What are the Eight Pieces of Beijing

Question 1: What are the eight pieces of Beijing, where is the most authentic in Beijing Fuzi cake, Luji cake, Shouji cake, Xiqi cake, taiji cake, pretzels, jujube cake, saqima can go to the Taoxiangcun food store to buy, there are a variety of gift boxes

Question 2: What are the eight pieces of Beijing (confectionery)? "Beijing eight pieces" is eight kinds of different shapes and flavors of Beijing-style pastries. Date paste, plum, raisins, roses, bean paste, sugar, bananas, salt and pepper and other eight ingredients for the filling, with oil, water and dough for the skin, skin wrapped in filling, baked. There are the following eight kinds:

1. Fortune cake which symbolizes the word of happiness.

2. Tai Shi Cake, which symbolizes high rank and wealth.

3. Shou Peach Cake which symbolizes longevity.

4. A square-shaped cake with the word "hi".

5. There are silver ingot cakes, which symbolize wealth and are filled with salt and pepper.

6. There is a rolled cake that looks like a book, also filled with salt and pepper.

7. Chicken fat cake with the Chinese character "吉庆有余".

8. There are also jujube cakes, which may symbolize the birth of a child to a young couple.

***Eight kinds, respectively, for Fu, Lu, Shou, Xi, Zai, Wen, etc., both elegant and image of the life of the people at that time in the "eight" happy events to show out, which is the origin of the name of the "big eight".

Question 3: Beijing eight pieces are what "Beijing eight pieces" is eight shapes, different flavors of Beijing pastries. For the Qing Dynasty Palace Palace Restaurant was created, spread to the people. With date paste, plum, raisins, roses, bean paste, sugar, bananas, salt and other eight ingredients for the filling, with oil, water and surface for the skin, the skin wrapped in filling, baked.

Question 4: What is the Beijing eight pieces of Beijing-style flavor pastries. For the Qing Dynasty Palace Imperial Catering Room was created, with date paste, plums, raisins, roses, bean paste, sugar, bananas, salt and other eight ingredients for the filling, with oil, water and noodles to make the skin, the skin wrapped in stuffing, baked and made.

The traditional "Big Eight" **** is divided into the following eight kinds:

1. Fortune Cake, which symbolizes the word "happiness".

2. Tai Shi Cake, which symbolizes a high official position.

3. Peach cake which symbolizes longevity.

4. A square-shaped cake with the word "hi".

5. There are silver ingot cakes, which symbolize wealth and are filled with salt and pepper.

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There is a rolled cake that looks like a book, also filled with salt and pepper.

7. There is a chicken fat cake with the Chinese character "吉庆有余".

8. There are also jujube cakes, which may signify that young couples should give birth to children early, and that there should be both male and female flowers.

***Eight kinds, respectively, for the blessing, wealth, life, happiness, wealth, Wen, etc., both elegant and image of people's lives at the time of the "eight" happy events to show out, which is the origin of the name of the "big eight"

Question 5: Beijing! Question 5: What are included in the eight pieces of Beijing? Beijing eight pieces is the Qing Dynasty officials visit each other's handwritten letters. It is a Beijing-style pastry developed by the Imperial Household Cuisine of the Qing Dynasty.

Eight ingredients: jujube paste, plums, raisins, roses, bean paste, sugar, bananas, pretzels and so on for the filling, with oil, water and flour to make the skin, the skin wrapped in the filling, baked.

Eight forms: flat round, Ruyi, peach, apricot, cashew, jujube blossom, lotus leaf, egg round.

Eight kinds of content: fortune cookies, fortune cookies, longevity cookies, happy cookies, taiji cookies, pretzels, jujube cakes, saqima. Before liberation is the son-in-law visit the father-in-law of the best gift. Now in addition to the saqima is still popular, most of the others are forgotten.

Wangfujing sells eight pieces in mahogany boxes, the content is not the traditional Beijing eight pieces.

