Bitter sausage is a by-product of pig small intestine. The leftover casing scraps are bitter because they are close to pig bile. Smart people in China took this leftover bits and pieces, wrapped them in a row and cooked them. People who like to eat especially like the bitterness and sweetness after eating, and it tastes particularly fragrant when chewed.
Uncle Qingdao sells this kind of intangible food in the village. This village is a famous bitter sausage village in Qingdao. Located in Fujiabu Village, Chengyang District, Qingdao. The whole village is living on bitter sausage and braised pork. Uncle's bitter sausage is very famous in Qingdao. His family's Zhenbo Bitter Sausage has registered its trademark, and it has been rated as an intangible project in Qingdao.
His family has been handed down for three generations, and everyone who has eaten it is full of praise for his family's suffering. Although the process of making bitter sausage is similar, the subtle differences in the process will affect the taste of bitter sausage. Zhenbo Bitter Sausage is cooked through four processes, and even the water used to wash Zhenbo Bitter Sausage is local mineral water. After washing, it is stewed in mineral water, which has no bad taste.
Step 2, blanch the cleaned sausage, and put the sausage into the pot while stirring until the water used for blanching becomes clear. Cleaning and blanching with mineral water increases a lot of costs. The third process is to wrap the pig's small intestine together. This process is very important. It's too tight. It doesn't taste good inside. It is too loose and easy to disperse, and the taste is not tight enough.
After winding, the last process is cooking. The ingredients of Zhenbo Bitter Sausage are all made by ourselves. It's been passed down for 70 years. There is an old soup that is over 70 years old in the shop. The bitter sausage cooked in this pot of old soup tastes better. A knowledgeable person can tell the difference between his bitter sausage and others with his eyes closed.
There are many ways to eat bitter sausage. Local people who can eat directly slice and dip in garlic paste to eat. Shandong people like garlic best, and any food can be mixed with garlic paste to increase the taste. You can also cut the bitter sausage into small pieces and stir-fry it with Chili. It is a good appetizer and can also be eaten in hot pot. Although bitter sausage is bitter, it has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Qingdao people like bitter sausages, which is very similar to their principle of doing things. They can only be masters if they suffer! This shop is far from downtown Qingdao, and many people drive dozens of kilometers to buy it!