The old Pudong chicken leaves the literature and will come to the table next month

Xinhua Hai, August 14 (Lu Zhouteng Ding Xiang) By the Shanghai Pujiang Rose Garden joint breeding and breeding units carefully built "Old Pudong Chicken Tasting Center", on the 12th officially launched a high-quality poultry food that has left a good memory in the minds of many old Shanghainese, commonly known as "Jiangnan Golden Phoenix" Shanghai Old Pudong Chicken. Starting next month, the old Pudong chicken will come to the table of Shanghai citizens, reminding people of the taste of childhood.

According to reports, the old Pudong chicken has attracted the attention of countless people because of its unique breed and tender meat elements, and has been the memory of generations of Shanghainese. As early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, the old Pudong chicken was praised by Empress Dowager Cixi as the "Golden Phoenix of Jiangnan", and its value increased greatly after becoming a tribute to the imperial palace. It not only represents the Chinese poultry boutique into the World Expo, but also becomes a high-end gift for non-governmental relatives and friends. More than 10 years ago, the old Pudong chicken with a history of more than 100 years was listed by the Ministry of Agriculture as a traditional protected chicken breed of Chinese agricultural products by the Ministry of Agriculture, which has become a historical document of the nature of the protection heritage. However, in recent years, due to various reasons, it is difficult for citizens to eat authentic old Pudong chicken.

The unique Pujiang Rose Garden has taken a fancy to the old Pudong chicken and launched it as a major special catering food for citizens' rural tourism. This initiative has been unanimously appreciated by Shanghai residents and agricultural experts. Professor Zhang Jianhua, an expert in tourism culture and Shanghai Business School, spoke highly of this: "Rural tourism has been carried out for more than 10 years, and now it is a turning point, and it is a good way to properly launch a special food that has both local flavor and history and culture, and is particularly advocated by contemporary people when carrying out rural tourism." ”

Lu Piao, vice chairman of the Pujiang Town Federation of Literature and Literature, has many feelings about pudong chickens. Lu Piao is a native of Chen Xingxing, who has seen and eaten Pudong chicken since childhood. Most of the chickens raised in Pudong in the early days were free-range. Big chickens and chickens run around in front of and behind the house. Most people usually only eat eggs and do not eat chicken. Whole chicken is a big dish at the wedding feast, one of the old eight. After the reform and opening up, the catering culture has changed, and the tastes of Pudong people have gradually diversified. Coupled with the lack of industrialization, Pudong chicken gradually faded out of the eight immortals table. Rose Garden makes Pudong chicken as a catering brand, serving on the farm table, worthy of praise.

It is understood that the old Pudong chicken launched by Pujiang Rose Garden this time is a local protected poultry chicken breed in Shanghai recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture. After the cultivation and improvement of experts, the weight has now dropped from nine pounds to the traditional five pounds, and some are only about three pounds. At the same time, in order to meet the different needs of contemporary people, its feeding cycle will remain at about 120 days. The improved alum chicken and baby chicken from the old Pudong chicken adopt the breeding method of under the forest and feed with corn and rice, and the quality and taste of the variety are maintained as they are. The relevant person in charge said that the chicken in Pudong is tender and tender, the skin is thin and strong, and once it is introduced to the market, it will become a hot product to taste.

Shen Shiren, general manager of Pujiang Rose Garden, said that the old Pudong chicken has become a distinctive farmhouse dish in Pujiang Rose Garden, and will be held in late September to taste thousands of people to give it traditional culture and fashion color. And with traditional culture and fashion colors, we will spend great efforts to make this lingering rural delicacy in the minds of Shanghainese into a high-quality food comparable to rose culture, and become a "rural food" that people want to taste after visiting Pujiang Rose Garden, Pujiang Country Park, and Zhaoyulou Ancient Town.