1, the true color of dried yak meat is brown-black, dark brown, with a little dark red and black color. If the color is bright red, it may even be fake dried yak meat with pigment; The color of dried pork is light brownish red; The color of other mixed meats is generally red, which is redder than the real yak meat.
2, look at the difference between the fiber and the grain of the meat. The yak meat has long dry fiber, many fascia and compact meat. Because yaks have been walking in plateau natural pastures for a long time, the meat quality is thick and compact, and the meat fiber will be longer. After tearing, there will be a lot of fascia inside, which is particularly chewy. Dried pork's fiber is much shorter, with less fascia and loose meat; As for other pressed fake jerky, because in the process of pressing, all the meat has been crushed and then pressed, the fibers and fascia have been interrupted, and the taste is poor, and no fibers can be seen on the surface.
3. Taste and smell the meat? This should be the simplest, because all yaks in Tibet grow up eating grass in natural pastures, and yak meat itself smells of grass, which should be known to all those who have been to Lhasa. Although the authentic Tibetan yak meat is marinated with spices, it will also have a little faint taste. Dried pork and other kinds of pressed dried meat have various flavors. Fake yak meat should be faked by dried pork, with a strong spicy flavor and salty taste.
4. Look at the price. Duilong vegetable market in Lhasa is the largest wholesale market in Lhasa, where the fresh yak meat is 42 kilos, and only 3 kilos of fresh yak meat can be air-dried to produce a kilo of dried yak meat. The cost is 42× 3 =126 yuan, plus the profits of curing, packaging, labor and merchants, so the final price will generally be around 200 yuan! So do you need to say more about the dozens of pieces of "dried yak meat" on the market or online?