Why do northeast people like canned peaches?

The product of the era of material scarcity

"When I was sick as a child, my family would feed me some canned peaches, which were cool and sweet. After eating, I will feel much more comfortable. " For many northeastern people, eating canned peaches when they have a fever or a cold has become a part of the treatment, and it can even be dubbed "Northeast Metaphysics".

The canned fruit shelves exposed by netizens on social platforms, among which canned peaches are out of stock. Screenshot from a social platform.

However, in fact, eating canned food with a cold and fever is just a helpless move of the people in Northeast China in the era of material shortage. The early canned yellow peaches were just "little brothers" among many canned fruits.

"When I was young, I had a fever and caught a cold. In addition to prescribing drugs normally, doctors will also eat canned fruits. In fact, it is because there is sugar in the can. " Ms. Qiu, who lives in Liaoning, told Zhongxin Finance, "White sugar has diuretic effect, which helps the body recover, but at that time, white sugar was very expensive, so canned fruit was used instead."

Canned fruit is not only a substitute for sugar, but also a "body body double" of fresh fruit. In the past, there were few fruits in Northeast China, almost only apples, pears and peaches, which were difficult to transport and store. Therefore, canned fruit, which is convenient to store, sweet but not greasy, and can supplement water, sugar and vitamin C, has become the first choice for sick people in Northeast China.