Meretrix meretrix, nicknamed "the freshest in the world", belongs to the marine shellfish of both gills and clams. Li Shizhen said in the Ming Dynasty: "Those who have benefited more than others from all kinds of clams are collectively called clams, with white shells and purple lips, or with patterns on their shells, so they are called clams or flower clams." Mei Yaochen, a poet in the Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem "The chariot and the moon clam were sent from Hailing County". When Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River, he ate Meretrix meretrix in Gusu and named it "the freshest in the world".
Meretrix meretrix, which lives on the beach with low salinity in shallow water, is hermaphroditic. Its gonad matures from June to July, and the sperm and eggs produced are fertilized and hatched in seawater. After three weeks, the young clam enters the sand bottom to inhabit. It takes two or three years from young clams to mature clams. Young clams move from the tidal zone to the tidal flat with a depth of more than ten meters. The optimum water temperature is15-25 degrees. They feed on algae and plankton. When they grow up, they gradually migrate to the subtidal zone, often exposing the sand surface. In winter, they dive into the sand bottom about twenty or thirty centimeters for wintering, but there are pores for ventilation.
The shell of Meretrix meretrix is like a colorful fan, and its meat is tender and rich in nutrition. It contains protein 10%, fat 1 1.2%, carbohydrate 2.5% and calcium, phosphorus and amino acids necessary for human body. It tastes fresh but not vulgar, and it is never tired of eating. Eating Meretrix meretrix can stimulate appetite, promote lactation and keep fit, and has the functions of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, promoting diuresis and dispersing clams. The colorful Baker can be used as the exquisite packaging box of clam oil, and can also be made into handicrafts in the elegant hall.
There are many ways to eat clam, which can be used as the main course to stir-fry it quickly; Or as a side dish, color and taste; Or pickled with seasoning and eaten raw; Or chop it into paste and fry it into cakes. Especially in recent years, Rudong Pharmaceutical Factory has developed it into a fine powder with the title of "the best in the world", which is well-known at home and abroad.
People who were born by the sea and grew up by the sea are used to eating it now. After washing clam shell, they marinated it with salt, and then washed it with soju, sesame oil, soy sauce, vinegar, ginger and white sugar, which became the best kind of snacks. But strangers are all stunned and afraid to avoid it, but after a long time, they can't stand the temptation, and they are full of "heroic spirit" of "only sacrificing more". After closing my eyes and swallowing a few, I suddenly felt that my eyes were wide open and I met you late. The seaside people also have good skills in making clam sauce. Put the fresh clam in a jar or bottle, add salt, ginger, onion, wine and other condiments, seal the mouth, put it in a cool and ventilated place, and after a period of time, open the lid and secrete the fragrance, which will make your mouth water and increase your appetite. This sauce can be given to relatives and friends, or used as the main course for coastal people to eat in the morning and evening while working in the mainland. No wonder the homesickness of coastal people is so strong, which can be seen.
On the vast South Yellow Beach, with the ebb of the tide, some people rush to the sea with iron planes on their shoulders and net bags in their hands, and flock to the sea where a golden bull emerges on this day. Some of them leaned on their shoulders with iron planers, dragged back quickly, and with the sound coming from the sand, they quickly hooked each clam into the net pocket. Some people only step on Meretrix meretrix with their feet. After stepping on the sand and mud on the beach, Meretrix meretrix naturally exposes the sand surface, and then picks it up into the net bag one by one by hand. People are talking while stepping on clams. Laughing, singing, full of poetry. Reform and opening up have brought new development opportunities and injected new "vitality" into the people of the South Yellow Sea. Nantong people have brought Meretrix meretrix into the international market, making it truly "the freshest in the world". Take Rudong, a famous clam producing area in China, as an example. In addition to the natural clam breeding sea surface, the county has an artificial breeding area of more than 500,000 mu and an annual export of more than 60 million tons, making it the largest clam production base in China. In recent years, the tourism department of Nantong City has launched stepping on Meretrix meretrix as a special tourism activity, with a beautiful name of "Disco at Sea", which is unique at home and abroad, integrating viewing, sports and flavor, and has attracted a large number of domestic and foreign tourists and become a beautiful landscape in the South Yellow Sea.
[Edit this paragraph] Baipu "Sanxiangzhai" dried tea
(referred to as Baipu dried tea)
Up to now, it has a history of more than 300 years, and it is a well-known traditional flavor local product in Nantong. "Baipu Tea Dried" is made of high-quality soybeans and various spices. It contains high-quality protein which is easy for human body to digest, vitamins B 1, B2, calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. It also contains unsaturated fatty acids which are lacking in animal food, which can make up for the defects of animal dishes and is extremely beneficial to supplement human body and nutrition. Dried tea is delicious, fragrant, tough, beautiful in color, square and thin in shape, unique, economical and well-known, and very popular among the masses.
[Edit this paragraph] Nantong inlaid peach sesame cake
It is made of sesame powder, sugar, fried rice flour and walnut kernel. Two pieces per catty, each with 50 pieces up and down, each piece is golden in color, evenly inlaid with peaches, fragrant, sweet, loose and crisp. Dry eating, crisp and sweet, has a strong sesame fragrance, soaked in food, fragrant, refreshing but not greasy, and sesame, peach kernel and other raw materials, containing 17.7% protein 15.8% fat, 37. 1% sucrose, can be described as color and fragrance. Peach-embedded sesame cakes are said to have a history of more than a hundred years. At that time, there was a man named Xu and Songfu in Tongzhou City, who set up a "Dingtai" grocery store in the east gate, mainly producing tea, food and cakes, and also had shops in other places. Later, Xu Shi donated an official to the Qing government, and often paid tribute to fine refreshments. Only the peach-inlaid sesame cake made by Master Tong Gang is famous for its fine selection of materials, exquisite processing, delicious taste and distinctive features. Since then, Nantong "Dingtai" sesame cake has been known as "official refreshment" and is famous in the world. After the advent of crispy cakes, sesame cakes and crispy cakes