Changzhou dried turnip
Changzhou dried turnip (Chinese: 常州萝卜干; pinyin: Chángzhōu luóbo gān) is a local food of Changzhou, southern Jiangsu province, east-central China. Said to have an almost 1,000-year history, it is called the "spicy dried turnip" because of its mixed taste of sweet, crisp, soft, and tasty. It is one of the famous traditional types of pickled vegetables from China. Changzhou dried turnip is grown in Xinzha, Zhonglou District, Changzhou, and is described as red, smooth, crumbly, and having a sweet flavor. This kind of turnip used to be called the small turnip and is even more  delicious than the pear (). By using this kind of turnip as the raw material and via the special salted process, Changzhou dried turnip has the feature of fine chewing with no residue. History. For a very long time, each family living beside the canal of the Xinzha district planted the turnip and salted the turnip. After the People's Republic of China was established, the Sauce Production Company of Changzhou became the center of production. The spicy dried turnip is one of the major product of this company. The trademark is called Hongmei(). In 1978, a Cheng family living in  the southern bank of the canal in Beigang adhering to the ancestors’ business set up Changzhou Yudie specialty food product factory() to product the dried turnip specially. Because of inheriting the ancestral secret recipe process which has passed on for the fifth generation, the turnip made by this factory is more traditional. Status quo. The scientific management and the mechanizing processing technology penetrate every working procedure including the choice of the raw material, the salting, the formulating, the manufacturing and the packaging. The Changzhou dried turnip has already become the specialty food of Changzhou. In 2008, the “Yudie” spicy dried  turnip was listed in the Changzhou non-material cultural heritage list. References.