Huainan has had frequent business contacts since ancient times, developed commerce, rich specialty products and unique snacks and handicrafts. Luohe bean cake, Qiji bean ball and Xia Ji noodle ball are snacks made of mung bean powder and other raw materials, which contain the fragrance of mung beans and are crispy and delicious. Jiaozi, a commercial kiln made by traditional craft, has golden color and diverse tastes. Bagongshan Zijin inkstone is a fine ink stone, which is famous for Huizhou inkstone and Duanyan. So what are the specialties worth buying when traveling to Huainan? Let's take a look together.
What are the best specialties in Huainan? 1 and bagongshan tofu.
Features: Bagongshan tofu and bamboo shoots are used as raw materials, which are fried and fired. This dish is golden in color, crisp outside and tender inside, and delicious.
Technology: Cut Bagongshan tofu into small pieces with a square of 4cm, put it in a cold water pot to boil, scoop it up and drain it. Heat the wok. When peanut oil is cooked to half-cooked, wrap a layer of starch paste on tofu, fry in oil pan until golden brown, and drain the oil. Leave a little oil in the pot, add onions, bamboo shoots, fungus, shrimps and tofu, add a little wine, soy sauce, refined salt and fresh soup, thicken with wet starch when boiling, and stir-fry to serve.
Tofu originated in Huainan, Anhui Province, with a history of more than 2,000 years. The best quality of tofu is Bagongshan area in Huainan, which is called "Bagongshan tofu". This kind of bean curd is made of pure soybean and refined by adding spring water from Bagong Mountain. The skills of local farmers in making tofu have been passed down from generation to generation. Many people have mastered a set of good skills, and the tofu made is fine, white, fresh and tender, which is well received by the masses. According to Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, a famous medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, "The method of tofu began with Liu An, the king of Huainan." In Qing Dynasty, Wang Ji said that "everything must be the same": There is a record in the ancient books of the Western Han Dynasty that "Liu An made tofu". Liu An, the grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, whose capital is Shouchun (now Shouxian), has attracted thousands of guests and alchemists, among whom Su Fei, Li Shang, Tian You, Jin Chang, Mao Bei and Zuo Wu are famous. Liu An, often accompanied by Hachi, tried to make a panacea for immortality. He doesn't want to make an alchemist, but uses soybeans and brine (or gypsum) to make tofu. There is another legend about Bagongshan tofu: Liu An couldn't make an alchemy at home, so he kept it in his chest and went out for fun. Suddenly, he saw eight old people coming down from the opposite Beishan. Although they must be chest-high, they are full of energy and legs. Liu An was frightened and doubted that he was a fairy, so he asked him for the prescription of immortality. The old man said that he had eaten food made of ground soybeans. Liu An did the same thing and got tofu. Since then, the method of tofu has spread from the foot of Bagong Mountain.
2. Shouxian's "rescue"
Rescue is a famous product in Shouxian County, Anhui Province. In 956 AD, Zhao Kuangyin, the general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, took a letter to attack Shouzhou (now Shouxian). After a long illness, he broke down from overwork and ate this kind of cake and recovered. Later, Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor of the Song Dynasty and was given the name "Salvation". Emergency is a famous snack in Shouxian County, Anhui Province. According to legend, in 956 AD, Zhou Shizong conquered Huainan, and it took General Zhao Kuangyin more than nine months to break the city successfully. Due to fatigue, Zhao Kuangyin fell ill when he entered the city. He has a bad appetite and can't drink tea or eat rice. At this time, a skilled chef carefully cooked a snack for him to eat. Some stuffed round snacks are made of superior materials, such as white flour, sugar, lard, sesame oil, green shredded pork, orange cakes and walnuts. This kind of dim sum has several layers of flower cakes, with distinct gold lines, such as a swift vortex in the middle, which is golden yellow because of frying.
3. Huainan tofu
Huainan is the birthplace of China cuisine-tofu. The world-famous Bagongshan tofu, the flavor food "Great Rescue" and the roasted king fish are even more memorable. The Anhui Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Internal Trade hold the "China Tofu Culture Festival" in Huainan every year. The "Tofu Banquet" with tofu as raw material enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. There are dozens of local famous products such as yuba, bean curd, rescue, Zijin inkstone, etc. Tofu is rich in nutrition, containing many essential trace elements such as iron, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, as well as sugar, vegetable oil and rich high-quality protein, and is known as "vegetable meat". The digestion and absorption rate of tofu is above 95%. Two small pieces of tofu can meet a person's daily calcium requirement.
