1, since it is a sacrificial furnace, it is necessary to set up a tribute. In Fuyang, the typical food offering sacrifices to stoves is the first to promote stove candy. According to the Records of Yingzhou in Kangxi, Fuyang Sacrificial Furnace "collects fruits, tea and wine". Among them, "Huan" is maltose condensed into blocks, and solidified maltose is candied melon. The main ingredients for making candied melons in Fuyang are rice and wheat, and they are also boiled with red taro. The production process is complicated, and it can only be made by soaking, budding, steaming, fermenting, stirring, frying sugar, drawing, cutting and cooling.

Although there must be a stove tribute, the specific tribute depends on the family situation. Generally speaking, honeydew melon is a must. Melon is also called stove candy, which is intended to make the kitchen god say something sweet. Some people say that it is to make the kitchen god's teeth stuck by sugar and speechless. In rural areas, some people use candied popcorn as a tribute. Of course, in order to please the kitchen god, families with good conditions should give as many offerings as possible to the kitchen stove. If there are no honeydew melons in the family, they can only burn incense to show their respect. In the old days, there was a ballad: "Kitchen God, whose real name is Zhang, a bowl of cold water and three incense sticks. This year is not easy, and I will treat you to kitchen candy next year. " That's what it means. Some people don't put up portraits, but put incense tables directly in front of the kitchen stove at home, or worship directly in front of the shrine or the hall painting (the general hall painting is all about the kitchen god). This process is called magnetic stove. But modern people often use candy or chocolate to gently touch the incense burner and make a slight gesture to realize their wishes.