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The meaning and symbol of hemp fiber radish

The meaning and symbol of hemp fiber radish are diverse. In Jinan dialect, hemp fiber has two meanings. One is to describe children doing some disgusting naughty actions. The second is to describe trivial things that are always troublesome.

In fact, hemp fiber radish is a kind of domestic radish pickle. It is made by cutting green radish into strings with a special knife method of vertical and horizontal cutting. Radish soaked in water is a traditional food in Jinxiang County. The processed radish strips are slender, golden in color, pleasant in fragrance, delicious in taste, unique in shape, color and taste, and convenient for long-term preservation.

Su Chengduo, who has the reputation of "one of the three small mouths" at the east gate of Su Lou in Yushan, has been making hemp fiber radish since Guangxu period. Chinese fir smoked hemp fiber soaked radish, before liberation, entered the county hotels and became a necessary side dish for large families in the county for winter, and became famous from then on. Regrettably, Su Chengduo failed to escape the disaster of "Sulou Massacre", and the radish made by himself became a masterpiece.

Pickling technology

Yu Zhili, as the fourth generation inheritor of the pickling technology of hemp fiber radish in the "East Gate" of Sulou. In order to keep the centuries-old craftsmanship and the taste of hemp fiber radish in the memory of Jiangbei Canal. /kloc-for 0/5 years, she has been sticking to this land and insisting on being an "artist" who has made radish with hemp fiber for a hundred years.

When Yu Zhili was making hemp fiber radish, she often recalled the scene of her aunt making hemp fiber radish. Stone kilns, wood planers, bamboo gongs, hemp ropes and Chinese fir are all homesickness of their generation. The production process of authentic coconut shell radish is divided into six main technological links: coconut shell knife processing, seasoning auxiliary material preparation, seasoning and pickling, radish smoking, sesame oil kneading and dish modeling. 18 technological process.