Tofu is a nourishing, heat-clearing and health-preserving food. Regular eating can tonify the middle energizer, clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and clean the stomach. It is more suitable for people with heat constitution, bad breath, thirst, indigestion and fever. Modern medicine has proved that tofu not only has the function of increasing nutrition, helping digestion and stimulating appetite, but also is beneficial to the growth and development of teeth and bones, and can increase the iron content in blood in hematopoietic function; Tofu contains no cholesterol, and is a medicinal food for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Supplementing nutrition for children, patients and the elderly is also a good diet therapy. Tofu is rich in phytoestrogens and has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. It also has the function of inhibiting breast cancer, prostate cancer and hematological tumor diseases. Sterol and stigmasterol in tofu are both effective components in inhibiting cancer.
4. Madian glutinous rice
Glutinous rice has been planted in Fengtai County for a long time, and it is said that it was once the "Gong Mi" for the king of Huainan. According to Shan Hai Jing Zhu, in the Northern Song Dynasty, rice from Bangeng Lake (now a protected area) in Fengtai County was transported to Tokyo (Kaifeng) to pay homage to the royal family, which was called "". There is a saying in history that "the rice on the shore is delicious, and the whole family cooks it delicious". Wan Li Road runs north and south, and banquets are well known in all directions. Today, there is still the praise of "one kitchen is fragrant, and ten kitchens are fragrant".
5. Panji crispy melon
Panji crispy melon is a special agricultural product. The planting area of crispy melons in the whole region has reached more than 5,000 mu, and a pollution-free standardized production base has been established. The Technical Specification for Pollution-free Crispy Melon Planting in Huainan City was formulated, and the crispy melon brands such as Nanlong, Tian Niu and Jinxiang were registered successively. Crispy melon planting has become a new bright spot in the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure in panji district. Pan Ji crisp melon not only brought delicious food to the public, but also became an important way for local farmers to increase their income. Pan Ji crisp melon is big and thick, and its meat is crisp and tender. When cooked, the meat is golden yellow and sweet. Unfortunately, because crispy melons are particularly brittle after being cooked and difficult to transport, they can only be seen in Huainan and surrounding areas. Panji crispy melon is a special agricultural product. The planting area of crispy melons in the whole region has reached more than 5000 mu. A pollution-free standardized production base was established, and the technical regulations for planting pollution-free crispy melons in Huainan City were formulated. Crispy melon brands such as Nanlong, Tian Niu and Jinxiang have been registered one after another. Crispy melon planting has become a new bright spot in the adjustment of agricultural industrial structure in panji district. Pan Ji crisp melon not only brought delicious food to the public, but also became an important way for local farmers to increase their income. Pan Ji crisp melon is big and thick, and its meat is crisp and tender. When cooked, the meat is golden yellow and sweet. Unfortunately, because crispy melons are particularly brittle after being cooked and difficult to transport, they can only be seen in Huainan and surrounding areas.
6. Steamed mushroom box
Mushrooms are the cap and stalk of Basidiomycetes, Agaricus and Agaricus, and are usually called "four major edible fungi" with Pleurotus ostreatus, Volvariella volvacea and Lentinus edodes. Mushrooms are 2 ~ 4 cm in diameter, and the umbrella has not been opened yet. The stalk is short and thick, about 2 ~ 4 cm long, and when the transverse diameter is 1.5 ~ 2 cm, the meat is thick, crisp and tender, with rich flavor and the best quality. Artificial cultivation is the most, and its meat is tender and delicious. Belonging to edible fungi. The mushroom cover is white or light yellow, the young mushroom is hemispherical, the edge is rolled in, and it gradually unfolds into an umbrella shape after maturity. The stipe is supported in the center of the white cap. The bacterial folds are pink at first and then brown. There is a ring on the stem.
