More than 2,000 years ago, Zhang Lu was called King Hanning. When he was defeated in the south of Bazhong, he passed by Hongmiaotang in Hanzhong, and Hanzhong people entertained him with fine bacon. It is also said that in the 26th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi took refuge in xi 'an with Emperor Guangxu, and local officials in southern Shaanxi paid tribute to bacon for imperial use. Cixi was full of praise after eating it. The traditional habit of processing and making bacon not only has a long history, but also has universality. Every year1February, that is, before "Xiaoxue" and "beginning of spring", every household has to kill pigs and sheep. Except for fresh meat enough for the Chinese New Year, the rest are preserved with fresh salt, with a certain proportion of spices such as pepper, star anise, cinnamon and clove. After 7 ~ 15 days, hang it with palm leaf rope and drip dry water to make it. Choose cypress branches, sugarcane skins, Chinese toon skins or firewood to smoke and bake slowly, and then hang them up and smoke slowly with fireworks. Or hung on the top of the stove burning firewood, or hung on the oven burning firewood and smoked slowly with fireworks. There are abundant forests and grass in the western regions, and almost every family burns firewood for cooking or heating, which is a favorable condition for bacon. Even city people don't kill pigs and sheep, but every December, we should pick the best white pork in the market, fat or thin, buy some, pickle it at home as usual, smoke a few slices of bacon and try it. If you don't burn firewood at home, ask your relatives and friends in the countryside to smoke a few.

Extension: the nutritional components of bacon

1. Bacon is rich in phosphorus, potassium and sodium, and also contains elements such as fat, protein and carbohydrates.

2. Bacon is made of fresh pork belly with skin, cut into pieces, pickled with salt and a small amount of sodium nitrite or sodium nitrate, black pepper, clove, fragrant leaves, fennel and other spices, and then dried or smoked, which has the effects of appetizing, dispelling cold and promoting digestion.