Question 6: What is the difference between Beijing Eight Pieces and Jin Eight Pieces? How to eat the eight pieces of Jin

Question 7: What are the flavors of the "Fortune, Longevity and Happiness" cakes in the eight pieces of Taoxiangcun Beijing, and are they good? The fortune cookies are filled with rose bean paste, the fortune cookies are filled with hawthorn, the longevity cookies are filled with date paste, and the joy cookies are filled with black sesame. The taste is good, I feel that the word "Lu" cake and the word "Xi" cake is the most delicious, in fact, like Taoxiangcun such a confectionery old store from 1773 has opened the first store in Suzhou, so many years has also been operating in the confectionery, confectionery taste will not be bad to go.

Question 8: the origin of the big eight pieces of what is the Beijing eight pieces of Beijing eight pieces of the original name is not the name of the pastry, as early as will be engraved with the blessing, fortune, longevity, happiness, well-being, such as lucky words of the pastries and "silver ingot fish" (pastry name) served on eight plates and set out the pattern. Peking eight pieces due to the different methods of pastry production and there are large eight pieces of puff pastry, small eight pieces of milk skin, wine skin fine eight pieces of distinction. Square, flat, waist round, Ruyi, peach blossom and other shapes to make people pleasing to the eye; milk, wine, flowers, beans, dates and other aroma of rich mouth-watering; roses, jujube paste, bean paste, sugar, plums and other fillings so that people never get tired of eating. Big eight pieces are generally eight pieces of a **** a catty, small eight pieces are generally eight pieces of a **** half a catty. Detailed Beijing eight pieces of "Beijing eight pieces" is the most distinctive traditional products in Beijing-style pastry. In the Qing Dynasty, it has been the royal family, the royal family rituals, ceremonies, food offerings and red and white celebrations and even daily life in the indispensable gifts and displays. Originally, "Beijing Eight Pieces" was not the name of the pastry. It was originally made of eight pieces of cake engraved with the words "Fortune," "Longevity," "Luck," "Happiness," and "Everything is as it should be. "Everything is as it should be" and other auspicious words and beautiful pastries, placed on eight plates arranged in a variety of patterns, so it became the Beijing eight pieces. Beijing eight pieces are divided into three kinds: large eight pieces with puff pastry, small eight pieces with milk pastry, and fine eight pieces with wine pastry. They are filled snacks, the difference lies mainly in the skin: eight pieces of pastry is a pastry class of snacks, two and the surface, the surface layer of crisp; wine skin and milk skin eight pieces of hard-skinned snacks, a and the surface, respectively, add an appropriate amount of wine, brandy or milk, so as to have the aroma of wine and milk. In addition, their shapes are slightly smaller than the big eight pieces, and there are fewer patterns. The fillings of Beijing Eight Pieces are mostly fried fillings, with sugar, hawthorn, jujube paste and clarified sand as the main ingredients, and then added with some substitutes such as zi ren, osmanthus, roses, honey, etc. The taste is delicate and silky, and the texture is very good. It is delicate, soft and fragrant with the sweetness of honey, so it is also called "honey filling". The general characteristics of Beijing Eight Pieces are: white color (if soybean oil, vegetable oil and noodles, the skin color is slightly yellow), fluffy and soft texture, pure sweet and salty taste, in addition, there are also wine, milk, dates, soybean, as well as the aroma of seeds and natural flowers and so on. Nowadays, there are eight shapes of eight pieces, including flat round, Ruyi, peach, apricot, cashew, jujube flower, lotus leaf, egg round, etc., and eight fillings, including rose, banana, green plum, white sugar, date paste, bean paste, bean paste, pepper and salt. This is a new layer of meaning for Beijing Eight Pieces. Because the Beijing eight pieces from the Palace Imperial Cuisine, so in the ingredients, production methods, as well as the shape and flavor of the finished product, basically retained the