1. The beautiful legend of Zhenjiang Three Monsters
"Zhenjiang Three Monsters" refers to three kinds of delicacies: balsamic vinegar, roasted meat and pot cover noodles. Their characteristics are: "balsamic vinegar is not bad, barbecue is not a dish, and the lid is cooked in soup." Each of them has a beautiful legend:
1. The balsamic vinegar is not bad
Vinegar was invented by Heita, the son of Du Kang, the wine saint, and is the first of the three eccentrics in Zhenjiang. Legend has it that Du Kang, who invented brewing, came to Zhenjiang with his family and opened a small winery to brew and sell wine. Heita and his father do housework together. One day, after adding several buckets of water to the jar, Heita happily grabbed a jar of wine and drank several kilograms of rice wine in one breath. Heita fell drunk and fell asleep beside the jar. Suddenly there was a thunder, and an old man with white hair said to Heita, "Heita, you have brewed 2 1 day of flavored manna, so you can taste it today." Heita was about to ask again when Xian Weng had disappeared.
Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar
After waking up, Heita recalled what happened in her dream just now and felt very strange. There is only distiller's grains and several buckets of water for horses in this jar. How can it be flavored nectar? I want to drink a bowl of it to see what it tastes like, but it only feels sour and sweet, and suddenly I feel refreshed and comfortable. I know what I just said in my dream and told my father what I tasted. Du Kang thought it was amazing. He dipped his finger in it and sent it to the import for tasting. It's really sweet and sour.
Du Kang asked Heita in detail, thinking a lot about what the old man said in 2 1 century, suddenly grabbed Heita with his hand and wrote on the ground with his finger: "2 1 century, this adds up to vinegar, maybe this nectar is vinegar!" From then on, there was vinegar. This kind of vinegar is sold in Zhenjiang and has become a famous specialty of Zhenjiang. Later, people in Zhenjiang found that vinegar would not go bad if it was put for a long time, but it would get more fragrant as it was put. "Sweet vinegar is not bad" has become the first monster in Zhenjiang. Su Dongpo also praised vinegar in his poem: roast whitebait with ginger and purple vinegar, and raise the snow bowl more than two feet; There are peach blossoms in spring, which taste better than perch.
At present, the reputation of Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar has been well-known at home and abroad, even at state banquets. Hengshun Group, the representative of Zhenjiang vinegar enterprise, has also become a well-known listed company.
Crystal pettitoes
2. Disdainful meat dishes
"Disdaining eating meat" is the second monster in Zhenjiang. It also has an interesting legend. There is a small hotel outside Zhenjiang, which is a couple's shop. On this day, the couple went to the streets separately to buy some cakes and tea, ready to see their mother-in-law. My husband bought four front hooves to make salty hooves as a snack. My wife bought four kilograms of Jingguo powder and bought a bag of nitrate for my old father who specializes in firecrackers. When I got home, my husband was busy chopping hooves, salting hooves and salting hooves. The salt is gone. I'm looking for salt. I looked up and there was a bag of things on the cupboard, which seemed to be salt. I opened it and tasted it with my tongue. It was salty. I thought I couldn't find it yet. What a coincidence! Sprinkle it into the hoof and press it on the small stone mill. The next day, the couple knew that nitrate was salt. "Is this hoof still edible?" The husband asked his wife, and the wife said, "Go home and wash and eat." The couple soaked in water, washed, scraped with a knife, washed and stewed in a pot.
This is the time to go to the morning market, and the customers who come in can't stop sniffing their noses. They feel different from the past, and today the fragrance smells good. When people were about to ask the couple, suddenly, an old man with a white beard came in from the door. The husband hurried forward to say hello: "please sit down, old man." What morning tea do you want to drink today? " The old man didn't seem to hear it, and praised it again and again: "It smells good, it smells good! What's delicious? " After that, the old man got up and went into the kitchen, pointing to the pig's trotters: "This is delicious meat!" " The husband and wife stopped at the same time: "Old man, that's nitrated meat, and you can't eat it as a dish." The old man interrupted the couple: "it's not a dish, it's just tea. That's what I want." The couple couldn't beat the old man, so they had to cut the meat into pieces and put it on the plate. Afraid of the fishy smell, they added a little ginger vinegar to the plate and served it on the table. When the old man saw it, he didn't even need chopsticks. He grabbed the meat and dipped it in vinegar. While eating, he took it and ate up a plate of meat at once. Only then did he go out and get the "nitrate" read by the donkey, and it became a "dish". He climbed up and walked away, but he rode backwards. This old man is Zhang in the middle. Zhenjiang Yaorou is characterized by "fat but not greasy", and Zhenjiang people often eat it as breakfast.
