There is such a snack in Zunyi - chicken cake, which could have become a well-known food in the country like Moutai wine, why has it disappeared from people's sight so obscurely?
First of all, in China, the wine culture is deeply rooted, so the wine has an indispensable product at the banquet, and Moutai wine is the best in this wine. Moutai liquor is known as the national liquor and has a pivotal position throughout the country. Then there is such a snack in Zunyi, it should have been as famous as Moutai wine, but it was lost when it was born poor. Chicken cake it as a popular snack is not as popular as wine is sought after by people because of its birth background. So why is it that chicken cake can be compared with Moutai wine, but it is born poor?
First of all, the chicken cake is relatively simple in the selection of ingredients, such as 500g of eggs, 200g of flour, 500g of sugar, salt and sesame oil and so on.
At the same time, its method is relatively simple, the egg is first divided into egg whites and egg yolks, the egg whites are beaten into a foam, the egg yolks are scattered and mixed with the beaten egg whites, and finally flour is added, and the sugar is poured into the mold for baking, and the sesame oil is brushed when baked. Such a simple and delicious chicken cake was made, and the chicken cake became a favorite snack snack of Zunyi people. Perhaps it is such a simple ingredient and simple method that makes it lose the opportunity to be on par with Moutai.
Second, the historical background
The history of chicken cake can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, General Yang Chengwu wrote in the book "The Great Turning Point" that "bright red oranges, fluffy cakes, and quaint Moutai wine", when geng Biao, the commander of the Red Army, also humorously said that "the chicken cake in Zunyi City has not been eaten", and later the chicken cake was brought to Japan by Japanese merchants and also caused a great response. With the passage of time and the liberation of the whole country, Comrade Deng Xiaoping came to Zunyi when guiding economic construction, and after tasting the chicken cake, he also praised it vigorously, and humorously said, "In the future, the economy of Zunyi can take chicken cake, bean flower noodles, and Moutai wine as the main goal to develop economic construction." It can be seen that chicken cake can be on a par with Moutai wine.
However, in the five thousand years of Chinese history, wine was promoted as a culture, and later used to greet foreign guests, and since then it has become famous as a national wine. So let's imagine what would have been the result if Moutai had been used as wine and chicken cake as a snack at a banquet?
Therefore, chicken cake is a national essence that can be as famous as Moutai but has been lost by people because of its poor birth, fortunately, it is now successful in applying for intangible cultural heritage, otherwise such a good thing will be forgotten by the world.