A specialty of Hebei — Jinzhou Salted Donkey Meat features a bright red color, a savory and delicious taste, rich nutrition, and is also very tasty to eat. It makes a great pairing with alcohol or as a side dish. Specialty Culture: Jinzhou Salted Donkey Meat originates from Jinzhou, Hebei, and its history is tied to a legendary tale. During the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng was sent on a diplomatic mission to Shandong. When passing through Jinzhou, he visited…
Gedi'er is a type of noodle dish from Luquan City in Shijiazhuang. It is made by mixing cornmeal with wheat flour or other types of flour into a dough, which is then pressed through a strainer suspended over a pot of boiling water. Once the water boils, the noodles are cooked and can be served as a porridge or with a rich sauce. Because it uses various types of flour, it offers multiple nutritional benefits, and its appearance—resembling strings of pearls that have snapped and stretched—stimulates the appetite.
Xihé Meat Cake is named after a town in Shenze County under Shijiazhuang City. It is made from red yam starch, broth, and various seasonings, resulting in a savory yet not greasy taste. Paired with a local type of baked flatbread stuffed with the meat cake—resembling a hamburger—locally known as "flatbread wrapped meat," it offers...
Origin: Xinzhou, Hebei Province, China. History: It is said that during the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, a butcher surnamed Tian from Diantuying Village in Xinzhou City (formerly Shulu County) relocated to Liushuangying near Xinzhou to produce salted donkey meat. Preparation and Eating Method: Every afternoon, the donkey meat to be cooked is first soaked in cold water...
Sweet potatoes are a specialty of Xinle, loved by consumers for their sweet and delicious taste. With the establishment of the Xinle Jinhe'an Minor Grain Cooperative, many farmers have invested their land as shares and receive profit dividends, which has greatly motivated them. The cooperative manages various aspects of sweet potato production — including planting, harvesting, processing, and sales — in a unified way. In addition, through further processing of sweet potatoes, higher commercial value has been created. Processed sweet potato products now include a variety of items such as fresh sweet potatoes, sweet potato noodles, and refined sweet potato flour, introducing new product types. These products are very popular with consumers due to their portability and long shelf life.
Hebei’s Lingshou County is one of China’s major producers of golden needle mushrooms. In 2004, the county’s total edible fungus output reached 72,000 tons, of which golden needle mushrooms accounted for 58,000 tons, generating an output value of 340 million yuan. In recent years, the Lingshou County Party Committee and County Government have gradually achieved scaled, industrialized, and branded development in the edible fungus industry…
Freshly cracked walnut kernels are a specialty of Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. Walnuts, also known as Persian walnuts, can be found almost everywhere in the world, mainly distributed across the Americas, Europe, and many parts of Asia. In terms of production, China ranks second only to the United States. Internationally, walnuts are known as “powerhouse food,” “nutrition-rich,” and “brain-boosting fruit.” Domestically, they are praised as…
Shijiazhuang’s locally grown Little Foreign Pears are small, seedless, and have a crisp texture with a sweet yet not overly sugary taste. They are a unique variety among the area’s wild fruit trees. The Yang Pear is highly nutritious, a commonly seen and frequently eaten fruit known for benefits such as nourishing the lungs and reducing phlegm. In addition to being eaten fresh, it can also be made into a variety of processed products, such as pear paste, pear preserves, canned pears,…
Fried oil cakes are found everywhere in the world, but the ones made by the Cao family inside the West Gate of Luancheng County are truly unique and well-known far and wide. The Cao family’s oil cakes originated in the Qing Dynasty and were first created by Cao Heizi. They use premium flour and employ exquisite dough-making techniques, with special secrets in mixing alum, salt, and other ingredients, all fried in raw sesame seed oil rendered in an oil-fired trough. The preparation comes in various shapes—strips, braided loops,…
The method for making Yiqian Fan (oatmeal-like seed meal) is actually quite simple. It mainly involves oat-like seeds and cornmeal. You mix them well and then steam them on a sieve-like tray. However, you do need to control the heat just right—otherwise, it either turns out too dry or too sticky. Fortunately, Grandma always managed to get the timing just perfect. Once it was steamed, we’d each get a big bowlful, topped with an essential condiment—garlic sauce—and then we’d dig in and enjoy the deliciousness, eating with gusto. No exaggeration.
