Zhanjiang Sweet Potato [Guangdong Zhanjiang Specialty]

What is Zhanjiang sweet potato? Authentic Guangdong Zhanjiang specialty: Zhanjiang sweet potato

Content summary:Do you want to know what Zhanjiang sweet potato is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province - Zhanjiang sweet potatoes. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Zhanjiang sweet potatoes. The full text takes about 7 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Zhanjiang sweet potatoes and their nutritional value? How did the history of Zhanjiang sweet potatoes come about? Tasting and eating methods of Zhanjiang sweet potatoes, etc

Basic Introduction to Sweet Potatoes in Zhanjiang

In the past, Zhanjiang was very poor, and sweet potatoes were once a traditional food and even a staple food for Zhanjiang people. Due to its easy growth, drought resistance, high yield, and ability to satisfy hunger, sweet potatoes are widely planted in rural areas of Zhanjiang. There is a folk song that fully illustrates this point: "It's better to plant sweet potatoes than anything else. Feed pigs and cows with vines, fill their stomachs with french fries, and when a three-year-old child cries, just bake a sweet potato." Sweet potatoes are everywhere in Zhanjiang, and they are economically cheap. In the eyes of Zhanjiang people, sweet potatoes are the most ordinary thing, so many colloquial words are related to sweet potatoes. Rotten and cheap things are described as "sweet potatoes", and unexpectedly getting cheap things is called "picking up big sweet potatoes". Quarrels and scolds the other party as "sweet potato heads", ridicules others for being stupid as "big sweet potatoes", and satirizes arrogant people. People say 'sweet potato manure is not cleaned'.

What is the nutritional value of Zhanjiang sweet potatoes?

1 Sweet potatoes are very nutritious, containing abundant sugar, dietary fiber, and various vitamins, among which beta carotene, vitamin E, and vitamin C are particularly abundant. Especially sweet potatoes contain abundant lysine, which can supplement the lysine lacking in rice and flour

2. Sweet potatoes have a high carbohydrate content, high calorie content, and also contain nutrients such as bioflavonoids

3. The disadvantage of sweet potatoes is the lack of protein and fat, but nowadays people's lives are affluent and they no longer consider sweet potatoes as a staple food. The nutrients they lack can be supplemented through other diets, such as consuming milk and sweet potatoes at the same time to obtain balanced nutrition, because milk contains rich protein and fat components

How did the history of Zhanjiang sweet potatoes come about

Zhanjiang sweet potatoes also have a glorious history, having been brought to the capital three times and becoming prominent for a time. In early 1958, Beijing held a national agricultural exhibition, which showcased a large sweet potato named "Biaoxin Hong" from Beiyue Village in the suburbs. It weighed 21 kilograms and became famous throughout the country. In April of the same year, the catering department of Zhanjiang City made 12 Dim sum with sweet potato powder, such as Steamed rolls cake and mashed potato windmill cake, weighing 8 kg. They were airlifted to Beijing for Chairman Mao Zedong to taste. The Central Office of the Communist Party of China sent a letter of commendation after receiving the Dim sum. In February 1962, central and provincial leaders Deng Xiaoping, Peng Zhen, Fang Fang, Dong Xiaopeng, Tao Zhu, Chen Yu, and others inspected the high-yield sweet potatoes in Beiyue and highly praised the large sweet potatoes planted in Beiyue. They dug up two "Biaoxin Hong" sweet potatoes on the spot, weighing 19 kilograms each and 18 kilograms each. The two sweet potatoes were transported back to Beijing by truck. The sweet potato with a red skin and white heart is a new variety carefully researched and cultivated by Chen Qingdeng, a farmer from Beiyue in the 1950s. It has a high yield and can produce over 10000 kilograms per mu. Experts from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have visited North China for many times to investigate the growth of sweet potatoes and study high-yield technology. Chen Denglai was also honored as a special researcher of the Sweet Potato Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

With the reform and opening up, rural areas have undergone earth shaking changes, and the structure of agricultural varieties and production has also undergone unprecedented changes. The commodity economy and "three high agriculture" of agriculture have developed rapidly. In addition to traditional rice and sugarcane production, professional group style high-tech aquaculture, fruit and vegetable cultivation, animal husbandry, forest planting, and economic crop development continue to emerge, promoting the prosperity and development of rural economy. With the increasing improvement of people's living standards, sweet potatoes have gradually faded away in agricultural production. Zhanjiang people have basically passed the history of eating sweet potatoes for meals, and sweet potatoes are no longer the traditional staple food of Zhanjiang people

Things have changed. In recent years, people pay attention to diet, pursue variety and taste diversification, and use sweet potatoes. Fried potato flour and sweet potato Congee in hotels and restaurants have become indispensable varieties. Potato chips and chips processed by sweet potatoes are also on the shelves of supermarkets. Sweet potatoes that have climbed to the top of the elegant hall have greatly increased in value, with prices even parallel to rice. It's truly a world of change, where even a grass chicken can turn into a phoenix

Tasting and Eating Methods of Zhanjiang Sweet Potatoes

Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Ingredients: Sweet Potatoes

Instructions:

1. Wash the sweet potatoes

2. Place them in the oven at 220 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes (depending on the size of the sweet potatoes)

Millet and sweet potato Congee

2. Peel off the skin of the sweet potato, wash it, cut it into cubes, and pour it into a pot filled with millet

3. Add a small amount of salt, not multiple sources, as excessive salt can damage the nutrients in sweet potatoes<4. Cover the pot and bring it to a boil over high heat, then switch to low heat and simmer slowly until the sweet potatoes are fully softened

5. Add white sugar, you can add more or less according to personal taste