Summary of Cangzhou’s specialties

1. What are the must-have local specialties in Cangzhou?

Cangzhou is a place of outstanding people. Of course, there are also many specialties, covering all aspects of life. If you have the chance to come here, be sure to bring back some souvenirs. It is a good choice to give to your family and friends.

When talking about Cangzhou, the first thing is Huanghua’s local specialties. Winter jujube and Cangxian golden jujube. Winter dates are crisp and sweet, melt in your mouth, crisp and refreshing. Golden jujube has delicious meat, excellent appearance and high nutritional value. In some streets in Cangzhou, there are local specialty shops selling jujubes, which can be purchased very well. In addition, there are gift boxes in the store, which are very convenient for giving away.

There are also swimming crabs in Huanghua. Huanghua is a coastal city, so the local specialties are naturally related to seafood. March-May and September-October are the peak seasons for swimming crabs. If you happen to come to Huanghua at this time, it will definitely be delicious.

In addition, there are Mitsui Shili Xiangjiu from Botou, Cangzhou, Wangxian Liquor from Xianxian County, and Yali from Botou. They are all well-known local products and are easy to carry.

2. If you travel to Cangzhou, what are the specialties and famous foods?

Cangzhou, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, is located in the southeast of Hebei Province. Recommended famous specialties in Cangzhou are as follows: palace noodles, roasted donkey meat, golden jujubes, Cangzhou hot pot chicken, Botou pear, sheep intestine soup, Hejian roasted donkey meat, king wine, etc.

Top Ten Famous Dishes in Cangzhou City: Palace Noodles with Donkey Meat on Fire, Golden Threaded Jujubes, Cangzhou Hot Pot, Chicken Botou, Duck, Pear, and Sheep Intestine Soup, Hejian Donkey Meat on Fire, Wangxian Jiugong Noodles

The noodles are One of the specialties of Gaocheng (along with palace lanterns and palace wine, nicknamed Sangong by the people). It is a traditional famous food in Hebei Province, also called tribute noodles. With a history of more than 1,500 years, it is a traditional flavor food with unique local characteristics in Hebei Province. It is only exported by Hebei Province in the country.

Donkey Meat Sandwich

Roast donkey meat is a very popular traditional snack in northern China. Donkey meat roasting shops can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of northern China.

Golden jujube

Golden jujube evolved from wild jujube. Golden jujube has rich nutritional and medicinal value.

Cangzhou Hot Pot Chicken

Cangzhou Hot Pot Chicken is a famous traditional dish that belongs to Hebei cuisine. This dish originated from Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. It is made with vegetable chicken, tomatoes, bean paste, garlic, fennel and pepper.

Botou Pear

Botou Pear is a specialty of Botou City, Hebei Province.

Mutton soup

The mutton soup tastes fragrant and salty, is cooked and tender in the mouth, oily but not greasy, fresh but not spicy, smooth and delicious.

Xianjiu

Xianjiu is a specialty of Xian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province.

3. What are the local specialties in Cangzhou, Hebei?

Jujube

Cangzhou is also known as golden jujube. The junction of Cangxian, Xianxian and Botou and its surroundings are the origin of golden jujube. Botou City and Cuierzhuang in Cangxian County, located in the center of the production area, are authentic representatives of Cangzhou red dates. Wudi County has been growing golden jujubes for more than 2,300 years. Its quality and yield rank first in the country, and it is known as the first county in China.

Cangzhou has a long history of red date cultivation. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, farmers had benefited from jujube trees. Dacheng, Cangxian, Hejian, Xianxian, Botou, Yanshan, Haixing and other counties are rich in red dates.

Botou Pear

Pear is a specialty of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. Botou has the largest cultivation area, the earliest planting and the best quality. It has been cultivated for more than 2,000 years in the 21st century. In the past, the main distribution center for Botou pear was Tianjin Port. Therefore, the export is called Tianjin Yali. Botou pear has a beautiful shape, thin skin and thin flesh, crisp, tender and juicy, sweet and refreshing. Pears generally contain 10-13% of sugar, and contain fruit acids, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates. Pears are also an excellent remedy. The registered trademark of Botou Yali is Yujiao brand.

