Linjin Pickled Cucumber

Linjin Pickled Cucumber has a history of more than 100 years. Cucumbers with white skin and green stripes produced in Linjin Town are used as raw materials; they are picked in early autumn when the maturity reaches 80% or 90%. The whole production process includes 11 procedures, from selection of materials, cleaning, cutting, picking up pulp, pickling, sealing, exposing to the sunlight, mixing, seasoning, packaging, etc. Linjin Pickled Cucumber has special flavor and tastes soft and delicious, sweet and salty, with strong flavor of sauce, and its taste will not change even after several years. Therefore, it has become an ideal seasoning food for staple food.

It won the Silver Medal of Panama International Exposition in 1915, and obtained the Gold Medal of the first industrial exhibition in Shanxi Province. In 1981, it won the Award for High-quality Product in Shanxi Province. The annual output of Linjin Pickled Cucumber is about 3 tons, which are mainly exported to Japan, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao.