Duck neck

The duck neck first originated in Changde, Hunan, and later spread to Sichuan, Hubei and other places. In recent years, it has become popular all over the country, and is known as the "Internet celebrity three musketeers" in the night snack industry along with beer and crayfish. The duck neck can be called a food business card of Wuhan, and its fame even surpasses that of hot dry noodles, and its influence spreads all over the country.

In 2002, the film "Life Show", which reflected the life of Wuhan city, was released, allowing more people to understand Wuhan duck neck. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name "Life Show" by Chi Li, a well-known writer in Hubei, and the plot of the movie revolves around the heroine who sells duck necks at the Jiqing Street Night Market. At that time, the representative of Wuhan duck neck belonged to "Jingwu duck neck", which did not refer to a specific store, but to Jingwu Road and its surroundings, which used to be the most concentrated duck neck seller in Wuhan. In 2011, Jingwu Road was demolished and rebuilt due to municipal construction, leaving only a few shops. Now replacing "Jingwu Duck Neck" as the new business card of Wuhan Duck Neck is the famous "Zhou Black Duck".

The duck neck itself has more bones and less meat, and it is almost undesirable, and it was originally inconspicuous in the duck meat world. However, after being soaked and marinated in a variety of spices, the faint duck neck turns decay into magic. The duck neck bones and meat are connected to support the finger-sucking taste, and the complex salty, sweet and spicy taste stimulation is brought by the taste, and the feeling is flat when you chew, but the more you bite, the more flavorful it becomes. Wuhan people describe the action of eating duck neck as "ho", and describe the action of sucking the spicy juice between the bones and meat when eating duck neck accurately. It is no exaggeration to say that in the hearts of Wuhan people, the duck neck is the most essential part of the duck. Of course, finger sucking snacks sold with duck necks include: duck wings, duck crutches in sauce, duck paws, duck tongues, etc.

Wuhan duck neck is roughly divided into two factions, one is the "Zhou Black Duck" with "slightly sweet and spicy entrance, and a long aftertaste after eating", and the other is the classic duck neck of Jingwu Road, which focuses on salty and spicy.