Peacake,Cool Bean Dessert
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Peacake is such a kind of good snack for summer refreshing. It’s of pale yellow color and cool taste.Once you have a bite,it immediately melts softly.The reason why it’s called peacake (“Wandouhuang”in Chinese)is that its main ingredient is pea(“Wandou”)and its color is yellow(“‘Huang”).Pea is mainly produced in Zhangjiakou.
Legend was that the peacake and the kidney bean roll were both tributed to the royal palace in Qing Dynasty.Peacake was highly appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi.Therefore,it’s hard to estimate the added value.Many ordinary people can’t afford the snack.But eventually the home made peacakes are more popular with the advantages in price,taste,authentic style.Snacks are not that famous or dazzling like those main dishes.However,as long as they keep the original truth and nature,they will have incomparable attractiveness and charm.
For this reason,peacakes sell very well in Gokokuji snack bar.In daily life,they will cook 2-3 pots of peacakes while increase to 7-8 pots during festivals.There are 800 pieces of peacakes in one pot.The best eating way is to eat it up after buying one.But it is also suitable for reserving for several days without affecting its taste or storing in a refrigeration.Hence,the snack bar creates a kind of birthday cake made of peacake and plans to launch a kind of peacake popsicle in summer.
