Eat pig's feet for beauty, which is known among people who are keen on beauty. As a result, eating pig's feet gradually became popular. At present, more than 4,000 pigs are slaughtered in Hangzhou every day. It is not enough to finish eating more than16,000 pigs, and it is necessary to transport them from other places every day.
The energy of Hangzhou people eating pig's feet broke out this year. According to the statistics of the designated office of pig slaughtering in Hangzhou, in the first quarter of this year, Hangzhou people ate 373,300 pigs, more than 80,000 more than the 290,700 pigs in the same period last year. During the May Day Golden Week, 26,600 pigs were slaughtered in urban areas, an increase of 2 1% over last year. These pig feet are all digested locally. Manager Zhou of Hangzhou United Baorui Meat Food Company said that the number of people eating pigs in Hangzhou is still increasing, and the supply of pig feet is also increasing accordingly, but this is not enough. Hangzhou has to dispatch more than 8,000 pig feet from other places every day to basically meet the supply.
The most digested pig's feet are catering hotels. Many restaurants in Hangzhou have such signature dishes as "Golden Pig Hand", and Donghua Home-cooked Restaurant on Xinhua Road can sell 200 pig hands every day. After the weather gets hotter, pig's foot soup becomes more and more popular, and the demand for pig's feet will continue to increase.
With strong demand support, the price of pig's feet has been as stable as Mount Tai. At present, the retail price of pig's feet without tendons is about 5 yuan per catty, while those with tendons are about 0.5 yuan, which is similar to last year.
Products such as pig's head, pig's ears, pig's tail, and pig's tongue (mouth strips) are loved by old Hangzhou people, and there are signs of a comeback recently. In restaurants such as Huangfaner and Zhuangyuan Pavilion, the sauce pig's ear and soybean pig's tail jelly are all cold dishes with high click-through rate. "Don't drink in a restaurant" can now sell hundreds of sauced pig ears and sauced pig tails a day, and it can also receive many group purchase orders before and after the Spring Festival.