Sichuan-style bacon is different from bacon in other regions. It is not only cured and dried, but also smoked. Usually, it is lit with cypress branches and leaves for several days. The bacon made in this way has a special flavor, which can be said to be memorable whether it is drunk or eaten.
Every year after the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the bacon on the mountain is almost dried. If you cook a lot at home, you can start cooking bacon.
At this time, many city people will go up the mountain to buy bacon sausages, especially in recent years, before people in the mountains kill pigs, some people begin to order bacon sausages, and when they are ready, they will go up the mountain to buy them.
My home is a long-distance motorcade. The route of the motorcade is mainly to the mountainous areas in northwest Sichuan, such as Pingwu, Qingchuan and Jiuzhaigou. Many drivers are familiar with the villagers in the local mountainous areas. Every year during the Spring Festival, we invite familiar drivers to book bacon sausages in the mountains. In the early years, when the price of pork did not rise, two or three families could share a whole pig. Basically, in our family of three, we spend about 2000 yuan a year making bacon sausages, as well as preserved pork ribs, salted pig feet, preserved fat sausages and so on.
Then some people will ask: Why should we go to the mountains to buy bacon sausages? They are also sold in cities.
Many pigs on the mountain are grain pigs.
Although it is said that people still feed it, in earlier years, almost all mountainous areas were grain pigs, and now they are mixed with grain and feed to feed pigs, as well as vegetables and leaves. This kind of pig tastes delicious, pork tastes pure and has less fat.
You can hardly buy this kind of pork in the city. Now you can only buy good bacon sausages if you go to the deep mountains.
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The purchase price on the mountain is more than 30 kilograms. As soon as we get it into the city, the price will rise to more than 50 kilograms. Of course, the amount we buy from acquaintances is not large, and our relatives and friends are not enough. It is almost impossible to make money by reselling. Farmers in the mountains can't raise a few pigs a year, and they can't get anything except eating by themselves. It is impossible to receive pure grain pigs if the merchants buy them on a large scale. If they receive the good ones, they will stay and eat for themselves, and will not sell them.
The bacon sausages sold in the market are basically produced by factories.
It is convenient to smoke in the mountains.
Bacon is now cooked in Sichuan cities. Because of fire prevention, it is forbidden to smoke bacon privately. Many people went to the mountains to find a clearing and build a shed to smoke bacon.
The villages in the deep mountains still retain the tradition of smoking, and bacon in remote places will not be so easy to find.
After the bacon is delivered to my home every year, the freezer in the refrigerator is completely emptied to put bacon sausages. We Sichuanese can say that this kind of food is totally irresistible. Slaughter a piece of bacon from time to time, cut two sausages, cook a plate and eat several meals.
Today is the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. Now there are many young people in urban and rural areas who can't cure bacon or cook. They must eat bacon in the new year! What shall we do? We can only buy. Therefore, before the Spring Festival, bacon was bought by some people and there was demand. Since there is a market, there is demand, and the demand is great. Naturally, people buy and sell, earning the difference and profit. Going to the countryside to buy bacon is nothing more than selling at a higher price. In addition, some big hotels and restaurants may be in great demand and buy and store them in rural areas for later use.
Rural farmers in China have the custom of curing bacon in the New Year. My family used to have a large population, and 50 Jin of bacon was pickled every year during the New Year. Now pork is not in short supply, and there is even less bacon in rural areas, with a maximum of 20 kilograms per household. Eating too much of this wax is not good for your health. It is better to eat some fresh meat, which is more cost-effective and healthier. So we went to the countryside to buy bacon, and it was harvested, and the price was not expensive in 35 yuan/Jin. This year, the price of our local fresh pork is still around 26 yuan/Jin, and farmers can sell part of it if they have more bacon. The method of curing bacon in rural areas varies from place to place. In the southwest areas such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan in the south, bacon likes to be smoked with pine branches, while our local bacon is exposed to the sun for 7- 10 days, and then hung on the beam to dry. Bacon is stored for a long time, generally stored in the early twelfth month, and can be eaten around Tomb-Sweeping Day. However, after Tomb-Sweeping Day, bacon often goes bad, and many people in rural areas will throw away bacon when Tomb-Sweeping Day arrives. Whether smoked or dried, when curing bacon, salt should be sprinkled on the surface of bacon and rubbed repeatedly, so that salt can penetrate into pork. It takes about 3-7 days to cure pork. Then, take it out, rinse it with clean water and dry it in the sun for 7- 10 days. People in the southwest may hang them in front of the kitchen to smoke, or use pine branches to smoke. We hung it on the beam to dry it locally.
