Since ancient times, Sichuan has been the country of Tianfu, with splendid culture and rich products. For a long time, Sichuan has had the saying "three treasures". Which three treasures? Freshly squeezed vegetables, Zigong salt, Tianfu peanuts full of grains.
First, let's look at freshly squeezed vegetables.
Squeezed vegetables are crisp and tender, delicious flavor, rich in nutrition, one of the famous products in China, together with French sour cucumber, German sweet and sour cabbage and called the world's three famous pickles. Chinese squeezed vegetables are most famous for Sichuan squeezed vegetables; among Sichuan squeezed vegetables, Fuling squeezed vegetables are the most famous.
Fuling squeezed vegetables are made of Fuling's unique green cabbage head, made by a unique processing process, is a tender and crisp flavor product, rich in a variety of proteins, sugars, vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements necessary for the human body. The production process of Fuling squeezed vegetables was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Not long ago, Fuling squeezed vegetables became popular all over the country, because some people said, "Mainlanders must eat instant noodles with (Fuling) squeezed vegetables, but recently they can't even afford to eat squeezed vegetables..."
However, in 1996, Fuling City was placed under the administration of Chongqing Municipality. In 1997, with the direct administration of Chongqing Municipality, Fuling City was abolished and Fuling District was established, which was directly under the municipality of Chongqing. Since then, Fuling squeezed vegetables have become a brand in Chongqing.
Let's look at Zigong salt.
Zigong is a prefecture-level city in southern Sichuan Province, rich in well salt, which has been mined for 2,000 years. In fact, even the name of Zigong is derived from the names of the two salt wells of "Artesian Well" and "Gongjing".
Zigong is rich in rock and salt resources, and the proven reserves are 7.93 billion tons. According to 2012 statistics from the Ministry of Health, Chinese residents can eat 6 million tons of salt a year. If all the proven rock and salt resources in Zigong are exploited, it will be enough for Chinese residents to eat for more than 1,300 years.
As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zigong began to mine well salt. Since then, in the past 2,000 years, zigong salt wells have blossomed everywhere, and more than 13,000 salt wells have been excavated on 55 square kilometers of land, accumulating more than 70 million tons of salt.
The well salt produced in Zigong has a sodium chloride content of more than 99% and a pure taste, which makes the stir-fried dishes unique and forms a Zigong salt dish. People often say that "food is in Sichuan, taste is in Zigong", and Zigong well salt has made an irreplaceable role.
On May 20, 2006, the deep drilling and extraction technique of Zigong well salt was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Peanuts originate in South America. In the 15th century, after Europeans arrived in South America, they introduced peanuts to Europe. In the late 15th century and early 16th century, the Portuguese brought peanuts to China when they were trading on the southeast coast of China. Since then, peanuts have taken root and sprouted in the vast land of China and become a very common crop.
Sichuan's climate and soil are ideal for growing peanuts, making it the largest flower-producing area in western China. The flavor quality and appearance quality of Sichuan peanuts are excellent, and they are mainly used for consumption.
Since the 1950s, Sichuan has successively developed excellent varieties such as Tianfu No. 3, Tianfu No. 4, Tianfu No. 5, Tianfu No. 7, Tianfu No. 8 and Tianfu No. 30, which are collectively known as "Tianfu Peanuts" after they are used in agricultural production. Among them, the "Tianfu peanuts" produced in Ziyang, Deyang, Chengdu, Nanchong, Yibin, Mianyang and other places have the best taste.
Later, Sichuan deep processed "Tianfu peanuts" into various types of products. Such as crispy peanuts, shortening, etc. Fragrant crisp peanut nuts plump, salty crispy, full of spices, unique style, deeply loved by consumers, how many Sichuan people lingering childhood taste.
[References: "Fuling Squeezed Vegetables", "Zigong Jing Salt", "Tianfu Peanuts", etc.]