Winter melon preserves It is said that the production of winter melon preserves in Yuxi began in the late Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 400 years.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Tang Jiarong, a famous pastry chef at Yuxi Fengxiangzhai Pastry Shop, created "crystal preserves", which made Yuxi preserves famous. Yuxi winter melon preserves are divided into red preserves and white preserves. Both preserves are transparent and bright in color.

, so the red candied fruit is known as "amber candied fruit", and the white candied fruit is known as "crystal candied fruit". Although Yuxi winter melon candied fruit is called candied fruit, it is not made from honey, but is made of fine red and white sugar. It is of high quality.

It is delicious and makes people feel like "it tastes more like honey than honey" after eating it. Qingsong roast duck has always ranked first among Yuxi recipes and is famous throughout the province. Yang Zhuxi, a famous poet in the Qing Dynasty, praised Yuxi roast duck in his "Qiyang Zhuzhi Ci".

. His poem goes: "Duck eggs can teach grains to grow, and hundreds of thousands of billions of seeds can be used to breed."

The buns are cooked in a red clay oven, so why not drink a huge glass of wine while chewing it.

"Yuxi roast duck is similar to northern roast duck, but it has its own characteristics. It is mostly processed and roasted from ducks that are 40 to 60 days old and weigh about one kilogram. The skin is crispy and fragrant, and the meat is tender. It is added with pepper and salt.

It is even more fragrant. Yuxi roasted duck is also called "Qingsong roasted duck" because it uses "grass balls" made from dried and twisted green pine needles. It has a unique Yuxi flavor every summer and autumn.

There are many roast duck shops, and people are busy tasting the duck, appraising the taste and feasting their eyes and mouth. It is said that Yuxi braised duck was first made in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. At that time, every household in the country made pickles as household pickles or as gifts from other places.

Gifts from relatives and friends. Later, it developed into a small commodity production. The main ingredient is stinky tofu made from soybeans. The stinky tofu is dried in the sun and the outer layer is removed.

Moisture, with different flavors, is soaked in an appropriate amount of grain liquor, then rolled in the skin with white sugar, refined salt, chili, high-quality star anise, pepper powder, etc., and infiltrated with refined and refined vegetable oil, and then marinated.