According to legend, before Jiajing entered Beijing, there was a long history of infighting among the royal family. Empress Zhang was forced by the political situation to seal the three princes by secret edict, saying, "Be a monarch first, then a minister." Xing Wang Fu is the farthest from Beijing. In order to work overtime, Yan Song, a screen guest, offered suggestions. Zhu Houcong pretended to be Qin and got on the prison car, and went to Beijing day and night. Zhu Houcong is a vassal Wang Shizi, who is usually luxurious. It's easy to take a prison car, but it's difficult to eat coarse grains on the road. So he ordered the chef in the yamen to make a dish that eats fish but doesn't see fish. If you can't do it, it will be difficult to save his life. There was a chef named Jando. He was ingenious and didn't make a dish that met the requirements. One day, Zhan's wife saw that her husband had not come back because it was getting late, so she brought the cooked sweet potato to her husband. The couple met each other halfway and accidentally broke the skin of the red peony. Jando had a brainwave and realized the formula! Chef Qi Xin worked together to make a delicious food that ate fish but didn't see it. It turns out that fish, meat and eggs make a "red potato", and some people call it a "carrot". "Sweet potato" is nutritious but not greasy, and tastes delicious. Zhu Houcong ate "red stripes" and went to Beijing to be emperor. Zhu Houcong became Jiajing after laying the foundation. Zhan Duo was ordered to go to Beijing to cook for the emperor. He improved the red yam and renamed it "Panlong dish", which is the dish eaten by Panlong. After Jiajing ate the new "Panlong dish", he was full of praise and ordered people to write it down in the court cookbook. Since then, "Panlong Cuisine" has become a delicacy in Ming Palace. Up to now, it has become a traditional specialty dish visible on the dinner table of Zhongxiang every household during the New Year.

1. Ingredients: fresh meat, fresh fish, fresh eggs, superior starch, salt, monosodium glutamate, onion and ginger.

2. How to eat: one steaming: slice into a bowl, steam in a cage for half an hour, and eat with soy sauce and vinegar. Second frying: cut thick slices and size, heat the oil in the pan and fry until golden brown. Take soy sauce and vinegar when eating. Three runs: slicing, warm oil and simmering. Zhongxiang's comprehensive agricultural strength ranks first in Hubei Province, and it is a famous land of plenty. The rice produced has a high yield, but the quality is rough, and northerners call it brown rice.

Moreover, this brown rice is the best raw material for making rice tea. According to legend, Zhu Youyuan, the fourth son of Zhu Jianshen, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty (that is, the biological father of Emperor Jiajing), was canonized as Wang Xing and the food city Huguang Anluzhou (now Zhongxiang). His concubine, the mother of Emperor Jiajing, Jiang Huai was pregnant, but she didn't expect it. It's disgusting to see delicious food. Wang Xing invited many chefs to serve all kinds of dishes, which was not to Chiang Kai-shek's taste. Wang Xing was very angry, and a chef was very anxious. When Jiang brought out the rice tea at home for everyone to eat, his appetite increased greatly. Wang Yan was so happy that rice tea entered the court from the folk. After Jiang entered the palace with Jiajing, he ordered the chef to make rice tea every summer. However, the rice tea fried by the best Gong Mi in the palace is far less mellow and refreshing than that made by brown rice, and Zhongxiang brown rice once became a tribute.

Rice tea is named after wrapping the stomach with food and quenching thirst with drink, and its production is also very simple. First, put the rice in a pot and stir-fry it over medium heat. When the rice turns yellow and burnt, take it out of the pot, wash it with clear water and filter out the water. Then put it in a pot and add water to cook until the rice grains bloom. Naturally cool out of that pan. Rice tea is light yellow in color, rich in aroma, slightly sweet but not light in taste, slightly astringent but not bitter. It can not only replace rice, but also quench thirst with tea. It is a good product for heatstroke prevention and cooling in summer. The hotter the climate, the fresher the food. In Zhongxiang village, people usually fry it the night before, put it in a clay pot and eat it the next day. Overnight rice tea tastes slightly sweet and sour, which can stimulate appetite, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and has a unique flavor. In Zhongxiang City, every household cooks rice tea in summer, and some residents in neighboring counties and cities such as Jingmen, Jingshan, Shayang, Tianmen and Yicheng also like to eat rice tea. Speaking of crisp cakes in Zhongxiang, Hubei, let alone a native of Zhongxiang, even tourists passing by Zhongxiang will give a thumbs up. The whole body is pale yellow and looks very appetizing. The tempting crispy fragrance makes people drool a few meters outside the store, oily but not greasy, and the entrance is instant; Shortcakes are divided into sweet and salty flavors, among which the sweet one is especially famous. Zhongxiang specialty shortcake is a traditional popular specialty food deeply loved by ordinary people, and it is also a special food and holiday gift that Zhongxiang tourists must buy.

