Tongzhou Three Treasures", the immortal source curd milk
There was once a folklore expert who said something like this: the old brand is the 'old citizen' of a place, the 'old neighbor' of the people, and Tongzhou, an ancient cultural city, naturally has many old brands, such as the Xianyuan Curd Milk known as the "Three Treasures of Tongzhou" is the local Chinese time-honored brand in Tongzhou, if the old brand has witnessed the history of a city, then today we are fortunate to feel these histories through the stories of the old brands, touch and even taste these stories!
Xianyuan curd can be said to be well-known in the mouths of the old Tongzhou people, and even the most daily "old friends", almost every household has such a can or two. Xiaobian believes that this is the highest realm of the "treasure" of the food category, not only put into the window to provide, but into thousands of households, let people feel the shortcomings of the realm without eating for a day!
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Speaking of Xianyuan curd milk, everyone can definitely think of bright red sauce tofu blocks, exquisite and familiar small square glass jars, once opened, the fragrance is fragrant, attracting people to water, taste fresh and salty moderate, whether it is used as a condiment or dipped to eat, even if it is sauce tofu touch the steamed buns, you can also hook people to eat two big! Show its charm! Of course, to be able to make such a level of cuisine, the story behind it is also as rich as this curd milk.
Wantong founder Mr. Ma Zhaofeng in the first two rows left one Xianyuan curd milk provided
Speaking of Xianyuan curd milk, it is inseparable from his predecessor Wantong Sauce Garden, in 1918, Ma Zhaofeng, a Hui whose ancestral home in Tongzhou was at No. 77 Zhaqiao, the most prosperous place in Tongzhou, founded the Wantong Sauce Garden.
1952 Wantong Industrial and Commercial Registration Form Xianyuan Curd Milk provided
According to the information provided by Mr. Ma Zhaofeng's descendants, the operation mode of Wantong Sauce Garden is the front shop and the back factory. The processing plant was located at the former Huimin Hutong No. 47 (where the current Huimin Primary School is located), covering an area of 176 acres. Wantong's business developed rapidly, and soon reached the scale of more than 400 pickling tanks, with 14 permanent employees and 70-80 additional seasonal workers in the peak season. The main products are soy sauce tofu, soy sauce, vinegar, yellow sauce, pickles 5 categories, there are more than 30-50 varieties. By 1956, the number of large and small cylinders reached 780 and the number of personnel reached 35.
Curd made by the original Tongzhou brewery Xianyuan curd milk is provided
So as one of the favorite daily dietary necessities of the people of Tongzhou, where is the secret of this immortal source of curd milk?
Xianyuan factory makes tofu Xianyuan curd milk is provided
The original Tongzhou brewery makes tofu Xianyuan curd milk provided
According to the book "Zhongcang" written by Mr. Yang Jiayi, an expert in Tongzhou literature and history, one of the most important reasons is that the production is excellent and the product quality is guaranteed. The first is that the source of raw materials is very strict. The tofu required for Wantong soy sauce tofu comes from Zhejiang Shaoxing "Weihe Curd Milk Factory", and the soy sauce tofu blank is divided into three kinds: Taifang, Dafang, and Mending, and Wantong purchases Taifang. The raw materials are half of soybeans and fava beans. The soy sauce tofu blanks are loaded in Shaoxing, loaded onto ships and transported to the Hangzhou wharf, and then transported to Tongzhou via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. At its peak, two large boats went back and forth 4 times a year, each with 500 jars and 100 pieces of tofu per jar.
To make soy sauce tofu requires two fermentations:
First fermentation: The first fermentation is equivalent to the process of receiving bacteria from stinky tofu, which is completed during transportation, which greatly saves the production time. The blank from south to north, after more than a month of water turbulence, the boat from Shaoxing at 30 ° north latitude to Tongzhou at 40 ° north latitude, under the infiltration of the north and south climate, accepted the baptism of wind and rain, condensed the essence of the sun and the moon, the billet has been tasted in the south and the north.
