Wucheng Spiral Pancake,Becoming Famous Beyond Expectation
2 min readWucheng spiral pancake is a famous snack of Shandong Province, Legend has it that in the 17th year of the Chongzhen reign(1644)of the Ming Dynasty,Daring King Li Zicheng led his army to launch an attack on Beijing.When passing by Wucheng,he smelled the fragrance of baked pancakes.He dismounted from his horse and entered a roadside shed selling stuffed pancakes. He and his entourages ate the pancakes with stuffing to their hearts’content,and then watched its cooking process with great interest.The chef skillfully rolled out flour wrappers,added mixed stuffing,made wrappers into buns before putting the stuffings into pancakes with hands and baking them until they were light yellow. Finally,put them into a stove with a pile of over 100 pieces of broken tiles to bake them until they were golden yellow.
After watching the preparation process of pancakes,he could not help saying: “Nice! Delicious!Wonderful!I have traveled all over the country but it’s the first time for me to see such a fabulous process.It’s no wonder that the pancakes have a special aroma.”Then he pointed at the signboard outside of the shed and said: “Why don’t we call it Spiral Pancake?”
Since then,”Wucheng Spiral Cake”has gradually become well known throughout the country.lt is as thin as a finger,and as large as a plate,crisp outside and tender inside.Usually,the pancakes are stuffed with pork,beef,mutton and eggs, being fat but not greasy as well as fragrant and tasty.
