Amaranth on the couch

The pickled amaranth in rural areas of Qingpu District originated from the commercial couch on the west bank of Dianshan Lake. The "Apo Tea" on the business couch is famous in all directions, and the amaranth with pickles is the home-cooked food that "Apo Tea" has eaten. Take a sip of fragrant tea and eat a vegetable amaranth. Tea drinkers enjoy pottery with great interest. Amaranth is neither tender nor always picked. The pickled amaranth pickled by the vegetable amaranth with three or four amaranths is more moderate. Every household can pickle 10-20 bottles, and each small bottle can hold 10-15 kg. According to people's different tastes, some use pepper, fennel, and some use orange peel, and the peasant women show their talents. Therefore, there is a saying that "a hundred dishes are fragrant with amaranth", and it is named "Suo eel carp dish", which shows the beauty of its taste. Amaranth is a local product gift for visiting relatives and friends. With the development of science, merchants pay attention to the new technology of pickling amaranth. Amaranth is easy to deteriorate after being opened in a jar. Now, amaranth is pickled in salt water bottles and sealed with rubber stoppers, and its quality and taste remain unchanged, keeping its green color. Most households have to pickle more than 100 bottles. With the enhancement of commodity awareness, farmers often see bottles of pickled amaranth being traded as local local products in farmers' markets. Most of the customers who clinched the deal were city people who came to the countryside for sightseeing.
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