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Youxian Duck in Blood Sauce 攸县血鸭
Youxian Duck in Blood Sauce (攸县血鸭) is duck stir-fried with its own blood, made in Youxian County (攸县) in Zhuzhou (株洲), Hunan, with the county's own speckled ma ducks (麻鸭).
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Xiandu Spiced Pressed Duck 仙都酱板鸭
Xiandu Spiced Pressed Duck (仙都酱板鸭) is a branded duck speciality from Liling (醴陵). Rednet (红网) describes the finished duck as brightly coloured, with dry meat that has chew without being tough.
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Xiangtan Boiled Fresh Fish 湘潭水煮活鱼
Xiangtan Boiled Fresh Fish (湘潭水煮活鱼) is a Xiangtan (湘潭) dish of fish killed and cooked to order and boiled in a milky broth.
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Sweet Layered Lard Rolls 脑髓卷
Xiangtan's naosui juan are tender steamed wheat rolls layered with sweet pork fat; the name does not denote a brain filling.
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Village-Cured Smoked Pork 乡里腊肉
Village-Cured Smoked Pork (乡里腊肉) in Xiangtan (湘潭) is salted, dried and slowly smoked.
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Shaoshan Fire-Dried Small Fish 韶山火焙鱼
Shaoshan Fire-Dried Small Fish (韶山火焙鱼) belongs to the Mao family cuisine of Shaoshan (韶山). Small fish are gutted, dried in a pan over a fire, cooled and then smoked.
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Xiangxiang Baked Rice Cake 湘乡烘糕
Xiangxiang Baked Rice Cake (湘乡烘糕) is a thin, crisp rice cake from Xiangxiang (湘乡) in Xiangtan, Hunan.
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Lamp-Wick Rice Cake Sticks 灯芯糕
Lamp-Wick Rice Cake Sticks (灯芯糕) are a sweet pastry that Chinese Wikipedia lists as a speciality of two places: Xiangtan (湘潭) in Hunan and Guixi (贵溪) in Jiangxi.
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Xiangtan Rice Noodles 湘潭米粉
Xiangtan Rice Noodles (湘潭米粉) are the rice-noodle bowls of Xiangtan (湘潭) in Hunan, eaten dry or in soup under a fried topping.
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Maojia Restaurant Fire-Dried Fish 毛家饭店火培鱼
Maojia Restaurant Fire-Dried Fish (毛家饭店火培鱼) is the version of Hunan's fire-dried small fish made by Maojia Restaurant (毛家饭店) in Shaoshan (韶山), Xiangtan (湘潭), the home town of Mao Zedong.
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Hengdong Country Cooking 衡东土菜
Hengdong Country Cooking (衡东土菜) is the home-style cooking of Hengdong County (衡东县) in Hengyang (衡阳), Hunan.
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Hengyang Braised-Sauce Rice Noodles 衡阳卤粉
Hengyang Braised-Sauce Rice Noodles (衡阳卤粉) are a rice-noodle dish from Hengyang (衡阳) in Hunan in which the noodles are dressed with a braising liquor instead of being served in soup.
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