Tianjin people are often referred to as "Wei Zuizi", this nickname is not chaotic.
Tianjin has a unique geographical location, with the Jizhou Mountains in the north and the Qilihai Wetland in the east, the Haihe River passing through the city and inhabiting the shores of bohai Bay. Mountain treasures and seafood, that can be everything. Tianjin has become an important town of Caoyun since the Tang Dynasty, and in modern times, it is the gateway for Western powers to enter China, and it also brings together ancient and modern Chinese and foreign food cultures. Therefore, in the collision and competition of many cuisines in tiannanhaibei, Tianjin people have formed a unique taste of ingredients, and eating is called a "exquisite".
For example, if Tianjin people want to buy a sausage, they have a lot of exquisiteness. I don't believe you go to the market supermarket to see, the old Tianjin people buy sausages will ask: "Is there a second factory?" "No, they don't buy it yet!"
The "second factory" in the mouth of Tianjin foodies refers to the "Tianjin Food Second Factory", which is now the "welcome card" meat products. In the past era of material scarcity, Tianjin people would queue up with food stamps to buy sauce goods from the second factory every New Year's Festival. Now more than half a century later, Tianjin people live a happy life, and they like to come to a piece of sausages from the second factory every morning.
So, why are generations of Tianjin people so fascinated by the "Second Factory Sauce" of the "Welcome" brand? Among them, there are also many stories.
As we said earlier, Tianjin is a city that integrates the cuisine of all corners of the world. In 1932, a teacher who had worked in the "Binshike Intestine Shop" of The Qiulin Foreign Firm in Harbin for 12 years came to Tianjin. He worked at a Russian-run "Mikoshi Intestine Shop" near Xiaobailou, a former German leased place in Tianjin, and this person was Tian Zhenchang, the founder of Welcome Ham Sausage. After that, he adapted the Western-style enema technique according to the taste of tianjin locals and made a new sausage that the Chinese people liked, named "ham sausage". This delicacy conquered the Tianjin people who were mouthy, and the "Tianjin Intestine Shop" he opened was also known as The Whole of Tianjin.
The "Tianjin Intestine Shop" is also the predecessor of the "Second Factory Welcome", and the signature "Old Ham" has also been popular to this day. Refined pork is used as raw materials and accompanied by natural plant spices. Made using a unique traditional process, the cut noodles are tightly fleshy, the flesh is tender and red, and the tender and smooth meat is rich and long. In the past hundred years, we have carefully adhered to such "exquisite" materials and craftsmanship, which has shaped an enduring reputation. "Welcome Old Ham" is not only well-known in Jinmen, but also won the National Silver Medal continuously.
In addition to inheriting the gastronomic memories of old ham, the welcome card has also developed many new flavors of commendable sausages. For example, the "rose intestine" with natural rose dew wine in the raw materials is not only delicious in taste but also pleasant in aroma. The welcome crutch is based on traditional Chinese craftsmanship, highlighting the natural aroma of smoked meat, focusing on a pure meat taste.
It is the unremitting pursuit of quality that makes the "Second Factory Welcome Sauce" become the gastronomic memory of generations of Tianjin people. And the "exquisite" Tianjin people have always maintained their love for food and supported the old brand to this day. The four words "second factory welcome" may not be just a taste resonance, but a part of the food culture of the city's people.
Text/Yan Peng
Editor-in-charge/celery picking
The image is from the figure worm, welcome meat