Liuba County Food

Liuba County delicacies include upside-down cakes, Liuba soil mats, Liuba soil honey, potato glutinous rice cake, Liuba pork, Guanyin jelly, etc.

1. Upside-down cake: This snack originates from Yuhuangmiao Town in Liuba. It is a popular festival food among the people. It is made of refined flour, vegetable oil, lard, sugar, various dried nuts, etc. Snacks in various shapes are delicious, sweet and crispy.

2. Liuba earth mat: Liuba earth mat (eight bowls) has become a must-have delicacy for Liuba people to entertain distinguished guests during festivals. There is a folk song to prove that "the mountain is not as beautiful as Zibai Mountain, but the delicious food is still eight bowls".

3. Liuba honey: Liuba honey is a specialty of Liuba County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. The local honey produced in Liuba County is golden in color, authentic in quality, unique in taste, and pure. It is a treasure in nutritional health care, medicine and food, and is a famous local specialty in Hanzhong.

4. Potato glutinous rice cake: There is a folk saying in Liuba that "potato glutinous rice cake will swell an old man to death". First, it refers to the attractive fragrance of potato glutinous rice cake, and secondly, because potato glutinous rice cake is suitable for all ages. Its color is like jade and its fragrance is fragrant. It is not only delicious and nutritious, but also has beauty and slimming effects. If it is stir-fried with homemade pickled cabbage water or pickled cabbage brine, chopped green onion, and refined salt, and mixed with minced ginger, garlic juice, pepper powder, red oil chili pepper and other condiments, it will be a truly cheap and high-quality meal for entertaining guests.

5. Liuba Pork: The Pork is made from the finest pork belly, cut into thin slices and placed at the bottom of a bowl (an earthen bowl is best), then covered with the farmer’s own fermented glutinous rice, and then Add wolfberry, jujube, rock sugar and other ingredients, steam it in a basket for about 1 hour and it is ready to eat. The taste is fragrant and the taste is sweet but not greasy. It is a delicacy suitable for all ages. The preparation process of this dish is complicated and traditional. It is difficult to eat in big hotels. It is a traditional delicacy in Liuba.

6. Guanyin jelly: Guanyin jelly is made from a natural leaf on the mountain, commonly known as "fairy leaf". It is also called fairy jelly. The traditional method is to soak the fresh leaves in clean water, put them in a pot, add a little edible alkali, boil them, filter them to form a thick paste, then cool them and solidify them, then rinse them in clean water for about a day, and cut them into pieces or strips. Place in a bowl, top with prepared seasoning soup and serve.