Guodu pickles produced in Zhang Cun, Xizhangzhuang Town, xintai city are famous for their fresh color, delicious taste and crispness. After many times of material selection and trial and error, the pickles of "Gongjia" are quite famous among many pickled products. After a hundred years of tasting test, Guo Du pickles will eventually become delicious.
Fruit pickles are mainly made of succulent radish and cabbage, supplemented by more than 30 kinds of precious Chinese herbal medicines such as star anise, fennel, cinnamon, clove and pepper. Radish and cabbage mostly choose fresh fleshy roots rich in sugar, inorganic salts and vitamins such as calcium and iron in Shouguang and Tai 'an. After harvesting fresh radish and cabbage, rinse it with clear water, put it in a clean place, expose it to the sun for 1-2 days, and put it in a pickling tank. After canning, add appropriate amount of iodized salt, add a little water (based on pickled radish), marinate for 2-3 days, turn the jar upside down, add ingredients such as star anise, fennel, pepper and cinnamon, marinate for 4-5 days, add batter and sugar-free pigment, cover the jar and marinate for about 10 day, and serve. Sauerkraut with sauerkraut is mainly broadcast live. In the north, sowing is usually carried out from late July to early August. After growing 120- 140 days, the leaves can be harvested when they turn yellow and droop. At the Guangzhou Food Expo held in 1980, Guodu pickles won the Shandong pickles product quality award. Because of its bright color, delicious taste and crisp taste, Gong Jia pickles importer named it "Cui Xiang". The pickled vegetables in Guodu not only become the best products in restaurants and family tables, but also are regarded by experts as having the effect of appetizing and strengthening the spleen because of the large use of precious medicinal materials such as cinnamon and clove in the pickling process. Not only in more than 20 supermarkets in Shandong Province, there are "Xiangxiang" floating, but also a large number of them are sold to three northeastern provinces.