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What are the specialties in Hunan?

1, wick cake

Wick cake is a traditional non-staple food specialty in Xiangtan. It is not only white and soft, sweet and spicy, cool and fragrant like a wick, but also can be ignited by fire, emitting pure osmanthus fragrance. And open a box, from the first to the last, 24 hours no more, no less. Xiangtan has been making wick cakes for more than 400 years.

2, sugar and oil Baba

Sugar and oil Baba is a folk snack with a long history in Changsha. Its main raw materials are white flour and sucrose, but the temperature and sugar content should be accurately controlled, otherwise it will affect the taste. Fresh sugar and oil are golden yellow, crisp and tender, sweet but not thick, oily but not greasy, and attractive in color. It's steaming, and it burns your mouth when you're impatient.

3, salt and pepper prickly heat

Changsha Bao jiaozi has a history of more than 2000 years. The raw materials of salty dumplings are white flour, salt and white pepper, which are fried. It is characterized by uniform silk strips and crisp taste.

4. Hunan stinky tofu

The stinky tofu in Changsha, Hunan smells bad, but it tastes memorable. Stinky tofu has become one of the characteristic business cards of Hunan snacks. Now Changsha stinky tofu can be seen in the prosperous areas of the country; Changsha locals are also called stinky. Black in color, tender outside, fresh and fragrant. Crisp but not sticky, tender but not greasy, smell the stench at first sight, smell the fragrance at first sight.

5. Hunan spicy salted duck

Hunan spicy duck is a famous dish in Hunan province. It is made of more than 30 kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines, 10 kinds of spices, soaking, air drying, baking and other 15 processes. The finished product is deep red in color, crisp in meat, rich in sauce flavor and long in aftertaste. It is a kind of flavor food popular in the north and south of the river, and it is a good gift with wine.