In your heart, what is your favorite place to eat sweets? Presumably, many people will think that in some places in the south, after all, the food concept of "sweet in the south and salty in the north" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but this is not the case.
According to the data of the "2023 China Statistical Yearbook", in the "per capita sugar consumption of national residents in 2022", Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, which are known as the dominant areas of sweetness, are not in the top three, and Zhejiang is tied for the top nine (tied for 4-9) with a per capita number of 1.6kg. The per capita amount of 1.3kg in Shanghai and 1.2kg in Jiangsu is still behind Jilin (Jilin average is 1.4kg), and it is not even squeezed into the top ten.
It turns out that there are so many hidden sweet provinces in our country! They are not obvious on weekdays, and as soon as the statistics come out, the mask is removed to reveal the "true face", and almost three meals a day are indispensable to eat some sweetness, let's see which provinces they are.
1. Tibet
Tibet ranks first with an average weight of 3.5kg per capita, and Tibet has been ranked first in sugar statistics for many years. Tibet is located in the southwestern part of the Tibetan Plateau, with an average altitude of more than 4,000 meters. Under the title of "Roof of the World", cold wind, snow and ice fall, as well as a large temperature difference throughout the day. In order to resist the harsh environment, people have to pay more calories to maintain various body functions, so the intake of "sugar" is indispensable.
Whether it is tsamba made with cheese and sugar, or cheese buns, or sweet tea are all common sugar foods. More delicate snacks are cheesecake and "kasai".
Cheesecake is generally made of starch, butter, sugar, raisins, almonds, etc. to make a round, square dough, you can also print auspicious words on the dough, and then put it into the cage drawer to steam. Once made, you can eat it whole or cut it into pieces, and it has a very rich texture.
Kasai is a biscuit-like dessert made by flour mixed with milk (pure milk, without adding water), and then fried in ghee, with various shapes: ear shape, butterfly shape, round, etc., with different shapes and colors, and finally wrapped in a layer of white sugar, which tastes crispy and delicious.
2. Chongqing
The Tongnan area in the northwest of Chongqing was one of the five major sugar-producing areas during the Song Dynasty, and the technology of growing sugarcane and boiling brown sugar was mastered early on. After that, Nanmen brown sugar gradually went out of Chongqing, not only as a handmade specialty, but also as an intangible cultural heritage.
Brown sugar glutinous rice cake, brown sugar mash, brown sugar ice powder, brown sugar cold cake, brown sugar ice bean curd...... In Chongqing, almost every sweet has a brown sugar flavor, but can you believe that even steamed buns have a brown sugar flavor?
Most of the brown sugar eaten in the Central Plains is wrapped in the sugar triangle as a filling, while the brown sugar steamed buns in Chongqing are sweet and delicious that can be seen at a glance, and they are not wrapped in white noodles. Brown sugar steamed buns are added with brown sugar water when mixing noodles, and a layer of brown sugar juice is brushed before coming out of the pot, and the crystal clear sweet juice soaks the skin of the steamed buns, and the sweet taste comes along the air before you eat it. Take a bite while it's hot, the steamed bun itself is soft, and the noodles are fragrant with brown sugar, which is really sweet and delicious.
Chongqing hides sweetness under the spiciness, relieves the spicy taste with sweetness, and uses spicy to make it sweet and greasy. Sweet and spicy, the two blend to create a unique taste.
3. Heilongjiang
We often say that "sweet in the south and salty in the north" seems to be a bit untenable in front of Heilongjiang, which is one of the largest sugar producing areas in the north, relying on sugar to eat sugar. In addition, Heilongjiang has a cold climate and needs sugar to replenish energy, so it is normal to eat more sugar.
Heilongjiang's pastries and ice cream are the best in sugar foods, and glutinous pastries are not only found in the south. Heilongjiang's old-fashioned dim sum is soft and crisp, whether it is beef tongue cake or mung bean shuang, it is sweet and delicious, and there is a jujube flower cake stuffed with jujube paste, with crispy skin and solid filling.
In addition to the pastries, the most attractive thing is the sorbet from the Northeast...... In winter, there are various types of sorbets sold directly outdoors for a dollar, such as milk, chocolate, raisins, etc., among which there is a type of sorbet that is said to be rum so delicious that it is surprisingly delicious and is the first on the must-eat list.
If you want to talk about sugar consumption in the Northeast, there is another fierce general: sugar gourd. In this area where everything can be sugar gourds, hawthorn and fruits are regular, ginger sugar gourd, Wang Ba sugar gourd, green pepper sugar gourd, chicken foot sugar gourd is really strange enough.
Fourth, Gansu
Some time ago, Gansu played the trump card of Malatang and became popular all over the country, who would have thought that in addition to Gangu chili, the "Northwest tough guys" have such a contrasting side. It may be that under the influence of the Silk Road, the sweetness of Central Asia was introduced to Gansu, and over time Gansu's own unique rough sweets were formed.
Add caster sugar to the hot noodles, cut into small pieces and roll them into dough after forming a dough, then wrap them in brown sugar and pinch them tightly, and fry them directly in a hot oil pan. The hot oil cake has a crispy crust and a soft and sweet filling, making it really sweet and juicy to eat.