Mutton Soup

Cangzhou mutton soup was formerly called mutton intestine and haggis. Cangzhou is located in the eastern part of the North China Plain, but has jurisdiction over the Mengcun Hui Autonomous County. The Hui people are the main ethnic group in this county, and the snacks here are mainly beef and mutton. Cangzhou sheep intestine is one of the representatives.

Before liberation,

Cangzhou winter cabbage was a high-quality Chinese cabbage with thin bunches, fine tendons and high sugar content. It is to remove the old skewers and green leaves, cut them into small pieces about 1 cm wide and 1.2 cm long, dry them, mix them with an appropriate amount of refined salt and minced garlic, put them into a jar, compact them, seal them firmly, and let them ferment naturally for a long time. become. It is golden in color, fragrant in taste, slightly sweet in taste, slightly spicy in salt, and has high nutritional value. It is a specialty of Cangzhou.

According to records in the "Cangzhou County Chronicle", during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there were dozens of winter vegetable workshops in and around the ancient city of Cangzhou. The business was prosperous and sold at home and abroad. In 1936, Cangzhou winter vegetables won the Quality Product Award at the Commodity Expo held in Paris.

Other flavor foods include: fried tiger, hot pot chicken, braised lion head, shrimp paste, small fish spicy sauce, donkey meat roast, Renqiu smoked fish, Hejian twist candy, Yanshan preserved egg, Baiyangdian Preserved eggs, Nanpi steamed buns, Jiaohe pancakes, Wuqiao biscuits, Suning sausages, Cangzhou Feng sausages, etc.

In addition, Cangzhou also has Iron Lion Wine, Yuhe Spring Wine, Xianxian Wangxian Wine, Botou Shili Xiang Wine, Zhongjie Farm Wugu Spring Wine, foreign wine, Yanshan Morning Wine, Dudong Old Wine, etc.

4. Cangzhou specialties and snacks?

Cangzhou’s specialties and snacks mainly include the following types:

1. Fire-roasted donkey meat: Hejian fire-roasted donkey meat is a traditional delicacy in Hejian City, Hebei Province. The taste is spicy on the outside and refreshing on the inside, refreshing and mellow. Hejian roasted donkey meat has a long history, which can be traced back to Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty.

2. Cangzhou similar jujube: also known as Xihe jujube. Because the dried dates are connected with golden threads when peeled, they are as sweet as honey in the mouth and look like pearls, so they are called golden dates. Cangzhou jujube is a rare fruit that sells well at home and abroad.

3. Huanghua winter jujube: It has a history of 3,000 years and can be traced back to before the Qin and Han Dynasties. "Historical Records of Zhao Yan have thousands of jujube trees. Since ancient times, fish and salted jujubes have not been spared, and Liu Xian and Zhangwu (Liu Xian County and Zhangwu were built in Huanghua during the Qin and Han Dynasties) grew jujubes for food and brewed half of them for storage. Wealth.

4. Huanghua swimming crab: a specialty of Huanghua City, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. Portunus trituberculatus is the most important seafood in the Huanghua coastal area.

5. Chowder soup: The main ingredients include sheep tripe, sheep liver, sheep lungs, sheep intestines, etc.

6. Botou pear: a specialty of Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. Botou pear is named after its largest cultivation area, earliest planting and best quality. Botou pear has a handsome shape, thin skin, juicy texture, sweet and refreshing taste.

5. What are the delicious snack streets in Cangzhou?

The authentic snacks in Cangzhou must be halal snacks, represented by the groves on Xinkai Road and Xinhua District, such as fried shrimp and tiger, wonton ball soup, old-style scones, Songhua ham, fried Anchovies, that’s called a fragrance, there are meatballs and pot stickers, three-layer meat cakes, mutton fat cakes, braised cakes, and vegetarian boxes.

The snack street is much better. There are various snacks at Xiaonanmen Snack Street in Cangzhou Mall. Hot and sour noodles, wontons, various pastries, grilled squid, red bean cakes, peach cakes, braised vegetables, casseroles, and various cooked foods. Near Yuesi Temple, there are many hot pot chicken dumplings, buffets, mutton shabu-shabu, beef soup, and steamed buns.

Near the Nanlao Tongtian Railway Station, there is a street with mutton soup, braised and braised pancakes, fast food, rice bowls, beef ramen, and various snacks.

This is a snack street in Xintianhou. It's quite suitable for returning to Han Dynasty. Seafood, stir-fries, and barbecue are all available.