Caohe donkey meat is first stewed over high fire and then over warm fire, with nearly 20 kinds of seasonings. It takes a long time to cook, is thoroughly cooked, has a ruddy color, is fragrant but not woody, has a long-lasting aroma, is soft and delicious. According to medical books: donkey meat nourishes blood, qi, and deficiency; donkey hide gelatin nourishes yin and blood, nourishes the lungs and moisturizes dryness. It can be seen that donkey meat is not only delicious, but also has health care functions. Modern medical research shows that donkey meat is a low-fat, high-protein food with high calcium, phosphorus and iron content. As people's income levels increase, the pace of life accelerates, and consumption concepts change, there is an increasing demand for nutritious fast food, especially donkey meat barbecue with rich local characteristics. At present, Caohe donkey meat barbecue is famous in the catering markets of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. The "Caohe" trademark was successfully registered with the State Trademark Office as early as 1996. In order to allow people who do not have access to Xushui to eat authentic Caohe donkey meat, vacuum-packed Caohe donkey meat was already on the market in 1996. It has firmly occupied the market and is deeply loved by consumers. Welcome; the Caohe Donkey Meat Restaurant Chain Project has planned a distinctive "Caohe Donkey Meat Cuisine". The main store "Caohe Donkey Meat Family" and "Caohe Donkey Meat Culture Museum" are crowded with diners and the business is booming.

After winning the honors of "Baoding Special Food", "Chinese Local Specialty", and "Hebei Province Famous Trademark", and appearing in the Private Enterprise Joint Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010, Xushui Caohe Donkey Meat was included in the list of Baoding Intangible Cultural Heritage. With its important historical and cultural value, Caohe donkey meat has become a well-known specialty food card in Baoding City.

The processing of Caohe donkey meat began in the Song Dynasty, when the Cao Gang and the Yan Gang fought, and the Cao Gang won. The donkeys used to transport goods in the Yan Gang were slaughtered, and the rare and famous Caohe donkey meat was born. By the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, Xushui Caohe donkey meat had become famous far and wide.

Xushui County started with the goal of building a cultural county. , increase support for the donkey meat cultural industry in Caohe, deeply explore its historical and cultural value, and promote the further integration of farming civilization, business travel culture and food culture, relying on the resources of Xushui's traditional famous food "Donkey Meat Fire" to process donkey meat. With leading enterprises as the carrier, the country's first donkey meat food culture museum was built in 2006 to comprehensively and systematically introduce a series of cultural and scientific knowledge such as the origin of donkey species, the nutritional value of donkey meat, donkey cultural works, donkey meat food technology and development directions. We have made a fuss about the deep processing of donkeys and improving the level of catering, vigorously supported the technological innovation of leading donkey meat processing enterprises, successfully introduced technology to inhibit nitrite carcinogenesis, and introduced local production standards for Xushui cooked donkey meat. The county’s Caohe donkey meat The products have passed the national ISO9001 quality system certification; we have vigorously developed vacuum packaging of donkey meat, with an annual output of several hundred tons of vacuum-packaged donkey meat. The products sell well in North China, and the supply exceeds demand; we support leading donkey meat processing enterprises to increase product innovation, and register "Caohe "trademark, more than 20 new varieties have been developed, including "Caohe" brand donkey meat, Quan Donkey Banquet, Caohe brand donkey delicacies, Donkey Meat Encyclopedia, and Donkey Three Pieces; to improve the level of catering, relying on the Donkey Culture Museum and Baoding Caohe Quan Donkey Banquet Restaurant, developed brand store chain operation, developed 108 dishes of Donkey Banquet, Donkey Head Banquet, Donkey Shabu Shabu Banquet and BBQ Donkey Banquet, and added 3 brand chain stores, further highlighting the business card effect of Caohe donkey meat specialty food.