Bacon, bacon, as the name suggests, is required to be cured in the month of Lunar, that is, it must be processed during the period from "Snow" to "Spring" before the day, over a day are not! If Lunar New Year's Eve "spring", you to Lunar New Year's Eve and then cured meat, then processed meat is just ordinary salted meat flavor, does not have the bacon flavor, our ancestors found the twenty-four "seasonal" is so magical! The reason why bacon should be cured in winter is because the temperature is low in winter and the bacteria are not easy to reproduce.

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Generally speaking, bacon is cured and dried for a month after its flavor comes out. The best time to eat bacon is from the 15th day of the first month to before the Dragon Boat Festival, when it tastes the best. Bacon left in the natural environment may have a harry smell after the Dragon Boat Festival, which not only deteriorates the flavor but also may have some toxins.

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Winter. China's folk have "winter wax wind curing, storage to winter" custom, after the winter curing bacon is best in the weather around 10 degrees, after the winter snow season is the best time to make bacon, this time the temperature drops sharply, the weather becomes dry, is a good time to process bacon.

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