What is four sugars?

Four sugars, also known as Guanzhong Four Sugar, are Xianyang Amber Sugar, Sanyuan Polygonum Flower Sugar, Fuping Guo Qiong Sugar and Yaozhou Snowflake Sugar.

In the diet of Shaanxi, people are most familiar with all kinds of pasta and snacks, which may be the reason why the characteristics of pasta snacks in Shaanxi are more prominent and the categories are richer. In fact, Shaanxi cuisine is rich and colorful, with rotten meat and soup and sweet "dessert". Before the prevalence of foreign sugar, there were four kinds of sugar snacks in Guanzhong area, which were called "Guanzhong Four Sugar".

On the map of Xi 'an Anfu in Qing Dynasty, the street name of Tang Fang Street was already available. According to legend, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many sugar shops boiling maltose on this street, which may also be the most concentrated distribution center of sugar shops in Guanzhong, so it was called "Tang Fang Street".

Introduction experiment of amber sugar in Xianyang;

Xianyang amber sugar takes high-quality millet in northern Shaanxi, high-quality barley in Guanzhong and walnut in Shangluo as main raw materials. Millet malt maltose is made by adding auxiliary materials such as white sugar, walnut kernel, ginger powder, dried tangerine peel and cinnamon. Adding ice alkali and shortening, and finishing. Sugar is yellow-white, shaped like a tiger pattern, more like amber, sweet and refreshing, crisp and delicious, and the tongue and teeth are full of saliva.

Amber candy, also known as "tiger skin sandwich candy", was invented and unique by Xianyang people. It is a local specialty worthy of showing off by Shaanxi people and is loved by many people.