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What are the traditional cuisines in Suzhou?

Squirrel mandarin fish: \x0d\ Legend has it that when Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he once visited Songhelou Restaurant and saw many mandarin fish in the middle of the lake, so he wanted to eat them. At that time, fish was used to sacrifice to the gods, so I dared not eat it, but the sacred life was not easy to be violated, so I had to consult with the chef. Finally, he decided to treat the fish head as a mouse to avoid the crime of "magic fish". When a plate of sweet and sour mandarin fish was served, only the fish squeaked, much like a squirrel. The long-handled mandarin fish stuck its head in the dish, and its body was boneless, and a flower knife was inserted. After frying, pour tomato juice, which is sweet and sour, crisp outside and tender inside, and fragrant. Dry dragon to eat, bother to wow. Because this dish is genuine and well-deserved, it has been passed down to this day and has become a famous dish for people to entertain relatives and friends. \x0d\x0d\ beggar chicken: \ x0d \ beggar chicken, also known as "braised chicken with yellow mud". There is another story about the origin of this dish. According to legend, there was a beggar at the foot of Yushan Mountain in Changshu in the late Ming \x0d\ early Qing Dynasties. He didn't eat a meal for several days in a row, and accidentally stole a chicken to satisfy his hunger, but he didn't have any cooking utensils and seasonings, and he couldn't even find boiling water. He had no choice but to kill the chicken, take out its internal organs, paste it with mud, and pile up some broken pine leaves to light and roast it. The mud baked yellow and fell to the ground, and the chicken feathers fell off with the mud, and the fragrance was overflowing. The servant of a large family nearby passed by here, was lured by the aroma, learned to stew chicken, and told his master. The host did the same thing and invited relatives and friends to taste it, which was full of praise. Everyone asked the host what a famous teacher he was, and the host said that what a famous teacher is a beggar is a beggar. \x0d\ Zhu Aer, a famous chef in Shanjingyuan Restaurant, a century-old shop in Changshu, according to this legend, stuffed chicken with several fresh ingredients and roasted it with pig net oil and fresh lotus leaf paste to make it more delicious and fragrant, and became a famous Changshu traditional point in China.