lotus leaf or oil paper. Xiang Yang scallion cake is moon-shaped, Huang Chengcheng in color, crisp, full of chopped green onion fragrance, moderately sweet and salty, oily but not greasy, and very refreshing.

9. Wild geese come to pick mushrooms

Wild goose comes to mushroom, which is the best in the world. Su Dongpo met the wild goose mushroom in Yixing and became hopelessly addicted at first taste. Su Dongpo is a gourmet and an explorer. When everyone first met the wild goose, the shock and joy of a generation could be imagined. The taste of wild goose mushroom obviously crosses the boundary between meat and vegetables. Wild goose mushrooms can be fried and cooked in many ways. The traditional practice of Yixing mountain people is to cook with good soy sauce. Boiled wild goose mushroom is black and red in color and delicious, which can be eaten directly with meals or as a side dish.

10, Lengmalantou

In the fields of spring, Malantou is everywhere. It pokes around in the weeds, and its leaves are oval and dark green; The stem is two or three inches long, and a little red Malan head is the best. Yixing people love Malantou more than other wild vegetables, and its unique taste is unforgettable. The smell in my mouth, the feeling of shining at the moment, only feel that spring is hovering in my mouth.