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Wuhu special food

Wuhu's specialties are: shrimp noodles, crab roe soup packets, Wuhu swordfish, fermented water, and roast duck with red skin.

1, shrimp noodles

Shrimp noodles used to be one of the favorite "luxury goods" of Wuhu people. They can only be eaten on birthdays, but now they have become the most affordable specialty snacks in Wuhu.

Shrimp seed noodles are made of green shrimp seeds from the Yangtze River, mixed with various seasonings, first made into paste soup, and then cooked together with handmade Daoxiao Noodles. Noodles taste refreshing, and noodle soup is more delicious.

2. Crab-yellow soup packets

The crab yellow dumplings in Wuhu were famous as early as the 1920s. They are made of crab, pork slices, pork belly, sugar, soy sauce and other materials. After steaming, the soup is tender and smooth, oily and delicious. Before eating, you need to suck out the soup with a straw, then dip it in balsamic vinegar and shredded ginger. That's a delicious taste.

3. Wuhu saury

Wuhu saury, also known as "Coilia elata" and "Coilia elata", is as white as silver, generally about 30 cm long, with a big female and a small male, and a long, narrow and flat body like a knife. Swordfish has been the favorite of riverside people since ancient times. Wuhu people fished ashore, big steamed and small fried.

4. Fermented water

Fermented water is a special snack in Wuhu. It is made by kneading glutinous rice flour into small dumplings, adding white sugar after cooking and mixing well. It tastes like wine and a little sour, with white sugar, sweet and sour, soft and glutinous.

5. roast duck with red skin

If you ask Wuhu people what is the best dish in Wuhu, at least half of the ten people will say it is red-skinned roast duck. Yes, red-skinned roast duck is a famous local food in Wuhu. If you visit a friend's house in Wuhu, the host will definitely buy one or half red-skinned roast duck to entertain them, because it is extremely delicious for them and must share it with you.