Ginger Jam village busily preparing for Tet
VOV.VN - Ginger jam village in Kim Long ward, Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue is at its busiest time now as the Lunar New Year festival (TET) is drawing near.
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Every year at the beginning of the 12th lunar month, the ginger jam village in Kim Long begins making jams to prepare for the upcoming Lunar New Year festival. |
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| Manual methods are used at all processing steps. |
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After peeling off the skin, they cut the ginger into thin slices and sock them in water to make it less spicy. |
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The ginger slices are washed and drained before putting into sugar. |
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The ginger slices will be mixed with white sugar. |
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It takes about 40-45 minutes to fry ginger with sugar. This is the most important step in making ginger jam. |
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The ginger jam is cooled down in five minutes. |
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At present, only five households in the ward are producing ginger jam. A ward resident, Mr Tran Huu Nam said that his household produces 3 tons of ginger jam for TET. |
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Ginger jam is kept in a cool dry place before packaging. |
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Ginger jam in Kim Long has a special flavor as it is produced in traditional method. |
