When it comes to Jinhua ham, friends who like brine will definitely think of Jinhua ham, and friends who are involved in it will think that it can be used for dishes to freshen up. Jinhua ham has such a reputation, people can't help but wonder, why is there such a strange name as 'ham'? After digging deeper, I found that the origin of the original ham name was quite legendary.
The predecessor of ham is the bacon we are familiar with, and the original appearance of bacon was only to extend the shelf life of meat, but also to facilitate transportation and preservation. Before our Song Dynasty, the so-called name of ham did not appear, as the Song Dynasty weakened, the Song Dynasty lost half of the country, in order to resist the attack of the Jin army, the people of the Northern Song Dynasty began to make a large number of 'bacon', sending them to the front line as food for the army to use. Originally a good intention of the people, but unexpectedly caused the Northern Song Army to diarrhea, many troops lost the ability to fight, but this situation is only the case of bacon made in Zhejiang.
Why is this happening? The reason for this is that the process of making in Zhejiang at that time was different from most regions, and the bacon made in Zhejiang at that time used fire salt. The people of Zhejiang province worked together to expand the production of bacon, and finally successfully helped the Northern Song army to defend half of the country. The bacon produced in Zhejiang was therefore recorded as a military merit, and in order to reward Zhejiang bacon and show its merits in the war against the Jin Dynasty, Zhejiang bacon was given the name 'ham'. The Golden Kingdom belongs to 'jin' in our ancient traditional five-element theory, and 'fire' can be kejin, which is the origin of the name ham. In the rush of time, the quality of ham produced in Jinhua region of Zhejiang stood out from many hams, so there was the emergence of 'Jinhua ham'. #不可辜负的美食 #