Zongyang radish

Zongyang radish is a specialty of Zongyang County, Anqing City, Anhui Province. The radish from Qijitou and Huangnigang is the best in Zongyang, because it grows in semi-sandy yellow soil with moderate acid and alkali, and is completely based on fertilizer. It is a pure natural green food and has become the brand and representative of Zongyang radish. As a household vegetable, Zongyang radish can be eaten in a variety of ways. Usually, the most common cooking method is burning radish with meat, followed by stewed radish with wild duck and salted radish. In winter and spring, the radish and the half-cooked pork are boiled in water. The radish is superior and cut into fast shapes. The pork should be half thin and half fat. When it is cooked and eaten, it is best to add some green garlic leaves. It is really a good dish to accompany wine or eat. When having a meal, if the meat-roasted radish is preheated on a low-fire charcoal stove, the aroma will be tangy and the aftertaste will be long. Salted radish is a kind of home-cooked dish for farmers, which is not only a kind of rich radish eating method for farmers, but also a countermeasure to prolong the eating period of radish. After washing and drying the radish, put it in a glazed sand jar, evenly sprinkle with fine salt, and finally compact and seal it, and it can be eaten after half a month. Salted radish is crispy and delicious, salty, sweet, spicy and sour, which can be eaten with meals and rarely. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of living standards, people's eating methods of radish are also constantly innovating. For example, there is a dish called "Silver Silk" at the banquet, which is actually a kind of "cold radish strip", that is, the fresh and moist white radish is cut into filaments, scalded with warm boiled water, pickled with white sugar and refined salt for half an hour, and served on a plate. This dish is simple to make, cheap in materials, sweet and salty, salty and spicy, fragrant and crisp, which makes people love it. Stewed radish with wild duck, that is, stewed with wild duck and radish, is the highest-grade dish eaten by Zongyang radish, which seems to be common but unusual.
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