Second fermentation: After the blank arrives at the factory, the soup is added for a second fermentation. The miso soup has more than 10 kinds of ingredients such as red yeast rice, yellow seedling white sugar, star anise, fennel, etc., which are configured according to different proportions and processed. Among them, red yeast rice is not only suitable for fermentation, but also can be used for tofu with a unique red color. Then according to the taste of Beijingers to add ingredients, soaked and packed into the jar, encapsulated jar, put in the sun for more than two months, and then put into the cellar for a year, after about two years of cycle, sauce tofu is considered to be made!
Beijing Xianyuan Food Brewing Co., Ltd. brewing workshop Xianyuan curd milk provided
Fermentation process of the pre-production process of fermented milk Xianyuan curd milk is provided
This kind of excellence technology has made Wantong sauce tofu famous in Gyeonggi since the 1920s, selling well in Jingdong Eight Counties.
Later, the North Canal was cut off, and after the 1940s, the supply of raw materials for Wantong sauce tofu became a problem, coupled with the turmoil of the times, the situation of Wantong Sauce Garden was much worse than in its heyday. After the founding of New China, Mr. Ma Zhaofeng asked Manager Gao Zhensheng to contact the government and proposed to hand over the shops and factories to the government. During the public-private partnership, Wantong Sauce Garden had more than 30,000 yuan in shares, 35 employees, and 780 large and small tanks.
The original Tongzhou brewery gate Xianyuan curd milk provided
Former Tongzhou brewery outlet Xianyuan curd milk is provided
Since 1960, the pickle workshop of Tongzhou Food Factory has been moved to Tongzhou Brewing Factory (No. 227 Orchard, Tongzhou District), and the curd workshop has been formally established.
Now Beijing company Dongdaemun Xianyuan curd milk provided
In 2000, according to the needs of development, Tongzhou Brewery moved to Tongzhou District Industrial Economic Development Zone. The brewery was renamed "Beijing Xianyuan Food Brewing Company", covering an area of 40 acres, producing more than 80 varieties of five series of products such as soy sauce, yellow sauce, curd milk and vermicelli.
Included in the "Original Taste" published by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce
The Ministry of Commerce issued the bronze medal of "China Time-honored Brand"
In 2011, in order to protect "China's time-honored brand" enterprises, the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China carried out strict re-identification of brands that meet the requirements nationwide. In May, the company obtained the bronze medal and number certificate issued by the Ministry of Commerce, and in August of the same year, at the China China Time-honored Brand Expo, the "Xianyuan" brand was awarded the "Most Popular Chinese Time-honored Brand Award".
Xianyuan (Zhuolu) Food Co., Ltd. Panorama Xianyuan Curd Milk provided
Inside the production workshop Xianyuan curd milk is provided
On December 14 of the same year, in order to expand production capacity and meet sales demand, Xianyuan invested in and established a municipal key leading enterprise engaged in the production and sales of fermented soy products in Zhuolu County, Zhangjiakou - Xianyuan (Zhuolu) Food Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of 20 million yuan and a total area of 113.86 mu.
However, no matter how the name changes, the taste of that soy sauce tofu is still there, and the biggest feature of Xianyuan curd is that on the basis of tradition, the new process of "ventilation koji" and the "Xianyuan curd" No. 1 soup are used to shorten the production cycle of curd milk. According to the old Tongzhou people, Xianyuan curd milk is still the same taste of the year, exactly the same. It seems that 102 years have passed, no matter how the name and years have changed, the mellow sauce tofu flavor is still strong.
Of course, in the end, Xianyuan curd milk is definitely not "out of print", and it is sold around the people of Tongzhou! Xianyuan table food store, Xiaobian I want to hurry to buy a can to eat!
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Xianyuan Table Food Shop NO.3
Address: No. 34, Yuqiao Xili Middle Street, Yuqiao Street, Yuqiao Street, Tongzhou District, Beijing
Bus route: No. 806/ Tong 45 Liyuan Dongli Station, No. 589 Yuqiao West Road South Exit