Every time we visit relatives and friends in the New Year, we always prepare some New Year goods, sweet and sweet candy. Many friends will choose Huzhou's old-fashioned products - ZhenyuanTong's rose shortbread as a gift. But in fact, there is also a kind of crisp candy in Huzhou, which was well known as early as before liberation, but due to its small circulation range, it is almost impossible to buy in the city, and it can only be eaten when returning to the hometown for the New Year. This is the Deqing Xiashe crisp candy.
Image source network, invasion and deletion
Xiashe crisp candy originated from the Xiashe Xinchang South Goods Store in the Republic of China period, which had a very good reputation at that time. After liberation, Xinchang South Goods Store established a cooperative store through public-private partnership. By 1984, the cooperative store, together with the local supply and marketing cooperatives and the township government, jointly established the township enterprise, the Xiashe Joint Food Factory. Although there have been several twists and turns, the older generation of crispy candy masters have not forgotten their original intentions, they and the young people have become masters and apprentices, insisting on hand-making, so that this craft has been passed down from generation to generation. Therefore, from the Republic of China to the present, all the processes and tastes of the shortening sugar are almost the same as those of the Republic of China.
So what does the candy taste like? Take the heavy hemp crisp candy, its sesame flavor is very strong, as soon as the package is opened, it is a refreshing fragrance, melting in the mouth, soft and sweet. What is even more amazing is that it does not stick to the root of the tongue and does not stick to the mouth, which has also become the reason why the people of Laodizi Huzhou are eagerly pursued.
However, real cuisine is always hidden in the corners of the city. This is the case with the shortening of the candy, which depends on the consignment and slightly striped between acquaintances and semi-acquaintances. You can also go to the food shop in the lower house to buy it yourself, so that the price will be slightly cheaper. In addition to the "outdated" way of dissemination, its packaging is also the same "soil packaging".
It seems that the candy is "incompatible" with the times, but it is this "persistence" that makes many old Huzhou people feel at ease, because even if the city is developing rapidly and the technology is changing with each passing day, some memories can still be firmly held in the palm of the hand and become an eternal and unchangeable taste.