Plums in Chinese Cooking

February ndiyo mwedzi weplums. MuJapan, migwagwa inosvika mumaruva, apo America inopemberera National Plum Pudding Day musi waFebruary 12. Zvakanaka, ndezvechokwadi kuti mazuva ano ipum puddings inowanzove yakagadzirwa sultanas uye currants kupfuura plums, asi iwe unowana pfungwa. Kutanga kwemwaka wekupedzisira ndiyo nguva yakakwana yekuongorora basa rehuwandu hwekudya kweChina uye tsika.

Nezvakaitika kare zveChina chinonzi Plum

Maererano nenhamba dzinoverengeka dzezvakaitika kare, maChinese angave ekutanga kutanga kutanga plums. Zvechokwadi, aya akanga asiri Prunus domestica , purplish-bluu plums inowanzowanikwa mumashambaguru ekumadokero nhasi. Pane kudaro, ivo vaiva vezvizvarwa zvePrunus salicina , inozivikanwawo seJapan plums. Yakakura, inotapira, uye inononoka, mapapuri echiJapane anonyanya kutaurwa pamigumo, uye ane marudzi e "orangey-red". Vakange vawanika muUnited States kubvira kuma1900 ekupedzisira. Imwe ipamhi yekare yeWorld Damson, Prunus institia, yaifunga kuti yakabva kuDhamasiko.

Plums uye Chinese Culture

Iko kune maitiro akawanda kune huwandu hwechiChina. Confucius anofananidza kunaka kwavo nemunhu anodiwa mundima inotevera:

"Matavi eApen plum
Kusvika uye nechokuti vanodzungaira
Ndingaita sei kuti ndirege kufunga nezvake?
Asi musha uri kure, "

Lao-Tse, muzivi wenhau wechiChina anozivikanwa, anofungidzirwa kuti akaberekwa pasi pepamu, chiitiko chinotyisa kubva kumaChina chinotenda plums inofananidzira hupfumi.

Kana iri chibereko pachayo, inodhura zvinotaurwa muLe Legends of Three Kingdoms , inova chiChina chenhoroondo. Ikoko pane ndima iyo murwi anozivikanwa Cao Cao akashongedza nguva iyo akakurudzira masoja ake kuti aende nokukurumidza kubva munzvimbo inotyisa nokuvaudza kuti muti wakatakurwa nemajeketi ane mvura yakarongedza mberi.

Plums in Today's Culture

Nhasi, plums inozivikanwa uye inoda nyika yose. Iwe uchawana chikoro chinowedzera mumugwagwa muNorth America, apo cherry plums inowanikwa muEurope. Hazvishamisi kune michero yakakurumbira yakadaro, ipamu yakagara ichirumbidzwa mukunyora. Keats vakarumbidza kutapira kwavo , apo Little Jack Horner vakabudisa imwe papa yake mukurumbira mhemberero rhyme . Uye ndiani angakanganwa avo vanotamba Sugar Plum Fairies mu "The Nutcracker Ballet?" Iyo plum yakatoita nzira yayo mumutauro wezuva nezuva: tinoshandisa mazwi okuti "plum zvakanaka" kutsanangura chimwe chinhu chakakosha muhutano.

MuHawaii unogona kunya "pamba inoputika," iyo-mbeu dzakachengetedzwa dzakachengetwa neecorice, shuga, uye munyu. Maererano naKathy Durham, aimbova About Guide kuHawaii, maShayina akaunza maHawaii kuchengetedza mbeu pavakatamira kuHawaii kwemakore zana apfuura. Anowedzera kuti kuputika ndiro zita rekudanwa rekuti "rinobva pakurova pambeu kuti rive rakasununguka, richibatanidza zvinonaka zvembeu (kazhinji zvinorwadza) nekunaka kwechibereko nezvimwe zvinoshandiswa."

Iwe unogonawo kuwana mbeu dzakachengetedzwa paAsia maduka.

Chinese Plum Sauce

Kunyange zvazvo plum yave iri chibereko chinokosha kune veChina kwemazana emakore, maruu eu plum ave yemazuva ano ekugadzira chikafu muChinese chikafu munyika yose.

Plum sauce inowira mumuti wakanaka uye wakaoma weChinese condiments, uye inotapira uye tangy inonaka. Iyo inopembererwa nokuda kwayo uye yakasimba kusagadzikana kwakasimba sezvo inonamatira kune zvokudya pasina kupfuurira zvakanyanya, zvichikubvumira kuti ufare zvese zvekupedzisira kudonha. Plum sauce inowanzofadzwa semucheka wekudya wakabikwa zvakadai semashizha emvura, mazai evha, marodhi, uye kunyange yakakurumbira yeChinese yakabikwa (iyo inotsanangura westerners 'duck sauce' nick name for plum sauce). Sezvakaita chero chidikanwi chaidiwa, zvishandiso zvitsva zvinenge zvichishandiswa zuva rega rega nema plum vanodikanwa.

Chinese Plum Sauce Ingredients uye Recipes

Pure plum sauce inogadzirwa nemafuta akanaka, anogadzirwa nehombodo yakabviswa pamwe chete neshuga, chena kana rice vhiniga, munyu, ginger, uye chiri pepper. Mamwe mapepa anodanawo zvimwe zvinoshandiswa zvakadai sekiki, waini yakachena, kana soy sauce.

Plum sauce inogonawo kuva nemimwe michero inotapira yakadai seabricots, peaches, kana kunyange pineapple. Nekunakisisa kusinganisa kwezvivhenekera izvi uye zvinoshandiswa, panewo mikana isingaperi yekuita plum sauce inotapira kana kupfuura tangy maererano nezvinodiwa zvako.

Kunyange zvazvo plum sauce yebhodhoro inogona kutengwa kubva kune chero mushambadzi weAsia uye kunyange mazita makuru ezvitoro zvekudya, zvine zvigadzirwa zvakanaka, ruoko rutsva rwepuu runogona kuvhiringidzwa pamwe chete nokukurumidza. Uye zvakakosha zvishoma zvishoma kuedza. Heino imwe yemafuta edu anodiwa mapupe .