After the reform and opening up, I washed my feet and left my hometown to become a migrant worker in Hainan. When you have money in your pocket, you can drink it after diluting the boiling water, and it has become a snack nutrition that supplements your body during working hours. It's also my first time to enjoy it. And in a long period of work, it is the first choice to take a break and brew with boiling water to quench thirst, add food and prevent hunger.

The development of society and the introduction of various nutrients and drinks are no longer the period of material shortage before the 1980s. Colorful and constantly updated, the manufacturers of malt extract may change with the development of the new situation, eliminate the original items that lag behind in real life, and malt extract will disappear inevitably!

Malt cream has been eaten, and the price is reasonable. Because with the development of economy, the profit of malt extract may not be ideal, and it is also very likely that she has changed her "exterior" and put makeup on her face, so everyone doesn't know her.

Yes, and I remember it clearly.

At that time, malt extract was definitely worthy of the title of "luxury". Visiting patients, visiting the elderly, pampering children, and bringing a can of malted milk essence are definitely the best gifts! The psychological comfort it brings is absolutely no less than giving someone the latest Huawei mate50 mobile phone today!

And why do I have a soft spot for malt extract? Because, this stems from a sad past.

In 1980, the spring breeze of reform and opening up came to our remote and isolated mountain village. Every household has been assigned fields, forests and homesteads. Everyone has riveted their strength, threw off their arms and got to work. Not only did they plant their own fields, but they also worked hard to dig and level their own homesteads after busy farming, eager to bid farewell to the shabby and dark old dragon enclosure house and live in a spacious and bright new house.

My house

At that time, my father also began to level our homestead. In that simple era, it was common for people to help each other. Therefore, many relatives and friends spontaneously came to help our family, especially on weekends. My uncle and uncle Shengfa, who taught in the village primary school, also joined the army to help. On the broad homestead, they were full of laughter and excitement.

However, it was that Sunday that something happened.

That year, my second sister was only eleven years old and was still in the fourth grade of primary school. That day, she and several little sisters in the village went up the mountain to chop wood. Children are fun-loving, and my young second sister and her friends are no exception. That day, after they cut the firewood, they climbed up a tall wild fruit tree, cut off the branches with a sickle, and let them fall to the ground to pick the wild fruits on it for "enjoyment", while my second sister picked and gathered them underground. Just then, an accident happened: a big branch that was cut sharply by a sickle fell rapidly from the sky and went straight into the second sister's right calf!

My second sister let out a cry of pain and instantly fell into a coma. Her friends climbed down from the tree in panic, trying to pull out the big branch deeply inserted in the second sister's right calf. Helpless, they were young, weak, and frightened, and it took a long time. When they finally pulled out the big branch, the second sister's right calf was already like a cut pig's foot, festering, bloody and the bones were clearly visible ...

When I saw my second sister's bloody right foot, I couldn't help crying! The adults stopped what they were doing and gathered around. After the barefoot doctor in the village stopped the bleeding for the second sister, the only tractor in the village, carrying the second sister and parents who were worried and sad, headed for the county seat with the fastest speed ...

After more than three months of rescue and treatment in the county hospital, the second sister finally recovered and returned home before the Chinese New Year. Relatives and friends came to visit her with various brands of malt extract. Malt cream filled her bedside and piled up like a hill. Even, some of the food that was too late to eat has already condensed into pieces unconsciously.

My second sister loves me dearly and often secretly drinks malted milk essence for me behind my parents' backs. As for me, I actually prefer those that are condensed into pieces, because I can put it in a small pocket, run outside and show it off to my friends while chewing.

My house was not built until a few years later; Second sister's right foot also left a permanent scar. However, the refreshing and sweet taste of Mairujing, together with the warm and intimate love that my second sister gave me, has always been sweet in my heart and will never be forgotten. ......

As a post-70s, malt extract is my lingering childhood joy. Because malt extract was synonymous with high-grade food and high-grade tonic in those days, only on holidays and when visiting the sick will someone buy two cans and bring them to the door, which is rare for ordinary families to eat once a year.

I remember that the malt extract was produced in Shanghai. In the 1970s and 1980s, light industrial products produced in Shanghai were synonymous with quality assurance and brand-name products.

In those days, I especially liked to eat malt extract dry, that is, to chew it with a spoon at home, so as to melt malt extract with saliva in my mouth, which is full of milk flavor and sweetness, but this way of eating is not allowed by adults.

I remember that when my grandfather came to my house as a guest, my father's comrades-in-arms sent me two barrels of malted milk essence. My mother scooped up two spoonfuls of malted milk essence every morning, and then put an egg in it and brewed it with boiling water for my grandfather to drink. I was so greedy that I waited for my grandfather to say, "Give you some, I can't drink it alone." When my grandfather came back to his hometown, there was a bucket and a half of malt cream left at home, and my mother had to let him take it back to drink. At that time, my grandfather took it away without refusing, so I still hated my grandfather for a long time.

However, I don't know why, malt extract rose rapidly and then disappeared quickly. There was a similar Gao Legao in malt extract nothing in the future, but it was a little more chocolate than malt extract, but it didn't rise for a few years and disappeared.

First, what is malt extract made of?

As the name implies, malt extract is made from the essence of wheat and condensed milk. In order to increase its flavor, raw materials such as glucose, milk powder and sugar are added, so malt extract has a strong mixed flavor of wheat and milk, and because of its high sugar content, malt extract is easy to get wet and agglomerate, but this piece is more enjoyable to eat than brewing.

Second, why did the malt extract disappear

1. Taste of malted milk essence: malted milk essence has a particularly high sugar content, so it tastes particularly sweet. Today, when people pursue a healthy diet, foods with too high sugar content will be considered unhealthy, so it is inevitable that the excessively sweet malted milk essence will be eliminated.

② Substitute of malt extract: The age of malt extract was mainly because it was easy to store and carry. Now there are many kinds of dairy products and drinks on the market, and people prefer natural taste and original ecological food, so it is inevitable that the artificially processed and blended malt extract will withdraw from the historical stage.

③ Positioning of Malted Milk Essence: Malted Milk Essence was bought and eaten by people as a nutritional product in the 1980s, because people's living standard was not high then, and logistics and preservation technology were not good enough, so many fresh ingredients could only be sold through refining and processing. Now people all realize that eating food should be pure natural, and Malted Milk Essence as a nutritional product is not as good as all kinds of formula milk powder now, so it is inevitable to be eliminated.

The era when malted milk essence belongs to it has passed. After all, people's living standards and consumption levels are not comparable to those in the 1980s, and people are now pursuing natural and healthy food, and there are many substitutes for malted milk essence, so it is inevitable that malted milk essence with a single taste and a sweet taste will fade out of our sight.

Of course, I remember that the "malt extract" at that time was a popular nutritional product, which smelled very fragrant and sweet. Every new year's holiday, young people who work outside the home will buy a shake of "malt extract" to honor the elderly. It is fashionable for people in the village to visit relatives and friends with "malt extract", and "malt extract" has become a necessity to see patients. With the rapid development of society,