Salted duck is a famous specialty in Nanjing, with a long history of 1000 years. This kind of duck skin is white and tender, fat but not greasy, fragrant and delicious, with the characteristics of fragrance, crispness and tenderness. The salted duck around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year has the best color and taste, because the duck is made in the season when osmanthus is in full bloom, so it is called "osmanthus duck". "White Door Recipe" records: "In August in Jinling, salted duck is the most famous, and everyone thinks that there is osmanthus fragrance in the meat." Sweet-scented osmanthus duck is a good wine with clear thinking, strong purpose and long-term appetite. On holidays or working days, it seems to have become a secular etiquette in Nanjing for tourists from home to go out and buy a bowl of salted duck.

In Nanjing, there is a famous Nanjing Confucius Temple. Confucius Temple and salted duck are inextricably linked. It is said that in the Qing Dynasty, when salted duck was just popular, the Gong Yuan area of Nanjing Confucius Temple was the place where candidates gathered. Candidates at that time didn't work so hard now. At that time, it was very popular for candidates to eat, drink and give gifts. Strange to say, instead of giving gifts such as gold, silver, tobacco and alcohol, they send Nanjing salted duck and Nanjing salted duck in fashion. As a result, Nanjing salted duck, salted duck, began to move towards the whole country. It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi bought 500 salted ducks and dried salted ducks from this place every year. It can be seen how delicious this salted duck is, and at that time, salted duck and salted duck got a very famous name called Nanjing Gong Duck.

What's the difference between salted duck and salted duck? Salted duck is cooked with old brine, and its taste is tight and salty. Salted duck tastes fresh and tender. Look at the date when you buy it The fresher the better.