Chenghai Zhutou Zongzi (also known as the first flower) is one of the famous local products in Chaoshan, with a long history and renowned at home and abroad. In particular, Chengcheng Laoshanhe is the most famous.
To make pig's head dumplings, fresh pork and part of the first skin must be used as raw materials, with a moderate proportion of lean and fat, and then more than ten kinds of spices such as fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, sorghum wine, anise, Sichuan pepper, clove, cinnamon, anise and fennel are added as seasonings. Then wrap it with tofu film, put it in a special wooden gauge, and squeeze it with a proper proportion of heavy objects to squeeze out lard and water before opening the gauge.
Zhutou Zongzi is deeply loved by Chaoshan people, mainly because it conforms to their unique eating habits and tastes. Chaoshan people's diet has always been light, breakfast is often in the form of rice congee side dishes, and the pig's head dumplings are fragrant and far away, which is just an excellent side dish with rice congee.
Zhutouzong, a snack, looks dark, looks ordinary, soft and tough when bitten, and has the texture of pig's head. The first taste is beef jerky or pork floss, which is fragrant and delicious. If it is served with rice congee and beer, the pig's head dumplings will be more fragrant and fragrant, with endless aftertaste, especially for breakfast and supper.
people in Chaoshan, rice congee prefer a light taste. Rice congee seems to be their first choice for breakfast. Among them, Chenghai people always like to have a bowl of rice congee with a few pig's head dumplings when they have breakfast. Rice congee porridge is rotten, moderately thick, fragrant and delicious, and it is light and healthy with oily but not greasy, fragrant and delicious pig's head dumplings.
Beer pig's head zongzi is made from pig's scalp and excellent lean meat. The faint oil fragrance permeates the soft and tough meat. After drinking a beer, the alcohol in the wine carries grease, so that the fragrance of grease can be easily brought out.
Lu You's poem in the Tea Song Dynasty says, "It's slightly fragrant. When I return, it will be clearer, and the bamboo shadow will step on the setting sun. " Chaoshan people have a special affection for tea. On a leisurely afternoon, a cup of fragrant kungfu tea and a dish of pig's head dumplings tasted a leisurely and elegant taste.