Speaking of Chongqing Hechuan, in addition to the glorious fishing ancient city, there are also mouth-watering Hechuan peach slices.
Hechuan peach slices are one of the traditional famous spots in Chongqing, which was founded in 1840 and is exquisitely processed from the finest glutinous rice, walnut kernels, sugar and honey roses, with a strong peach and rose fragrance, and has become a specialty of Chongqing.
Over the past hundred years, how Hechuan peach slices have developed into Chongqing specialties dates back to the late Qing Dynasty.
In 1895, the "Xiangyun zhai" candy shop in Hechuan County began to produce sweet peach slices, which is also the earliest Hechuan peach slice in history. For the citizens at that time, the newly born sweet peach slice had a kind of "sweetness" that had never been experienced before, and the soft and delicate taste made everyone respond to it well.
Subsequently, Zhu Guozhen, Jiang Shengwen, and others from Neijiang, who learned about the sweet peach slices, opened the "Tongdefu" pawn shop and the Tongdefu Jingguo Shop in Hechuan.
In the same year, they began to produce a variety of preserves and candies, and began to study and improve the peach slices of Xianghe zhai, and initially produced the hechuan peach slices with white color, soft taste and overlapping pieces, which is what we see on the market today.
In 1898, Zhang Shi, a native of Hechuan County, brought Hechuan peach slices to Beijing and Chengdu as a specialty to send to his teachers and friends, and after they ate them, they all praised the delicious taste of Hechuan peach slices, so Hechuan peach slices gradually became famous.
As the fame of Hechuan peach slices became larger, Hechuan also gradually gave birth to many local peach flake brands, in addition to the earliest development of Tongdefu, as well as Sanmin Zhai, Sanjiang, etc., at that time these Hechuan peach tablets brands were very famous.
Later, in order to make hechuan peach tablets have a better development, many brands have made innovations and changes.
Among them, The Tongdefu Confectionery Shop decided to improve the production quality of peach slices. To improve quality, we must first start with raw materials, at that time, Tongdefu chose the best glutinous rice, and the best sugar on the market at that time, british Swire white sugar and Taiwan white sugar.
In the production process is also exquisite, each pound of peach slices are stipulated at about 250 pieces, if not up to the standard can not be shipped out of the factory, can be described as the taste and texture control is very strict. You Pin Xiaolu believes that this may be one of the reasons why people have a good evaluation of Hechuan peach tablets.
Nowadays, Tongdefu Candy Shop has become a century-old brand, after 4 generations of inheritance, the taste of Hechuan peach slices is no longer limited to a sweet taste, but derived from a variety of different flavors, such as sesame flavor, mixed taste, salty taste, etc., but the traditional taste of Hechuan peach slices is still preserved to this day.
According to XiaoLu's understanding, until now, most of the gifts sent by Hechuan locals to relatives and friends in other places have been Hechuan peach slices. During the New Year's Festival, my family will also prepare peach slices as pastries. Hechuan peach tablets have not gradually declined due to the development of society, but have been constantly innovating and becoming a part of people's lives.
Data show that the current production of Hechuan peach slices manufacturers have reached more than 50, nearly 40 varieties, a year of Hechuan peach slice production can reach more than 540,000 tons, the annual output value of 8.3 billion yuan, accounting for more than 80% of the domestic peach slice market share.
From this point of view, it is also natural that Hechuan peach slices can become a specialty of Chongqing.
In today's society, there are many traditional foods with a long history like Hechuan peach slices, but Hechuan peach slices can be preserved and developed well to this day, inseparable from the efforts of the ancestors, have you ever eaten Hechuan peach slices? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.