Duck blood and vermicelli soup is a famous snack in Nanjing. Many people who visit Nanjing will have a bowl of this unique local snack. Do you like it? Recently, there is a news that Nanjing is making local standards for duck blood and vermicelli soup. Is this true?
Nanjing food and Drug Administration response
Local standards are under development
Put the duck liver, duck blood and vermicelli in the bamboo basket, and scoop them up in the big pot with the soup rolling, and match them with the coriander, mustard tuber and a tablespoon of fresh soup. Then a bowl of steaming duck blood vermicelli will come out of the pot.
However, the duck blood and vermicelli soup in Nanjing Street has its own unique flavor and ingredients. Foreigners often ask: which is the most authentic? Is there any official 'standard'?
The reporter learned from the Nanjing food and drug administration that last year they and the Nanjing catering chamber of Commerce investigated the local standard of duck blood and vermicelli soup. Nanjing food and beverage chamber of Commerce said that to set local standards for duck blood and vermicelli soup is also to compare salted duck and salted duck to prepare for its application for the world heritage.
Nanjing 'aftertaste duck blood and vermicelli soup' staff said that there is no absolute standard for their own duck blood and vermicelli soup, only the stage standard, which will be constantly adjusted according to customer opinions and tastes.
Nanjing's duck blood powder soup store responded that the standard setting is awkward. Each duck blood fan has its own characteristics, some innovative brands, spicy taste and spicy taste. We still make traditional ones. '
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When the local standard for the official version of duck blood and vermicelli soup will be issued is not clear. According to the intangible cultural heritage law, only the traditional techniques and customs of food making can be declared as intangible cultural heritage.
Some old Nanjing people told reporters that the duck blood and vermicelli soup appeared in Nanjing in the 1970s and 1980s. Before that, it was only duck blood soup. In this way, it is doubtful whether duck blood fans who have only appeared for decades are suitable for applying for the world heritage.
In 2016, Xi'an issued the technical specifications for the production of five local snacks such as mutton paomo; the year before last, Yangzhou Municipal Bureau of quality supervision also issued the new standard of Yangzhou fried rice. In this regard, some people in the industry think that the standard is only for reference. The food with good reputation is always the product of time and place. The same is true for duck blood and vermicelli soup. The bottom of the soup can be thick or thin, and the ingredients can be few or many. The key is that it's good to eat and it's good to be recognized by customers.
What do you think of the standard for duck blood and vermicelli soup?