Cracker is one kind of typical Indonesian food that be favorite people in its region. Almost every region in Indonesia has typical crackers which is sometimes synonymous with the name of native region such as Palembang Crackers from South Sumatra, desert crackers from Kediri, East Java (East Java), and when talking about shrimp crackers, so Sidoarjo in East Java is certainly a place for shrimp cracker village. Production of shrimp crackers in Sidoarjo is now capable of reaching the entire market in Java, such as Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang and Yogyakarta. Besides on that, other regions outside Java, such as Bali, Medan, Pontianak, and Kalimantan are also fixed market for these food products. Besides known as a center for the production of crackers, some areas in Sidoarjo also become a training ground to make prawn crackers. One of the frequently visited locations in the Kedungrejo Village, Jabon District, about 21 kilometers from south of the city center.
Crackers Village (Kampung Krupuk) is an accurate description for the villagers in Kedung Rejo, Jabon – Sidoarjo because almost the entire population are entrepreneurs of crackers. Streets of Kedung Rejo Village are decorated with a lot of half-finished dried crackers by villagers. Every day the production of crackers in Kedung Rejo reach 10-20 tons, with workers more than 500 people, mainly villagers of Kedung Rejo. For the villagers of Kedungrejo, Jabon – Sidoarjo, crackers business is main source of income in their daily lives. About 75 heads of families, there are approximately 62 family heads work in crackers production. Crackers Village becoming the nickname for the Kedungrejo Village appear began when one of the people in this village that named Haji Darrim in 1976 independently tried to manufacture crackers with traditional tools, which were marketed around the local village. Gradually, eventually growing crackers maker, many other residents from outside village who come to try the savory cracker production. No less than five thousand pieces of crackers or chips around 500 tons with various types of crackers from shrimp crackers, fish crackers, puli crackers, until onion crackers are successfully manufactured villagers in Kedungrejo each month. Every day they can have a minimum turnover of 250 thousand rupiahs.
There are several kinds of crackers of manufactured in Kedung Rejo, such as shove crackers, fish and shrimp crackers, puli crackers, and some other types of crackers. Judging from the way of production, the process of making crackers are here quite practical. Craft makers mix simply the batter fish and flour, then the dough is baked in oven. After that, ready-made dough is sliced and dried. As for puli crackers, craft makers hang the rest of the remaining rice then sliced and dried. However, many craftsmen difficulties at the stage of drying when the rains come, because the drying process is carried still using sunlight. To buy the dryer while craftsmen still objected to the price is not cheap. The drying process when the dry season could finish in one day, when the rainy season the drying process can reach 2-3 days. Surely craftsmen will reduce production to get around so no loss. Crackers product in the manufacture of Kedung Rejo is famous for its good taste, high levels of savory, and without preservatives that make the production of crackers in Kedung Rejo still survive, even when having to compete with a cracker factory equipped with engines with a high technology. So, let’s visit Sidoarjo and taste the savory crackers from “Crackers Village”
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