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▲ The fat of the pork melts in the glutinous rice at high temperature, giving the glutinous rice an attractive shine. Photo by Wu Xuewen
-The Legend of the Gentleman of Things-
Countless times I heard the call of my friends in the background
This time, Fengwujun has finally begun
Bring !goods!!
(Anxious friends can be pulled directly to the end of the article~)
Slender and good-looking, Zhejiang Suichang long dumplings
It will definitely subvert your traditional perception of zongzi,
Satisfy all your imagination of zongzi!
The following is a tasting guide for Suichang long dumplings hot,
Please check !!
▲ When trying the long dumplings, Fengwujun's expression was as above. It's so good!
If a beauty contest is held in the zongzi industry, Suichang long zongzi, which is often several meters long, will definitely win a lot of attention because of its "domineering" appearance. So the question is, how can such a long zongzi be served on our Dragon Boat table?
China National Geographic, Authentic Customs, and small partners who rush to the street and create natural creations jointly produced the "Oriental Long Rice Dumplings" to give family members who haven't seen each other for a long time to eat something different.
▲ Six flavors of long dumplings, rice glutinous filling, each flavor of long dumplings are "secretly rubbing" to exude fragrance, to see who is the first to be selected to send to the mouth. Fengwujun is very resentful now, why do people only have one stomach!Photography/Wu Xuewen
Half-meter-long zongzi?
Fengwujun and people who saw long zongzi for the first time couldn't help but want to ask this question: Why do you want to wrap such a long zongzi?
There are a lot of sayings on the Internet, we chatted with the locals, and found that the custom of "sending the Dragon Boat Festival" is still more reliable.
▲ Suichang. Photography / Lao Yang
In Suichang, every Dragon Boat Festival, the son-in-law will carry the long dumplings with a flat pole to his mother-in-law's house. The long zongzi symbolizes the friendship between husband and wife, and the length of the zongzi also contains the degree of blessing to the father-in-law and mother-in-law.
"The longer the zongzi is wrapped, the better the conditions at home, the rice, meat, and money. Hearing this, we smiled, and the locals quickly added: "There is still friendship, so I am willing to wrap it for such a long time." It's not good, you have to have a lot of people together. ”
▲ Making long dumplings is an activity for many people. Figure/Network
Therefore, long dumplings are also called "long love dumplings" in the local area. Because of the length, the whole family has to eat it separately, and it is also called "sharing zongzi".
There are so many zongzi in Zhejiang, why did you choose it?
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The stuffing is large, the meat is spread out in the whole strip, and the beans are sprinkled with beans between the rice
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There are sweet and salty flavors, and the flavors are rich
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The supply chain has been continuously improved after three years of rushing to the street to ensure the stability of quality and safety
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The design of natural creations, if it is not the delicious zongzi, you can buy the pearls
Zongye, glutinous rice丨Visitors from the depths of the mountains
▲ Suichang between mountains and rivers has given birth to abundant products. Photography / Lao Yang
Suichang is located in the south of Zhejiang, with four distinct seasons, humid climate, and the landform is mainly hilly, with two major water systems of Oujiang River and Qiantang River passing through. Perhaps inspired by the beautiful and graceful scenery of Suichang, four hundred years ago, Tang Xianzu wrote the lingering and sympathetic "Peony Pavilion" when he was in the official residence of Suichang.
The Suichang people have cultivated between the mountains and rivers for thousands of years, cultivating rich authentic products. For example, rice leaves and glutinous rice.
▲ When encountering the leaves in the mountains after the rain, the glutinous rice has a unique fragrance. Photography / Picture Worm Creative
In the deep mountains of Suichang, the mountains are high and the water is clear, and the wide wild leaves grow freely between the stone walls of the mountain springs, and many zongzi factories in Zhejiang will come here to collect the leaves.
The mountains are dotted with cascading and curved terraces, enclosing patches of alpine glutinous rice.
▲ Sunshine, mountain springs, soil, soft and glutinous, sweet, fragrant. Photography / Lao Yang
Bao Changzong丨 "troublesome" "dressing" steps
Long dumplings are not like four-cornered dumplings, and they are very troublesome to wrap. A long dumpling is made of several leaves that fit each other together, then filled with glutinous rice and other fillings, and tightly tied with a tenacity of dragon's beard grass, and the most skilled aunt can only wrap 50 pieces a day.
Locals are usually busy with farming and rarely have time to make long rice dumplings. But when it came to the Dragon Boat Festival, in order to celebrate the festival with the family, everyone fell in love with "trouble". The old people began to prepare long rice dumplings in advance, waiting for their children to come back.
