Nanjing salted duck is a famous flavor food at home and abroad. Its practice is to choose fat ducks from northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and Nanjing in autumn, slaughter them, wash them, marinate them with spices, and hang them out to dry after the spices and salt have soaked into the bones, and then dry them thoroughly. Because a lot of ducks were discharged from the tank during curing, they were pressed firmly, so they were called salted ducks. When eating, cook it with slow fire, soak it in boiling water until it is cooked, then pick it up and cut it. After the salted duck was cut with a knife, the bones were red and the smell was fragrant. It tastes delicious and mellow. It's really good in color, smell and everyone loves it. In Nanjing, it means "Never miss a fight".

Legend:

The dried salted duck is not only delicious, but also its legend is very touching. 1400 years ago, southern China was under the rule of the Southern Liang Dynasty. After more than forty years of rule, Liang was on the verge of decline, and the "Hou Jing Rebellion" dealt a fatal blow. Hou Jing, the general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, was a cunning and fickle villain. Because they were at odds with the new rulers of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, they led troops to surrender to the Western Wei Dynasty. Soon, he changed his family and joined Liang Wudi. Liang Wudi is not a kind person. He wants to give Hou Jing to the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Xiao Yuanming, the general of Liang captured by the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Hearing the news of the rebellion, Hou Jing led an army to quickly break through Jiankang, the capital of Liang, which is now Nanjing, and surrounded Liang Wudi in Taicheng, where the palace is located. In order to attack Taicheng, Hou Jing built a mountain outside Taicheng, trying to condescend and take advantage of it. Soldiers guarding Taicheng also piled up dirt hills in the city to resist the rebels. Because the war is so fierce, soldiers often don't care about eating. It is autumn, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, and fat ducks are on the market. The women in Kangtaicheng cleaned up the fat ducks, cooked them with spices and salt sauce, wrapped them in lotus leaves and sent them to the front. Because there are many soldiers, sometimes many ducks are tied together and carried up the mountain. Then the soldiers opened the tied ducks, boiled them in water and ate them. This delicious and convenient duck is called "salted duck" by the soldiers. Since then, dried salted duck has become a famous dish of Jiankang. Unfortunately, the salted duck didn't help Liang soldiers hold Taicheng. Taicheng was finally breached and Liang Wudi starved to death.

Although the dried salted duck tastes delicious, it has been destroyed many times like the disaster-stricken Nanjing city. It was not until after Liang Wudi 1000 that dried salted duck flourished again in Hushu town near Nanjing.

Hushu Town, 60 miles away from Nanjing, is a big lake with white waves, surrounded by reeds, and many wild ducks live among the dense reeds. One year, two brothers who fled from the north set up tents around the Great Lakes. They are good hunters, but they have nothing, so they have to hunt wild ducks for a living. The two brothers are very good at duck hunting. Besides eating by themselves, they can also sell the ducks they catch. Sometimes raw ones can't be sold, so they are cooked and sold, and cooked ones can't be sold, so they are simply pickled. The longer the wild ducks in the tank are marinated, the thicker and more fragrant the old brine is. The brothers sold salted ducks to the people, which was very popular and the business was getting better and better.

However, the weather is unpredictable. After several years of drought, the Great Lakes gradually dried up, and the bare bottom of the lake was filled by landlords as fertile land. The lake is getting smaller and smaller, reeds are becoming sparse, and there are fewer and fewer wild ducks. The two brothers had to change the salted wild ducks into pickled domestic ducks, especially the domestic ducks produced in Anhui and Hexian counties. After autumn, they make them fat and tender, which is more delicious than wild ducks. The business of the two brothers is getting bigger and bigger, and the technology is getting better and better. Not only are they famous for their lake dishes, but even Nanjing people have to rush to the lake to buy them. Seeing more and more people coming to Nanjing to buy ducks, the two brothers simply opened the dried salted duck shop in Nanjing, which not only expanded their influence and opened the facade, but also brought convenience to Nanjing people who like dried salted ducks. After the two brothers entered Nanjing, they gradually spread their skills abroad. More and more people made dried salted ducks in Nanjing and exported them in large quantities, which became famous all over the country.

The salted duck in Nanjing was "burned" in the war, and it was improved by two unknown brothers and became a representative food in Nanjing.