Macheng City, Huanggang City administers a county-level city. I don't know if any of your friends who have watched "Let the Bullets Fly" remember where the story takes place?
In addition to the profound cultural heritage of Macheng, in fact, human geography is also quite attractive, especially those gastronomic specialties, if you are a foodie, love food, then continue to look at it.
Macheng rice dumplings
l Macheng rice dumplings
In the past, Macheng was a ritual that heralded the arrival of festivals and new years. The glutinous rice is processed, steamed in a pot, then pounded into a paste by the masters themselves, and finally set cold and waiting to be eaten.
Hungry, throw it directly into the charcoal fire, bake it sweet and flexible, soft and sticky teeth, and cook soup to drink with a different flavor.
Macheng meat cake
l Macheng meat cake
Macheng meat cake, a famous dish in Hubei. The famous local "meat cake table" is the meat cake as the first. This is a special dish that combines various side dishes and accessories such as fish, pork belly, and sweet potatoes.
In this dish, you can taste the freshness of the fish, the fragrance of the flowers, the sweetness of the sweet potatoes and the complex flavors of the rest of the accessories, and you can describe the dish in one word: Wonderful!
Macheng Guanyin tofu
l Macheng Guanyin tofu
If you go to Macheng in the summer, please don't miss it. Grass and wood ash and Guanyin leaves, materials that seem to have nothing to do with food, are processed by hand by Qiao woman and become jelly-like Guanyin tofu.
Sprinkle some farmhouse garlic pepper seasoning, eat a mouthful of warm and soft bullets, fresh and refreshing, refreshing. It couldn't be better to be used as a cooling food.
Macheng old rice wine
l Macheng old rice wine
It is said that Macheng old rice wine has a thousand years of brewing history, the main production area is in the eastern mountains of Macheng, is made of glutinous rice and special koji, very popular with local residents.
This wine has a clear color, a mellow and sweet taste, the wine taste is not strong, but there is no lack of staying power, so do not drink more, often diners unconsciously drunk.
Macheng silver wire hollow noodles
l Macheng silver wire hollow noodles
Macheng silver wire hollow noodles also have a long history, the Qing Jiaqing period has become famous, this dish is just like its name, fine flour made of white powder, as fine as silver wire, white and empty heart.
After cooking, the soup is not muddy, the entrance is tender and creamy, the aroma is light, like light taste, a bowl of clear soup silver wire hollow noodles, it is enough to satisfy.
Fu Bai Ju
l Fu bai chrysanthemum
Macheng Fu Bai Chrysanthemum, a local specialty, has been cultivated in Macheng since the Song Dynasty. The large, fat, sweet and sweet flavor of the white chrysanthemum can be used for brewing and drinking, and can be used in dishes.
Fu Bai Chrysanthemum has a clear aroma and sweet taste, and it can also taste its glycol when eaten directly, and it is also a taste of traditional Chinese medicine, so it can add more nutrition to the dish.
Ma Cheng
If "Let the Bullets Fly" makes you mistakenly think that Macheng is a bandit, then I hope that after watching these gastronomic specialties, you can have a more three-dimensional impression of Macheng.
I also hope that you can personally feel the humanistic charm of Macheng and see how much a bowl of powder in Macheng is worth, right?