Three sets of ducks

"Three sets of ducks" is a famous traditional dish in Yangzhou. Yangzhou and Gaoyou are rich in lake ducks, which are high-quality raw materials for Jinling to make "Nanjing salted duck" and "salted duck". Yangzhou chefs used ducks to make various dishes as early as ancient times, such as "duck soup", "barbecued duck with pork" and "clear soup civil and military duck" in Ming Dynasty. In the Qing dynasty; It is also steamed with fresh ducks and dried salted ducks to make a "duck suit". In the Qing Dynasty, Tiaodingji recorded the method of making a set of ducks: "Fat ducks are boned, dried salted ducks are boned, and they are stuffed into the belly of domestic ducks, which is badly steamed and offered as a whole". At that time, Yangzhou restaurant chefs used lake ducks and wild ducks. Pigeons and pigeons are matched with each other, and they are stewed in a purple casserole made in Yixing and a wide soup with slow fire. The domestic ducks are plump, the wild ducks are crispy, and the pigeons are fresh and tender, with unique flavor and excellent taste. It is the most famous duck dish in Yangzhou, which is unique to Yangzhou in the country.
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