Where does Foshan blind cake come from?

It is said that a blind old man named He in Zumiao Street of Foshan opened a "Ganlongtang" divination hall. Because many people drag their children to ask for fortune telling every day, the children are noisy and can't cope. He Yuzhai, the son of He, made small pies to calm the children down. Therefore, the cake was sold by the mansion for the blind, so it was named the cake for the blind.

Features: the blind cake is made of pure materials, well-made, delicious and attractive, and resistant to storage. Long-term storage of blind public flavor cake name: Zhanjiang flavor humanized cake.

The blind man's name is He Sheng Chao. At the age of eight, he was blind because of his poor family and lack of money for medical treatment. At the age of ten, he began to learn Buyi. After he finished his studies, he opened the "Gan Gan Tang" divination hall at the entrance of Jiao Shan Square in this city. At that time, some people believed it. Give birth to two sons and a shadow source; The famous Foshan blind cake

Fenxing (word Yuzhai). Among them, Yu Zhai serves his father in the library. Because the fortune teller took many children, he cried loudly, which affected his work. Yu Zhai came up with an idea: dry rice and grind it into rice flour, add sesame seeds and peanuts, and mix it with raw oil to make a rice cake called "meat pie". At present, the word "meat pie" is printed on the cake of the blind. ) This way, you can sell it to people who ask for advice to feed your children, and you can earn more money to help your family. Because of exquisite production, sweet and delicious, cheap price, more and more buyers. In order to make a profit, neighbors also imitate the sale, but the quality is not as good as "genuine". People flocked to Synbiotics to buy them. People who buy cakes from blind men call them "blind men's cakes", which have been passed down from generation to generation, hence the name. In feudal society, the blind were most afraid of being called blind. So for more than 100 years, although the cake for the blind has been well-known in the market, his descendants did not take the "cake for the blind" as a signboard, but took the name of Hutchison Meat Heart Cake. It was not until after the liberation of 1952 that our city participated in the South China Material Exchange Conference, and in order to promote Foshan native products, it was officially designated as a blind cake.

Production and sales process of blind cakes

Since it became famous, the number of buyers of blind cakes has increased day by day, and many people regard it as a good gift. When it was first made, the cake was bigger than copper coins and had no pig heart. 1875, in order to keep improving, pig heart was added to prepare. After the establishment of the No.1, employees from 12 to 13 have been employed for production over the years, but there are only seven or eight actual production personnel. Daily output 10000 kg, peak period 1933 to 1936, daily overtime output reaches 15- 16 hours, and daily output is more than 20000 kg. Most of them are sold to Dongguan and Shilong, and tourists from the province and Hong Kong and Macao who come to Foshan buy more blind cakes to feed their relatives and friends. Before liberation, Hehemark had been retailing in the old shop of Heyuan Society. There is no wholesale or agent, and the export volume is very small. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the year before last, exported only 4,800 Jin, which was exported by foreign ships with iron cans hardcover (no meat heart). The Japanese invaders invaded south, Foshan fell, looting and killing everywhere, the people were in dire straits, the sales of blind cakes plummeted, and most production workers returned to their hometowns to farm. Since then, the form of blind cakes has changed from big to small, from selling one barrel (every ten barrels). The daily output is 300 to 400, and the business is sluggish, sometimes it doesn't start for a few days. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, production recovered slightly, and workers gradually returned to Foshan from the countryside. However, under the reactionary rule of the Kuomintang, production still has not developed greatly. The daily output is only 30,000, which is about10.5 million cakes before the war, and it has not recovered to the pre-war production level.

Production characteristics

The making of blind cakes is different from ordinary cakes. Most cakes sold in the market are made of flour, while blind cakes are made of glutinous rice, with high-quality raw materials such as sugar, peanuts, sesame, pork and raw oil. The pork sandwiched in the cake is more beautiful and exquisite. Marinate with fine sugar for several months (at least a few days) before taking it out. It tastes sweet, crisp and delicious, and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. For more than 100 years, the production method is simple, baking in clay pots and sitting for production, with extremely low efficiency. It was not until 1955, after the public-private partnership, that the chopping board system was converted to stand-alone production. Due to the improvement of operation method, the production efficiency has been greatly improved. At present, there are two product specifications, the large one is six per barrel and the small one is ten per barrel. There are also cartons and tin cans for export or gifts.