Bengbu in the northeast of Anhui Province, known as the "Pearl City", during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, the present-day Bengbu was divided into Xufang, Lu, Song, Wu, Yue, Chu and other countries. Bengbu is the birthplace of flower drum lamp, Sizhou opera and Fengyang flower drum opera. It is also the birthplace of the Northern School of Fengyang Flower Drum Drama, which is called Fengyang Sanhua together with Fengyang Flower Drum and Flower Drum Lamp.
Located at the intersection of Nanshan Road and Qingnian Road, Ant Shrimp Street is a special food street in Bengbu, the whole snack street is named after selling ant shrimp, the ants here are all fried, and diners can choose by themselves and sell them now. Speaking of which, what exactly is an ant shrimp?
Ants are now crayfish, and they are delicious with beer in the summer. But in the past, no one ate this kind of thing. Bengbu made the first city to eat ant shrimp, in the 1970s and 1980s, Bengbu people began to eat ant shrimp, Bengbu's catering industry also began to develop the production method of ant shrimp, from the beginning of the pot boiling, frying, to the current boiling, frying, frying, stewing, in addition to the different ingredients of each family.
Bengbu "big ant shrimp" in that year, but a generation of precedents. Only from the whole province of Anhui, "river shrimp, sea shrimp, it is difficult to compare with Bengbu large ant shrimp." "The good story is widely circulated. At that time, the consumption of "big ant shrimp" in Bengbu was several tons a day, which also attracted countless sister cities to chase. But the trend of history is always not to advance or retreat, almost in the blink of an eye, Bengbu's "big ant shrimp" will no longer be beautiful, and the latecomers will catch up, especially when other cities resoundingly play the "Chinese Lobster Festival" signboard, which makes Bengbu sigh endlessly.
Now, the "big ant shrimp" in the streets and alleys of Bengbu is still densely packed, Bengbu big ant shrimp with this "into zero", and generations of shrimp eaters of the hospitality to retain, it is not only the "ant shrimp street" glorious history of the memory, but also the adherence to a food culture.
Of course, if you think that Bengbu only has "big ant shrimp", it is wrong, there are many delicacies worthy of in-depth study.
Wuhe Tuo Lake crab
Wuhe Tuo Lake has a long history of crab production, and it is said that Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang once tasted crabs here to enjoy chrysanthemums. Tuohu produced clean water hairy crab selection of authentic long - Chinese velvet crab seedlings, water grass luxuriant, clean and pollution-free Tuohu Lake provides a good growth environment, rich in small fish and shrimp, snail lions and other natural aquatic organisms are its inexhaustible bait, Tuohu crab blue back, white belly, yellow hair, golden claw, with cream full of flesh, delicious taste, rich nutrition characteristics
Bengbu pomegranate
Bengbu Huaiyuan pomegranate cultivation has a long history, excellent quality has long been renowned, it is rumored that from the Tang Dynasty has been planted, to the Qing Dynasty Huaiyuan pomegranate has been the history of the zheng, Huaiyuan County Chronicle recorded: "Durian, Yizhong with this fruit as the most, Caozhou Tribute Durian is not as good as it." Safflower red fruit, white flower white fruit, jade seed durian is especially good. ”
Huaiyuan pomegranate is brilliant in color, orange-red in the peel, yellow and white, covered with a red halo, and has a verdant luster, such as jade and fat condensation, which is very spectacular. Huaiyuan pomegranate has well-known Jade Seeds, Agate Seeds, Big Benzi, Erbenzi, Green Skin, etc. with large and beautiful fruits, pink skin, red gourd, cannabis and so on. There are three white pomegranates with white flowers and white seeds, and there are also melaleuca pomegranates with large and beautiful flowers.
Lake gully baked cake
Special snacks from Hugou Town, Guzhen County, Bengbu City. Hugou baked cake, the size of a palm, only half an inch thick, multi-layered inside and outside, brown, crisp, a bite down, lips and teeth left fragrant. Accompanied by chili oil, pickles, and chicken soup, the beauty of the taste may only be appreciated by those who have stayed in Hugou Town.
The authentic "Hugou Baked Cake" is made of local high-quality wheat noodles as raw materials, with multiple processes and preparations, its main feature is that it is crispy and delicious, slightly chewed and rotten, crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, and will not puncture the mouth. The raw materials are made of authentic donkey oil, local high-quality wheat flour, sesame seeds and high-quality black pepper using more than a dozen processes. It is baked in an earthen pot fired in a local earthen kiln. The baked cake is yellow and soft on the inside, the color is crab shell red, not scorched, not pasty, not greasy, bite, the aroma is overflowing, and the onion oil flows all over the mouth.
Grilled bread sandwich loin
Bengbu, Anhui Province, is a famous traditional snack, which was first created in the 1990s. Bengbu's baked bread sandwich loin, the most authentic is only the baked cake and tenderloin, foreign or local with vegetable leaves, tomatoes and other practices are to add snake painting.
In addition, its sauce seems unremarkable, but in fact, it is more exquisite, one spicy and one sweet, and there is a heavy salty taste, and the most original taste is added with vinegar, but it is rarely added now. In addition, the authentic baked bread sandwich loin is a baked cake folded in half inside the sandwich, and now many baked cake sandwich loin are imitating hamburgers, and the two baked cakes sandwich the inner ridge, which is very unauthentic.
Bengbu wine culture is represented by Bengbu Huaiyuan: Huaiyuan has a long history, ancient commerce is prosperous, talents gather, Huaiyuan people are simple and simple, bold and cheerful, hospitable, and the Huaiyuan wine culture formed in this unique humanistic environment is gradually prevailing.
Huaiyuan wine culture is a concrete demonstration of the traditional virtues of Huaiyuan people such as hard work, simplicity and hospitality. For example, when the four happy rounds are generally held at the banquet, the wine will stop, commonly known as the "round seat". The wine commander divides the wine glasses in front of each person, called the "door cup", the chairman acknowledges and invites everyone to raise a glass together, and then serves soup and rice, and the banquet ends.
However, due to the continuous changes and diversified development of society, Huaiyuan wine culture has been impacted and compatible with a variety of foreign cultures, and this phenomenon of local folk culture with strong local flavor is gradually disappearing.
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