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Changzhou dried turnip

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Dried turnip is the special local food of Changzhou. It has almost 1,000 years history. It is called Spicy dried turnip because of its special mixed taste of fine-smelled, sweet, crisp, soft and tasty.

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The carrot used to make the Changzhou dried turnip is the one grown up in the Changzhou Xinzha district which skin is red and smooth, the fruit is crumbly, the taste is sweet and delicious, and the size is shapely and suited. This kind of turnip used to be called the small turnip is even more delicious than the pear(小小萝卜赛鸭梨). By using this kind of turnip as the raw material and via the special salted process, Changzhou dried turnip has the feature of fine chewing no residue.

History

  • For a very long time, each family living beside the canal of the Xinzha district planted the turnip and salted the turnip.
  • After New China established, the Sauce Production Company of Changzhou became the centre of the place centralize product the pickling and the spicy dried turnip is one of the major product of this company. The trademark is called Hongmei(红梅).
  • In 1978, a Cheng family living in the southern bank of the canal in Beigang adhering to the ancestors’ business set up Changzhou Yudie specialty food product factory(常州玉蝶食品厂) to product the dried turnip specially. Because of inheriting the ancestral secret recipe process which has passed on for the fifth generation, the turnip made by this factory is more traditional.

    • Status quo

    The scientific management and the mechanizing processing technology penetrate every working procedure including the choice of the raw material, the salting, the formulating, the manufacturing and the packaging. The Changzhou dried turnip has already become the specialty food of Changzhou. In 2008, the “Yudie” spicy dried turnip was listed in the Changzhou non-material cultural heritage list.

    References

    Changzhou dried turnip Wikipedia
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