Jixi tartan

Jixi Tar is a special snack in Jixi County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. Jixi Tart is a kind of ordinary pasta made by local people in Jixi. Its fillings include Toona sinensis, pickled vegetables, pumpkin, shredded radish, soybeans, leeks, etc. It is fragrant, moderate in hardness and softness, and has unique local characteristics. Ta guo (dialect: Taguo) is a kind of ordinary pasta in Jixi, which is also nicknamed: China's pizza. It is not difficult to make it. It is made by rolling the dough, wrapping the stuffing, spreading it into a circle, and baking it in a pot. Taste characteristics: the entrance is fragrant, moderate in hardness and softness, with unique local characteristics. Flavor tarts have their own flavors due to different fillings. Dried vegetables and fresh vegetables can be wrapped as fillings, and the common ones are Toona sinensis, shredded radish and soybean powder. Tar is no longer used as a staple food, but as a snack and breakfast in Jixi. The fillings are Toona sinensis, pickles, pumpkins, shredded radish, soybeans, leeks, etc. In Jixi County, you can see restaurants operating such small spots everywhere. The making method of Jixi tarts (taking Toona sinensis as an example): firstly, dry Toona sinensis, diced pork belly, flour, monosodium glutamate and sugar are selected. Adding dried Toona sinensis into water, stir-frying diced pork belly, chopping dried Toona sinensis, mixing with diced pork, monosodium glutamate and sugar, and filling; Add cold water to flour to form dough, take a small piece of dough and press it into a palm-sized round pancake with a rolling pin. Add the stuffing and wrap it tightly. Then press it into a thin circle and bake it in a pan until both sides are golden. Most people in Huizhou migrated from the Central Plains. The north likes rice and the south likes rice. Tarting is the crystallization of two cultures. In addition, it is also adapted to the characteristics of Huizhou people's work in mountainous areas. They can't go home for lunch, so they have to take dry food. Tarting is just an important task, and it is a good diet. Huizhou merchants go out to do business, and it takes several days to get out of the mountains. For thrifty businessmen, tarts are the best staple food, which is filled with dried vegetables or pickles and will not go bad for a few days. At that time, people who could eat tarts had to have a pretty good life. Poor people had to scrimp and save delicious food for people who went out. "Poor families are rich," and face is very important. Now that life is good, tarts are still popular because they are delicious, crispy and convenient to eat. People from Jixi who travel abroad have to taste the tarts when they go home, and they also bring many tarts when they return. On the big menu of the hotel, it says "Jixi Tart". Of course, it is very small, only the size of moon cakes, so that guests can taste the flavor. There is also a big tart, as big as two palms, which is very helpful for a big-bellied man to satisfy his hunger.
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