In Hefeng, a beautiful small county, there are a group of people who pay attention to life and diet. The food here is not very famous, because the culture here has not spread, but people living in this place love it.

The best thing in Hefeng is bacon. Although there are bacon all over the country, the bacon in Hefeng is unique, on the one hand, because the bacon here is heavier. Smoked bacon for a long time, some of which have a lot of ingredients. After killing pigs, cut the meat into pieces. Before the meat cools, mix seasonings, mainly salt and coral pepper (coral pepper: a spice, wild. But I don't know if this spice is available elsewhere. Putting salt on meat needs more salt. The more you apply it, the less likely it is to go bad. Some cured meats can be kept for years. That's why. After the meat is cured, it will be smoked on the shelf. There are generally stoves in the countryside of Hefeng, and these stoves burn firewood. There is a big stove on the ground, and shelves are hung on the roof beams. After a winter's smoking, the meat will dry and can be preserved for a long time. Generally, pigs are killed during the Chinese New Year, and then the meat is made into bacon, which can be eaten by a family for one year (the amount of meat depends on their own family, and a large family kills several pigs a year, and the average person kills two pigs a year. It is also good to sell some meat to buy new year's goods during the Chinese New Year, and to buy more meat for children with poor family conditions to collect tuition fees). This is a good way to preserve meat. Although I have seen on the Internet that it is not good to eat bacon often, we grew up eating this kind of meat, and it tastes good, so everyone loves it, so no one cares so much.

There are many cooking methods for bacon, such as stir-frying and making soup. People usually buy a lot of meat during the Spring Festival. Of course, city people think that they can't feed and bacon themselves. So they all rely on buying, and for these reasons, there are many people who are meat dealers now, especially during the Chinese New Year, slaughtering pigs in large quantities for profit. And smoked into bacon in a short time. These meats look good on the surface, but they taste bad. Because they are smoked in a short time, the meat contains a lot of water, which is not as authentic as the bacon smoked by ordinary people.

Most of the young people in Hefeng have been working or studying outside, but it is difficult to eat authentic Hefeng bacon outside. Although there are bacon in Hunan, Sichuan, Chongqing and Yunnan, the taste is different from place to place. I often meet Hefeng people who work outside the home and say that they want to eat bacon at home. This is the smell of their hometown, and many people miss it.

Hefeng potato Baba

Potatoes are the most common landing point of Hefeng. People like to eat this kind of potato, so potato series food has become a frequent visitor on Tujia table, and there are many ways to eat potatoes. Here's one:

This kind of potato Baba is made by grinding selected potatoes, removing potato residues, extracting the essence of potato powder, adding seasonings such as eggs and pressing. It is crystal clear, full of vitality, toughness and fragrance.

In fact, this kind of potato powder in Hefeng is usually washed with water after the potatoes are beaten, and the water is clarified.