We all know that Guangdong is a region with many delicious foods. Although they are in the same province, the morning tea in Guangzhou, the coconut milk jelly in Shunde, Foshan, the steamed pig in Junan, and the late-night snacks in Chaoshan, Guangdong , obviously there is a very big difference. It also benefits from Guangdong’s rich and diverse ecological resources, as well as the painstaking research and persistence of traditional styles by Guangdong chefs.
But don’t think that with so many snacks in Guangdong, you can accept every ingredient. Cantonese people, who usually have a light taste, have different ideas when they taste vinegar, because Cantonese people like to drink vinegar, and the taste is very unusual. It is a kind of vinegar that ordinary people cannot drink, and it has an intimidating taste. It has the nickname "liquid durian fruit" and another name that makes people frown upon hearing it, "stinky vinegar".
Stinky vinegar is a well-known food specialty in Guangdong. Although the name does not sound so refreshing, it is actually a food culture with local humanities. In Guangdong, the history of stinky vinegar has been more than 2,000 years. Due to the long-term cold and humid temperatures in Guangdong, the problem of "moisture in the body" is prone to occur, especially in summer. The humid weather creates huge pressure on people's bodies. Therefore, vinegar has become a good product to reduce moisture in the body.
Legend has it that the source of jealousy is an accident. More than two thousand years ago, when the Guangdong region was in turmoil, there was a young man named "Jinegar" in Conghua, Guangzhou. This young man fried the rare rice at home to make it fragrant, and put it in clay pots for storage. , and then poured water into the pot to seal it, fearing that mice or insects would destroy the rice. After several months, when there was no food at home, the young man thought of the rice he had stored and opened the clay pot.
But when she opened the pot, he was startled by the stench in the pot. The stench was so unbearable that he thought the rice had become moldy and damaged. But there was no food left at home, so the young man boiled the rice to make millet soup and enjoyed it with his mother. The jealous mother couldn't bear to make her daughter sad, so she drank the millet soup despite the smell. A few hours after drinking it, the jealous mother farted many times. Unexpectedly, she ate it for a while. The mother's skin became fair. The body becomes healthier and healthier.
After much thought, the young man felt that the sour-smelling millet soup must have made his mother feel better. As soon as the news spread, surrounding villagers rushed to imitate him and discovered that the millet soup he had made It does have a mood-lifting effect. Therefore, this stinky fart vinegar came out and was passed down from generation to generation. Today, the stinky fart vinegar has become a unique and delicious food in Guangdong.
From the perspective of Cantonese people, stinky butt vinegar is a good nourishing and health-preserving food. If there are women in the family who are in confinement, the better food tonic is pig's trotters, ginger and stinky fart vinegar, which can not only nourish and maintain the health of women. A weak body can also remove moisture and increase appetite. Because the vinegar in stinky vinegar and the ginger in pig's trotters and ginger both have the effect of inhibiting bacterial infection, these ingredients are made by every household, young and old. Xianyi, most people grew up eating specialty snacks.
How is stinky vinegar made? When people in Guangdong make stinky vinegar, they put sticky rice and glutinous rice into a pottery in a certain proportion, add clean water, seal it and store it for 100 days. During this period, the rice and water react with each other to ferment, and the fermentation smell becomes "off-flavor". When we opened the bottle cap, a sour smell immediately filled the whole room, because this stinky vinegar "will last forever."
If you still have the opportunity to visit Guangdong and encounter stinky vinegar, don’t be frightened by its “beautiful” smell. This kind of vinegar is not rotten and has deteriorated. It has a peculiar smell. People in Guangdong say that this vinegar smells bad and tastes delicious. Everyone must have the courage to taste it to see if it is really delicious.