Minqin black melon seeds
Black melon seeds, Gansu Minqin famous specialty. Minqin county enjoys the reputation of "hometown of black melon seeds" because of its rich production of large melon seeds. The melon seeds produced in Minqin County are among the best in similar products because of their large size, thin skin, flat plate, loose mouth, thin shell and thick meat, oily and mellow, black and shiny, and excellent quality. They are well-known at home and abroad and have won international gold medals. They are one of China's traditional export commodities.
Dunhuang jujube
The variation of excellent single plant of Dunhuang jujube is different from other jujube. Big head, high sugar content and rich nutrition, with an average fruit weight of 23.9 grams and a maximum fruit weight of 42 grams. The longitudinal diameter is 4.8 cm and the transverse diameter is 3.6 cm.
Zhouqu walnut
Walnut planting in Zhouqu has a long history, with Quwa, Bazang, Dayu, Hanban, Butterflies, Chengguan, Baling, Tieba, Apollo and other towns as the majority, with thick skin and exposed kernels (eggshell walnuts), among which the exposed kernels are the best, full kernels and high oil content.
Li Guang dried apricots
Li Guangxing preserved fruit is made of Li Guangxing as raw material. Li Guangxing is the "king of fruits" in Dunhuang, with bright colors, thin skin and small meat, delicious juice and overflowing aroma. Li Guangxing is rich in minerals and vitamins, and his nutrition is very rich.
watermelon seed
Heshui white melon seeds are a specialty of Heshui County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province, with famous fragrance. White melon seeds are the seeds of zucchini, and they are good dried fruits. They are eaten on holidays and given to relatives and friends. Deeply favored by consumers. The domestic and international markets are very tight. Although there are five flavors and creamy flavors now, when it comes to flavors, my mother cooked them herself after she came home.
Hezhou tanggua
"honeydew melon" is a kind of sticky sugar made of yellow rice and malt, and then pulled into a flat shape, called "honeydew melon". It can be eaten as a snack or as a sacrificial food. In many northern areas, it is said that honeydew melons are used to sacrifice or seal the mouth of the kitchen god on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In the early years, children looked forward to sealing the mouth of the kitchen god every year because they could eat sweet and sticky honeydew melons. Most of the sugar melon workshops in Hezhou are run by Hui people, but later, due to the impact of foreign sugar varieties, the production scale is much smaller, but the unique flavor is irreplaceable by other sweets.
Hanging dried apricots
Apricots have a short maturity. Once ripe, if fruit farmers can't sell them in time, they will go bad, so they naturally dry into dried apricots in the shade. A big difference between dried apricots and common dried apricots is that dried apricots do not fall off when they are ripe, but naturally dry in trees. In the harvest season, pieces of apricots are dried in the trees and swaying in the wind, which is a spectacle.
Muslim flour and salt cake fried in sesame oil
Oil fragrance is a unique pastry food for Muslims. Fried oil incense is regarded as a sacred and beautiful food given to Muslims by "God". Now Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places have this kind of pasta, but it is called oil cake. In the past, we could only fry oil incense at weddings and funerals or on holidays, and give it to each other as a blessing and memorial. Now, as long as you want to eat, you can buy it in many places in the streets.
Licorice apricot
When it comes to Gansu's special snacks, we can't help but mention Zhenyuan's licorice apricot, which is sour and sweet and more natural than ordinary preserved fruit. There are many home-cooked practices of licorice apricots, which are easy to learn. You can buy it in supermarkets and shops if it's too troublesome. Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch has the effects of invigorating spleen and qi, clearing away heat and toxic materials, but the strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine is prohibitive. But when it is used to make licorice apricots, it is sweet and sour, and snacks can also be eaten as healthy food.
Kangzi
The specialty of Kangle County is similar to the widely circulated Guo Kui, but the practice is different from that of Guo Kui. Kang Zi grinds the dough into a cake with a small pot cover with a rolling pin with baking soda, opens his hand in a hot iron pot, browns one side with slow fire, then turns it over and bakes the other side, and then presses the shapes of stars and the moon on the cake with thimbles and bracelets, which is very distinctive.