China News Agency, Jilin, January 12th, title: Eating is about feelings, "healing" canned yellow peaches are popular
China News Agency reporter Shi Hongyu
"No one expected the popularity of canned yellow peaches this year." A manager of a large supermarket in Jilin City, Jilin Province told reporters that as the Spring Festival approaches, canned yellow peaches have even become a hot item for the New Year, and many customers buy them in boxes.
Many large supermarkets visited by the reporter said that the canned yellow peaches in the middle and late last month were almost "sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves", so they had to ask suppliers to replenish the goods many times.
Some brands even posted a post stating that they were worried that "babies who don't know the truth will be misled" after receiving private messages like "Can your canned yellow peaches cure diseases?" and called on consumers to stock up rationally.
However, in the face of the brand's thoughtful reminder, many netizens shouted "You don't understand", "Is that medicine? That's a medicine introduction!" "Eating is feelings"...
"Canned yellow peaches carry the collective memory of residents in Northeast China," said Pi Fusheng, a cultural and historical researcher at the Jilin Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference. In the 1970s and 1980s, yellow peaches from Shandong gradually became popular in the neighboring Northeast market, but transportation and preservation were not easy. The well-developed industrial system in the Northeast has just made canned products popular, and it has also alleviated the shortage of fresh fruits and vegetables in the long winter.
"Although it does not have medicinal effects, the smooth and sweet taste is still very 'healing'." Pi Fusheng said that peaches also have the meaning of "longevity" and "exorcism" in traditional culture. In the past, people visited patients and visited during the New Year , will bring a few cans, as a solemn and auspicious.
Pan Zejun, a 58-year-old Jilin native, is a "die-hard fan" of canned yellow peaches.
In the "cooking competition" held by the community, he has won the first place many times by cooking canned products such as yellow peaches, hawthorns, and crabapples.
According to Pan Zejun, fresh and juicy yellow peaches should be purchased when making cans in summer and autumn, but they should not be too ripe, otherwise they will be too soft after cooking.
It is much more convenient in winter. The quick-frozen yellow peaches that are common in Northeast China can be eaten immediately like frozen pears, and they are "semi-finished products" for canning.
When making, if it is a fresh fruit, the peaches need to be washed, peeled and cut into pieces, and boiled in water for about 10 minutes.
After cooling, put it into a container, add an appropriate amount of white sugar or rock sugar, stir evenly, and put it in the refrigerator to refrigerate.
Pan Zejun said that the amount of sugar used is one of the criteria for judging the "master craftsman". If there is too much sugar, the taste of yellow peaches will be bitter, and if it is too little, the texture will be poor.
After marinating for three or four hours, the homemade canned yellow peaches are ready to eat.
Pan Zejun said that every time his 4-year-old granddaughter got sick, he would feed him a few mouthfuls of canned yellow peaches, "it's also a kind of blessing to the child."
"Although commodity packaging is becoming more and more refined, the packaging of canned yellow peaches is returning to the traditional appearance." Pi Fusheng said that the simple round can packaging is derived from the "body shape" of yellow peaches, and on the other hand, it is also the product of consumers. Willing to pay for "feelings".
"Taste + emotion" made canned yellow peach become the "top trend of health care" during the epidemic, and it was even "hard to find a can" online and offline.
"'Post-70s' were sick when they were young, and adults were willing to buy canned yellow peaches to eat. I feel that it has a miraculous effect on children's fever!" Many netizens shared their common childhood memories-every time they had a headache and brain fever, the elders fed a few mouthfuls of yellow peaches. Canned food, I feel that the pain is almost cured immediately.
"Yellow peaches are rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, which can not only promote body fluids and quench thirst, but also help digestion and laxative. The patient is weak, and the sugar in canned yellow peaches also has a certain effect on replenishing physical strength." Jilin Central Hospital Clinical Doctor Zhao Xiaoyun reminded, but there is more sugar in canned food, so eat it in moderation.
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