original characteristics, such as the Beijing eight pieces of leather production, the Han Chinese generally use more oil, Manchu in addition to the use of oil, but also add some cream. The following are introduced "big eight pieces", "wine skin fine eight pieces" and "crispy eight pieces". Large eight pieces of large eight pieces **** 25 patterns, divided into the first line, broken skin, puff pastry three kinds. "Head of the line" is the confectionery industry jargon, meaning that the front of the line, must be done first varieties. Characterized by oil, sugar content is high; and flour, molding and other processes are relatively simple; are made in various shapes of the mold knocked into the billet, so that the surface is printed with a variety of patterns, beautiful and generous appearance; baking is generally more of a flushing fire. The pattern of "head line": peach crisp (bat crisp, peach nut crisp, egg yolk crisp, square crisp, almond crisp, sesame crisp, white crisp, etc.), bala cake, the top of the cake, and so on. Peach crisp main raw materials and formulas are: 53 pounds of rich powder, 23 pounds of sugar, 24 pounds of peanut oil, 3 pounds of eggs, 4 pounds of walnuts, 1 pound of cinnamon and the right amount of water; process is divided into: ingredients, and the surface, cutting agent, knocking mold, plate, baking, cooling. The surface of the finished product is dark wheat-yellow, the interior has a uniform small honeycomb; flavor characteristics are: fluffy texture, soft and oily, sweet and tasty, eat without teeth, the most suitable for the elderly and children to eat. Egg yolk pastry is modeled as peaches and bats, and is made of egg yolks, oil, sugar and flour. It is made of egg yolks, oil, sugar and flour. It is molded into the shape of a peach or a bat, with the word "longevity" in the middle of the dough. Wheat yellow in color, fluffy and soft texture, crisp and refreshing, with osmanthus and egg yolk flavor. Bala cake is a small round cake with natural crack pattern. The main ingredients are fine powder, white oil, sugar, peach kernel, cinnamon and so on. The surface of the finished product is printed with a circular pattern of the word "longevity", with three melon seeds on it. It is naturally spread and cracked after baking, with a greenish-white ground. It has a strong flavor of white oil and peach kernel, and is fluffy and sweet. Scholar's Cake (Jujube Paste Cake) is synthesized with refined flour, white oil, fresh egg and sugar. It is filled with date paste. The shape is flat and round with a flower mold pattern and the word "Scholar" in the middle, which is a traditional famous product among the eight pieces. According to legend, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, there was an "examination hall" in Dongchenggen, Beijing, and in order to cater to the hearts of the literati who were taking the examination, a Jinlanzhai tea store in the nearby Suzhou Hutong named the two kinds of cakes "Scholar Cake" and "Scholar Cake", and printed on the surface of the cakes were "Scholar Cake" and "Scholar Cake". ", the cake and printed on the surface of the "scholar" and other words. Because of the crispy skin and filling, the flavor is very good, so popular for a while, passed down to this day. Scholar cake skin, filling ingredients were: 32 pounds of rich powder, 11 pounds of sugar, caramel 11 ...... >>

Problem nine: Taoxiangcun Beijing eight pieces is not what time have ah, who still know the other, tell me Beijing Taoxiangcun Beijing eight pieces are divided into two kinds: one is only in the Spring Festival period of production, sales of "Beijing eight pieces of confectionery gift box", which **** there are eight kinds of pastries, including shortcrust lurid sauces, etc., the shelf life is shorter. etc., shelf life is shorter, weighing about 3-4 pounds; another is sold all year round "Beijing eight pieces of tourist food", there are also eight kinds of small snacks, but each only a piece, and less content, only a few hundred grams per box, but the shelf life is longer, varieties and the Spring Festival of the Beijing eight pieces of confectionery gift box within the varieties are not the same. Suggestions can go to the Beijing Taoxiangcun store to choose, there are more than 100 stores in the whole of Beijing it.