Why do Cantonese people have a soft spot for dried tangerine peel?

In the eyes of Cantonese, the smell of dried tangerine peel is low-key and restrained, and the older it is, the more fragrant it is. Eating vegetables and making tea can enrich the taste.

Rich Cantonese people like to buy and collect dried oranges of different years, and some even put them in tall glass jars to show off their wealth in a low-key way. Time-honored restaurants also like to attract like-minded diners with dried oranges.

It may be hard for friends from other places to imagine that Cantonese people have such high courtesy for a piece of black and ugly "kitchen waste skin". Guangdong Xinhui is the hometown of dried tangerine peel, surrounded by mountains on three sides, where two rivers meet and three waters meet, forming a unique "wet basin" terrain. Coupled with the warm climate, continuous rainy season brought by sea breeze and rich sedimentary soil, Xinhui citrus with excellent quality has been created.

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Wonderful use of dried tangerine peel

On the dining table of China people, there is always a magic formula that can make the best use of everything and turn waste into treasure: dried tangerine peel, which is a spice that has been peeled and dried for a long time, can be used as medicine as long as it is long enough.

According to the different picking time, dried tangerine peel is divided into green peel, red peel and red peel, each with its own flavor. In Xinhui, girls will receive the top red skin accumulated by the older generation when they get married, and the blessings will be passed down from generation to generation with dried tangerine peel.

Open the peel with three petals from the top of the fruit, and take out the pulp to ensure that the peel is intact. The turned peel is like a blooming lily. Watching new people peel oranges, with two knives and three twists, three knives straight, and the peeling action is clean and neat, which is a visual enjoyment with both primitive and industrial beauty.