"Lou Shan Chun" wine...
Main ingredients: high-quality red dates, sesame, peanuts, white sugar, etc. Main nutritional components: plant protein, fat, organic acids, various vitamins, and the anti-cancer substance cyclic adenosine monophosphate. Functional features: nourishes kidney and warms stomach, protects liver and strengthens spleen, enriches blood and moisturizes lungs, anti-cancer, prevents aging. Annual output: 75 tons. …
Ingredients for Cornmeal Steamed Buns: cornmeal, flour, yeast, seedless red dates. Method: 1. Mix cornmeal and flour in a 1:1 ratio until uniform; 2. Pour yeast into a small bowl—you can use more or less, more yeast means shorter fermentation time; 3. Dissolve the yeast in warm water with a temperature similar to that of your hand; 4. Pour the mixture from step 3 into the flour and stir evenly, then knead into a smooth dough with water at a similar temperature; 5. Cover the bowl with a damp cloth and place it in a warm spot to ferment for 40–60 minutes; 6. The dough is ready when small holes appear on the surface; 7. Prepare the seedless red dates and soak them slightly; 8. Take a small piece of dough, roll it into a strip, circle it around a red date to form a small bun; 9. Repeat the process with the rest of the dough and arrange the buns on a steamer rack; 10. Boil water in a pot, place the steamer rack on top once boiling, lightly flick a thin layer of water onto the buns, and steam for 20–25 minutes.
Ingredients for lamb soup noodles: lamb offal, water, shredded ginger, salt, flavor-enhancing soy sauce, noodles, chrysanthemum greens, chopped scallions, chili and Sichuan pepper oil. Method: 1. Use pre-cooked lamb offal bought from the supermarket. Rinse it clean at home. Boil water in a pot, add shredded ginger, salt, and flavor-enhancing soy sauce. Put the lamb offal in the pot and cook for a while, then add the noodles. When the noodles are almost done, add the chrysanthemum greens. 2. Scoop into a bowl, sprinkle...
Frog Scratching Noodles, also known as “Scraped Noodles,” is a distinctive local noodle dish from Yonghe County and other areas. The preparation method is simple and convenient, making it especially suitable for group settings with many people. Hotels and guesthouses in Yonghe County often serve Frog Scratching Noodles to visiting guests from other regions and senior leaders. To make this noodle dish, the following steps are essential: 1. Have the scraping tool — the...
Yonghe Jujube is a specialty of Yonghe County, Shanxi Province. Located in the northern temperate zone, Yonghe County is an ideal growing region for jujubes. Its unique environmental conditions result in Yonghe jujubes that are large, thin-skinned, small-seeded, sweet, pest-free, unpolluted, and pollution-free—qualities that make them highly popular among consumers. In 2011, it was approved by the National Ministry of Agriculture as an agricultural...
Yonghe red dates are well known for their small pits, thin skins, thick flesh, natural pest resistance, and being pollution-free. They have been awarded national green food certification and medals, and the National Forestry Administration has designated Yonghe as the “Chinese Date Capital.” It is the first county in China to produce completely pest-free red dates. Yonghe County is an area reliant on rain-fed agriculture. Especially within the 80-kilometer stretch along the Yellow River across four townships...
The Yonghe Crisp Pear is nearly cylindrical in shape, with a slightly wide, flat top. The average weight per fruit is 250 grams, and larger ones can exceed 1,000 grams. The skin is greenish-yellow, turning yellow upon storage. The lenticels are small and dense. The stem cavity is shallow and narrow, with medium width and strip-like or flaky rust marks in the middle. The calyx often falls off. The core is small. The flesh is white, of medium coarseness, crisp, juicy, richly sweet, and contains...
The long life nut walnut, originally from the Near East, is also known as the Persian walnut or Chinese walnut. Along with almonds, cashews, and hazelnuts, it is renowned as one of the world’s “four great dried fruits.” It can be eaten raw, roasted, pressed for oil, or used in pastries and candies. Not only is it delicious, but it also boasts high nutritional value, earning it titles such as the “Fruit of Immortality” and the “Longevity Nut.” Eat...
