Gege is a local specialty food in Dazhou, which is said to have been created by Qu Apo, the wife of Li Deyu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. It is a semi-solid food with a lumpy appearance, brown and yellow. Its taste is very unique, crisp and delicious, and it is one of the representative foods in Dazhou.
The production of Gege requires a lot of raw materials and various processes, among which the most important raw material is soybean. Glutinous rice, sugar, peanuts, walnuts and other ingredients are baked with large soybeans, and the square made is rectangular or round. When eating, you need to break them with a small hammer and then tear them into small pieces to eat.
Gege in Dazhou is not only unique in flavor, exquisite in manufacturing technology, but also high in nutritional value, and contains many ingredients beneficial to human health, such as protein and vitamin B family. In Dazhou, when people attend weddings, happy events and banquets, they always treat Gege as food for entertaining guests.
Gege is one of the essential delicacies, whether it is a night market stall in Dazhou or a hotel banquet. When you go to Dazhou, you must try this kind of food, which makes people linger.