pickled fresh

"ㄋㄧ•ㄉㄡㄒㄧ" is the Shanghai pronunciation of pickled duxian.

It took me a long, long time to learn that my family has always used their taste buds to perpetuate their emotions. Maybe it’s the thoughts of connecting with family, maybe it’s the nostalgia of nostalgia, and it’s precisely because of this that the gathering is not a choice of tea, or a restaurant with Shanghai cuisine.

Sometimes, "adults" will order whole chicken soup, but more often, they will order "Marinated Duxian". There is no surging whole chicken in the soup. When I was a child, I always thought it was a secondary product to replace chicken soup. When I grew up and occasionally saw the recipe, I realized the real work behind it. The milky white soup and the rich aroma... are the efforts of parents to maintain "home".

In recent years, the family members have gradually withered away. Every time I have meals with relatives such as uncles or aunts, I always talk about how well my parents cooked food back then, and whether any of the four daughters has inherited their parents' cooking skills. , and said, "I regret not studying hard now, do you? You can't taste that taste if you want to eat it!" Perhaps the taste buds of the God of Cookery are gradually disappearing in our generation...

When I brought up this topic again today, my little aunt looked at me and said, "You shouldn't know anything about it, right? You were so lazy and cried when you were young... If you didn't move, you would be scolded, and you would cry again! Fortunately, your son doesn't look like it. Cry like you!" I probably have a really bad image, and the look of that little girl with tears and snot is deeply rooted in people's hearts. Maybe the memory of tears is too salty, but the pickled tuk tuk fresh I ordered today was bland and tasteless, maybe the taste of the thick milky white soup disappeared with some memories... It even seemed "ㄍㄚˇㄇㄥˉ".

But.

Thank you auntie, I don't cry so much now :)

I just don't know when I will be able to drink another bowl of thick milky white that tastes and warms my heart.

#ㄍㄚˇㄇㄥˉ also means nauseating in Shanghainese