Nowadays, there is no longer only one kind of brown sugar in the filling of oil cakes, but also bean paste, five kernels, peanuts and sesame, and even roses and osmanthus can be filled.
In addition to the oil cake, there is also a unique sugar water in the northwest region - sweet embryo. In the summer, it is diluted with ice water, or it is eaten with milk. The entrance is sweet and glutinous, and the shinoa (also known as yumai, a type of oats) is sweet, sour and chewy. However, it should be noted that the sweet embryo is made by fermentation, and although it does not taste like alcohol, it contains alcohol, and if you eat too much, you will get drunk. Gansu ridicules people with poor alcohol consumption and says, "You are the amount of sweet embryos", and everyone should pay attention to it when eating.
5. Ningxia
Ningxia, located in the northern part of the Loess Plateau, was historically an important passage of the Silk Road, and merchants from the south to the north brought different sweets, which became local delicacies with Ningxia temperament after being localized in Ningxia.
Yinchuan's mung bean crisp attracts tourists and locals alike to line up to buy it, and freshly wrapped and roasted to ensure that its own quality must be excellent. When you get it in your hand, the mung bean crisp is still slightly hot, the skin is crispy, the filling is delicate and soft, and when you eat it, you feel that it is worth queuing.
Another sweet has a very cute name, "fried flowers". It looks like a cat's ear, but its shape is not limited to one type, it is said that there are various kinds of flowers, long, short, round, flat...... It tastes crunchy and is wrapped in a layer of syrup, which is really double the sweetness.
6. Qinghai
I have always thought that there are few sweets in the northwest region, and as soon as the data came out, Qinghai also followed its Northwest brothers to show us its sweetness, first of all, the most attractive is of course Xining's rose cake.
The rose cake in Qinghai is different from the flower cake in Luoyang and Yunnan, it is full of the roughness of the northwest region, and the large rose cake about the size of a coffee table is cut into pieces and weighed.
Although it looks like a bean paste filling, there is no bean paste, and there are local "fragrant beans" in it, as well as rose sauce, flax, turmeric, bitter bean flour and so on. Qinghai's rose cakes are fascinating, both with their tender core and their outer puff pastry. Most people like to eat the crust, and perhaps the crispy and crunchy texture can capture the hearts of foodies.
In addition to the difference of rose cake, Qinghai's fried yogurt is also different from other regions, and their fried yogurt is also called dried yogurt and milk skin. A thin slice sprinkled with various nuts and preserved fruits, almonds, raisins, oatmeal...... Probably because of the local yak milk in Qinghai used for yogurt, it tastes rich, full of milky flavor, smooth and sweet.
7. Sichuan
If you think that Sichuan is only spicy, you are wrong. As the saying goes, "a spoonful of sugar in a Sichuan kitchen", even Sichuan cuisine, which is known for its "spicy", may have to sprinkle a spoonful of sugar in different dishes. Neijiang in Sichuan is known as the "Sweet City", which has been producing candied fruit since the Tang Dynasty, and there are also sugar factories in many places before Neijiang Sichuan. Sugarcane producing areas, sugar-producing provinces, naturally more sweets.
Sichuan, where there are a lot of sweets, has everything from leaf rake, three major cannons, brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, sugar oil fruits, etc. The famous Sichuan hot pot, in addition to the chili pepper at the bottom of the pot, also needs a handful of sugar to improve the freshness, and even Sichuan even has to put a little sugar in the red oil.
And these in front of Leshan Sweet Duck, they all have to take a few steps back. The freshly fried sweet-skinned duck has an attractive color, and the skin is covered with syrup, which is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Delicious sweet duck, duck meat is not woody, and there is no duck smell. The duck skin is sweet and delicious, the oil is fragrant and crispy, and the duck meat under the crispy skin has a marinated aftertaste, and the sweet aftertaste is endless after eating.
8. Hebei
Unexpectedly, Hebei, which is rich in steel, is not too reluctant to eat sugar, and it is tied with Zhejiang, which loves sweetness, with 1.6kg per capita.
When it comes to Hebei, the first sweet that comes to mind is donkey rolling, which is soft and glutinous and crispy, which makes people unforgettable. But in addition to it, there is also a hidden intangible cultural heritage delicacy - Tangshan honey sesame candy. Tangshan hemp candy has a unique shape, like a blooming flower, and the "petals" are as thin as cicada wings. It tastes fluffy and crispy, and the sweetness is moderate and delicious.
Tangshan also has peanut halva is also very delicious, with a history of 100 years, like a gold bar, golden color and attractive.
Walking to the streets of Hebei, there is another sweet dish hidden on the car on the side of the road: rice cakes. Baoding's rice cakes are cheap, diverse, diverse in shape, fragrant and soft to eat, and are a must for glutinous lovers.
- Lao Jing said -
The per capita sugar consumption of the above 8 provinces may be due to the influence of geographical location, geomorphology and climate, or the province belongs to the origin of sugar, so there is more sugar. Sugar in the southern region is mostly reflected in the sweetness of daily meals. Having said that, the saying that Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are all sweet is also a bit absolute, and the tastes of their various cities and counties are very different. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Jiangsu's average score is not high according to the statistics of sugar volume, and only a few cities and counties are unable to mobilize the overall average score. #五月生活碎片#
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