Where is the most famous pig head meat in China? Local people eat 300,000 pigs a year. Where is it?

Pigs are irreplaceable in China. Even though the price of pork is generally rising at this stage, many families are willing to spend less money to buy a pork chop and take it home to stew seasonal food. Or buy a piece of pork belly, marinate it for a while and fry it in a pot. This is a side dish that makes people drool.

Pigs are treasures, from pig face to pig tail, there are a group of loyal enthusiasts. As far as pig's face is concerned, we can distinguish the different positions of pig's ears, pig's tongue, pig's gums and pig's nose tendons. Braised pork head is a popular and delicious dish.

Although there are braised pig heads in many areas of China, and the making of braised pig heads is no longer a secret, you can make braised pig heads with a pot of old brine at home. But do you know where the braised pork head in China is most famous? In the following four places, braised pork heads are more popular than you think.

1, the eldest son of Shanxi

Shanxi province's "eldest son braised pork head" has the saying that "the taste tends to be natural, as thin as cicada's wings, bright but not greasy, fragrant and cool". Zhangzi County is located in Changzhi City, Shanxi Province. Although many northerners like to eat pig's head meat, the braised pig's head meat in Zhangzi County is absolutely second to none, and it can be called the first braised pig's head meat in China.

According to a rough statistical analysis, the braised pork head meat shop in Zhangzi County consumes more than ten tons of pork noodles on average a day. According to the calculation of 13 Jin per pig face, there are 1000 pigs a day, and there are more than 300,000 pigs a year. This sales volume is very scary, and it ranks among the best in all parts of the country.

2. Zhucheng, Shandong Province

One of Shandong's special snacks, Zhucheng Roasted Meat, includes smoked pig's head meat and smoked chicken rack, among which smoked pig's head meat is especially famous and deeply loved by local people. The so-called "roasted meat" by the local people is to directly cook the braised pork head and then smoke it. The smell of smoke is the most memorable.

3. Beijing

Beijingers especially like to eat braised pork head. Every new year, they cut a plate of braised pork head and add good wine. That scene is a beautiful word. On February 2nd, the professional wanted to eat pig's head meat, and it was easy to eat some sesame cakes with braised pig's head meat, so that braised pig's head meat often appeared in the writings of literati from Beijing.

Mr. Lao She mentioned the braised pig's head in Beijing more than once, saying, "After fishing, braised pig's head in wild teahouses, boiled tofu, white dry wine and salt water bucket can also make people drunk." Even in Beijing, stalls selling pig's head meat are divided into two camps: "suburban", which is as thin as paper and chewy, but cut into chunks and tastes good.

The braised pork head in Beijing still has a little blessing value, especially on February 2 nd, when you take a bite of braised pork head, there is still a little festive fragrance. Besides eating big cakes, braised pork head can also be eaten like big elbow pancakes. In short, it tastes good in one bite.

4. Yancheng Jiangsu

The braised pig's head meat in Binhai County, Yancheng is one of the local specialties. It is very similar to Beijing braised pork head, that is to say, braised pork head is colored with red yeast, so the color of braised pork head is reddish and has a shallow sweetness. But the most important thing is a pot of old brine soup stored in the local braised pork head shop.

It is said that in the 1930s, there were dozens of shops in Binhai County that cooked braised pig's head meat, but only three were famous. Widely spread today, it is to make braised pork head into a local specialty, but the old brine collected by these old shops is the secret of the delicious food of braised pork head.