The main ingredients of Gong Candy are peanuts. The soil of Kinmen is dry and hard, yielding peanuts that are small and tough that produce delicious and crisp(6) candies. There are two legends about the naming of Gong Candy. One is that the candies were imperial "tributes"(phonetically, "Gong" in Chinese) in the Ming dynasty; the other is that during the making of the candies, "pounding" (phonetically, "Gong" in Taiwanese) the peanuts into pieces is necessary. Thus the name of peanut candy became "Gong Candy". Currently, the most popular Kinmen Gong Candies are Candy in Bamboo Leaves, Candy with Garlic Flavor, Jhujiao Candy, and so on.
花生是製作貢糖的主要原料之一；由於金門的土壤乾旱，導致所種植出來的花生粒小結實，所生產出來的貢糖具有香酥可口的口感。相傳貢糖由來有二種說法：其一是，明朝時進貢當朝皇帝的御膳貢品；其二是，貢糖在製作過程中需要將大量花生「摃」碎，因此取其「摃」的台語發音，而稱為『貢糖』。目前金門貢糖比較有名的有竹葉貢糖、蒜味貢糖、豬腳貢糖等。（三十三）

■1. be made from-由～而製成。be made of與be made from 都是「由～製成」之意，但from 與 of的用法，簡化其差異，可說from 指原料與產品之間產生了化學變化；of則是原料與產品之間性質仍同，只是發生了物理變化。
■2. sorghum-(n)高粱。
■3. aroma-(n)指植物、菜餚或酒的芳香、香味。
■4. mellow-(adj.)甘醇的，成熟的。
■5. V.S.O.-是Very Superior Old的字首縮寫。原指特級白蘭地，這裡是用來描述陳年金門高粱酒。
■6. crisp-(adj.)鬆脆的，鮮嫩的。
資料來源：金門縣政府
原書作者：陳建民、漢貴恩
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