Chaoshan people like health preservation best, and they are extremely demanding on the health of food. Speaking of Chaoshan, some people will inevitably think of the iconic food of Chaoshan-olives, and Chaoshan, as the hometown of olives, has a variety of ways to eat.
I know olive has a long history, but do you know how long it is?
When it comes to early olives, some people may think of Greek civilization, but China in the Stone Age is not familiar with it.
According to the research of plant archaeologists, olive is a very important food resource for early hunter-gatherers in Lingnan area, and it lasts for a long time, dating back to 9000 years or even earlier.
The form of preserved fruit appeared in the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago, which laid the foundation for the development of preserved olive.
Fresh olives taste bitter directly, and only when you chew them slowly can you taste the sweetness, which has a beautiful meaning of "bitter comes sweet".
According to legend, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Taizong liked salty and sweet, and the imperial chef in the palace picked out the tribute olives, and removed a lot of water through fruit selection, cleaning, soaking and boiling, so as to facilitate long-term preservation.
The chef presented this, and the emperor was full of praise.
After hearing about its production technology, it was named "honey fried".
The karma is only that the planting and transportation in Lingnan area are difficult and the materials used are fine.
Love love love in Tokyo mentioned that there was "Wang Daoren's honey fried" in Suoguo Temple in Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, "Liang love love love" had a "honey fried bureau", and "Old Man in West Lake is hard to record" contained many candied fruits.