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Hei Family Dumplings 黑家饺子
Hei Family Dumplings (黑家饺子) are boiled mutton dumplings folded into the shape of an ingot (元宝), a traditional speciality of Xingtai (邢台) in Hebei with a history of nearly a hundred years.
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Longyao Mutton Soup 隆尧羊汤
Longyao Mutton Soup (隆尧羊汤) is a milky-white mutton and offal soup from Longyao County (隆尧县) in Xingtai (邢台), Hebei; the Xingtai city government writes that hardly anyone in Xingtai has not heard of it.
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Linxi Braised Beef Pancake Roll 临西饼卷肉
Linxi Braised Beef Pancake Roll (临西饼卷肉) is a thin, soft wheat pancake rolled up with braised beef, from Linxi County (临西县) in Xingtai (邢台), Hebei.
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Guangzong Paper-Thin Pancake 广宗薄饼
Guangzong Paper-Thin Pancake (广宗薄饼) is a large, thin griddle bread from Guangzong County (广宗县) in Xingtai (邢台), Hebei, also called "feng chui da youbing" (风吹大油饼, wind-blown big oil pancake).
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Qinghe Eight-Bowl Banquet 清河八大碗
Qinghe Eight-Bowl Banquet (清河八大碗) is a set of eight bowls of dishes from Qinghe County (清河县), Hebei, which the county government lists among its local specialty foods.
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Julu Braised Pancake Strips 巨鹿焖饼
Julu Braised Pancake Strips (巨鹿焖饼) are strips of unleavened wheat pancake braised with seasonal vegetables and a little meat, the everyday staple of Julu County (巨鹿县) in Xingtai (邢台), Hebei.
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Gaobeidian Shredded Tofu 高碑店豆腐丝
Gaobeidian Shredded Tofu (高碑店豆腐丝) is five-spice bean curd cut into fine threads and tied in bundles, made in Gaobeidian (高碑店), a city in Baoding (保定) on the Beijing–Guangzhou railway between Baoding and Beijing.
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Dingzhou Menzi Pork Sausage 定州焖子
Dingzhou Menzi Pork Sausage (定州焖子) is the pork menzi of Dingzhou (定州), Hebei, a stuffed sausage that also goes by the name "肉灌肠" (meat sausage).
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Baiyangdian Salted Duck Eggs 白洋淀咸鸭蛋
Baiyangdian Salted Duck Eggs (白洋淀咸鸭蛋) are salt-cured duck eggs from Baiyangdian (白洋淀) lake in Hebei's Xiong'an New Area (雄安新区), known locally as red-heart old cured eggs (红心老腌蛋) and also as yan qingguo (腌青果).
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Quyang Baked Flatbread 曲阳烧饼
Quyang Baked Flatbread (曲阳烧饼) is a square, sesame-covered bread from Quyang County (曲阳县) in Hebei, where it is baked on the inside wall of an oven built from a ceramic vat and is known as ganglu shaobing (缸炉烧饼), "vat-oven flatbread".
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Anguo Medicinal Herb Cuisine 安国药膳
Anguo Medicinal Herb Cuisine (安国药膳) is the herbal cooking of Anguo (安国) in Baoding (保定), Hebei, a city long called the "medicine capital" (药都).
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Tangxian Sheep Head and Offal Bowl 唐县碗肉
Tangxian Sheep Head and Offal Bowl (唐县碗肉), called wanrou ("bowl meat") locally, is a street-stall dish of Tang County (唐县) in Baoding (保定), Hebei: sheep head and offal boiled in clear water and eaten from the bowl with a millet or cornmeal pancake soaked in the broth.
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