The specialty of Badong county
Tujia sesame seed cake Tujia sesame seed cake, also known as slag-dropping sesame seed cake and shake-dropping sesame seed cake, is named because the outer layer is crisp after baking and slag can be dropped with a little vibration, so it has the reputation of "China Pizza". Tujia sesame seed cake is one of the local specialty snacks in Enshi area. The main ingredient of Tujia sesame seed cake is flour. First, old flour is used as stuffing, then meat, onion and pepper are mixed together to make an oval cake, covered with soy sauce and sesame seeds, and baked in a crock with charcoal fire. Tujia Tuotuo Meat "Tujia Tuorou" often occupies a very important position in Tujia traditional banquets, and it is the first of the famous "Top Ten Bowls of Farm Food" in western Hubei minority areas. The common defatted meat is cubic in shape, about 65,438+0.5 square inches. Tuotuorou is called Tuotuorou in western Hubei dialect, so it is called Tuotuorou, which is characterized by light yellow color, salty and fresh taste, rich fragrance, soft and waxy but not greasy. The taste of Tujia cuisine in western Hubei is mainly sour, hemp and spicy. Selenium-enriched gastrodia elata is a peculiar and precious traditional Chinese medicine. It is a perennial herb parasitic plant of Orchidaceae. Its medicinal part is underground tuber, without green leaves and roots. It can't live a photosynthetic autotrophic life, and mainly relies on assimilating some fungi that invade its body to obtain nutrition. Badong is a rare selenium-enriched area in China, with less natural environmental pollution, and has the conditions to produce selenium-enriched and pollution-free gastrodia elata. The existing planting area is 654.38 million square meters, with an annual output of 500 tons. Badong garlic Badong garlic is produced in the selenium capital of the world. It is said that Kou Zhun, a famous figure in the Northern Song Dynasty, was introduced to Badong when he was appointed county magistrate. It has a history of 1000 years. In addition to the high nutritional value of common garlic, its "selenium" content is 30-40 times that of common garlic. Badong garlic has the unique characteristics of full head, few but large petals, white skin, thin and tender skin, tender meat, rich flavor and moderate spicy degree. At the 1992 Hubei Agricultural Products Export Conference, it was awarded as "Hubei Export Symbolic Agricultural Products", and the geographical protection trademark of "Badong Garlic" has been registered by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Badong Zhenxiangming Badong Zhenxiangming is a unique tea produced in Badong, which was a famous local product in ancient times. It has a long history, excellent quality, white appearance and high meat flavor. It is recorded in many ancient books. Because Badong is located between Wuxia Gorge and Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, with rolling mountains, mild climate, abundant rainfall and superior sand, light, clouds and natural conditions, it is the best place to produce high-quality tea. The tea planting area in the county has reached more than 30,000 mu, with an annual output of 350 tons of tea. Amorphophallus belongs to angiosperms, monocots and Araceae. Can be processed into refined powder, vermicelli, taro cake, canned food, etc. It has the effects of relieving swelling and pain, preventing and treating cancer, lowering cholesterol, preventing and treating hypertension, cleaning stomach and helping digestion, and also has a good therapeutic effect on gallstones, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, constipation and hemorrhoids. There is also a substance called "Hymanna" in konjac, which can control people's weight and can lose weight and keep fit after long-term consumption. Amorphophallus konjac is a pillar industry to increase income and get rich in rural areas of our county. The existing planting area is more than 1 10,000 mu, and the annual output is10.5 million kg. Every winter in Badong, Tujia people have the custom of killing pigs for the New Year. After the pigs were slaughtered in 2008, the meat was salted for about a week. After pickling thoroughly, put it on the fire resistance and smoke it to yellow with orange peel, Artemisia annua and other scents. When eating, boil the skin with fire, stir-fry with garlic and pepper, or make it into a hot pot, which has a slight smoky smell. Bacon can be preserved for several years without changing its taste, insects and insects. The meat slices are bright in color, especially lean meat, which is red and dark. According to "Chinese Materia Medica" records, the nickname of Badong Duhuo is Ducao, also known as Badong Duhuo and Duhuo in Meat. The average elevation of Xitang Village is 1.700 meters, which is one of the best growth zones for living alone. The protection scope of Badong Duhuo geographical indication products covers the administrative areas under the jurisdiction of 9 townships including Xiqiuwan Township, Yanduhe Town, Chadianzi Town, Lvcongpo Town, Dazhiping Town, Yesanguan Town, Qingtaiping Town, Shuibuya Town and Jinguoping Township in Badong County, Hubei Province. It is a perennial herb with a height of 60 ~ loocm. The stems are purple, smooth and grooved. These flowers are white. Double bilberry is rectangular with side ribs and wings. The flowering period is July-September, and the fruiting period is 9-65438+1October. Born in valleys or grass. Patong Ponkan, also known as Lu Citrus, is thin and easy to peel, with delicious color, orange-red pulp, rich juice, dense tissue, sweet and crisp, and few fresh seeds, which has medicinal effects. Two citrus brands, "Leijiaping Navel Orange" and "Leijiaping Ponkan", manufactured and packaged in Leijiaping, Dongqiaokou Town, Badong County, were rated as "High Quality Fruits in Hubei Province" and became the characteristic brands in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. The citrus belt in Leijiaping Village was awarded "Hubei High-quality Fruit Demonstration Park" and "Hubei Ecological Agriculture Demonstration Base" by the Provincial Department of Agriculture. Spiced dried bean curd Badong spiced dried bean curd is exquisite in material selection, meticulous in pickling, dark yellow in color, delicate and tough in texture, full of five flavors and unique in aftertaste. Badong spiced dried bean curd originated in the late Qing Dynasty and has a history of 100 years. /kloc-In the mid-9th century, Xinling Town, Badong County has become a land and water passage between Shanghai, so there are four or five dried bean curd workshops. It is made of spring water from Liangshui Temple, and appropriate amount of brown sugar, star anise, clove, refined salt, Sanlai, Gan Song, camellia, dried tangerine peel, ginger, fennel, pepper, chicken, etc. According to the formula, it is boiled into marinade, and then the tofu is hot-compressed with a square towel, shaped by high pressure and marinated. It is listed as the four unique snacks of the Yangtze River, namely Badong spiced dried bean curd, Liangping grapefruit, Dazhu waterlogging (sweet wine) and Zhongzhou dried bean curd. Mutton noodles Badong mutton noodles, tender meat, spicy soup, fresh taste, not greasy, beautifully made and unique. Historically, Zuiyuelou noodle restaurant and Huangkaitai mutton noodle restaurant enjoyed high reputation in Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan. Mutton noodles are refined from local goat meat, and "Badong County Governance" contains "La goat is as beautiful as a deer". When guests want to eat, they will cook the noodles with alkaline water, scoop them up, put them in a bowl, serve them with mutton soup and minced mutton, and put a little parsley on them. It is characterized by red, white and green, which is not only full of color, fragrance and taste, but also has the effect of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney.