Ningbo, Shaoxing, Taizhou, Jinhua, Lishui, Fuzhou and other places in Jiangxi are called "pruned vegetables", and Meizhou in Guangdong is called "pruned vegetables". There are dried mustard tuber, dried rape, dried cabbage, dried winter vegetables and dried wild vegetables, most of which are homemade at home. The method is to dry the leaves, pile them into yellow, then add salt to pickle them, and finally dry them and put them in a jar.

Dried vegetable oil is yellow and black, fragrant, relieving summer heat, clearing viscera, resolving food stagnation, treating cough, promoting fluid production and appetizing. Therefore, Shaoxing residents must cook soup with dried vegetables every summer, which benefits them immensely. As for "Sliced pork with dried plum", it is a distinctive dish in Shaoxing and has been included in the China menu.

Authentic prune practice:

Clean the harvested fresh vegetables, dry them for about 5 days, and put them in a cool and ventilated place for 4-5 days. When the leaves turn yellow-green and soft, cut the dry leaves into silk. Put the shredded dried vegetables into a pot, sprinkle with salt, rub with your hands, and put them into a clay pot when vegetable juice oozes. Seal the earthenware jar filled with shredded vegetables and store it in a cool place.