As the saying goes: Baoding has three treasures, iron balls, noodle sauce, and spring immortality. At present, these three treasures are in Huaimao.
Huaimao pickles are the strong sauce aroma on the tip of the tongue of Baoding people, but also want to say that Hugh can not erase the nostalgia, there is nothing that a pack of Huaimao pickles can not be eliminated.
Baoding planting of spring is a kind of leafy vegetables specially for pickling, and knots belong to the same class of mustard, but the fleshy roots are small, the petiole is long and round, after pickling, no matter how long it is stored, it still maintains a green, tender, crisp nature, unique flavor, neither tendons and long wood, nor bitter taste, for winter and spring can not get pickles. It is widely cultivated in the suburbs of Baoding City, and the distribution is widespread, but the area is not large. The best varieties are in the suburbs of east, west, Gaozhuang and Qingyuan. Spring is not only pickled and eaten, but also fried with meat and flavorful, which is very popular with the masses.
"Spring is not old" has a little spicy taste, there are two ways to eat in Baoding, one is pickles, marinated with salt for a short time, it is listed with moisture, although it has been pickled, but it also has the delicate and fresh taste of fresh vegetables. No matter how long it is stored, it still maintains its green, tender and crisp nature, with a unique flavor, neither raw nor long wood, nor bitter taste, which is a rare and delicious side dish in winter and spring;
The other is fresh vegetable raw mix, pluck the heart of the dish, simply simmer or stir-fry in the pot, out of the pot when it is half raw and half cooked, drizzled with soy sauce and small ground sesame oil cold mix, eat with a little mustard smell, often can stimulate the sneezing, the next meal is very flavorful, let people appetite, appetite greatly increased.
Huaimao pickles are not only home-cooked dishes of ordinary people's homes, but also once associated with the court. It was the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu (1901), when Empress Dowager Cixi threatened Guangxu to visit Xiling, passing through Baoding, the local officials offered a gift of "spring is not old", Cixi praised it after eating, and gave the name "Taiping Cuisine", which means "Taiping under heaven", which means an indispensable and regular dish for the people's homes. Therefore, Tan Jixuan of the Qing Dynasty wrote in the "Song of the Mandarin Lake": "Urn vegetables but carry spring do not grow old, and The honor does not ask how the night is." Just like the phrase that Baoding people often hang on their lips now: "A hundred years of history is not old in spring, and Cixi said good when he ate it!" ”
Each jar of Huaimao pickles has undergone complicated steps such as "strict selection of raw materials", "pickle first pickling", "cutting", "plucking", "three pours and three sauces", and finally forming a rich, sweet, salty and sweet flavor of Huaimao pickle sauce.
While inheriting the old rule of "one pound of noodle sauce and one pound of dishes", the innovation has achieved a significant salt reduction of 30%, and developed the small dishes of Huaimao Sauce Garden that "reduce salt without reducing fragrance, and the next meal is healthier", inheriting the classic taste and pursuing healthy and light food.
The long-established brand is not only a commercial symbol, but also a part of Baoding's historical and cultural memory, and has been integrated into the cultural blood of the city. Baoding pickles have been famous for a long time, Huai Mao insisted on inheriting more than three hundred years of traditional craftsmanship, Huai Mao pickles have their own taste code, and people who have deeply understood its taste have also written poems to praise it.
Adhering to the traditional craftsmanship of more than 300 years, Huaimao has successively launched sweet noodle sauce, pickles, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings favored by generations, and "Huaimao" has also been awarded the "Most Popular Chinese Time-honored Brand" for many times.