Yejia sesame seed cake

Suqian Yejia sesame seed cake is a specialty of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province. Dry Longgong Crisp is another name for Yejia Sesame Cake. There are four unique features of dry Longgong Crisp: fragrance, crispness, crispness and transparency. Every year, the local government sent Yejia sesame seed cake to Kyoto as a tribute to the emperor, so "Ganlong tribute cake" got its name. Now, Ye Jia's crisp-burning craft has spread to the ninth generation. Visitors from other places always want to taste the dry Longgong crisp when they come to Zaohe. Suqian Yejia sesame seed cake was famous as early as the Tang Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River for the second time, he ate this kind of sesame cake, which was crispy and delicious. So he sent a decree to put Elymus in the palace and made him a royal chef. Later, he was taken into the palace to cook for the emperor. When Elymus reached the age of 60, he resigned from the palace and returned to his hometown because he couldn't get used to the life in the palace, and continued to sell biscuits. Since then, Ye Jia's crisp sesame cakes have become more famous. Every year, the local government sent Yejiasu sesame cake to Kyoto as a tribute to the emperor, hence the name "Ganlong tribute cake". Now, Ye Jia's crisp-burning craft has spread to the ninth generation. Visitors from other places always want to taste the dried shortbread when they come to Zaohe. In 1989, Ding Mang, a famous poet, visited the Qianlong Palace in Zaohe River. After eating Yejia sesame seed cake, he happily wrote a poem in praise: "A wisp of fragrant crisp leaves Zaohe River, and the husband is collected in the longitudinal eulogy. The people at the Yejia furnace are ingenious, and the eight generations of Fanghua offer thousands of twists. " There are four unique skills in dry longgong crisp: fragrance, crispness, crispness and transparency. The so-called fragrance means the combination of cake fragrance, oil fragrance and sesame fragrance. In particular, sesame seeds are fragrant. It is said that sesame seeds are bitter and astringent, and sesame seeds are really fragrant. Leaves are all made of fine sesame seeds. The so-called crisp, that is, it will break when it touches the lips. The cake needs to be handled with care, and it will remain crisp for 3-5 days in summer. If packed in plastic bags, the crispy skin can be kept for more than 2-3 months. The so-called crisp is soft, not only crisp skin, but also the same inside. The so-called transparency is exquisite and beautiful in appearance. Fresh baked sesame seeds are whisked and Huang Chengcheng. During the inlaid period of glittering sesame seeds, such as exquisite art, they are appetizing, but they can't bear to eat.
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