A story about hand-roasted mutton

When you go to the grassland and enter the yurt, the owner usually kills the sheep. Mongolians are very hospitable. When they enter the yurt, they can sit down and eat, whether they know it or not. Someone is riding a horse roaming the grassland with only one leg of lamb on his back. Arriving at a family, the host untied the leg of lamb. The guest ate and drank all night, and the next day, the host changed a fresh leg of lamb for the guest. In this way, I passed several dough flags and went home with a leg of lamb. Mongolians are honest and take out everything at home. Only when the guests are drunk will the host be happy. He will get angry if you are not sincere and polite. The formation of this custom is related to the long-term nomadic life. The family lives on the prairie, the sky is gray and the fields are vast, and there are more cattle and sheep than people. They are looking forward to talking with a distant guest.

As soon as I sit down, I will drink milk tea and eat milk first. Milk tea is made of brick tea, and there are several kinds of milk, such as milk skin, milk tofu and milk residue. When the guests are drinking tea, outside the yurt. The master has already started killing sheep. Mongols kill sheep very quickly. You don't need a sharp knife, just a common folding knife. In a short time, a whole sheep was peeled off, the sheepskin was hung on the grass, and the mutton was already in the pot. Kill the sheep, there is not even a drop of blood on the grass. Sheep blood and internal organs are used to feed dogs. Shepherd dogs on the grassland are extremely fierce and terrible. When they run, their paws can be placed in front of their front paws and they can chase jeeps!

Hand-roasted mutton is a large piece of boiled mutton with bones. Hold it in one hand and cut it with a Mongolian knife in the other. There is no seasoning, only a bowl of salt water dipped in it. It takes a little skill to eat like this. Mongolians can pick the meat from the bones cleanly. After eating, there is only a white bone left, not even a trace of meat left. When we eat, we always leave some brains behind. The Mongols knew at a glance that this man was not a herdsman.

After eating braised pork, I sometimes make some mutton soup and dried noodles. Mongolians don't eat much. They have milk tea and fried rice for breakfast and lunch, and meat and dried noodles for dinner. Mongolians buy dried noodles not by weight, but by car. When Mongolians move-transfer pastures, there are always several ox carts, one of which is full of dried noodles. Mongolians sometimes eat pancakes, milk and flour with a little baking powder, which is very fragrant and soft.

We ate sheep and shellfish once in Damaoqi, which means whole sheep. This is only for entertaining VIPs. The whole sheep can be boiled in water for 45 minutes. There is a set of rules for eating sheep and shellfish. The whole sheep was lying on a big plate, its hoof was chopped off, and its head was cut off and put on its neck. First of all, the elders or the most distinguished guests should cut two pieces of meat at a certain position with a knife and put them diagonally on the back of the sheep. Then, remove the sheep's head, and other guests can pick up their knives and choose their favorite parts to eat. Some people who went with us were afraid to learn from Yang Beizi. Because the whole lamb is not delicious when cooked! Not easy to digest; It's okay to bring something raw.