A can of douchi herring contains two authentic Cantonese ingredients at the same time. Even mothers who hate fast food will prepare several cans in the refrigerator: on a typhoon day, when they can't go out to buy food, a can of lobster sauce shad is enough to reassure their families. When I meet a child who doesn't eat green vegetables, I will fry a plate of black beans and shad with oil and wheat, and I must make him lick the plate clean.
For young people who go out to study or work, it is undoubtedly a blessing to have a bowl of rice porridge and fermented soybean and squid rice, which can not only eat well, but also alleviate the suffering of homesickness.
One hundred years ago, shad and lobster sauce had a delicious reaction, and its inventor was a group of homeless people. Unexpectedly, a hundred years later, the sweet taste still touches people's memories. What kind of flavor does Douchi Shade use to maintain feelings? Who invented the world's first can of lobster sauce herring? In this issue, Peninsula Jun tells you a story about China.
Hometown feelings of Douchi shad.
When Mr Cai Lan was a handsome boy, he left Singapore to study abroad. Even though he has eaten all kinds of delicacies, he still can't forget the taste of lobster sauce and shad. He wrote in the article: It's freezing. When you are hungry, there is absolutely nothing more wonderful and satisfying than eating a bowl of hot white rice with a piece of lobster sauce and herring. ? plate
People who have never left home will never understand this feeling.
Yes, it is even more difficult to live abroad without the comfort of hometown flavor. /kloc-In the late 20th century, the vagrants who worked in Southeast Asia have understood this truth.
-Nanyang, today's Southeast Asia-
So, they fry the shad, add lobster sauce and oil to extend the shelf life, and then put them in a crock, which they will take with them when they go out.
Seeing the popular lobster sauce herring, businessmen seized the business opportunity and learned from Europeans to make canned food. 1893, they set up a fragrant cannery in Guangzhou, and produced China, the world's first canned "Douchi Herring".
Before 1950s, domestic cannery was more like a small workshop, and canning, vacuumizing and welding were all operated by human hands.
The first meeting of douchi and shad in the jar.
Why Douchi shad is a Guangdong specialty? It turns out that shad, which are even more afraid of cold than people, will be chained once they stay in fresh water below 5%, and the environment in the Pearl River Delta (especially Shunde) is most suitable for their growth.
-In addition to lobster sauce herring, dried herring is also a specialty of Guangdong-
Another protagonist, Yangjiang Douchi, is also a specialty of Guangdong, making canned shad delicious and unrepeatable.
The fish is moist and slightly fragrant with black beans; Douchi is rich in fish oil after chewing, and the secret of delicious is soybean oil.
The factory will treat the fermented soybean and the shad separately, put them into the jar in the order of "fermented soybean first, then shad", and then inject soybean oil to make them closely contact and penetrate each other. At the same time, soybean oil will make fish bones tender, which is why we can't feel the existence of bone spurs when eating fish.
The story of the shad cannery
In China, there are dozens of brands of Douchi Shade, and the competition is fierce. Among them, Ganzhu, Yuehua (Pearl River Bridge) and Eagle Money are the three most powerful and well-known giants. Dried bamboo is the most popular among the people. Its 15s advertisement and 8-character slogan have been appearing in various channels in Guangdong in recent years.
In terms of seniority and scale, Eagle Money is the big brother.
Xiang Yu 1893 produced the first can of fermented soybean shad, and used the trademark of "Eagle Biaoqian", which is also a century-old brand. Later, Xiang was renamed as "Guangdong Cannery", and its former site has now been changed to Red Factory.
Besides canned food, we are also familiar with Le Jia biscuits, many of which range from snacks to large snacks and drinks, and are all brands of Eagle Money. Even root beer used to belong to their family, which is a big business.
This small jar full of memories, the packaging and taste have not changed. I know it will continue to protect everyone who misses home.