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AI illustration: A bowl of small cooked spiral snail shells in a light aromatic sauce.
Jiangsu

Wuyou Drunken Mud Snails 伍佑醉螺

Wuyou Drunken Mud Snails (伍佑醉螺) are mud snails (泥螺) from Wuyou town (伍佑镇) in Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu, cured in brine and then steeped in sugar and wine.

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AI illustration: A wooden tray of pale steamed glutinous rice cakes cut into tidy soft blocks.
Jiangsu

Funing Sweet Cake 阜宁大糕

Funing Sweet Cake (阜宁大糕) is a glutinous-rice cake from Funing (阜宁), Yancheng (盐城), cut into very thin white slices. The slices are moist, soft and pliable enough to roll up.

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Jiangsu

Binhai Cured Sausage 滨海香肠

Binhai Cured Sausage (滨海香肠) is a dried pork sausage from Binhai (滨海) in Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu. The Yancheng city government lists its making technique (滨海香肠制作技艺) among the city-level items of intangible cultural heritage.

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AI illustration: A plate with a few round golden baked or griddled flatbreads.
Jiangsu

Yancheng Egg Crepe 盐城鸡蛋饼

Yancheng Egg Crepe (盐城鸡蛋饼) is a batter pancake cooked with an egg on a hot iron plate, and Wenhui Daily (文汇报) calls it the most common snack on the streets and lanes of Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu.

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AI illustration: An oval plate with one cooked whole freshwater fish in light brown sauce.
Jiangsu

Xiangshui Four-Gill Perch 响水四鳃鲈鱼

Xiangshui Four-Gill Perch (响水四鳃鲈鱼) is a large fish taken mainly in the middle and lower Guan River (灌河) in Xiangshui County (响水县), Yancheng (盐城), Jiangsu. Braised in soy sauce, its flesh is white, fat and tender.

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Jiangsu

Three-Diced Steamed Buns 三丁包子

Three-Diced Steamed Buns (三丁包子) are leavened steamed buns from Yangzhou (扬州), Jiangsu, filled with diced chicken, diced pork and diced bamboo shoot, the 'three dice' of the name.

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AI illustration: A bamboo steamer containing four round white steamed filled buns.
Jiangsu

Crab Roe Soup Dumplings 蟹黄汤包

Crab Roe Soup Dumplings (蟹黄汤包) are a traditional Jiangsu dumpling filled with crab and soup, a food that Chinese Wikipedia says was already well known in the Ming and Qing periods.

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AI illustration: A bamboo steamer of open-topped pleated dumplings.
Jiangsu

Jade Vegetable Shaomai 翡翠烧卖

Jade Vegetable Shaomai (翡翠烧卖) is a traditional steamed pastry of Yangzhou (扬州) in Jiangsu and part of the Huaiyang (淮扬) pastry tradition.

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