At present, there are not many young people who can cure bacon, especially urban youth. They may not know bacon and have to buy it. Therefore, the demand for bacon in cities may be great. At present, there are not many companies that buy bacon online and specialize in producing bacon. Therefore, some supermarkets, specialty shops, online stores and farmers' markets only go to the countryside to buy bacon for sale to meet market demand. Only ten days before the Spring Festival, the demand in the market is increasing, and the sales volume is also very large. Maybe some supermarkets, local specialty shops and online shops in the city will be out of stock. Businessmen don't want to give up this opportunity to make money, so they have to go to the countryside to buy bacon and sell it back. Don't underestimate the market a few days before the Spring Festival. In a small rural market, you can earn thousands of dollars by selling couplets and calligraphy and painting a few days before the Spring Festival. A few days before the Spring Festival, the sales of urban bacon market will definitely soar, and businesses will definitely make a fortune, so they will organize people to go to the countryside to buy bacon. Besides, in cities, "New Year's Eve" is eaten in restaurants and restaurants. Of course, there will be a plate of bacon when you are young. Therefore, the demand for bacon in some restaurants and restaurants will also increase greatly during the Spring Festival. Therefore, it is not excluded that restaurants and restaurants send employees to the countryside to buy these meats.
In short, some people in rural areas buy bacon for eating and selling, and they will never take it back, throw it away or destroy it. The biggest possibility is sales. In order to make money, plus the bacon in the countryside, it is all local pork raised in the countryside. It tastes delicious, with the flavor of the past, home, mother and childhood, especially suitable for rural people who have settled in the city. City people also like to eat local pork in the countryside. Many city people feel it is a pity that they can't eat fresh vegetables and local pork in the countryside, so they go to the countryside to buy bacon to satisfy their appetite. Moreover, the bacon cured by local pork in rural areas is different from the pork bought in the farmers' market in the city, and the taste of cured bacon is also different.
After entering the twelfth lunar month every year, the countryside is the busiest time, and it is also the happiest time for farmers in a year, because this is the time to enjoy the "harvest fruit"!
The first important thing to do in the twelfth lunar month in the countryside is to kill the big fat pig in captivity at home, and then start making bacon and sausages that best represent the taste of hometown, because:
Rural people collect bacon every day, weighing 35 Jin. What is the purpose of collecting these bacon? Conclusion: 35 pounds of bacon can be said to be super cheap, and the people who buy it are basically reselling! This purchase price can be said to be profitable.
Speaking of bacon, of course it's delicious! I was born in the depths of the Qinling Mountains. During the Spring Festival, bacon will be made here, so there is no shortage of meat for a year! Hard dishes for guests! With the improvement of rural conditions and people's eating habits! Eating bacon is no longer a luxury!
First of all, the bacon you buy must be cooked. There are Sichuan bacon, Hunan bacon and Jiangxi bacon. The practice is basically the same. We stew bacon with radish here. First, the bacon is cooked, and then the fat pieces are steamed. Bacon is fried with black beans, and bacon is fried with dried bamboo shoots. Everything is delicious. Come to Sister Xia's house in Qinling Mountain for farmhouse meal sometime!
Fried bacon with green pepper
Steamed bacon!
