Wutacai

Wuta cuisine, a traditional specialty of Changzhou. Because its dishes are flaky like money, and its plants are green and full of vitality, it is customarily called "money dishes", with the wish of smooth seasons and good luck. In the old days, the head of the vegetarian dining hall hosted by Tianning Temple, when people can eat this kind of "money dishes" in the hot summer, he studied hard and made "money dishes" his specialty. They were separated from taoyuan village (now Taoyuan New Village) by a river. There is a "gentleman's agreement" that there is no need to sign a contract-every year in the cold winter, several thousand kilograms of Wuta vegetables should be provided for the temple, washed and dried by the cook, stored in a large container filled with more than half of the "seven stone jars" of soybean oil, so as not to let Wuta vegetables "breathe", and taken out in the next rainy day for pilgrims to do Buddhism in the temple, or to entertain guests for vegetarian fast, as a rare and famous dish. In the hot summer of the "summer shortage" season, there are not many leafy vegetables, but they can eat "money dishes", which is cool and refreshing, making people naturally associate with the winter scene of Bai Xuehao, and consciously feel cool and interesting.
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