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Chinese food culture, showing different regional characteristics, such as northerners, very like to eat chicken, fried chicken, roast chicken, stewed chicken, the method is varied; and southerners, very like to eat duck, especially Jiangsu people, especially Nanjing people, in eating duck, called experts!
So how much do Jiangsu people love to eat duck? Let's take stock of the eight famous duck delicacies in Jiangsu to see how many you have eaten?
First of all, Jiangsu is the "hometown of fish and rice", suitable for duck growth, the so-called mountain to eat mountains and rely on water, the emergence of food culture, also stems from this truth.
Nanjing is located in the south of the Jiangsu Province, the water system is developed, the local people have always had the tradition of eating duck, the famous Nanjing brine duck, is one of the representative dishes.
Nanjing saltwater duck, also known as osmanthus duck, because Nanjing has the name of "Jinling", so Nanjing saltwater duck, also known as "Jinling saltwater duck", in short, is a meaning.
This kind of duck, with a long history, during the Ming Dynasty, there are nursery rhymes singing: "Ancient Academy, Glass Pagoda, Xuan color satin, saltwater duck", saying that the representative things of Nanjing, of which the saltwater duck, accounting for one, can see the status of the saltwater duck in the hearts of Nanjing people, or quite high, at least, the Ming Dynasty, it has flown into the homes of ordinary people.
However, posterity has research, the duck used in the brine duck, not from Nanjing, but between Shaobo and Gaoyou, Jiangsu's Shaobo Lake, Gaoyou Lake are famous lakes, rich in aquatic products, very suitable for duck growth, good ingredients, to create a good delicacy, brine duck is so.
As for why it is called osmanthus duck, it is said that it is named because there is a osmanthus fragrance in the saltwater duck meat.
Speaking of plate duck, this is a unique practice of ducks, and some people may not be accustomed to the duck's commotion, and the plan of the plate duck just removes this point, and it is not so heavy to eat the duck commotion.
Nanjing plate duck is commonly known as pipa duck, also called "official ceremony plate duck" and "tribute duck", it is obvious that this is the duck eaten by the emperor that year.
Its method is made of salt brine pickling and air drying, divided into two kinds of wax plate duck and spring plate duck, because its meat is tender and tight, just like a plate, so it is named, and Beijing roast duck is the same name, known as "north roast duck, south plate duck".
Because the Nanjing plate duck has a long history and unique taste, it is deeply loved by diners, and it has also spread to the north and is also welcomed by northern diners.
Since we are talking about duck, how can we get less roast duck?
As we all know, Beijing roast duck is famous, but Nanjing roast duck is not inferior!
Moreover, this kind of duck has a long history, it is said that the people of Nanjing loved to eat it, even Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was no exception, to what extent did it love to eat? It is said that it is "a solar eclipse roast duck", and later, Zhu Yuanzhang's son and Zhu Yunjiao's uncle, Zhu Di, became emperor and moved the capital to Beijing, and the craftsmanship of Nanjing roast duck was also brought over, and there was a rising star "Beijing roast duck".
Fuli duck soup is a famous dish in Suzhou, about this dish, there are some historical stories, Tang Dynasty literary scholar Tortoise Meng has long lived in seclusion in Gu Su Lu ZhiFu, self-proclaimed "Mr. FuLi", it is said that he often uses duck dishes to entertain guests, this Fuli duck soup, is a delicious dish that he entertained Pi Rixiu that year.
Suzhou brine duck is one of the signature dishes of the century-old shop Songhe Tower, which is a traditional famous dish in Suzhou, its color is bright red, the skin is fat but not greasy, the meat is tender, sweet and salty, and it is generally listed in the annual summer season, which is welcomed by diners.
Suzhou sauce duck is also known as secret sauce duck, in the south, many places have sauce duck, Suzhou sauce duck is said to have a history of more than 700 years, its finished product is amber, fragrant, sweet with salty, tender and delicious, according to the "Tokyo Dream Hualu" record, this dish is in the Southern Song Dynasty famous dish "five flavor roast duck" on the basis of the development, is a Suzhou people never forget a dish.
Three sets of duck is a famous dish in Yangzhou, Yangzhou is a city of food, the food is dazzling, three sets of duck is one of the local traditional dishes, the Qing Dynasty "Tuning Ding Collection", there was a set of duck production methods:
"Fat ducks are boneless, plate ducks are also boneless, filled into the belly of the duck, steamed very badly, and the whole offering."
Later, the chefs of Yangzhou filled the wild duck boneless into the domestic duck, the vegetable pigeon was boneless, and then filled into the wild duck, created the "three sets of ducks", the flavor is unique, soon became famous, became a local famous dish, the taste is salty and fresh, the taste is excellent.
Mother oil boat duck is a very distinctive traditional dish, popular in southern Jiangsu, mainly in Suzhou, Wuxi area, can be regarded as a kind of "boat cuisine".
In the past, there were many boats on Taihu Lake, and the boatmen cooked rice and cooked vegetables on the boats, creating this dish, and later, after the chef's improvement, the original bone duck was changed to a bone duck, and in the duck belly, Sichuan winter vegetables, chives, shredded pork and other ingredients were added, and in the seasoning, they changed to Suzhou's famous mother oil (high-quality soy sauce used in the three days of drying until autumn), which had a better taste, named "mother oil boat duck".
Jiangsu people love to eat duck, good at cooking duck, in addition to the above eight kinds of duck dishes, as well as duck blood vermicelli soup, salted duck eggs, etc., are people's favorite food, I don't know what you have eaten?
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