One side of the water and soil breeds the other side of the food. Xuanwei ham, a delicacy that The Xuanwei people are proud of, won the gold medal at the International Panama Exposition in 1915 and received praise at the National Food Competition in Guangzhou in 1923, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen's inscription "Drink and Food Virtue". So far, it has won more than 100 honors of various kinds, with a brand value of 10.679 billion yuan. Ham culture has been integrated into The landscape and water of Xuanwei's 6,075 square kilometers, becoming the most prestigious cultural symbol of Xuanwei.
Food nourishes talents, and talents inherit food. Guan Shengkuo is an authentic Xuanwei person who grew up eating Xuanwei ham. As an outstanding representative of Xuanwei ham making skills, in June 2010, Guan Shengkuo was named as the provincial representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage project in Yunnan Province; in 2018, he was named the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of Xuanwei ham making skills; in November 2019, he became the first batch of "Zhuyuan craftsmen" named by the Qujing Federation of Trade Unions. In the face of the reporter's interview, he said humbly: "Although I have made ham all my life, I only understand a little bit of fur for the entire ham industry chain." ”
In 1971, the 15-year-old Guan Shengkuo entered the "national team" that made ham at that time, Xuanwei City Food Company, and became a primary school apprentice, following the predecessor ham masters to shape, pickle, stack, wash, dry and ferment. This pickle has been dried for half a year. If you want to eat ham slices raw, you have to wait for three years.
In the 25 years from 1971 to 1996, Guan Shengkuo knew every craft of ham, and the production was easy, and the little apprentice became a master. The times sounded the clarion call for the reform of state-owned enterprises, Guan Shengkuo resolutely resigned to start a business, established Yunnan Xuanwei Shengda Ham Food Co., Ltd., and carried forward the ham cause.
The traditional Sherwei ham is pickled with a large amount of salt, the saltiness is too heavy, Guan Shengkuo summed up many years of salting experience, improved the low-salt pickling of Sherwin-Wei ham process method, the amount of salt used for pickled Sherwin-Wei ham from 10 kg per 100 kilograms of salt to 5.5 kg, but also to ensure the shape of the pipa, thin skin thick flesh, fat and moderate excellent quality. Cut open section, the aroma is strong, the color is bright, the lean meat is bright red or rose, the fat meat is milky white, the bones are slightly peachy, as if the blood is still moisturizing; the entrance is tender and sweet, the fresh fragrance is overflowing, and the aftertaste is endless. The new characteristics of Sherwin-Williams ham are delicious and not salty, which has laid a good foundation for Sherwin-Williams ham to go to the domestic and foreign markets.
The pace of life is accelerating, people's eating habits are also getting faster, in order to meet the consumer demand of the market, Guan Shengkuo research and development of Xuanwei ham cooked products series, deep processing of traditional ham, new products block cooked food, silky sachet cooked food, ham sauce, ham tempeh, dried pepper ham series is loved by consumers, cooked ham with the advantages of standardized small packaging, easy to eat into the supermarket shelves, leading the consumption habits of ham eating. Guan Shengkuo picked up a bottle of canned ham, "This is a luxury in canned pork, which has both the convenience of canning and the delicacy of ham; ham sauce is a mass consumer product, everyone can afford to consume, and the sales are very large." ”
In order to enhance the popularity of Sherwin-Williams ham, the company invests a lot of money in the media every year to do publicity, establish its own website, and cooperate with strong media for brand promotion, so that the popularity of Sherway ham in China continues to increase, and sales continue to increase. In order to ensure the excellent quality of ham, in 2006, I participated in the cultivation of sherwin-williams raw pig breeds, and in 2008, I established Sherwin-Wei Shengda Ham Food Group Co., Ltd., which will collect pig breeding, pig breeding, ham processing and sales of the entire ham industry chain, control the entire process of ham production, and ensure the quality of ham."
Fifty years of experience, fifty years of perseverance. Guan Shengkuo is most proud to be named the inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of Xuanwei ham making skills. "This is an affirmation of my lifelong ham, the highest honor, and I will definitely pass on the skills of Making Sherwin-Williams ham to be worthy of this title."
Passing it on is inseparable from the cultivation of talents. Guan Shengkuo has successively carried out projects such as "Research and Demonstration of Integrated Control Technology of Main Pests of Ham" and "Demonstration of Demonstration and Industrialization of Sherwin-Williams Ham Production and Industrialization" with the Academy of Food Science of Yunnan Agricultural University and the Institute of Animal Husbandry of Yunnan Province, and in 2008, he participated in the formulation of 1 national standard of "Sherwin-Williams Ham for Geographical Indication Products", organized the preparation of 2 enterprise standards, and successively awarded more than 400 apprentices. These apprentices are scattered in Sherwin-Wei's ham-making enterprises, silently delivering nutrients to the flourishing branches of Sherwin-Wei's ham industry.
Qujing Daily reporter Zhang Jinwen text/photo