Seafood Treasures - Clam Nantong is adjacent to the Yellow Sea to the east. The 130,000 hectares of tidal flats are rich in hundreds of species of shallow-water shellfish, among which clams are the most abundant, accounting for one-third of China's exports.

Clams are known as "the most fresh in the world" and they belong to the class Gill and Clams.

Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty said: "The clams that have more benefits than others are collectively called clams. They have white shells and purple lips, or there are patterns on the shells, so they are called clams or flower clams." The poet Mei Yaochen of the Song Dynasty also once said "The Cartharis and the Moon"

"Clam, sent from Hailing County" poem.

When Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River, he ate clams in Suzhou and named them "the most delicious in the world".

Clams live on beaches with low salinity in shallow seas. They are dioecious and their gonads mature from June to July. The sperm and eggs they produce are fertilized and hatched in seawater. The young clams enter the sandy bottom to inhabit after three weeks.

It takes two to three years for harvesting from young clams to mature ones.

Young clams are carried by the tide to the tidal flats with a depth of more than ten meters. The most suitable water temperature is 15-25 degrees. They feed on algae and plankton. When they grow up, they gradually migrate to the subtidal zone. They often appear on the sand surface in normal times and dive in in winter.

It overwinters on the sandy bottom about 20 to 30 centimeters, but there are pores for ventilation.

The clam's shell is like a colorful fan, and its meat is extremely tender and nutritious, containing 10% protein, 11.2% fat, 2.5% carbohydrate, and calcium, phosphorus, and amino acids necessary for the human body.

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Eating clams can stimulate appetite, promote lactation, and keep fit. It also has the functions of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, diuresis, and dispersing clams.

The colorful baker can be used as an exquisite packaging box for clam oil, or it can be made into a handicraft in an elegant hall.

There are many ways to eat clams. They can be used as the main dish, stir-fried over high heat; or used as a side dish to enhance the color and flavor; or marinated with seasonings and eaten raw; or chopped into minced meat and fried into pancakes.

Especially in recent years, Rudong Pharmaceutical Factory has developed it into a fine powder, which has been named "The Best Freshness in the World" and is famous at home and abroad.

People who were born and raised by the seaside are accustomed to eating them freshly. They wash the clam meat, pickle it with salt for a while, wash it, and add it with shochu, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, and sugar.

The best dish to go with your drink.

But the strangers were all dumbfounded after seeing it, fearing to avoid it, but after a long time, they couldn't resist the temptation, and they had the "heroic spirit" of "the only way to be honest is to sacrifice".

After closing my eyes and swallowing a few, my horizons suddenly widened and I felt it was too late to meet them.

People on the seaside also have a good skill in making clam sauce.

Put the fresh clams into a jar or bottle, add salt, ginger, green onions, wine and other condiments, seal the mouth, and place it in a cool and ventilated place. After a period of time, open the lid and the fragrance secreted will make you happy.

Drooling and increased appetite.

This sauce can be given as a gift to relatives and friends, or as a main course for coastal people to eat in the morning and evening while working in the mainland.

No wonder coastal people have such a strong sense of nostalgia, which can be seen from this.

On the vast Nanhuang Beach, as the tide goes down, some people carrying iron planes on their shoulders, some carrying net bags, flock to the sea where a "golden cow" emerges.

Some of them leaned on their shoulders with iron planes and dragged them back quickly, relying on the sound coming from the sand to quickly hook the clams into the net bag.

Some people just step on the clams with their feet. After stepping on the sand and mud on the beach, the clams will naturally emerge from the sand, and then they pick them up one by one into the net bag with their hands.

People stepped on the clams and talked.

Smiling, singing, and full of poetry.

Reform and opening up has brought new development opportunities and injected new "vitality" to the people of South Yellow Sea.

Nantong people brought clams into the international market, making them truly "the most delicious in the world."

Take Rudong, a famous clam-producing area in the country, as an example. In addition to the natural clam breeding sea area, the county has an artificial breeding area of ??more than 500,000 acres and an annual export of more than 60 million tons, making it the largest clam production base in my country.

In recent years, the Nantong City Tourism Department has launched clam climbing on tidal flats as a special tourism activity. It is euphemistically called "Sea Disco". It is unique at home and abroad. It integrates viewing, sports and ordinary flavor. It has attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists and has become a

Baipu "Sanxiangzhai" dried tea, a beautiful sight on the South Yellow Sea, has a history of more than 300 years and is a well-known traditional local specialty in Nantong.

"Bai Pu Dried Tea" is made from high-quality soybeans and a variety of spices.

It contains high-quality protein that is easily digested by the human body, vitamins B1, B2, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. that are necessary for the human body. It also contains unsaturated fatty acids that are lacking in animal foods, which can make up for the shortcomings of animal dishes and is extremely useful for supplementing the human body and nutrition.

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Dried tea is delicious, fragrant, tough, beautiful in color, square and thin in shape, unique, economical, well-known and extremely popular among the masses.

Nantong inlaid peach sesame cake is made with exquisite workmanship, using raw materials such as sesame powder, white sugar, fried rice noodles and walnut kernels.

Two pieces per catty, about fifty pieces each, each piece is golden in color, evenly inlaid with peaches, fragrant, sweet, loose and crisp.

Eaten dry, it is crispy and sweet, with a strong sesame fragrance. When eaten soaked, it is full of fragrance, refreshing but not greasy. Sesame seeds, peach kernels and other raw materials contain 17.7% protein, 15.8% fat, and 37.1% sucrose. It can be said that

It has complete color, aroma and taste, and is rich in nutrients.

Inlaid peach and sesame cakes are said to have a history of more than a hundred years. At that time, there was a man named Xu and Songfu in Tongzhou City. He set up a "Dingtai" grocery store at the east gate, which mainly produced tea, snacks and pastries. There were also some in other places.

Store management.

Later, the Xu family donated an official position in the Qing Dynasty government, and often had high-quality refreshments as tribute.