Entering the hot summer, soaking a few pieces of Zoutang pear preserved with water can not only quench thirst, but also dry and moisturize the lungs, which is one of the best products to relieve the heat, and it is also known as "Chaoshan tulange".
According to the "Zoutang Zheng Clan Genealogy" and folk materials, in the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, The Jinshi Zheng Gang served as an envoy to Sichuan in the early years of Longqing, transplanting Cangxi Sydney pears from Sichuan on the hillside behind the Ancestral Ancestral Hall of the Zheng Clan of Zoutang, initially called "Zheng zi pear", and later because of the indecent name of Zheng Zi pear, its color was changed to green peel pear, and the descendants gradually multiplied and spread all over the mountain to which Zou Tanglong belonged. If the records are true, the green peel pear has a history of more than 400 years.
The green peel pear blooms in spring, and the ripening result is between "summer" and "autumn". At this time, it is the height of summer, the green skin pear skin is thin and meaty, sweet and sour, and people are scrambling to buy it, wanting to taste it first. Green peel pear also has diuretic laxative, treatment of mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, external use can also treat burns.
Green peel pears are highly respected, and Zoutang pears made of green peel pears are even more famous at home and abroad.
Slice the green peel pear, dry it to the point where it can break, steam it in a cooker for about three hours, and then take it to dry. After three steaming and three suns, it takes about a month to make the preserved pear, and after making it, it needs to be sealed and stored in a clay pot, and the longer it is stored, the better. In addition to retaining the edible value of green peel pears, Zoutang pears also have the effect of treating sore throats, helping digestion, clearing heat and detoxification.
Zoutang pear preserved pear is a good gift from the people, which is loved by foreign compatriots. Every time they return to their hometown, they will bring some Zoutang pears to the overseas Chinese settlement to give to others and share the delicacies of their hometown together.
Legend has it that during the late Qing Dynasty, a fever was prevalent in Siam. Patients with this condition have a high body temperature and a dry mouth. A businessman's wife surnamed Chen also suffered from this disease, but due to the poor medical and health conditions at that time, she did not get better after seeking medical treatment. It just so happened that a merchant surnamed Chen brought a bag of Zoutang pear preserved pears from Chaoshan and knew that it had the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, so he held the mentality of trying, boiled Zoutang pears and gave them to his wife to drink. After a few hours, the businessman's wife felt that the internal heat disappeared, the mouth was clean, and after several days of continuous use, the fever was eliminated.
Mr. and Mrs. Chen were enthusiastic people, and they distributed Zoutang pears to the neighbors and let them boil water to drink, curing their fever. When the local doctor learned that the patients in this area were well, they felt very strange and asked them what panacea they used. The merchant surnamed Chen said that he was cured by Zou Tang, the "Chaoshan tu antelope".
In recent years, due to the degradation of the variety of green peel pears and environmental changes, the yield has not been as good as before. The 100-kilogram green peel pear can be made into 18 kilograms of Zoutang pear at most, so zoutang pear preserved pear is more precious today when the production of green peel pear is sluggish.
Zoutang pears are gradually drifting away from us, and maybe in the near future, we will not be able to eat this delicious specialty. We can only hope that, with the efforts of many parties, Zoutang pear can be preserved forever.
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