A long time ago, because the family was poor, there was a family that could not afford to buy New Year goods or big fish and meat during the New Year. I only bought one fish during the New Year, so I killed the fish because I had to accompany the guests first, salted it and hung it on a hook in front of the stove room, and looked at it whenever I wanted to eat it. When the Spring Festival is over, all the guests are gone, and the remaining fish become wax fish. This is the origin of our Qidong smoked bacon. This story, from childhood to adulthood, I don't know whether it is a legend or a fact, but as I get older, many things have gradually blurred.
Hooks on the wood stove
This hook was the hook in front of the stove room at that time, and fortunately, I can still see this hook now, which is the tool for us Qi Dong people to make bacon in the first place. At that time, the bacon was salted and hung on this hook, whenever the firewood was burned, the smoke coming out of the chimney dried the bacon, which is why our bacon is black, and there is a smell of smoke, this is the authentic Qidong bacon, but the times have passed, people's bacon has been more simplified from the original method. Because few people still have firewood at home today, and no one will have the patience to smoke meat for ten and a half days before making bacon, but the hook of hanging bacon has been passed down by people, and now whether it is a newly built house or a house left in the 80s and 90s of the last century, people will leave so many hooks in the kitchen, in front of the door or on the balcony, but it is not used to hang bacon, but to dry peppers, chestnuts, garlic and many other dry goods and pickles.
The custom of being left behind, the new house will be reserved for hook
Hooks for new homes in the 80s
Hooks are everywhere
Because the New Year's hook is also empty, because of the image, people put it idle, because the new countryside Ben Xiaokang, a lot of pickles that I loved to eat when I was a child have not been done, and people have gradually forgotten, only these hooks still vividly remind us how the bacon of that year was made.
Bacon
This is the current Qidong bacon, it also inherits the production method of bacon of that year, compared with the previous black bacon, these colors will be more beautiful, more appetite, it is also salted for a few hours, it is placed under the charcoal fire after dry wood is burned slowly (the charcoal fire must be covered with a thin layer of ash, avoid the fire, otherwise the oil on the bacon dripping on the charcoal fire can easily cause a fire, and even burn the meat) So it becomes today's bacon.
In fact, careful will find that the bacon of this picture is a little different, the middle and the two sides are not the same, it is true, the two sides are our authentic Qidong bacon, and the middle of the bacon is processed, people mixed rice noodles on top and then dried, this is called "Confucius dish" in our place, it is not as greasy as tamales, more fragrant than tamales. Of course, the practice of bacon is also gradually changing, because each person's taste is different, people will also use oil to fry some chili powder or their own chili sauce when baking bacon to improve the aroma and color of bacon, so that the bacon will not have a fishy taste. No matter how it changes, the original method of making bacon has not changed, it is to be dried by fire. Compared with the bacon that is directly dried in many places without processing, Qidong bacon is the most delicious. After understanding, do you have the urge to taste the authentic Qidong bacon? Not only bacon, but also Qidong rice noodles, Qidong snacks, as long as you encounter, you will certainly not forget this taste. Many years have passed, every time you return to Qidong, the first thing to eat will definitely be rice noodles, because it has been all over the streets and alleys of Qidong, as long as you get off the car, you can eat it, welcome to Qidong to taste.
Fried rice dumplings
This is pure handmade sweet potato powder, which is called Hezhe powder by the locals
Bacon has evolved from smoked to grilled, and it tastes more fragrant and tastier.
This is Hunan bacon, from the previous smoking to the current fire roasting, the process is changing, but its taste has always been loved by people all over the country, go to Hunan without eating bacon that is white. These are the testimonies that accompanied our Children in Qidong to grow up, are there any good memories of you?
There are many new year flavors in Daqidong, bacon is a must-have before and after the Spring Festival, migrant workers will do some to take out to their relatives and friends to taste the taste of their hometown, this year in response to the government's call may stay in Guangdong for the New Year, no bacon, no bacon, no snacks of Qidong, I believe that until the spring is warm, the epidemic will eventually dissipate, the taste of childhood is still that taste, our life will be as always. #家乡年味不一样 #