Peach slice cake is a famous local specialty in Yunyang county, with glutinous rice, peach kernel, sugar and caramel as the main raw materials. It has a long history, exquisite craftsmanship and unique flavor, and is deeply loved by consumers. Now the annual output has reached nearly 3000 tons, which are sold at home and abroad.
Beginning in the Tang Dynasty, Yunyang people liked to make glutinous rice cakes, which gradually became a trend. During the Anshi Rebellion, Du Fu, a poet saint, took refuge in Yunyang, praised glutinous rice cakes, and wrote poems in court. Yunyang peach crisp is famous all over the world. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the production technology of peach cakes had been further improved, and jade belt cakes as white as jade had been produced. In the early Qing Dynasty, the production of peach cakes tended to be extremely prosperous, with four largest workshops in Song, Zuo, Wei and Peng.
At present, the best-selling and most famous series of peach cakes produced by Yunyang Qianjin Food are "Ruilanzhai" and "Wang". Wang's special peach cake is as white as jade, rolled well, spread out and ordered well. 1994 won the gold medal of Chengdu Shuangxin Expo by the State Science and Technology Commission and Sichuan Provincial People's Government, and was awarded the title of "Consumer's Favorite Commodity" in Wanxian City. Others have "Lu Lao Ji", which is not bad.
Yunyang peach cake originated in Tang Dynasty. It is said that in several generations, there are eighty-year-old people suffering from gastrointestinal diseases. When they learned that glutinous rice is beneficial to qi, they groped for a glutinous rice cake that can be digested well without losing teeth, and can also invigorate qi and strengthen the body. Old people often use this cake to satisfy their hunger. After a few months, their situation actually improved. After that, they make dozens of kilograms at a time and store them in jars for half a month to keep the original flavor. This method was spread to others, and the process was gradually improved. The glutinous rice is prepared by screening, elutriation, frying, night dew, grinding and mixing sugar, steaming with fragrant wood and slicing.
According to county records, in the third year of Guangde, Tang Daizong (AD 765), Du Fu fell ill due to depression. He went downstream to Yun 'an (now Yunyang County) and saw the beautiful scenery, that is, he lived for several months. The servant was worried about his master's illness and sought medical advice everywhere. Suddenly, one day, he saw an old man sitting alone in a village in Shan Ye, holding a cake like snow in his hand, uncovering the fragments like paper and eating leisurely. The servant was surprised at the ignorance of the cake and told him the purpose of his coming and what he had eaten. The old man told the truth and gave the cake to the guest. The guest opened the entrance and melted it in one bite, that is, he said goodbye to his home and told Du Fu. Du Fu was also surprised, so he invited the old man to be a guest and talked about the difference between scenery and things. After the old man came home, he made dozens of pounds of glutinous rice cakes for his guests. Du Fu ate them as a meal, and then ate them with snacks. After a month, his anger became comfortable, and he seemed to get worse. I wrote with emotion: "I have made money to stop the straight move, and it is time to let the food enter my lips." Poetry, etc. In the Ming Dynasty, several omnivorous candy stores in the county began to make glutinous rice cakes with folk crafts, and gradually made some improvements in the production process. Glutinous rice night dew is replaced by floor to absorb moisture and sweat, wooden box is replaced by iron box for steaming and stewing, and caramel peach kernel is mixed. The cake shaped like a jade belt was named "Jade Belt Cake", which was put on the market and was deeply loved by the world. From the end of Ming Dynasty to the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the jade belt cakes produced by Wei, Zuo, Song and Peng in this county had the best quality. According to the Records of Yunyang County in the Republic of China, "Wei Changyuan, Song Ruilan, Zuo Tianlu and Peng Yitai made jade belt cakes, which were made of rice flour with sugar and walnuts. They are cut into thin slices, also known as peach slices, which are very delicious. These are local famous products, and people who pass the county gate will definitely buy them. Neighboring counties can't copy. For hundreds of years, Zuo Wei changed hands and Song Peng still attacked its industry. " Legend: "In the early Qing Dynasty, there was a rich man in Zhejiang, and an only son named Tang Cong was ignorant and ignorant. His father donated money to a county magistrate in Yunyang. When he took office, he brought an old sugar-making artist named Chen Shi, an old man who gave him sweets and cakes arbitrarily. Over time, he broke down from overwork and missed his wife and children in his hometown. A few years later, when Tang came home from his post, he saw that an old man had been ill for a long time and left the office. The old man lives alone in a foreign land, and his life is dying. Thanks to the help of Chun-Li and Song Ji's grocery stores in front of the official residence, under the careful care of Chun-Li, the old man's condition gradually improved. Seeing their honesty and kindness, Chen Shi taught him the skills of making cakes.
In Chunguang, according to the method taught by the teacher, raw materials such as honey rose, honey osmanthus, orange, winter slices and shredded red and green pomelo were added to the original jade belt cake, and the technology was improved to make a humanoid cake called "peach slice cake". As soon as it was put on the market, it won a good reputation, and the Songjia grocery store suddenly became prosperous. In less than two years, he became a large-scale store and the boss of the Song family. There is a son opposite Zuojiazhai store, who is excellent in character and study, but he gave up his studies and went to work because of poor business. I often associate with Lao Shi and have some friendship with my brother and sister. Seeing that he was studious, the old man arranged to betroth Chun-Li to him. Under the guidance of the old man, Zuojiazhai also made new peach cakes. The peach slice cakes produced by these two companies were very popular, and soon, fast food restaurants flourished. Until the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Ruilanzhai and Fulin Zhai, which produced peach slices cakes, became world-famous Dazhai stores.