Original Chinese Calligraphers Association Member Zeng Caichu once wrote a couplet saying: "All the five flavors are ready, and you will never forget every meal; a century-old famous product is well-known." Mr. Zeng is talking about his hometown's specialty - Yongfeng Hot Sauce . For every Shuangfeng person, Yongfeng hot sauce is an "essential seasoning on the dining table", an "irreplaceable taste bud awakening agent", and a "top secret agency" that triggers the homesickness of wanderers outside.
is located in Hunan Xianghesen Sauce Co., Ltd., Tongde Village, Shuangfeng County. Although the area is small, it is "sparrows are small and complete with all the internal organs". It witnesses the entire process of each string of pepper from raw materials to being made into hot sauce. Zhang Xiaoyan, the head of the company, introduced that chili should use bell pepper with more meat, thin skin and few seeds. After 100 days and 29 processes, the oil will be discharged. Then, the dried chili should be fully in contact with wheat, corn and other raw materials. In addition, kang bean , tang and other ingredients should be added to make the hot sauce sweet and spicy, spicy and crispy. In this way, a can of double peak hot sauce is ready.
The Shuangfeng people who grew up eating spicy sauce have long engraved this taste into their taste genes. People who work far away in a foreign country are also nostalgic for the taste of spicy sauce - eating spicy sauce is like eating the dishes made by my mother. Zhang Xiaoyan’s husband is from Yongfeng Street (formerly Yongfeng Town ). In Zhang Xiaoyan’s view, Yongfeng’s water is like mountain spring water, with a feeling of sweetness. With the guarantee of raw materials, the hot sauce produced in Yongfeng is particularly delicious.
In 2009, Zhang Xiaoyan brought Yongfeng Hot Sauce to Changsha to attend the expo. Because it was just starting out, there was no phone number printed on the packaging of the hot sauce, only the address in the factory was printed. At that time, a young man from Guangdong was also on the court. This young man from Guangdong is from Loudi , and is responsible for the procurement of specialty products of the company in Guangzhou. Although he chatted with Zhang Xiaoyan for a while, he had no intention of cooperating with him.
"Our chili sauce is not particularly delicious, but after eating it, you will still want to eat it." Before leaving, Zhang Xiaoyan sent a bottle of Yongfeng hot sauce to the other party and said this.
Unexpectedly, a few months later, the young man drove the car and appeared in Zhang Xiaoyan's factory again. After seeing Zhang Xiaoyan, he ran over and hugged her, and said, "I finally found you, I finally found you!" Zhang Xiaoyan's first reaction was "confused".
After the other party’s story, Zhang Xiaoyan understood the whole story. It turned out that the young man's mother was from Shuangfeng and married to Loudi City. Their family used to live in Guangzhou. When the young man put the spicy sauce on the dining table, his mother took a bite and immediately said, "Oh, I finally tasted my mother!" Then, his mother immediately asked the young man where he got the spicy sauce. He also brought his mother, wife and company people to visit during this trip, and the two parties quickly signed a contract.
This shocked Zhang Xiaoyan. She said that every can of Yongfeng hot sauce contains the taste of her hometown. As a post-80s generation, she does not want to lose her traditional craftsmanship and wants to retain her hometown flavor to the greatest extent. "The goal is a well-known brand in the province and the country."
Xiaoxiang Morning News Reporter Man Yankun Photo reporter Wang Jiaji
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