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Zhejiang is China's coastal province, where not only pleasant scenery, but also rich in products, friends who have been to Zhejiang tourism know that many coastal cities in Zhejiang are rich in small seafood in the East China Sea, they are cheap and delicious, leaving a deep impression on many foreign tourists. Every year around the Qingming Festival, a small seafood in Zhejiang is particularly fat, it is generally hidden in the mud of the sea, and Zhejiang people call it "Xi Shi Tongue".
Although the seafood along the coast of Zhejiang is particularly rich, but Zhejiang is still very particular about eating seafood, they follow the right season to eat the right seafood, "Xi Shi tongue" many places call it clams, in the coastal areas of Zhejiang is more, it is a kind of shellfish, basically artificially farmed in the near beach, clams This small seafood, it likes to dig holes in the tidal flats, generally only experienced fishermen, can accurately "locate" their location. So why call clams "Xi Shi tongue"?
In fact, according to the locals, there are two reasons, one is because the clams grow fine skin and tender flesh, the skin is white, "Xi Shi tongue" is the reputation of the former literati for clams, over time "Xi Shi tongue" has become the elegant name of clams, but also one reason is that the Qing Dynasty poets mentioned in the poem "Yong Xi Shi Tongue", the "Xi Shi tongue" in the poem is the clam that the common people like to see, this delicacy plus beautiful name, so that "Xi Shi Tongue" is famous all over the world.
Friends who often travel know that in fact, the small seafood of clams, in Jiangsu, Fujian and Shandong provinces, but Zhejiang people especially favor the "Xishi tongue" produced locally in Zhejiang, because clams have particularly harsh requirements for the growth environment, only salty and light who meet, warm and suitable water temperature, coupled with good water quality, can create a good environment for the growth of clams, this Coastal Sea area of Zhejiang, especially suitable for the growth of clams, so the quality of clams produced in Zhejiang is quite high.
Zhejiang people say that there are three seasons of the year to eat clams is "timely", first after the winter solstice, followed by a small summer, and finally before and after the Qingming, in these three seasons, the taste of clams before and after the Qingming is the most delicious, the taste of clams in other periods is general, not worthy of the reputation of "Xi Shi Tongue", every year before and after the Qingming Festival, Zhejiang people's table is always indispensable to the "Xi Shi tongue", after a winter dormancy, a large fat clam is the delicacy of the Qingming season.
It is said that this "April clams are fat, Mo Negative West Tongue", this season you go to Zhejiang to travel, this is a seasonal delicacy you absolutely can not miss, compared to a lot of high-end atmosphere on the grade and the price of seafood, "Xi Shi Tongue" the price is very close to the people, and this is a dish that does not need a chef, as long as you choose the right season can be close to the people of small seafood.