The basic introduction of embedded peach sesame cake
Embedded peach sesame cake is a specialty snack in Nantong, Jiangsu. Nantong embedded peach sesame cake is said to have a history of over a hundred years. It is mainly made of sesame powder, white sugar, Fried rice noodles, walnut kernel and other raw materials. The color is golden, and the taste is fragrant, sweet, pine, and crispy, with a fragrant aroma of sesame
What are the product characteristics of peach sesame cakeThe exquisite craftsmanship of inlaid peach sesame cake, with two strips per kilogram and around fifty slices per strip, each slice is golden in color, evenly inlaid with peaches, fragrant, sweet, fluffy, and crispy. Dry eating, crispy and sweet, with a strong sesame fragrance. When soaked, the aroma is overflowing, refreshing but not greasy. Sesame seeds, peach kernels and other raw materials contain 17.7% protein, 15.8% fat, 37.1% sucrose, which can be described as having a perfect combination of color, aroma and taste, and rich nutrition
How did the history of embedding peach sesame cake come aboutAt that time, within the city of Tongzhou, there was a man surnamed Xu and named Songfu who set up a "Dingtai" grocery store at the east gate, mainly producing tea, food, and pastries. He also had shops operating in other ports. Later, the Xu family donated an official position within the Qing Dynasty's government and often presented high-quality tea snacks as tribute. Only the peach sesame cake made by Master Tongbang is known for its fine selection of ingredients, exquisite processing, delicious taste, and distinctive features. From then on, Nantong's "Dingtai" sesame cake was hailed as the "official gift tea" and became famous throughout the world. After the introduction of crispy cakes, sesame cake and crispy cakes were comparable and became two famous specialty products in Nantong, attracting increasing interest from Chinese and foreign people as well as overseas Chinese. Nantong Ma Gao was also praised by Mr. Lu Xun. According to Zhou Zuoren, the younger brother of Lu Xun, who is kept in the Nantong Library, the manuscript "Ji Ziqiu's Diary" from Nantong records that Ji Ziqiu served as a military officer in Sun Yat sen's staff headquarters during the Xinhai Revolution, and later went to Beijing to meet Lu Xun, who was serving in the Ministry of Education. Ji Ziqiu has a passion for literature and often interacts with Lu Xun. In Lu Xun's diary from 1912 to 1920, there were fifty records of his interactions with Ji Ziqiu. During a conversation between Lu Xun and Ji, Lu Xun once asked Ji Zi for the help of "Nantong Dialect Commentary" to study the Nantong dialect. Ji Zi Qiu also gave Lu Xun a sesame cake from his hometown as a gift, and after tasting it, Lu Xun definitely believed that it lived up to its reputation. Therefore, on November 15, 1914, during Lu Xun's Day, there was a saying: 'Sitting for a few hectares in the Nantong Pavilion, holding a bag of sesame cake and returning home.'. After the outbreak of war, "Dingtai" ceased operations and closed down. Later, Zhang from the store opened the "Yongtai Ren" grocery store, inheriting the production of Ma Gao from "Dingtai". Subsequently, Daoxiangcun, Jingfuzhai, Daxing, Dalong, Dinglong and other tea and food shops also competed to produce Ma Gao, and the Ma Gao business became increasingly prosperous and famous