Canned Ganzhu, sweet and delicious.” Ever since he was a child, whenever Peninsular heard or saw this advertisement, he would immediately think of the delicious taste of black bean dace: plump and sweet fish meat, served with Serve the salty tempeh and bury it in the hot rice. The rice is warm and fragrant.

A can of black bean dace contains two authentic Cantonese ingredients. Even a mother who hates fast food will keep a few cans in the refrigerator: on typhoon days, you can’t go out to buy food. Sometimes, a can of black bean dace is enough to bring peace of mind to the family. When I met a kid who didn't eat vegetables, I gave him a plate of stir-fried lettuce and dace with black bean sauce, and he even licked the plate clean.

For young people who are studying or working abroad, dace with black bean sauce and a bowl of white porridge and rice can not only satisfy their appetite but also relieve their homesickness. It is undoubtedly a gift.

A hundred years ago, dace and black bean sauce had already produced a delicious reaction. Its inventors were a group of wanderers who had left their hometown. Unexpectedly, a hundred years later, the sweet fragrance still touches people's memories. In the end, what kind of taste does the black bean dace use to preserve feelings? Who invented the world's first canned dace with black bean sauce? In this issue, Peninsular tells you the story.

·The hometown sentiment of black bean dace·

When he was still a handsome young man, Mr. Chua Lam had already left Singapore to study abroad. Even after eating all kinds of delicacies from all over the world, he still could not forget the taste of dace with black bean sauce as a meal. He wrote in the article: When the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, when you are hungry, have a big bowl of hot white rice and eat it with a piece of dace with black bean sauce. There is absolutely no more wonderful, more satisfying meal than this tiny can.

People who have never left home will never understand this feeling.

Yes, without the comfort of a taste of home, life abroad is even more difficult. In the late 19th century, the wanderers who went to Nanyang to work had already understood this truth.

-Nanyang is what we call Southeast Asia today-

So, they fried the dace, added black beans and oil to extend the shelf life, and then put it into earthen jars. Will bring it.

Seeing the popularity of black bean dace, businessmen seized the business opportunity and learned canning from Europeans. In 1893, they founded the "Guangmaoxiang" cannery in Guangzhou and produced the first canned "dace with black bean sauce" in China and the world.

Before the 1950s, domestic canneries were more like small workshops. Canning, evacuation, soldering and sealing were all done manually.

·The first encounter between black bean sauce and dace fish in a can·

Why is black bean sauce dace fish a specialty of Guangdong? It turns out that dace, which is more sensitive to cold than humans, will become leash once it stays in fresh water below 5°C. The environment in the Pearl River Delta (especially Shunde) is the most suitable for their growth.

-In addition to dace with black bean sauce, dried dace is also a specialty of Guangdong.-

The other protagonist-Yangjiang black bean sauce is also a specialty of Guangdong. The two make canned dace an inimitable product. tasty.

The fish meat is moist and slightly fragrant with black bean; after chewing the black bean, there is also the plumpness of fish oil. The secret of the delicious taste lies in soybean oil.

The factory will process the tempeh and dace separately, put them into the cans in the order of "first the tempeh, then the dace", and then inject soybean oil so that the two are in close contact and penetrate each other. At the same time, soybean oil will soften the fish bones, which is why we cannot feel the presence of bone spurs when eating fish.

·The Story of the Dace Canned Factory·

There are dozens of brands of black bean dace across the country, and the competition is fierce. Among them, Ganzhu, Yuehua (Pearl River Bridge), and Eagle Money are the three most powerful and well-known giants. The one that has gained the most popularity among the people is Ganzhu. Its 15s advertisement and 8-character slogan have been appearing on various channels in Guangdong over the years.

When it comes to qualifications and scale, Eagle Money is the big brother. The first can of dace with black bean sauce produced by Guang Mao Xiang in 1893 used the trademark "Eagle Mark Money". If you think about it, it is also a century-old brand. Later, Guangmaoxiang was renamed "Guangdong Canning Factory", and its old location has now been changed to Redtory Factory.

In addition to canned food, the Le Zhijia biscuits we are familiar with and many snacks and drinks ranging from snacks to large are all brands under Eagle Money. Even root beer was once owned by them. It can be said that they are a big family with a big business.

The packaging and taste of this small can full of memories have not changed. I know that it will continue to guard the stomach of everyone who misses their hometown.