Yangzhou pickles

It has a history of more than a thousand years. Sanhe, Simei and Five Blessingg are old sauce shops with a history of more than a hundred years. Yangzhou pickles originated from Han dynasty and became famous in Tang dynasty. Jian Zhen once introduced the production method to the East, and the Japanese made it according to the law, which made it delicious. So far, it can be made according to the old method, and Jian Zhen was regarded as the ancestor. The poem said, "The number of tofu pickles is Nara, which comes from your blind country. Folk customs have been practiced for thousands of years, and no one here is not called Tang. " In the Qing Dynasty, Yangzhou pickles were listed as royal dishes, and won the medal of the International Expo and the gold medal of the West Lake Expo. Before liberation, there were more than 70 sauce shops in Yangzhou, most of which were made in front of the shop and made in the back. Each of them had brilliant ideas, especially Simei, Sanhe and Five Blessingg. "Simei" was named by a scholar in the early Qing Dynasty who borrowed the sentence "Four beautiful tools, two difficult to combine" from the preface to Tengwang Pavilion, meaning sweet and crisp, and "Sanhe" was the owner of the sauce garden, meaning both color and fragrance. Pickled vegetables not only keep the fresh flavor of fruits and vegetables, but also have a strong sauce flavor, which is characterized by strong sauce flavor, moderate sweetness and saltiness, bright color, beautiful block shape, fresh, sweet and crisp. The main varieties are: milk cucumber, which is made of more than 30 fresh cucumbers per catty, with thin skin, tender meat, crisp and no seeds, and no residue like milk; Ginger with sauce teeth, selected from Zhejiang or Anhui tender ginger, is the fattest, the most tender, with less fiber and crisp mouth; Screw vegetables, made of manna seeds, are shaped like screws and pagodas, crisp and clear, thin and tender; Radish heads, choose more than 26 radishes every year, small, round and white. After pickling, they must be crisp, tender and sweet. Scenery dishes, choose pickles with red, yellow, green, black and other colors, cut into diced, strips, blocks, silk, slices and other shapes, and make them into scenery dishes, which are beautiful in appearance and colorful. Who doesn't love them? No wonder the poet wants to praise: "The color is like a jade, which looks like a hairpin, and the fragrance overflows the teeth. This taste is extraordinary, and it is suspected that it is a fairy product."
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