My hometown is in the north, and we have a local pastry called "sugar dates".
"Sugar jujube" is like the size of a round red date, its inside is golden yellow, layer by layer outward expansion, the outer color is dark, wrapped in a layer of white sugar, eat to the mouth skin crispy, soft inside, sweet more chewy more fragrant, can eat 5, 6 at a time at most, so far let me taste endlessly.
When I grew up, I learned that the raw materials of "sugar dates" are glutinous rice flour and brown sugar, which are processed and fried, and made by wrapping white sugar on the outside.
When we were young, the family living conditions were average, because the parents' salaries were meager, each family had more children, coupled with the slow economic development, the pastries that could be eaten, that is, small four crisps and brown sugar biscuits, occasionally a small amount of "sugar dates" appeared in the store, but it would soon be sold out. Parents could buy "sugar dates", at that time, even if it was a relatively wealthy family.
Our family is four children, parents have jobs, family conditions are good, so we will often eat "sugar dates". Every time the parents bought it back, the four brothers and sisters would rush to eat it. Because my father loved to eat "sugar dates", my eldest brother and I inherited my father and had a special love for "sugar dates". That's when "sugar dates" became my favorite.
I remember when I went to the countryside (intellectual youth went to the mountains and went to the countryside), every time I went home, my parents would buy two pounds of "sugar dates" and let me bring back zhiqing dots to relieve my hunger.
After work, around my parents, my snacks are still "sugar dates", my father and I will buy them back, and the first task when we get home from work is to open the bag containing "sugar dates", eat a few, and then do something else.
With the development of society, people's living standards have gradually improved, the economic conditions have become better and better, and the tricks of pastries have emerged in an endless stream. I've tasted it all and felt that it was still the "sugar dates" that were the best.
I often go to supermarkets, pastry shops and shops to look for "sugar dates", and as long as I taste the original taste, I will buy more and collect them for eating.
When I am older, I say that it is better to eat less sweets, but I still can't put down my attachment to "sugar dates", so in my home, other pastries can be absent, but "sugar dates" have always been there.
Originally, this article was written for the Q&A, but due to accidental deletion by hand, after being annoyed, I took up a pen to rewrite it and sent it out again.