鄲城縣唐橋店是“火蝦鴨蛋”的產地。
清乾隆《鹿邑縣志》(解放前,唐橋店屬鹿邑縣)載:“唐橋店鴨 最佳,以皮腌之,較諸南方高郵所制更為肥美,土人為之唐。其附近村莊,或有仿為者,皆不及。蓋由于水土所宜,遷則弗能為良。”光緒《鹿邑縣志》又載:“唐橋店鴨卵黃大多脂,以鹽漬之,美過南方高郵州所制,土人謂之唐蛋,他村效制不能及也。”相傳當年劉秀為王莽所迫,路過此地,吃了火蝦鴨蛋,咸感到香浸肺腑,身輕體爽,連聲稱好,直到他做了皇帝還念念不忘。從此,唐橋火蝦鴨蛋遐邇聞名。
唐橋店位于黑河、晉溝河匯合處,匯流后名為茨河,是淮河的支流。在匯合口的水草叢中,生長著一種奇特的蝦,頭部發紅,夜間發光,當地稱為“火蝦”。鴨子吃了這種蝦,下蛋個大皮薄。經腌制,蛋清潔白如玉,蛋黃紫紅色如細粒朱砂,挑起蛋瓤油珠往下滴,咸不濃、涔不甘,鮮美宜口。蛋黃還可入藥,附近群眾專買唐橋店“火蝦鴨蛋”治痢疾、胃疼。
1958年,由于疏通水系,加寬河床忽視了對火蝦的保護和遷殖,久負盛名的“火蝦鴨蛋”,從此瀕于絕跡。
Fiery-shrimp Duck Eggs
Fiery-shrimp Duck Eggs are produced in Tangqiaodian Village in Dancheng Town. According to the Luyi County Record in Qing Dynasty, salted duck eggs in Tangqiaodian is more plump and fragrant than other duck eggs in the south; other kinds of duck eggs can't compete with it. It's said that Liu Xiu had ever eaten this fiery-shrimp duck egg in his escaping way and gave a highly praise even after he became the Emperor. From then on, this duck egg got a higher reputation.
Tangqiaodian lays on the meet of Heihe River and Jingou River. In this meet, where grows a particular kind of shrimp in water plants whose head is red and can shine at night so that it is called fiery-shrimp. If ducks eat this kind of shrimps, they will lay big and thin-skin eggs which are in delicious flavor and contain medical effects after salted. People always come to buy these eggs to cure dysentery and stomachache. However, in 1958, because of the change of the river and lack of production for fiery shrimps, famous fiery-shrimp duck eggs are faced with problem of being lost.