Morphological characteristics of Yonghe hawthorn: A deciduous shrub. The branches are densely packed with fine thorns, and the young shoots are covered with soft hair. The twigs are purplish-brown, while the older branches are grayish-brown. The leaves are triangular-ovate to prismatic-ovate, 2–6 cm long and 0.8–2.5 cm wide, with a truncate or broadly wedge-shaped base, and 3–5 pairs of pinnately deeply lobed lateral lobes on each side; the basal pair of lobes is 0…
Fiddlehead ferns from Guxian — a unique specialty of Guxian in southwestern Shanxi, commonly known as “Dragon Head Vegetable.” It is a perennial herbaceous plant. The rootstock is thick and robust, with upright petioles. It does not flower but reproduces via spores. It often grows at the edges of forests or in sparse woods along sunny slopes. Its tender stems and leaves are edible. When curled, the stem resembles a Ruyi scepter, …
Guxian Mushrooms…
Jiuxian Town: walnuts, peppercorns, mushrooms...
Guxian walnuts have a long and storied production history, dating back over 2,000 years. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the walnut industry in Guxian developed rapidly. As early as 1958, it was honored by the State Council as the “Hometown of Dried Fruits.” Since the reform and opening-up, the industry has expanded dramatically. In 1986, it was included in Shanxi Province’s “Spark Program”…
Southern Shanxi Zage is an affordable and flavorful snack made from sheep offal. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine's theory of organ correspondence, consuming organ meats can nourish the corresponding internal organs, providing benefits to all five viscera and six bowels of the human body. (Linfen)…
The Linfen Fuji apples are known for their delicate taste, attractive appearance, and high quality. They have won three gold awards at the 1996 Beijing International Food Exhibition, the Provincial Apple Quality Evaluation, and the Shanxi Province Famous and High-Quality Products Trade Fair. The area has been designated as a pollution-free apple production base in Shanxi Province, covering 75,000 mu with an annual output of over 40,000 tons. (Linfen)…
Guxian millet features round, plump, and uniform grains with a glossy, bright yellow luster. The kernels are neat, with a high whole-grain rate, smooth to the touch, rich in fragrance, and superior in taste. It is produced by the Guxian Golden Rice Association in 30 administrative villages across four townships under the jurisdiction of Guxian County, Shanxi Province: Shibei Township, Jiuxian Town, Yongle Township, and Nanyuan Township. The geographical coordinates are between 110°5…
Guxian red dates, also known as hawthorn, mountain hawthorn, or sour hawthorn, are rich in vitamins, hawthorn acid, citric acid, flavonoids, and more. They help aid digestion, reduce blood lipids, and alleviate arteriosclerosis. Regular consumption can help prevent cardiovascular diseases. “Red dates” are made from hawthorn and white sugar, featuring a bright red color, balanced sweet-and-sour taste, delicious flavor...
Guxian Button Mushrooms, also known as white mushrooms or table mushrooms, are a type of saprophytic fungus that thrives in medium to low temperatures. Originating in France, they later spread to Europe and America and are internationally recognized as a health food. They are currently the most widely consumed, in-demand edible fungi in the world, serving as food, supplement, and medicine. The fruiting bodies of button mushrooms contain...
Daning Lingzhi. Lingzhi, also known as Ganoderma lucidum or the "divine mushroom," "herb of immortality," or "auspicious fungus," refers to the entire plant of either Ganoderma lucidum or Ganoderma sinense from the Polyporaceae family. According to China’s first pharmacological text, the “Shennong Bencao Jing” (The Divine Farmer’s Materia Medica), lingzhi comes in six varieties—purple, red, blue, yellow, white, and black—all with a sweet and mild nature. Lingzhi is native to East Asia, and ancient Chinese believed that it...