What are the famous snacks in ancient times?

Osmanthus Jelly 1. Osmanthus Jelly has a history of more than 300 years. It is a delicious cake made of glutinous rice flour, sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus, and it is a traditional snack with China characteristics. It has a long history, delicious and refreshing, simple method and various types, and meets people's various needs for taste. It has beautiful historical legends, which adds to the historical value of Osmanthus Jelly. Clear yellow and white color, no spots, no impurities. The tissue is moist and soft, fine and slag-melting, without thickening and sugar-free. It tastes sweet and delicious, and has a strong osmanthus fragrance.

2, mung bean cake. Mung bean cake is one of the traditional cakes and a summer snack. According to legend, it was eaten during the ancient Dragon Boat Festival. According to taste, it can be divided into north and south, and the north is Beijing flavor. It is made without any grease. Although the entrance is soft, there is no greasy feeling. South China includes Su-style and Yang-style, which need oiling when making, and the taste is soft and delicate. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispelling summer heat, quenching thirst, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, improving eyesight and removing nebula. It has the characteristics of regular shape, light yellow color, fine and dense texture and soft and waxy taste.

3. Water chestnut cake is a traditional snack in Guangdong Province, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province and southern Fujian Province. Legend has it that it originated in the Tang Dynasty and was steamed with water chestnut powder mixed with sugar water. Water chestnut, also called horseshoe in Cantonese, hence its name. Its color is brown, translucent, it can be folded without cracking, and it is soft, smooth, refreshing and tough, and it tastes extremely sweet.

4. The rice cake has a long history and is one of the traditional snack foods in China. The rice cake is steamed with glutinous rice or rice flour, which is convenient to process and make, resistant to storage and diverse to eat, and is very popular among the public.

In the Han Dynasty, rice cakes were called "rice cakes", "fish bait" and "glutinous rice". Han Dynasty is known as "Gao" in dialects, which was popular in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The ancients also had a development process from rice cakes to rice cakes.

5. Longxu Crisp is a traditional snack with folk characteristics in China, which is named because of its white and dense appearance and delicacy like Longxu.

It is said that it was a snack eaten by ancient emperors, which has been circulated among the people for more than two thousand years. When Emperor Zheng De traveled among the people, he found that the sugar people actually ate had such a special taste and shape. At that time, it was called "silver candy", which was very fragrant and had a special taste. So he brought it back to the palace by decree and named it "Longxutang", also known as "Longxujuan", which was later introduced to the people. This has always been the favorite food of his subjects.

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