7. Guqiao Double Happiness Vinegar
Guqiao mature vinegar has a production history of 185 years, and its products enjoy a famous brand reputation at home and abroad. Jiaqing was introduced to Fengtai from Shouyang, Shanxi Province in the Qing Dynasty, and the "Xiachang Vinegar Garden" of Wang Duanfu, an ancient bridge, was the most famous. Guqiao mature vinegar has five flavors: sour, sweet, fragrant, salty and spicy. Eating in summer can relieve summer heat, and eating in winter can raise the temperature, which has good medicinal value. 1978 was named "Double Happiness Brand" by China Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corporation. 1982 was rated as a quality product in Anhui province. 1985 was awarded the title of high-quality product by the Ministry of light industry. Products sell well in China, but also exported to Southeast Asia, famous all over the world, fragrance Jiuzhou.
Guqiao mature vinegar is a famous high-quality vinegar made from local high-quality glutinous rice, bran, peas, barley, wheat and other grains, which has been fermented many times by special technology and carefully brewed with more than a dozen Chinese herbal medicines. After a long period of storage, it has become a sweet, slightly salty and pleasant fragrance. Jiaqing was introduced to Fengtai from Shouyang, Shanxi Province in the Qing Dynasty, and the "Xiachang Vinegar Garden" of Wang Duanfu, an ancient bridge, was the most famous. Guqiao mature vinegar has a production history of 185 years, and its products enjoy a famous brand reputation at home and abroad. Guqiao Old Vinegar was brewed in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, and its products are mainly "Guqiao Double Happiness Old Vinegar" with high quality and good reputation.
8. Huainan bean curd dish
Local folk songs prove: "Bagong Mountain, Pearl Spring, tofu is tender and fresh. Eat tofu and become immortal! " . Zheng, a poetess in the Yuan Dynasty, intoned in the poem Tofu: "When you plant beans in Shannan, the frost wind will make the old pods fresh. Mill the flow and cook it as a clear spring. The color is crisp and clean than the soil, and the fragrance is thicker than the stone marrow. The taste is more beautiful, and the five foods are like rumors. " She described the raw materials, production process and finished products of tofu, and highly praised the color, fragrance, taste and beauty of tofu, which was known as "Five Ding Cuisine".
Huainan tofu has a long reputation and is eager to taste tofu for a long time. During the 11th Tofu Culture Festival held here, our reporter and the Tofu family "got together" at the Tofu Banquet, and had the honor to have a big tofu meal.
9. Braised civet cats
Braised civet cats belong to Anhui cuisine, which is salty and sweet, crispy and mellow, golden red in color, thick and bright in soup, salty and sweet, and delicious. Adjuvant pears should not be eaten with crabs and geese, otherwise it will cause gastrointestinal discomfort. This dish contains many nutrients, such as protein, fat, carotene and calcium.
10, Huainan tofu feast
"Huainan coal is beautiful, and Bagong tofu is the best in the world!" Huainan City, located in the north of Anhui Province, has always been famous for its "one black and one white". "Black" refers to coal, and "white" of course refers to fresh tofu. Huainan tofu, made from sweet Gu Quan blisters in Bagong Mountain, selected high-quality soybeans from Huaihe River valley and exquisite craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation from the birthplace of tofu, makes Huainan tofu not only delicate and smooth in taste, but also rich in nutrition; If the texture is condensed and more delicate, it is as white as jade; What's even more amazing is that Huainan tofu won't collapse if you shake it in your hand, and it won't sink if you throw it into the soup for a long time.
"The method of tofu began with Liu An, the king of Huainan, Han Dynasty". According to historical records, Liu An, the king of Huainan in Han Dynasty, wrote an alchemist's book with the alchemist in Bagong Mountain in order to live forever. Occasionally, gypsum was added to Dan's mother liquid soybean milk, and after chemical changes, fresh and smooth tofu was formed. Since then, the technique of tofu has spread to the people and overseas-it was introduced to Japan in the Tang Dynasty and Shang Dynasty, to Korea in the Song Dynasty, to Europe in the18th century, and then to North America and Africa, gradually becoming a popular food in the world. Tofu is rich in trace elements such as calcium and iron and eight essential amino acids. It is not only nutritious, but also recognized as a green food for medical care. Nowadays, the "tofu craze" has swept the world, but it is Bagongshan tofu in Huainan, the hometown of tofu, which is far away and only ahead of 1.
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