My hometown is in the beautiful and rich Texas.

It's very cute and has mountains.

have water.

There are big trees.

There are scenic spots.

They are all part of my life, they all have their own characteristics, and they make our generation grow up happily.

Texas has many specialties, let me introduce them to you one by one.

We produce black pottery here, which is a kind of porcelain.

It has a shiny surface and a thin body, and is often used as a funerary object.

Its English name is: black Potter.

We also have five-spice boneless braised chicken here.

Texas Five-Spice Boneless Braised Chicken, referred to as Texas Braised Chicken, is famous for its cooked and boneless meat, tender and soft meat, fragrant and not greasy, and is known as one of the wonders of China.

Texas Braised Chicken has a history of 300 years.

As early as the Ming Dynasty, there were people selling roast chicken in Dezhou City and on the flood and drought docks.

Braised chicken was launched in 1692, and a situation emerged where braised chicken and roasted chicken coexisted with the same production and sales.

During his southern tour in 1702, Emperor Kangxi tasted the five-spice boneless braised chicken and was delighted.

From then on, Dezhou braised chicken entered the palace as a tribute.

During the Qianlong period, braised chicken craftsmen were called into the royal dining room of the palace, and Dezhou braised chicken became famous all over the world.

At the beginning of the 20th century, several workshops, represented by Hou Baoqing, the proprietor of Baolanzhai Restaurant in Dezhou, and Han Shigong, the proprietor of Deshun Zhai Roasted Chicken Shop, carefully summarized the production experience of their ancestors, explored trial production in many ways, perfected the technology, and improved

The recipe gradually formed the prototype of a new generation of braised chicken.

By the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were more than 20 braised chicken shops such as "Fushun Zhai" and "Desheng Zhai" in Dezhou City, with annual sales of about 400,000 chickens.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, a state-owned food company was established in Dezhou City, bringing together famous teachers into one company and drawing on the strengths of hundreds of schools to maintain and develop the unique flavor of this traditional famous food.

The production of Texas five-spice boneless braised chicken adopts traditional techniques such as roasting, smoking, crisping, frying, and braising. The production process is: slaughtering healthy live chickens, draining blood, removing hair, removing internal organs, and processing them into white strip chicken.

, then sit in a sitting position, hold both wings in your mouth, cool thoroughly, apply sugar color evenly all over, fry in boiling oil, then arrange the chicken into the pot according to its tenderness, add salt, soy sauce, old soup from the pot, amomum villosum, cloves,

Stew the nutmeg and other ingredients on high and slow fire for 6-8 hours respectively, then remove from the pot and let cool.

We also have golden jujubes.

The cultivation history of Leling jujube, also known as golden jujube, began in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, flourished in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It has a history of more than 3,000 years.

It is recorded in "Qi Min Yao Shu" written by Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty: "Qingzhou has Le's jujube, which has rich muscles and fine cores, and rich and juicy paste. It is the best in the world. According to legend, when Le Yi broke the Qi Dynasty, he planted it from Yan Fu.

Ye." (Leling belonged to Qingzhou County at that time) and it has been more than 2,200 years ago.

Now, there is an "old longevity star" jujube tree in the northeast of Laoling City. It is said that Luo Cheng, a peasant rebel army in the late Sui Dynasty, once tied his horse to this tree.

"Leling County Chronicles" recorded by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty records: In the 19th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Dengyong, the county magistrate of Leling, "taught the people arboriculture and encouraged the people to plant jujubes. Those who had done wrong had to plant jujubes to redeem themselves, so there were many jujubes in the city." In the Qing Dynasty,

Leling has become a treasured place for "fighting for land and stone for food" and "three autumns in one year".

The poet Wu Taipang wrote in his poem: "In June, there are fresh lotuses and green water, and thousands of jujubes shoot up the red clouds."

It reflects the large number of jujube trees in Leling.

By the 1930s, Leling Xiaozao had reached considerable scale.

According to the 1935 "China Industrial Chronicle": "Jujubes are most abundant in Leling County. There are 1.36 million jujube trees in the county, producing 272,000 dans of dried jujubes and exporting 200,000 dans." In 1937, the Japanese army invaded China and cut down jujubes.

More than 700,000 trees have been planted, resulting in a significant decline in jujube production.

Leling Golden Silk Jujubes are of excellent quality. When you break open the half-dried jujubes, you can clearly see the golden threads composed of pectin and sugar stuck between the pulp, stretching 1-2 inches continuously. Under the sun

Glittering, golden jujube gets its name.

Leling jujube is generally oval or oval-shaped, with an average weight of 5-7 grams. It has a small core, thin skin, plump flesh, and delicate flesh.

Fresh dates are bright red, the meat is crisp, sweet and slightly sour.

The dried jujube peel is dark red, thin and tough, with shallow wrinkles, making it easy to store and transport.

Leling Golden Silk Jujube has rich nutritional value and medicinal value. Every 100 grams of fresh jujube pulp contains about 500 mg of vitamin C. Its content is more than ten times that of tangerines and dozens of times higher than that of apples. It is called "living" jujube.

Vitamin Pills”.

The total sugar content is 64.4-69.2%, and it also contains more protein, fat, iron, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins A, P, rutin and 18 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body.

It has the function of nourishing the body and assisting in the treatment of spleen and stomach weakness, indigestion, lung deficiency cough, anemia and other diseases.

Leling jujubes include golden jujubes, seedless jujubes, long red jujubes, round bell jujubes, potato jujubes, spinous jujubes, bell jujubes, Po jujubes, pear jujubes, Ganchuan jujubes, lying jujubes, wood jujubes, Mopan jujubes, and dragon claw jujubes.

There are 23 varieties including dates and frozen dates.

Among them, golden jujubes account for more than 80% and have high economic value. They are one of the region’s top export products and are exported to 28 countries and regions, with an annual export volume of more than 500 tons.

Leling jujubes can also be made into more than 20 kinds of foods such as cut jujube cakes, jujube rice dumplings, jujube bean honey, jujube cakes, drunk jujubes, crisp jujubes, tooth jujubes, jujube tea, donkey-hide gelatin jujubes, black jujubes, and candied jujubes.

Among them, donkey-hide gelatin and candied dates have functions such as nourishing blood and nourishing nerves.