Guo Kui (pancakes), a well-known snack in Qianxian County , is thick in the middle and thin on the verge with designs of the wheel in the surface . It is crisp and tasty and is always a good present for friends and relatives . In the process of making it, the wheat flour is mixed with a limited amount of water to make a paste and then baked over soft fire so that it is easy to store and handy to carry because of it contains almost no moisture . That is why it is often the custom of the local people of Shaanxi to travel with it as their food .
Guo Kui is one of “the Ten peculiarities” in Central Shaanxi and it is often described as big as a manhole cover .