Childhood delicacies Zhoucun baked cakes

As people get older, memories of the past will appear in their minds from time to time, especially some beautiful things, especially when recalled. I spent my childhood at my grandfather's house. Every Sunday, my aunt who works in Zhou Village would come back to help my grandfather see me as a child and do some housework. Every time my aunt came back, she would bring me some delicious food, including the specialty of zhoucun baked cake. Because, sweet and delicious, it was a first-class snack at that time. I was everywhere, and my friends were hungry, and after a long time, they provoked the anger of the crowd. My grandfather let me eat at home, and it was strictly forbidden to show it on the outside.

Zhoucun baked cake is a traditional snack in Zibo, Shandong Province. Because it is produced in the Zhoucun district of Zibo, it got its name. Its shape is round and yellow, the front is covered with sesame seeds, and the back is listed with crispy gifts, thin like a leaf, and the crispness is abnormal. Zhoucun baked cakes are made from wheat flour and white sugar and are made by traditional craftsmanship. After being made, it is as thin as autumn leaves, shaped like a full moon, falling to the ground and scattered jade, with endless aftertaste in the mouth, with four characteristics of crispness, aroma, thinness and crispness, which are nutritious and suitable for all ages. In 2008, Zhoucun's cake making skills were included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Zhoucun baked cake making is both a technique and an art. All handmade, modern machinery can not replace. Each dough is standard 12 grams, which can be made into a baked cake noodle with a diameter of 15 cm and a thickness of 1.5 mm. It must be baked in an oven at a high temperature of 280 degrees. Take a piece of dough, lubricate it with water, evenly exert force on the wrist and palm, more than 100 agents in 20 minutes, and the action is cloudy. The extension and shaping of the Zhoucun baked cake dough has a unique charm, and everyone who sees it is amazed. Finger face agent light grinding force, homeopathic rotation, to be just right, otherwise it is easy to be uneven in thickness and even unable to form. The dough book is like paper, pasted with sesame seeds on the stove, the action is completed in one go, the time does not exceed 7 seconds, and the fingertips are smart to become a unique cuisine. Every time the work is repeated, the makers treat every delicious dish with perseverance and love, and make the simple ingredients come to life.

Now, I can eat Zhoucun baked cake several times a year, the taste is still a childhood memory, after each time, I feel back to the childhood, carefree, innocent and lively era. The taste of Zhoucun baked cake has become a childhood feeling, which has been integrated into a lifetime and accompanied by it!