Zhejiang News Client Editor Wang Yuting (Intern) Ji Shengjie
Oh hey, it's so hot! I walked down the road, and dear roast, only a handful of cumin.
Is there no appetite for eating anything in this kind of weather? Let's take a look at some traditional summer food from all over Zhejiang.
In addition to the following 11 models, what other "summer tastes" do you miss in your hometown? Welcome to leave a message and share with everyone!
Hangzhou bamboo shoots dried duck stew
Jiangnan has always had the habit of eating duck to nourish the body, so the old duck pot with dried bamboo shoots appeared gorgeously at this time.
Do the old duck pot of duck, be sure to choose the duck, cook in clay pots, the taste will be authentic, plus the newly listed dried bamboo shoots, fresh and greasy, refreshing taste. The original duck soup allows you to drink endless aftertaste, clear fire, warm supplement, good nutrition, suitable for all ages, called a beautiful soup in summer.
Ningbo Bagu Cake
Baguo cake is one of the seasonal pastries in the early summer of ning style, made of glutinous flour, white sugar powder and a variety of nuts. The production process is complex, but the taste is sweet and soft, and the aroma of various nuts and the fragrance of glutinous rice are unforgettable.
This pastry made with the most traditional craftsmanship has a sweet and moist taste. If you like this sticky feel, the soft and sweet baguette is the best flavor for you this summer.
Wenzhou stone lotus paste
The stone lotus paste of Yueqing Dajing is made of wild stone lotus seeds, which is cool and cool, and is a thin frozen cold drink. Yueqing Dajingshan people have the habit of going up the mountain every summer to pick stone lotus seeds, and use stone lotus seeds to make stone lotus paste, which is natural and healthy, and is a good product for drinking in summer.
It is said that Dajing once brought hundreds of people into Beijing every year, and set up stone lotus paste cold drink stalls on the streets of Beijing, and the business was not bad.
Taizhou grass paste
Grass paste is made from herbs that Taizhou people call grass. The "Wenling County Chronicle" has a record, "Jingcao paste: Jingcao is fried with water, the juice is condensed into a paste, and when eating, osmanthus sugar is added, and the fragrance quenches thirst." ”
The townspeople thought that the grass had the functions of lowering fire, relieving heat, cooling down, clearing blood, etc., so they took it to boil and became grass paste. The grass paste is brownish black, a bit like turtle paste, but the taste is better than turtle paste.
Shaoxing Mulian tofu
Mulian tofu was originally a native product of Shaoxing HuijiShan, which has a natural plant fragrance that melts in the mouth. The scientific name of Mulian is Xueli, which grows on many ancient bridges or stone walls in Shaoxing, and Lu Xun also describes "Mulian" in "From The Hundred Grass Garden to the Sanwei Bookhouse".
Shaoxing gu often picked its fruits in the summer, kneaded its juice in water, added an appropriate amount of wild lotus powder to precipitate the water, stirred well, solidified into a tofu shape, and made into Mulian tofu. The cool taste of summer becomes.
Zhoushan Wood Lotus Jelly
Wood lotus jelly is a traditional summer drink made from the fruit of the flowering of the wood lotus (wood lotus seed). It is made by mixing a small amount of coagulant with the juice extruded from the lotus seeds and waiting for several hours to solidify. Crystal clear, cold and refreshing, mint lingering fragrance.
A cup down, on a hot day the stomach is particularly comfortable. The sweet and cool wood lotus jelly is how many Zhoushan people remember the past!
Jiaxing lotus dumplings
In the middle of summer in Jiangnan, the lake surface of the water town of Weiqu District is densely paved with emerald lotus leaves, the breeze blows, and the lotus flowers are also emitting a refreshing fragrance. At this time, the lotus farmers will always dig out the new lotus root, wash it, and rub it on a special stone to let a large amount of lotus pulp flow into the tank.
After the lotus pulp is filtered, it is put into a ceramic container to precipitate, scoop out the water on it, take out the precipitated powder balls, and dry it to become lotus powder. Using lotus flour as the main ingredient of dumplings, wrapped in bean paste filling, basketed and steamed to form lotus flour dumplings. Lotus flour dumplings have the characteristics of smooth entrance, sweet and delicate, and are a good product for summer consumption.
Huzhou variety of soup
Diverse soup is a traditional dessert in Huzhou, which has occupied an important position in the summer life of Huzhou people for many years, also known as "Eight Treasure Soup".
Winter melon strips, red dates, dates, red silk, green silk, kumquat, mung beans, black rice and other more than 10 kinds of condiments are readily available. Serve with a bowl of glutinous rice inlaid with mung beans, add various seasonings, and pour in sugar water to serve. The sweet, cool taste is always unforgettable.
Quzhou Crystal Cake
It is said that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the people of Quzhou had the tradition of eating crystal cakes in the summer, and in the middle of summer, the heat quenched their thirst, which has been passed down to this day. Quzhou crystal cake still adheres to the tradition in the production process, pays attention to traditional handicrafts, and is particularly elaborate in the use of materials.
Quzhou crystal cake has long been fragrant before the entrance, a hint of cool instant hit, taste carefully, the entrance is smooth, sweet but not greasy, full of toughness.
Jinhua sugar dumplings
Sugar dumplings, popularly known as brown sugar rice cakes, are famous summer local specialties in Yiwu, Dongyang, Pan'an and other places in central Zhejiang. According to the "Chronicle of Dongyang City", "sugar ocean is a cold food in summer and autumn".
It can only be eaten every summer, because it is a snack that can only be eaten after it is cooled, and the taste is very smooth, but it is more soft than tofu. Eating sugar yang, both affordable and can fill the hunger and heat, this custom has been spread in Yiwu and Dongyang folk for nearly a thousand years.
Yeosu Fairy Grass Tofu
Xiancao tofu is a popular cool snack in the summer and autumn season of Songyang, Lishui. Use fresh fairy grass in a pot to cook into a soup, remove the residue and seep into the rice milk while cooking and stirring, until it is boiled into a green rice paste, which is cooled and solidified.
When eating, use a knife to cut into cubes the size of tofu, add minced sugar, mint and other spices, the taste is soft and fragrant, after eating the whole body is cool, the heat is completely eliminated.
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