Hubei Zhongxiang shortbread has a long-standing reputation and is a unique traditional longevity food of Zhongxiang since the Tang Dynasty. Crispy and delicious, it melts in the mouth, crisp and refreshing, and has a long aftertaste. It can be used as a snack, a staple food, and a good product for tea and drinking. In Xian Yi, people of all ages can enjoy this festival all year round. By the tenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhongxiang's specialty shortbread and Panlong cuisine were listed as imperial meals. According to research, Zhongxiang's specialty shortbread, formerly known as shortbread, appeared at the same time as Zhongxiang's rice tea, and originated in Chu Zhuangwang (6 13 BC-59 1 year). In 606 BC, the national strength of Chu was strong, and Prime Minister Sun Shuai led Huangxian Cave to open the Aohe River, which initiated the great development of Jianghan agriculture and made Jianghan Plain rich in the world. At this point, Yangzi, Changshou, Zhangji, Fengle and Lushi have guaranteed the land's floods and droughts, and the grain harvest has become a battleground for governors and emperors. However, in Chu Zhuangwang's Northern Expedition, Lu Hunrong wanted to meet the soldiers and win the Central Plains, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers had food and clothing. So, Chu Zhuangwang soldiers camped in Zhong Ying (Zhong Ying), traveling incognito to visit farmers in Zhong Ying, and met an old woman who was drinking rice tea and eating crispy Baba. King Zhuang and his entourage were thirsty and hungry, so they immediately exchanged coins for rice tea and crisp food. Rice tea quenches thirst, is crispy and delicious, and makes Zhuang Wang and his party feast their eyes. King Zhuang had a brainwave, asked the old woman in detail how to make two kinds of diets, and returned to the barracks to order the soldiers to make them according to law, thus solving the dietary difficulties of the troops marching northward. In the sixth year of Liu Songtai (AD 470), Zhongxiang County was famous for its longevity. After Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty (Zetian), he lived for two years. Crispy Baba is sold in restaurants, restaurants and snack bars, commonly known as crispy Baba. By the tenth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty, Chengtianfu Zhongxiang shortbread was famous all over the country. The method of pure manual production has continued to this day. Since 1983, Yang Po has been making this kind of Zhongxiang specialty shortbread by hand, inheriting and maintaining the traditional technology of Zhongxiang shortbread, and making sweet and salty shortbread and shortbread strips. It is a popular specialty food in Yingxian County and is deeply loved by the public. It is also the main Zhongxiang specialty food independently produced by Yang Po. Yangpo shortcake is served with rice tea unique to Zhongxiang specialty. It can be said that summer food is a kind of enjoyment after cooking and cooling. The hotter the weather, the fresher it is. Yangpo shortbread is also the best companion food for rice tea. Refined from the Millennium wild Ge Fen. Through scientific detection, it is rich in many nutrients such as starch, protein and whole sugar, and many trace elements such as calcium, iron and copper 10. Has effects in cooling, relieving fever, promoting salivation, quenching thirst, strengthening yang, resisting bacteria and removing toxic substances, lowering blood pressure, and treating coronary heart disease. It has special effects on sore throat, tongue pain, clearing fire in children and diarrhea. The annual output is 1000 tons, and the products sell well at home and abroad. In Japan, Zhongxiang Ge Fen has the reputation of longevity powder, which was given by Emperor Akihito as a royal food and listed as a royal tribute series; 1993 is listed as an inspection-free imported product by Japan. In the United States, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and other countries and regions, it is favored by many families. Ge Fen was recognized as "Japanese Imperial Restaurant" and the inn was named "Hometown of Ge Fen, China" by the State Council Development Research Center. Zhongxiang Ge Fen Industrial Co., Ltd. is a key leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization in Jingmen City, with an area of 2 1 000 square meters, fixed assets of 3.85 million yuan, annual output of 500 tons of Ge Fen, sales income of 0/0.5 million yuan, profits and taxes of 3 million yuan, and foreign exchange earned by export of 65,438 yuan. 1993, the wild Ge Fen and its processing technology won the national invention patent; 199565438+In February, Kedian Town was awarded the title of "Hometown of Ge Fen, China" by the State Council Development Research Center, and the "Zhongxiang China Lattice Science Research Institute", a specialized scientific research institution of Ge Fen industry, was established, which is the national lattice industry technical training center; 1April, 997, the trademark "Shanling Brand" was awarded the title of "Famous Trademark" in Hubei Province; 1In March, 1998, Shanling Ge Fen was awarded as a famous brand product in Hubei Province at the Third China Agricultural Expo, and Ge Fen processing has now become a major characteristic industry of Zhongxiang industrial economy.