Chaoshan pickles

The most famous dried radish in Chaoshan is called "mustard tuber", which has special effects such as strengthening the spleen and appetizing, removing blood stasis and detoxifying, and relieving alcoholism, which can stimulate appetite and help digestion. It is a common dish in people's homes, and it is also the taste of hipsters living in a foreign land. If you ask the hipsters in Fanli what they want most in their hometown, they will definitely say: a bowl of laba porridge with dishes.

Dried radish is usually made in winter solstice, and it goes through three processes: drying, pickling and storage. Pull out the radish, wash it, expose it to the sun, then surround it with salt, cover it with a layer of radish and salt, then press it on a big stone, sun it during the day and bring it back at night, and so on until the radish loses 90%. Drying dried radishes, my aunt told me a joke: when I was a child, my mother-in-law dried radishes, and my aunt spread them out every day, and they were neatly dried. In the evening, they returned to the urn covered with straw one by one and pressed stones. Do the same thing every day and always ask your mother-in-law when she can eat. Neighbor Aber quietly told her aunt that if she wanted to eat dried radish quickly, she would take these semi-finished products to the sand to rub. My aunt believed it, picked up a semi-finished product and rubbed it on the sand. My mother-in-law found out and chased her. Every time I talk about my neighbor's prank, my aunt is always happy to recall the beauty of her youth and talk about her mother-in-law beating her.

Dried radish is an indispensable side dish for hipsters. Every time they go on a business trip or travel abroad, "xianggong" takes dried radish. After eating foreign food for a few days, Xianggong would quietly take out dried radish, wash it and cook it directly. There is a deep sense of satisfaction in the crisp voice, and people in the same industry always want a piece with their eyes shining, and then say that home is good. I always thought he was exaggerating. When he talked about it, everyone said it was true. When he went out, he thought about dried radish.

Mom doesn't eat dried radish. Now I'm a radish fan. The most delicious dish is a dish handed down by my father-in-law: fish pot with preserved vegetables. My stomach expired, so I made porridge with pickled old vegetables. Speaking of pickled old dishes, I quietly collected a small bottle. My classmate sent her two small notes when her stomach expired. She teased me that pickled old vegetables can be used as a dowry for Ah Zi in the future, and it's hard to buy even a thousand dollars.