What are the specialties in Hubei?

The production is very particular. The noodle shop owner starts to work in the middle of the night, cooking soup with live eel, old hen, pork belly, pig bones and crucian carp. In order to prevent fishbone from mixing into the soup, crucian carp is also wrapped in a special cloth. Boil with strong fire first, and then simmer slowly. The fire licked the bottom of the pot, and the old eel hen rolled in the big iron pot. In the process of steam rising, the essence of these foods is condensed into a pot of milky soup.

2. Xiaogan hemp candy

It is one of the famous specialties in Hubei. As early as the end of Yuan Dynasty, it was famous for its delicious food. Babukou is the origin of Xiaogan sesame candy. Xiaogan proverb has the description of "eight mouths on both sides of a river, two pieces of sesame candy and a glass of wine". The story of "greedy wife" and "eunuch stealing sesame candy" casts a mysterious color on the origin and legend of Xiaogan sesame candy.

Xiaogan hemp candy has a long history. According to legend, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once ate it and praised it, so it became a royal tribute. The main producing area of finished products is Babukou in the south of Xiaogan City. It is said that only in the Huangtan outside the west gate of Chengguan, with "dragon spitting water" to boil sugar, can we make the best sesame sugar.

3. Osmanthus Jelly

It is a cake made of glutinous rice flour, sugar and honey osmanthus. Osmanthus Jelly, Xian 'an District, Xianning City, was born in Xianning, Hubei Province, the famous hometown of osmanthus. Osmanthus Jelly was built in the late Ming Dynasty. The cake is soft and moist, white in color, rich in osmanthus fragrance, slag in the mouth, fragrant in taste and rich in nutritional value. Suitable for all ages, it is a good gift for relatives and friends.

Osmanthus Jelly in Xianning, Hubei Province, with unique ingredients, oily but not greasy, not astringent, crisp and refreshing when swallowed, salty in sweetness and cool in fragrance, is deeply loved by people.

4, Tujia sesame seed cake

It is a specialty of Wenshang, and its biggest feature is the fermentation of old noodles. The first piece of old noodles was extracted from grain koji and put into dough. Yeast is best for making bread. If you use yeast to make sesame cakes, you will be laughed at by your peers.

In fact, the method of making steamed bread and sesame seed cakes with "old noodles" is very common in the whole north. When baking powder is not so popular, "old noodles" is the most traditional and primitive fermentation method: every time a piece of flour is pulled from the last time and reserved for the next "noodle head". This "endless" "old face" is called differently in different places.

5. Macheng meat pie

It is one of the traditional famous dishes of the Han nationality in Macheng, Hubei. In Macheng City at the southern foot of Dabie Mountain, in the 10 dish named "Meat Pie Mat", meat pies are the main course, and firecrackers are set off when serving. Macheng meat pie is actually called "fish cake" because the main raw material is fish, but once the name is recognized, it has been used all the time. When it originated, there is no evidence to test, but it is not difficult to imagine.

Macheng is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. In ancient times, it was near Yunmengze, where rivers were criss-crossing, ponds were like stars, aquatic plants were abundant, and the climate was warm, so it was naturally a paradise for fish. Ancestors didn't need to get off the net, but they could catch fish in farmland and beside ditches and weirs.