Cucumbers are simple to make, and adding some slices of meat or dripping some white vinegar and sugar can be an appetizing side dish. But when it comes to using cucumbers to make pickled food, it doesn't seem like much. In Pubei County, Guangxi, the home of longevity in the world, pickled cucumbers are a traditional food with a history of many years.
This cucumber peel is selected from the local cucumbers in Pubei, secretly processed by traditional methods, with tender and crisp, sour with sweetness, strong aroma, good taste, increase appetite and other characteristics, unique flavor, is a famous local specialty of Qinzhou City, is a local often prepared flavor snacks and gifts to relatives and friends.
Qinzhou melon peel is not the "skin" of a kind of melon, but a kind of melon unique to the local area, the skin is yellow, so the locals call it "cucumber". This pickled cucumber is called "cucumber skin" in the Qinzhou area.
Because the pickled cucumber removes most of the water, it changes from round to flat, showing many wrinkles, so it is called "melon skin". In Qinzhou, Guangxi, every household has a delicious pot of cucumber peel!
Pubei County, Qinzhou City, Guangxi, is located in the south of Guangxi, the land in the territory is mostly hills and basins, the climate is warm, the four seasons are like spring, the rainfall is abundant, the spring and summer fog days are many, the geographical location and climatic conditions are very suitable for planting cucumbers, and the quality of cucumbers is excellent.
In Qinzhou, almost every household has a jar of cucumber peel, and each family also prepares the saltiness of the pickled according to the desired taste. The key to pickling is the seasoning of the melon skin. Put the cucumbers pressed into chunks in a clay pot, sprinkle salt on the upper surface, and if you want to make other flavors, you can also sprinkle with a variety of incense powder, spicy, etc., as you want.
But to be properly seasoned, not more, not less, just right, this is the mystery of the hometown cucumber skin. After adding the material, the large stone is placed on it and squeezed, and after two days, it can be put on the market.
If it is sealed in a jar and stored, it can be kept fresh for a year, or even for several years. The crispy cucumber, pickled into a cucumber skin, has a bluish yellow color and a large surface toughness, which is not easy to tear.
And this cucumber skin, the production is still exquisite, can only be cut horizontally and then into the dish, otherwise in the cooking process will make the cucumber skin crisp taste soft.
Qinzhou melon skin is crisp and tender, no matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, melon peel is an indispensable delicacy on the table of Qinzhou people.
There is a widely circulated saying in Qinzhou: "It is better to lack bird's nest abalone than to have melon skins." "Qinzhou melon skin is tender and crisp, sweet in the acid, strong in flavor, good taste, very appetizing, is a good appetizer."
It can be fried with other ingredients, such as melon skin fried snail, melon skin fried pepper, melon skin fried meat, etc., delicious and appetizing.
With the development of society, now Qinzhou melon peel production process, using modern production technology, combined with traditional technology refined, to the maximum extent to retain the natural pure flavor of cucumber peel, both the traditional melon peel delicious, refreshing, appetizing characteristics, but also with modern packaging technology made of portable, easy to eat small packaged food, eat very convenient.
Little friends, from the world's longevity hometown - Guangxi Pubei County "cucumber skin", sour with sweet, unique flavor, have you eaten?