In the selection criteria of the zongzi of the "Oriental Long Zong" gift box, it is clearly listed that "each zongzi must be evenly tied with dragon's whisker grass for 7 circles, with correct corners, proper tightness of the tie line, no obvious exposed corners, and no exposed zongzi", each of which is strictly observed.
Plum dried vegetable and meat dumplings, black rice dumplings丨The most authentic "Suichang flavor"
Plum and vegetable meat dumplings, black rice dumplings and red bean dumplings are local traditional long rice dumplings.
▲Plum vegetable and meat dumplings. The Dragon Boat Festival in Suichang is flavored with dried plum vegetables. Photo by Wu Xuewen
Dried plum vegetables are the "life" of Zhejiang people. Just as people in the Northeast always have sauerkraut at home, and people in the Northwest can't do without artichokes, Zhejiang people must have a jar for storing dried plum vegetables at home. Alpine wild vegetables are dried and steamed through the craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation, like a peculiar spice, which adjusts the taste of zongzi to a unique level.
The meat dumplings in the long dumplings are all made of farmhouse pork, the golden ratio of fat and thin, the whole piece of meat is turned into glutinous rice after steaming, the fragrance is glutinous, a bite is full of satisfaction and happiness, and the aftertaste of late night is golden oil.
▲ Umi red bean dumplings. The popularity of plum dried vegetable and meat dumplings in Suichang may only be equal to the black rice and red bean dumplings. Photo by Wu Xuewen
The black rice is not black, the leaves of the southern candle tree are broken and soaked in glutinous rice, and the white glutinous rice becomes Wuwu, and Wu becomes a taste. Coupled with the clear red beans, I wish you to pick more, this thing is the most lovesick.
Four improved flavors丨A fashionable item between the teeth and cheeks
Egg yolk fresh meat dumplings, cured sausage dumplings, and candied date fresh meat dumplings are not local traditional long rice dumplings, but they are the taste of Jiangnan people. In recent years, multigrain rice dumplings have also become people's new favorite taste buds.
▲ Egg yolk fresh meat dumplings. Egg yolk fresh meat dumplings must be eaten hot. Through the steaming white mist, the salted egg yolk is revealed, and the gravy mixed with the red oil of the egg yolk gives the glutinous rice an attractive shine. Photo by Wu Xuewen
No one can say no to the salted egg yolk that is bubbling with oil. As long as any food is paired with salted egg yolk, I am afraid that the title of "Internet celebrity item" will not be able to run. The improved taste of egg yolk fresh meat dumplings is the new favorite of many people's taste buds.
▲ Lap-mei sausage dumplings. Deep-frying is another way to eat cured sausage dumplings. Photo by Wu Xuewen
After slicing the sausage, it can be paired with any kind of ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, rape, and bok choy to make a fragrant and oily dish. For people who like to eat preserved sausages, preserved sausage dumplings are portable claypot rice that must not be missed.
▲ Jujube fresh meat dumplings. The taste of the fresh meat dumplings with dates is very subtle, and when I tried it, some colleagues said that it was a dark dish, and some colleagues loved to eat it with it. Photo by Wu Xuewen
Jujube dumplings and fresh meat dumplings are both classics in the zongzi industry, and they each have their own fan bases. When dates meet fresh meat and are wrapped in a dumpling leaf, the two ingredients, which are originally unrelated, achieve each other, and the taste is a little subtle.
Under the background of fresh meat, the taste of candied dates is sweet and sour, and it melts in the mouth. The golden dates do not interfere with the salty aroma of the fresh meat at all, but stimulate the deliciousness of the meat itself. People are always amazed by the beauty of mixed race, but in fact, two very different foods can also be blended to make people intoxicated.
▲ Whole grain dumplings. For those who like sweetness, you can pour a layer of honey on the cereal rice dumplings. Photo by Wu Xuewen
Glutinous rice, red beans, mung beans, black rice, peanuts are mixed and mixed in the ratio of 6:1:1:1:1, and the dietary fiber of the grains neutralizes the stickiness of the glutinous rice.
How many ways to eat long dumplings?
There are two types of "Oriental Long Dumplings" gift boxes, the special ones are half a meter long, following the ritual sense of long dumplings. The standard model is 20cm long, has a variety of flavors, and is easy to steam. The way to eat long dumplings is by no means single, but has different patterns.
▲ Steaming long rice dumplings. Figure/Network