Zhenjiang pot cover noodles
3. Cover of noodle pot
The third of Zhenjiang's "three eccentrics"? "The lid of the noodle pot."
"The lid of the noodle pot" is the essence of Zhenjiang's culinary skills. Speaking of this skill, there is also a story. People in Zhenjiang like to eat noodles. There are many noodle shops in the streets. That year, Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River and went to Zhenjiang. Upon inquiry, I heard that Zhenjiang's noodle restaurant is very famous, especially Zhang's noodle restaurant. Early this morning, I took a eunuch with me, searched all the way and found Zhang Sao's noodle restaurant. When Mrs. Zhang met the guests, she quickly stepped forward and sat down in one of the rooms. The waiter handed down a sentence: "I want to eat Zhenjiang noodles!" Sister-in-law Zhang and Sister-in-law Zhang are both witty people, but they seem to have slowed down today.
The more urgent it is, the harder it is to open the water; The more anxious, the harder it is to dance well. The entourage poured in. Sister-in-law Zhang hurriedly urged her husband to use a knife to plane and added a handful of firewood to the stove herself. Soon, the water in the pot boiled and my husband's noodles were cut. He just grabbed a handful and put it in the pot. The waiter came in to urge him. Sister-in-law Zhang answered and quickly covered the pot. In desperation, sister-in-law Zhang put the small lid of the soup pot into the noodle pot and floated on it. Before Sister-in-law Zhang put the seasoning away, the water in the pot boiled. When Sister-in-law Zhang saw this, she quickly scooped up two spoonfuls of water from the soup pot and poured it down, then the noodle pot calmed down.
All three monsters are here.
As soon as the bowl was opened, Zhang Sister-in-law fished the noodles into the bowl with small bamboo seeds and long chopsticks. Sister-in-law Zhang, who had been busy for a while, leaned against the door until she heard the man pick up the bowl to eat. She repeatedly said: "delicious, delicious, neither rotten nor hard, fragrant and refreshing!" " After a while, Qianlong paced in and went to the kitchen to see the face of his sister-in-law. Suddenly, the dragon exclaimed, "Ah, why did you put the lid in the noodle pot and cook it!" " Customers outside have also started.
Just then, the husband came over and said repeatedly, "The customers outside say that the noodles are delicious today. What good seasoning did you add? " Zhang Sao pointed to the small pot cover and said, "I'm afraid it's because the pot cover is cooked in a noodle pot!" " Zhenjiang pot cover noodles are delicious, but at present only Zhenjiang people can enjoy its original flavor and have no chance to share it with foreigners. We call on Zhenjiang or national food experts to find ways to build a brand for Zhenjiang pot cover noodles and strive to sell them at home and abroad like Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar. Win glory for Zhenjiang.
2. Other delicacies in Zhenjiang
Zhenjiang cuisine belongs to Huaiyang cuisine, which is mainly hot and rotten, and is good at stewing, stewing, roasting and roasting. Re-use the original flavor in style, pay attention to the salty taste of soup, highlight the main ingredients, and choose the materials carefully.
1. Yangtze Sam sun
It refers to saury (shaped like a knife), shad (rare now) and Yu Hui, all of which belong to the Yangtze River migratory fish and saltwater amphibians. Every spring, they swim upstream, spawn in fresh water and then enter the sea, which is different from the general settled river fish. Therefore, the meat is not only tender and fat, but also nutritious.
2. Crab-yellow soup packets
It is a traditional snack in Jiangsu, and it has enjoyed a high reputation since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its characteristics are as thin as paper, it will break when blown, its shape is "unique" and "beautiful", and it tastes "strange". The raw materials of crab roe soup bag are very particular. The fillings are crab roe and crab meat, and the soup material is original chicken soup. The production technology is exquisite.
3. Other famous foods
In addition, there are the following famous foods that Zhenjiang people often use to entertain guests: stewed crab powder lion head, stewed silver carp head, braised pork with Baihua wine, white noodle soup, duck blood vermicelli soup, fried rice cake and so on.
How's it going? You must be drooling after talking so much about Zhenjiang's delicious food. Please take time to come to Zhenjiang and taste it for yourself.