Mudu specialty information

Suzhou Mudu jujube paste sesame seed cake is soft and sweet, with unique flavor. Everyone likes it and is famous for it. How is Mudu jujube paste sesame seed cake famous? As the saying goes, "Rome was not built in a day." A small sesame seed cake, it has an unusual experience? According to legend, people in Mudu Town monopolized the cake stalls of "string cakes" and "old cakes" in Qing Dynasty. The vendor is a somersault in the eyes of a copper coin. The cakes sold in the stalls are either insufficient in weight or poor in sweetness, and the business is getting lighter and lighter. When Han Dang was an apprentice, one day, one of the stall owner's brothers learned about him and came to him and said, "You ruined the business of string cakes and master cakes. I think it is better to start with gongs and drums and do it in a different color. " Knowing that this senior brother has many ways to do business, the stall owner begged him to say, "As long as he is willing to give directions, I will definitely do as you say. My brother said, "Now the business of baked wheat cakes in Mudu Town is particularly good. I think, if black dates are mashed to make stuffing, and raw materials such as lard, walnuts, pine nuts and melon seeds are used to make double-sided sesame, lard and jujube paste biscuits, as long as they are carefully crafted and pay attention to color, aroma and taste, the business will certainly not be bad. Hearing this, the stall owner applauded happily and immediately tried it. Sure enough, when the sesame seed cake was still baking, the smell of sesame and jujube paste had gone with the wind. Since then, business has been very good. At this time, the stall owner wanted to ask a pastry chef for help because he had to do internal work and run outside. After thinking about it, I thought that this senior brother had a way of doing things and was honest, so I went to consult him. Senior brother heard that jujube paste biscuits were sold, and he agreed as soon as he was happy. The stall owner has a good helper, making cakes more handy, and also changed the cake stall into a biscuit shop, named "dry source". But his nature cannot be changed. When business is good, his mind will turn again in the eyes of copper coins. He is afraid that his younger brother will be extravagant in materials, so he prepares materials himself and gives them to his younger brother every day. Brother knows that a copper coin of the stall owner is more important than a millstone, and the materials used are less and less every day, especially the weight of sugar. However, due to the relationship between the teacher and the younger brother, it is inconvenient to talk more, so I quietly used my brain and carefully brushed out the odds and ends in the broom sugar bag and put them in the jujube paste. But after all, the sugar left in the sugar bag is limited. The leftover sugar is used up, and the big brother can't help it, so he can only leave it. Soon, the stall owner found that the sesame cake was tasteless and suspected that the senior brother had stolen the sugar. He was very angry, so he rolled up his sleeves and ran to interview him to make sesame cakes. I tried it, but it was not sweet, so we had to re-ingredient it. But he still didn't trust his younger brother, so he told himself that he was afraid that his son would learn from him in order to secretly prevent him from saying that he was diligent, intelligent and eager to learn, and he had great respect for this scholar. Look at him, he doesn't have Lao Tzu's temper at all. My senior brother likes him very much and taught him all his skills. One day a few years later, when I was visiting Ganshengyuan sesame seed cake shop, it suddenly caught fire and the shop was completely burned down. The stall owner also died in the fire. My brother and the vendor's son just went out to collect debts that day, and finally escaped this robbery. When some pastry shops in other towns heard the news, they all hired my brother. The senior brother called the vendor's son to his side and said to him, "A fire can burn thousands of tall buildings, but it can't extinguish people's ambition! The golden signboard of' Ganshengyuan' cannot be easily released! This biscuit must be eaten, and the son of the stall owner is very sad to see the master go. Looking at the tragic scene of ashes after the fire, tears could not help but fall. Uncle patted him on the shoulder and led him to the place where the bed board was put during the interview. I saw my classmates searching through the ruins with iron rakes, and soon they dug up a dozen cans. Looking for mud in Kaifeng altar, I found it was full of sugar. It turns out that these candies are usually brushed down by teachers. I am afraid that the stall owner will deduct the weight from the materials, and no one wants the biscuits, so I will save them bit by bit for preparation. I didn't expect to use the vendor's son and the teacher to repair the stove and reopen the stove to make cakes. Unexpectedly, after the sugar was buried in the soil, the sugar content changed, and the jujube paste biscuit was particularly sweet. Even the old monk in Lingyanshan Temple smelled the fragrance and didn't want to recite the scriptures. After a few days, Shibo will leave Mudu. When he left, he repeatedly said to the stall owner's son, "I have worked in your grandfather's shop for so many years that I can't teach you." "I only hope that when you do business in the future, you will remember these four words: coarse powder mixed with fine powder, accurate materials, more work and less income, and contentment. These sixteen words are the secret of making cakes and the truth of being a man. You must remember that the vendor's son is bent on following these words, and his business is booming. Even several famous cake shops in Suzhou have to place orders with him. In this way, the reputation of Mudu jujube paste sesame seed cake spread like wildfire and became famous all over the country.