What is Specialty Snacks

Specialty snacks are an indispensable part of the Chinese diet and have become one of the mainstays of Chinese culinary life. Each region has its own unique snacks, known as local specialty snacks.

The origin of snacks has a long history. As early as in the Liang Dynasty of the North and South Dynasties, that is, 1500 years ago, the Chinese people's dietary life has existed in the distinction between regular food and snacks. However, the development of snacks to the later stage, has had another connotation. Some snacks, although the same emphasis on the use of fresh local ingredients, but the preparation method is complex, elaborate, more complicated than the main meal to fill the stomach, the pursuit of profit restaurants do not want to sell. This kind of snack is already a kind of local food culture, and it is never just a level of filling up the stomach between meals and pursuing not to be hungry. Specialty snacks are locally sourced and usually highlight the local material and social life style.

Characteristic snacks are relying on the homogeneity of the quality to maintain the "original color", from the materials used to the workmanship, are consistent, coupled with the original basis for continuous innovation.

Authentic Chongqing Hot and Sour Noodles

In the development of a number of years, snacks have become an integral part of the culinary culture, snacks around the local specialties out of the local characteristics, such as Sichuan Hot and Sour Noodles Hot and Sour Noodles, Hot and Sour Noodles, "Hot and Sour Noodles" is the Chongqing, Sichuan, urban and rural areas of the traditional snacks are widely circulated, because of the low price and good quality, has long been a popular food. Cheap and delicious, has long been loved by the people, which is characterized by "numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, sour and oil and not greasy! It is known as "the first powder in the world". Huafei Four Seasons Wang - is the first brand of Chongqing hot and sour noodles industry. Northeast developed barbecue, Guilin rice noodles, Fujian Shaxian snacks, donkey meat barbecue in Hebei River, Hubei Jingwu duck neck, old Beijing bean juice, Henan chow mein, Shaanxi mutton steamed buns, Tianjin dog indifferent buns, Yunnan bridge rice noodles, Anhui Hefei rice dumplings, old Beijing pea yellow and other snacks quickly across the country to develop, became the Chinese snack world a bright line of the landscape.

One, donkey meat barbecue

Originally from Xu Shui County, Caohe Town, now all over the Yanzhao land, "the sky dragon meat, donkey meat on the ground". Donkey meat barbecue is said to have originated in the early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di started a rebellion, killed in Caohe, Xushui County, Baoding Prefecture, and lost a battle. The king of Yan was starving and was about to meet the King of Hell. The soldiers came up with an idea, asking him to imitate the ancient people to kill a horse and eat it. In fact, the so-called "donkey meat is fragrant, horse meat stinks, death does not eat mule meat", horse meat fiber is relatively coarse, not particularly tasty. But hunger, so the horse meat cooked sandwich locally made fire ate. Which know the flavor is also very good. So then the local people also began to kill the horse to do "horse meat barbecue", and horse meat barbecue because once was eaten by the emperor and reputation. But the good times did not last long, not long, because the war with the Mongols need horses. The horse here is not a dead horse to make the roasted food, but a live war horse. Horse has become a strategic material, of course, can not be done by the people to eat the fire. But want to eat horsemeat, how to do? So there is a substitute - donkey meat. Donkey meat fiber is more delicate than horse meat, and pure lean and not fat, since ancient times is the good food. And the Baoding area, belonging to the central plains of Hebei, water and grass, the most suitable for raising donkeys. There are two kinds of donkeys in Hebei, one is the Bohai donkey along the coast, and the other is the Taihang donkey in the mountains and plains. The donkeys in Baoding are usually Taihang donkeys, while the other kind of donkey meat hotpot - the donkey meat hotpot in He'nan - is Bohai donkeys. In comparison, Taihang donkey is a bit tastier than Bohai donkey. So under all kinds of interactions, donkey meat barbecue was born.

Second, Bai Yunzhang Baozi

was named after Bai Yunzhang in 1919. Bai Yunzhang baozi was once and tianjin dog indifferent baozi side by side by the son as a famous product, by the provincial and municipal leaders of the inscription recognition, and get a hundred years old. It is characterized by large filling, thin skin, good taste, materials, unique flavor, is the representative of the old Baoding buns. The old store on Yuhua Road, "Lianchi" opposite, has been demolished.

Third, the Ma family old chicken store brine chicken

Baoding Ma family old chicken store brine chicken, from the early years of the Qing Dynasty Jiaqing to now has been passed five, nearly two hundred years. Legend has it that in the Qing Dynasty, there was a family of Hui Ma brothers in the village of Guoziwa in Hejian County, who farmed when they were busy and cooked chickens for sale when they were idle. Later, they came to Baoding and opened the Ma Family Chicken Shop. The owner of the store in the production technology quite a lot of effort. Coupled with a little medical knowledge, every time you cook chicken, in addition to putting due accessories, often with a variety of beneficial to the flavor of Chinese herbs. Therefore, the made brine chicken color, shape, beautiful, fragrant, famous Yanzhao.

Fourth, Yi Chun building white meat cover fire burn

According to legend, Yi Chun building's predecessor is a butcher store, began operating cheap pork pot cover fire burn, very popular with the poor working people. When Feng Yuxiang was a child, his family was poor, and when he came to the city, he could not afford to eat in big restaurants, so he always went to Yichunlou to eat pork pot roast, which made him feel good about the restaurant. After Feng Yuxiang became a general, every time he returned to Baoding, must go to Yi Chun building to eat hooded barbecue, from now on, Yi Chun building hooded barbecue reputation greatly enhanced. The last emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi's uncle Aisin Gioro Pu Xinyu personally mentioned for the famous food, "authentic white meat hood burns" plaque.

V. Gaobeidian Shredded Tofu

Gaobeidian shredded tofu, known as "tofu ribbons", has become a unique local delicacy with its rich flavor, creamy yellow color, and well-proportioned strands. The unique phoenix flavor of five-spice bean curd silk is suitable for both young and old, the family cuisine of the meal accompaniment, "the first of the vegetarian diet" of the reputation. Because of the flexibility of five spice tofu silk, known as "tofu tendon", is a vegetarian diet in the nutritious, fragrant and delicious products.

Gaobeidian's shredded tofu is a progression from making tofu. Since the Han Dynasty, people around Gaobeidian have been making and eating tofu. Legend has it that after the Qing Dynasty built the West Mausoleum in Yizhou (now Yixian), the emperors and princes went to the mausoleum to offer sacrifices, tasted this product, such as obtaining the treasures, and then sealed for the palace imperial food. Shredded tofu from Gaobeidian was once served to emperors and princes in the Qing court as a valuable dish. For a long time, Gaobeidian's shredded bean curd was tasted and eaten by passing merchants and brought to all parts of the country. It is found that now still engaged in the processing of bean curd silk Jia, Wang two family heirs, is the seventh generation.