"Blanch the cut pork belly first, remove blood foam and impurities, and then heat it red, put ginger and shallots on low heat and fragrant ......" A few days ago, the square in front of Longwen Public School in Xintang Village, Meinan Town, Meixian District was crowded, and more than 50 villagers wore chef clothes and chef hats, and surrounded the teacher to learn the cooking skills of the famous Hakka dish - stewed pork, and practiced one by one.
From April 15th to 22nd, Meixian District Supply and Marketing Cooperative, together with the People's Government of Meinan Town, Guangdong Provincial E-commerce Senior Technical School and Meixian District Huafeng Anqi Vocational Training School, held the second phase of the "Cantonese Cuisine Master" engineering skills training course in 2024, which is taught to rural people aged 16 to 55.
The training lasted for 8 days, and invited Liu Qinwen, a famous chef who won the gold medal in hot dishes of the 5th National Strait Hakka Cooking Competition, to teach the students, and the course combined with the local characteristic ingredients of Menan, teaching the cooking skills of 14 dishes such as special stuffed three treasures, aftertaste egg stuffing, and Hakka red stewed pork. In the class, Liu Qinwen explained and demonstrated the production process in detail from the aspects of raw materials, knife work, and heat. The students listened attentively and carefully comprehended the cooking methods taught by the teacher.
Wang Zhen, a student from Menan Township who runs a restaurant, frequently interacts with teachers during teaching, asking for tips on cooking different dishes, "This is a rare opportunity, and I hope to improve my skills through this training." In recent years, red tourism in Menan Town has become more and more popular with tourists, and he plans to launch a special Hakka menu in his restaurant after completing his studies to attract more tourists.
The relevant person in charge of the Meixian District Supply and Marketing Cooperatives said that they hope that through this Cantonese cuisine master training, the purpose of "serving farmers" of the supply and marketing cooperatives will be practiced, and the development model of "Cantonese cuisine master + rural revitalization" will be implemented in depth, so as to provide villagers with a carrier for learning knowledge, mastering skills and improving comprehensive quality, and help cultivate more Cantonese cuisine (Hakka cuisine) famous chefs, famous products and famous shops, promote the inheritance and promotion of Hakka food culture, realize the increase of farmers' family income, and provide more practical talent support for rural revitalization.
It is reported that since the beginning of this year, the district supply and marketing cooperatives, together with the Guangdong Provincial E-commerce Senior Technical School and the Meixian District Huafeng Anqi Vocational Training School, have carried out the "Cantonese Cuisine Master" cooking skills training, and have successively carried out free training courses for more than 100 rural workers such as Hakka cuisine cooking and Hakka dim sum making. At the same time, it actively connected with local catering industry related associations and chain hotels, restaurants and other business entities, held employment and entrepreneurship recommendation meetings, successfully helped more than 50 students to reach employment intentions with business entities, guided more than 10 students to start their own businesses, and some students improved their wages through training.
South+ reporter Huang Taowei
Correspondent: Zeng Wei
【Author】 Huang Taowei
[Source] Southern Press Media Group Southern + client