Steamed bacon
Braised bacon with radish
Fried bacon with garlic moss
Fried bacon with dried bamboo shoots
Secondly: it is near the end of the year recently. Some families don't have bacon at home, but their families must come back for the New Year. For relatives who start a business abroad, it is also an ingredient for a group dinner! Let the family eat the taste of hometown!
Welcome to find Sister Xia of Qinling and take you to eat bacon!
It's already a cold winter, and it's really a good time to cook bacon. Every year after the twelfth lunar month, just after the solstice winter, it is the peak period for farmers to make bacon. In the past, farmers raised pigs themselves until the New Year, and then they began to make bacon. Salty bacon creates delicious taste buds for people.
The subject said that recently someone came to the countryside every day to collect bacon and gave 35 yuan a catty? Can 35 yuan receive a catty of bacon now? You must be dreaming. Now you don't know the price of fresh meat, so I'm surprised to say it. For the sake of harmony, I still won't talk about the price, but I tell you, no one sells this kind of bacon today, and 60 yuan is less than a catty. This catty is still a gift price in 60 yuan. So, when you said that a catty of bacon was in 35 yuan, I really doubted the origin of this meat. Better find out.
In fact, as the subject said, 35 yuan was taken away by vendors, who then sold it at a high price, usually to local specialty shops, which specialize in preserved fish, preserved duck and preserved chicken during the Spring Festival, and their business was very hot. Don't say people like the smell of their parents. Many big bosses give gifts or presents with these local specialties.
In our local area, there is a whole street selling local products. It's the twelfth lunar month, and it's the time when the local specialty shop is full of bacon and preserved fish, and there are cars parked next to it, all bought by the whole car. The only explanation is to send a message.
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Someone came to collect bacon. Why?
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I'm from Sichuan, so I'm familiar with making bacon. The price of pork is also very expensive this year.
1, bought with 1 kg of bacon from 35 yuan. The price is unreasonable.
There are many sick pigs this year. Look out, everyone!
3. What is the purpose of collecting bacon? Selling or making processed products such as meat sauce and canned food at high prices.
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I guess it must be resold at a high price to make the difference. 35 kilograms of bacon is very cheap, that is to say, the price of fresh pork is about 30 kilograms. I bought 55 Jin of bacon before, which is not expensive. Because the Spring Festival is approaching, many people want to buy new year's goods, and some also want to invite people to dinner and hold family dinners. Naturally, they are in short supply and can be sold at a good price.
It must be sold at a high price to earn the difference. It's the Spring Festival. There is a great demand for bacon. Many young people can't cook bacon now. I prefer to buy ready-made bacon.
There are a lot of bacon in the countryside, especially in Sichuan and Hunan, but there are also some in our northern region, but few people cook it. But in our local area, many people cook bacon. Basically, they cook six or seven pieces of bacon every year, and then wait until the New Year. We must know that the process of making bacon is also very particular. For example, when we are old, we will smoke bacon with dead branches of cypress, because the smoked bacon has a cedar smell. It is also very delicious to make such bacon into food, but during the period before the Chinese New Year, some people in rural areas will drive to the countryside from time to time to buy bacon, and the price is still high. So what do they usually do after taking the bacon away?
In fact, I also asked people who specialize in collecting bacon at this stage years ago. They said that the bacon collected in general is sold again, which means that the bacon bought in rural areas belongs to the local products of farmers and is hand-made, so many people in the market, especially those in cities, want to eat the hand-made bacon in rural areas.
In addition, many people collect it for themselves and give it to relatives and friends as New Year gifts. After all, handmade bacon in rural areas is hard to find in the market, so these people who buy bacon generally recycle it at a high price.
But do you know that if you make bacon for only one year, or less than one year, then this kind of bacon is relatively cheap when you buy it, but the longer the bacon is, the higher its price will be, because the bacon with a long time tastes oily but not greasy, so the bacon with more than two years is generally higher than the price per catty mentioned in the question, so you can put the prepared bacon around 35 yuan.