Bun is one of the local flour of Jinan. It is sweet and fragrant with white color, beautiful shape and highly nutritious value. It is made by mixing five kind of pounded kernels such as peanut, sesame, together with Chinese date slices, sweet-scented osmanthus sauce, crisp powder and white sugar. The old Jinan people kept the custom to make rolls during the spring time. Spring rolls are not only made in restaurants for sales, but also made in popular families.
Spring is the time when wild shepherd,d purses sprouting in the fields.
If whole members of a family go for a walk in the country at this time, some shepherd,s purses can be picked to make shepherd,s purses rolls. It is really a good pleasure to taste the fresh and tender taste wild shepherd,s purses. To make spring rolls, three procedures should be followed. First is to make roll skin. Second is to make stuff.