Peasant-style clay cake

Songjiang, a farmhouse cake, has been a famous land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times. The climate here is pleasant and the rainfall is abundant, which is very suitable for the growth of various crops. Therefore, the high-quality rice is famous all over the world. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Songjiang Cang Qiao area became the center of official grain storage and transportation and grain trading, and became a veritable "granary under the world" at that time. Every Spring Festival, farmers living in Songjiang have a custom, that is, using high-quality glutinous rice, a local specialty, to grind it into a unique earth cake to eat, and it becomes an auspicious thing to give to relatives and friends, which means "cake" will make them rich, hoping to bring good luck to everyone in the new year. The farmer's earth cake is made of high-quality glutinous rice, which is made by hand through many ancient processes such as digging, grinding, drying, rubbing and steaming. Its cake is white and transparent in color, smooth and waxy in entrance, sweet and elastic, and contains many trace elements needed by human body. It is extremely rich in nutrition and has a unique taste, so it has been widely circulated for thousands of years. Its rich local flavor has created a unique local product and has become a gift today.
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