Historical origin of pancakes

Pancakes have a long history. According to legend, it was introduced from Shaanxi hundreds of years ago. Retort is an ancient cooker with a small hole at the bottom, which can be put on a pot to steam food. Lingbao is commonly known as gold, so retort cakes are also called gold cakes.

Retort pouch's antiquity is first manifested in its cookers. It is a retort steamed from the oldest steamer "retort", which is also the reason for its name. The quality of Taozan steamed is the best.

In addition to ancient cookers, Nan cakes evolved from the special food "Nan bait paste" in China during the Western Zhou Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago. "Zhou Li Tian Gong" has a record of being humiliated by eating bait powder. "Paste" is a cake steamed by adding bean paste stuffing (called bean dregs in ancient times) to glutinous rice flour. In the pre-Qin period, the "powder cake" was a cake steamed by adding bean paste to glutinous rice flour, without jujube. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that dates and rice were steamed together. In the Tang Dynasty, the "Crystal Dragon and Phoenix Cake" in the "Shao Wei Banquet" hosted by Wei Juyuan for Emperor Zhongzong came down in one continuous line with today's retort cakes.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were more and more cakes, including wheat flour, rice flour, beans, fruits and vegetables. Even glutinous rice cakes are divided into dozens in shape and taste. All kinds of cakes have their own names. Some are named after materials, some are named after shapes, and glutinous rice cakes are named after unique cookers.

Because red dates and glutinous rice are nutritious and nourishing, glutinous rice cakes are deeply loved by consumers from all walks of life. At that time, General Feng Yuxiang praised "Xi 'an retort bag" as "the swallow dish of the civilian class". Have a meeting in Xi and Guanzhong area, eat more rice cakes early. When villagers go to the market, they all eat a plate of glutinous rice cake. I bought one or two plates when I came back, wrapped them in tiger skin leaves and took them home for my family to enjoy.