Xitang Ancient Town has a long history
Intangible cultural heritage gathers
Today we have the "Water Town Meal" column
I want to introduce one to you
Pastries of the Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage
Let's take a look!
When I was a child, I always had school
The adults in the family would always ask me
Are you hungry?
Want to eat some pastries?
And when it comes to Jiashan's characteristic pastries
Many of them come from Xitang
Just in the process of visiting the street
Many local uncles and aunts in Xitang mentioned the Eight Treasure Cakes
Xiaobian also consulted some information to understand
The first creation of the Eight Treasure Cakes in Xitang was in Zhong Jiefu
Then today Xiaobian will take everyone with him
Find this pastry from your childhood memories
Xitang Zhong JieFu Eight Treasure Cake
Here, feel the beautiful food light
Zhong JieFu Tang shop owner Ru Yongyong:
Zhong Jiefu was founded in 1885, the invention of the Eight Treasure Cake was during the Sino-Japanese War, about 1894, at first the sales were not large, and then gradually sold large, whether it was Jiashan in Xitang, or the surrounding townships began to sell.
Honors received
In 2009, Zhong Jiefu was awarded the Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage.
In 2018, Bazhen Cake won the Silver Award as a tourism commodity nationwide.
Ingredients
Hawthorn is fried hawthorn, malt, yam, lentils, poria, barley kernels, mustard fruit, lotus heart.
Reform
There were two major improvements, in 1954 when the public-private partnership, Zhong Jiefu handed over the square of the eight treasure cakes to the food factory for production, and there were five grain worms in the eight treasure cakes of Zhong Jiefu at the beginning, but because it was very troublesome to process, so when it was handed over to the food factory, the five grain worms were removed, and the second improvement was in the Xitang Food Factory, Zhong Jiefu originally used the white rice that was the millet seed in the north, and later changed it to barley kernels.
Preparation method
Zhong Jie Fu Tang shop owner Ru Yongyong
We beat all these herbs into powder and mixed them with pure glutinous rice. Put some syrup, mix it initially, and then rub it hard, and after rubbing it on the tip of your finger, it is a molded eight-treasure cake. Scrape the powder flat, then compact it, then cut it into strips. Use a caliper to specify its size, then put it on a steamer and steam it for about five minutes. After the cake is out of the pan, we keep it warm for one night and then cut it the next morning. Why keep warm for one night? Because to make its whole cake fluffy, after swelling, it is relatively soft to cut. Finally, the cut eight treasure cakes are pushed loose, and after the loosening, they are wrapped in paper and put in the bellows, baked at low temperature for 24 hours, and taken out is the finished product.
I hope that this traditional specialty snack in Xitang will continue to be passed on
Source: Most Jiashan
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