Rudong county is rich in seafood resources and has excellent edible nutrition. There are more than 50 kinds of precious seafood here, and all kinds of seafood 1093 kinds, among which the quality and quality of Meretrix meretrix and Porphyra yezoensis rank first in China. Meretrix meretrix, laver, prawn, yellow croaker, eel and other products not only meet the demand of urban and rural markets, but also are exported to Japan, Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong and Macao. The unique geographical location near the river and the sea is very suitable for the growth and reproduction of seafood such as fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish and algae, which makes Rudong's seafood "fresh" tender and "fresh" attractive. No wonder some people sincerely sigh that if they have tasted Rudong seafood, it is better to have some local seafood.
One side of the soil and water support one side. Because of its rich seafood, merchants and prosperous market, Digang is called "Little Yangzhou" and is known as a fresh city in the list of famous towns in Jiangsu 100. For more than a thousand years, Rudong people have created rich and unique seafood cooking skills and seafood diet culture with their own intelligence. Rudong seafood, represented by "the first fresh clam in the world", originated from Huaiyang cuisine, but it has its own system, with other incomparable characteristics: exquisite selection of materials, taking materials from different places, pursuing original flavor, fresh and peaceful, moderately salty, fresh and original flavor. The knife is exquisite, pays attention to pyrotechnics, and the flavor is fresh, thick but not greasy, light but not thin, and the eater has a feeling of endless aftertaste afterwards. At the same time, a number of famous teachers and chefs with exquisite cooking skills have also risen. Large and small hotels have grown from dozens in the past to more than 200 now. In the first post specializing in cooking teaching and research, Qiusheng Middle School has trained tens of thousands of students to go to major hotels inside and outside the province in recent years. Chefs and chefs in major hotels and restaurants in the county have accumulated rich cooking skills and experience in practical work. Making seafood for foreign guests to enjoy has become a great pleasure for people. Catering enterprises such as Zhongtian Huanghai Hotel and Liubu Hotel have become the windows for Rudong people to show.
As the saying goes, "the mountain depends on the mountain, and the sea depends on the sea." The broad mind of the South Yellow Sea has given Rudong people thousands of years of love and contributed to the unparalleled Yangkou Port for the benefit of future generations. Therefore, accelerating the construction process of Yangkou Port, giving full play to the advantages of marine resources, studying Rudong seafood, learning seafood skills, cultivating seafood brands, gathering the popularity of many people, attracting more people to "taste the world's delicious food, observe the customs of the South Yellow Sea, and prosper as Rudong Port", so that they can "eat in Rudong, play in Rudong and invest in Rudong", which is related to the promotion of Rudong, the promotion of the seaport and future generations.
Rudong seafood is a nutritious food, which has become everyone's consensus. With the continuous improvement of people's material living standards, the absorption, collocation and balance of nutrients have become the primary problem of "eating". Rudong's clams, clams, lavers, crabs, fish, shrimps and other seafood are rich in protein, calcium, iron, multivitamins and other essential ingredients, and the protein per 100 grams is as high as 15-20 or more, while shark's fin, sea cucumber, scallops, fish maw and other protein contents are as high as 70 grams, which shows its value and its taste is fresh but not greasy.
Rudong seafood is an educational food. Eating seafood regularly can enhance people's intellectual development, enhance their memory and improve their standard quality. In recent ten years, education can best reflect Rudong's overall quality level. Rudong's education level has been in the forefront of the province for nearly 20 years, creating the myth of college entrance examination, so that there is a saying that "Jiangsu is the focus of national education, Nantong is the focus of Jiangsu education, and Rudong is the focus of Nantong education". Rudong people's physical quality is also manifested in training and transporting a large number of outstanding athletes, including Olympic champion, creator of the world records of 200m and 400m medley, badminton world champion Zhao Jianhua, Asian "online trapeze" men's volleyball player, China women's table tennis coach Joe, and Olympic champion Shen Weiwei who won the women's epee world championship.
Rudong seafood is longevity food, and Rudong people's longevity is well known. The proportion of longevity population in this county is higher than that in surrounding counties and cities. The ocean is the cradle of life, which contains endless treasures, including many life elements and energy substances beneficial to human body. Seafood, such as fish, shrimp, shellfish and algae, has the special ability to absorb and gather these biological substances. In particular, trace elements such as selenium and germanium contained in marine life are internationally recognized anti-aging nutrients. Therefore, Rudong seafood not only has high nutritional value, but also has high medicinal value, which can even reduce the probability of coronary heart disease, hypertension and stroke in the elderly. Rudong people, especially coastal residents, are mostly healthy, especially those who live a long life, and undoubtedly benefit from the gift of 1
Rudong seafood is beauty food. Tracing back to ancient medicine, it was listed as a commodity in Shennong Herbal Classic more than 2000 years ago. Rudong seafood represented by Meretrix meretrix is a unique gift for Rudong people. Because the various nutrients contained in seafood not only make sebaceous glands secrete vigorously, sweat glands secrete more, and the number of dermal stromal cells increases, but also have the function of continuing these functions. Eating seafood often can produce body fluid, moisturize skin, beautify skin and keep young forever.
Seafood plays an important role in cooking, and seafood cooking skills are the crystallization of the wisdom of working people for thousands of years. In order to further improve the level of seafood cooking, cultivate seafood with Rudong local characteristics, and inherit and carry forward Rudong seafood food culture, Rudong County Party Committee and government successfully held the first "Zhongtian Cup Rudong Seafood Cooking Competition" in Jiangsu Province in August 2004, which was divided into individual competition and team competition (fine banquet). Through the competition, a group of outstanding and promising chefs were highlighted, and a number of new dishes with Rudong seafood characteristics were introduced. In addition, there are 80 dishes in Jiangsu Volume, a famous dish in China, among which 60 dishes in Rudong are recorded. At present, among the more than 200 cuisines compiled by Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shandong, Sichuan and other provinces, Rudong accounts for 35 of the 40 famous cuisines in Nantong.
Today, Rudong's seafood has gone out of Rudong, gone to the whole country and flew to the world. May Rudong's unique seafood flowers bloom like Rudong and Wan Li is fragrant.