“Every place has its own unique food customs.” My hometown Taizhou also has its own special snacks.
In Taizhou, all kinds of snacks are everywhere. However, my favorite is the pancake cone. Pancake tube is a unique snack in Taizhou. It is also called Five Tigers Capturing Sheep. As the name suggests, it is a roll of various delicacies wrapped in paper-thin wheat burnt skin. It is said to be a snack, but in fact every household uses it as a staple food, because all the dishes on the table are already wrapped in the dough. In Taizhou, we must eat this every Dragon Boat Festival. Think about it, on the Dragon Boat Festival, eat a mouthful, drink a mouthful of realgar wine, and insert a few evil swords made of calamus on the door to ward off evil spirits. The Dragon Boat Festival flavor comes out, how beautiful it is!
There are complex and simple methods for making pancakes, the most important of which is the dough. The quality of the dough is very particular. It should not be too thin, which will break easily, and it should not be too thick, which will make it taste bad when you bite it. Nowadays, leathers are sold outside, which saves a lot of trouble. The fillings usually include rice noodles, eggs, mung bean sprouts, cabbage, and onions. Of course, you can also wrap them according to your own taste. Basically, everything can be used as fillings.
The cake tube tastes very good. Since ancient times, some poets have written poems to praise it: "The Dragon Boat Festival is coming again, and joy permeates the countryside. The wheat cakes are fragrant in the stove, and the smoke is rising from the corners of the mouth." I stayed in Ning Feijia during the summer, and my neighbor offered me cakes and rolled wheat.” This shows how popular the cake tube is.
Taizhou has many special snacks, which are delicious in color and flavor. Through the steam rising from the snacks, I saw a rich Taizhou culture.