Introducing Pei County Juice Dog Meat

To talk about Xuzhou's specialties, there are countless: crisp and crisp children's crispy sugar; round and sweet red Fuji apples; and fragrant and large new chestnuts... and Pei County's simmered dog meat is also bright The color, the fragrant smell, the soft taste, the original oyster sauce and the crisp but not greasy dog ​​meat are among the specialties of Xuzhou. There is a poem: the dog meat is full of pots, and Liu Bang does not eat or open.

Pei County dog ​​meat has a long history and has been around for more than 2,000 years. To say how famous it is, it is due to the two celebrities in the county of Lichu, Liu Bang and Fan Wei. Liu Bang is a native of Pei County. He is a friend with Fan Wei. Before he became a successor, Liu Bang was a dead man. He often went to Fan Wei’s booth to drink dog meat, but he did not pay any penny after eating and drinking. For a long time, Fan Yu was inevitably heartbroken, in order to avoid Liu Bang. He cooked the dog meat, and the four went by boat to the opposite town to sell. Liu Bang chased the river, but did not have the money to cross the river. When I was irritated, I happened to swim from the middle of the river. It was quite understandable and sent Liu Bang over the river. Liu Bang found Fan Xi’s dog meat stall before, and saw that the dog meat was still unattended. After a few words with Fan Yu, he couldn’t wait to eat the dog meat. Fan Wei moved to Hedong for three days. Because of the new stall, the dog meat could not be sold. Liu Bang eats it and everyone buys it. The dog meat that was accumulated in three days was quickly sold out. Later, Liu Bang often took the turtle to cross the river to eat Fan Wei's dog meat. Fan Yan saw that he could not hide Liu Bang, hated the old man, and secretly killed it, and cooked it with dog meat. Who cares about this cooking, I feel that the taste of dog meat is not unusual, and it is especially delicious. Fan Yi always used this pot of oyster sauce to cook the dog meat, and the fragrance was not reduced. Soon after Liu Bang became an official, he excused Fan’s temper and confessed Fan’s meat cleaver. Without a knife, Fan Wei had to burn the dog meat even worse, and then sold it to the diners by hand. Who knows that this crisp dog meat is torn and eat more flavor. A few years later, Liu Bang became the emperor. When Yi Jin returned home, he remembered the dog meat in his hometown and then drunk the dog meat. Since then, "simmered dog meat" has been famous all over the world.

Legends can't be trusted, but Pei County's simmered dog meat has been famous since ancient times. The main ingredients of the simmered dog meat are all passed down from generation to generation: the pure yellow dog of Pei County, the oyster sauce of the ancestors, the wild turtle of Weishan Lake, in addition to these three main raw materials, the public clove, grass fruit, Amomum, etc. More than 20 kinds of expensive condiments have also played a lot of roles. After the dog meat is put into the pot, it is simmered in slow fire, and then the soup is colored. Only then is the dog meat on the table today. Pei County dog ​​meat tastes delicious except for the use of materials, the key is the stew of the soup, it is said that the longer the stew, the more fragrant the dog meat. The dog meat is savory and musk, the soft-shelled turtle is tender and delicious, and all the procedures are just right.

As a long-established "cultural heritage", the packaging of the dog meat is also very historic. The four irregular characters "simmered dog meat" are printed on the red bag. Below is an ancient Han stone. The above portrays such a scene: after the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang became the emperor. When Yi Jin returned home, he remembered the dog meat in his hometown and called his father and his fellow villagers to drink with a large piece of dog meat. When the wine cellar was hot, Liu Bang, who was full of enthusiasm, danced and sang "Golden Wind Song".

In addition to being tasted by people, dog meat is still a good medicine for treating diseases. Children who have chickenpox have eaten dog meat, and the condition will definitely improve. Because chickenpox is hot, and dog meat is cool, "water and fire are incompatible", it will promote the condition to get better.

As the saying goes, "dog meat can't be on the table", but Xuzhou's simmered dog meat has broken this traditional saying, which also makes those who can't taste this dish for the sake of dignity "satisfy." If compared with Xuzhou's many specialties, Pei County's simmered dog meat does not seem to be "excellent", but it is also quite a "sweet when she is in the mountains, she laughs in the bushes." This seems to be the real "charm" of Pei County's simmered dog meat - not very outstanding, but very unique.