Weining potato has the advantages of large size, high yield, excellent quality, slow degradation, good taste, high dry matter content, transportation and storage resistance, and its yield and quality are at the first-class level in China. Weining potato is rich in starch, protein, vitamin C and a variety of amino acids, with rich nutrition and beauty effects.
It is said that Weining began to grow potatoes in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the special soil and other natural conditions, Weining potato is famous for its large yield and good quality. The planting area is over 400,000 mu, accounting for one third of the total crop area in the county. The annual output is over 400 million kilograms, with an output value of about 6,543,800 yuan. It is known as the "hometown of potatoes".
In recent years, Weining's baked potatoes, fried potatoes and spicy potatoes are very famous and unforgettable. Look at the streets of the county:
As soon as they got off the bus, the foreign guests in twos and threes squatted in front of the potato stove and ate with relish. They ate yellow-scraped potatoes, talked and laughed, took pictures, and the sound of "ok" came and went.
In a night market, under the warm red light, the frying pan of potatoes made a "squeaky" sound, and the female stall owner politely greeted the guests. With a knife with a short handle, she cut the potato chips vertically into uniform thickness, put them on a flat-bottomed iron pan and turned them over with oil and salt. At this time, the unique aroma of potatoes has overflowed four seats. Guests dipped in spices such as Chili powder, pepper powder and monosodium glutamate are even more intriguing to eat.
-On the side of the cauldron selling spicy potatoes, there is indeed a saying that "all talents are gathered, and less salt is collected". They finally waited for three or two pieces, inserted them on bamboo sticks, ate while walking, and tasted the spicy taste leisurely, revealing a unique pleasure that would only be available at that time.
Potato, the potato of Weining, as a specialty of our county, is deeply loved by people and has broad development prospects. At present, the county party committee and government have requisitioned 40 mu of land in the eastern suburb of the county seat, and reached an agreement with New Zealand to establish a fried potato chip factory with an annual output value of 42 million yuan.
Weining Potato will walk out of China and go to the world with its unique earthy fragrance on the shore of Wumeng Mountain and Caohai!