Since then, I have known that there is a dish called braised pork with plum vegetables, which is also a famous Hakka dish in Guangdong. Later, I also ate braised pork with plum vegetables made by friends from other different places, and then I found out that the "plum vegetables" used in different places were different. The braised pork with plum vegetables in Cantonese cuisine used Guangdong specialty plum vegetables.
In other areas, prunes are mostly used as "plum dishes", while "Xuelihong" is used in some places to make braised pork with plum dishes. What is the relationship between them? Today, Lazy Meow will talk to you about this topic. Let's take a look:
What's the difference between dried plum and sherry red?
Dried plum is the name given to a kind of dried pickles in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and Fuzhou, Jiangxi. These pickles include dried mustard, dried cabbage, dried rape, dried winter vegetables, dried sherry and so on. You can also simply understand that dried plum vegetables refer not to a specific dish, but to a class of pickles.
Xuelihong, also known as potherb mustard and Xueliong, is a fresh green leafy vegetable. Because in autumn and winter, the leaves of Xuelihong planted in the northern region will turn purple, so the name "Xuelihong" comes into being. Xuelihong is a variety of leaf mustard, which is often used for pickling and eating.
In terms of category, dried prunes belong to a kind of pickled vegetables, including dried sherry red, which belongs to fresh green leafy vegetables and a variety of mustard.
In the production process of dried plum vegetables, it is necessary to dry the vegetables naturally first, then pile yellow fermentation, salt curing and finally sun drying. Therefore, the dried prunes we see are all like dried vegetables, crumpled into a ball, and their appearance is mostly black or dark yellow. The appearance of Xuelihong is fresh and full, with large leaves and light green.
From the appearance and morphology, dried prunes look like dried vegetables, with dark color, while sherry red is fresh and full vegetables, with a light green overall.
In the production process, dried prunes are salted with salt and dried in the sun, so they taste salty, heavy and chewy. Xuelihong is an original fresh vegetable, which has no salty taste, tastes crisp and delicious, and has a little bitter taste.
Judging from the taste, dried plum vegetables taste heavier and have obvious salty taste, while sherry red tastes a bit astringent and tastes crisp and refreshing.
Dried prunes are often used as side dishes of various dishes, such as steamed duck with dried prunes in steamed dishes, braised pork with dried prunes in braised dishes, etc., and can also be directly used to cook soup, making the dishes fragrant and very tasty. Snow red is often used to stir fry or make pickles. The pickled sherry red has a special flavor and fragrance, and it is also very delicious.
From the point of view of suitable practices, dried plum vegetables are often used as ingredients, such as braised pork with plum vegetables and other dishes, and sherry red is often used for home-cooked stir-frying or pickled food.
As mentioned earlier, braised pork with plum vegetables is a famous dish of Guangdong Hakka, and it is also called Hakka three treasures with salted chicken and stuffed tofu. I believe some friends will be curious whether the "dried plum" commonly used in Guangdong cuisine and braised pork with plum vegetables is the same as the "dried plum" used in other regions.
The "plum dish" used in the braised pork of Cantonese cuisine is mainly produced in Meizhou, Huizhou and other places in Guangdong Province, and belongs to a local specialty. The dried plum dish obtained by drying and pickling this plum dish is used as an ingredient for braised pork and other dishes. The braised pork with plum vegetables that we often eat is not necessarily the plum vegetables produced in Guangdong, but more likely the pickled vegetables made from other vegetables, which are collectively called "dried plum vegetables".
"Dried plum vegetables" and "dried plum vegetables" are not the same kind of vegetables. The former is a unified name for a kind of pickled vegetables, while the latter is a special vegetable made from some places in Guangdong.
From the above, it can be seen that the difference between dried plum and sherry red is mainly reflected in four aspects, namely, different categories, different appearance, different taste and different suitable methods. In essence, dried prunes belong to a kind of pickled vegetables, not a specific dish in general, while xuelihong belongs to a fresh green leafy vegetable.