Pan-fried cornmeal cakes are made by mixing cornmeal, sorghum flour, millet flour, yam flour, or bran flour (both cornmeal and millet flour should first be scalded with boiling water), then pressing the dough onto the hot sides of a cooking pot. As the meal cooks alongside the rice, the side touching the pan turns golden brown and crisps up, resulting in a deliciously crunchy texture. The process for making cornmeal steamed buns is the same as for regular steamed buns: proofing the dough, adding alkaline agent and kneading, …
Gaoyi peaches are delicious in taste and rich in nutrients, making them one of people’s favorite fresh fruits. Besides being eaten fresh, they can also be processed into peach preserves, peach jam, peach juice, dried peaches, and canned peaches. Many parts of the peach tree also have medicinal value — their roots, leaves, flowers, and kernels can be used in medicine to relieve coughs, promote blood circulation, and improve bowel movement. Peach kernels contain 45% oil…
Main ingredients: 500g soft tofu (southern style), 250g century egg (duck egg) Seasonings: 25g peeled garlic, 3g salt, 50g soy sauce, 5g scallions, 15g vinegar, 50g sesame oil, 5g ginger, 1g MSG Method: 1. Peel and clean the century eggs; 2. Peel the tofu and cut into cubes;…
Xue Family Pastry, commonly known as “oil crisp pastry” or “Stone Pagoda Pastry,” gets its name from the fact that the pastry makers lived at the foot of the Zhao County Dhāraṇī Pillar (commonly referred to as the Stone Pagoda). It is a unique local snack in Zhao County, passed down through eight generations of the Xue Liyi family from Shita Village, with a history of over 100 years. Today...
As the only "natural triploid" variety among jujubes, Zanhuang Jujube has long been renowned for being highly nutritious, large in size, and containing up to 62% sugar. The fruit is purplish-red, and when broken apart by hand, it can yield sticky honey-like threads a foot long without breaking. It has a small pit, fine and crisp flesh, thick meat, sweet taste, and is easy to store and transport...
The roast bun stuffed with meat—Shenze’s specialty roast bun stuffed with meat—is a traditional snack from the local folk culture of Shenze, said to have been passed down since the Qing Dynasty. The making of Shenze’s roast bun stuffed with meat pays great attention to ingredient selection, dough mixing, baking, and meat stuffing. First, premium high-gluten flour, peanut oil, prickly ash powder, sesame seeds, and other ingredients are chosen.
Kyoho Grapes Over 10,000 mu of Kyoho grapes are cultivated. Due to the aging and single variety, as well as overly concentrated ripening periods, farmers' incomes have been declining year by year, and market sales have become passive. Seizing the favorable opportunity when relevant national research institutions were preparing to cooperate with local authorities to establish a pilot base for high-quality grapes, the Jinzhou City made a decisive decision to introduce...
Everyone who grew up in Luquan knows: the best sesame cakes are found in Six Streets of Huolu Town. Nestled along a small street on the southern bank of the Taiping River, Six Streets is home to several sesame cake shops. Each one makes delicious cakes. Of course, only one is the truly authentic one, but I’m not entirely sure which one it is—and honestly, it doesn’t really matter. What matters is…
Spinach is rich in beta-carotene and iron, and is also an excellent source of vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, and potassium. Its high iron content can help improve iron-deficiency anemia, giving the skin a healthy and radiant glow, making it highly regarded as a beauty-enhancing food. Spinach leaves contain chromium and a substance similar to insulin, which...
The Wisteria Grapes Demonstration Base in Luquan City was established in 1994, covering an area of 130 mu. It includes a 100-mu high-quality and high-efficiency demonstration garden, a 10-mu plastic greenhouse demonstration area for premium, early-maturing, and high-yield grapes, a 20-mu nursery for cultivating superior grapevine varieties, a 10-mu plot for introducing and testing new grape varieties, and a cold storage facility. It serves as a comprehensive demonstration base integrating premium varieties, demonstrations...