Dried plums are usually dried with fresh vegetables, such as mustard, rape, Chinese cabbage or potherb mustard. Dried plums are made by drying fresh leaves, pickling and fermenting. People in different regions choose different materials when making dried plums, and the dried plums are generally stored in porcelain jars.

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The names of dried plums in different regions are different, such as Shaoxing, Ningbo, Lishui, Jinhua, Fuzhou, Taizhou and Meizhou. Most prunes are made by family members and occasionally sold in the vegetable market.

Dried plums are oily yellow and black in appearance, mellow in taste and resistant to storage. In addition to being eaten directly with rice as pickles, dried plums can also be made into dishes with other ingredients, such as braised pork with dried plums, braised pork with dried plums, braised pork feet with dried plums, braised fish with dried plums, stewed ribs with dried plums and so on.