Beef is a common ingredient in Guangdong, cold melon beef, oyster sauce beef, roasted beef with bean curd, beef fried rice, etc., are the classic practice of Cantonese beef. Now there are also more Western restaurants, a variety of beef steak is also popular with adults and children, seven mature, nine mature, black pepper sauce, tomato juice, mushroom juice ...... everyone eat a lot of fun.

I don't know from when, "Guangdong people love to eat cow happy" became a common saying on the Internet, cow happy also became one of the net red food. I've been living in Zhanjiang in western Guangdong for more than 30 years, and only in recent years have I learned what a cow's jubilation is - a part of the cow's body that is the cow's external genitalia. I think the source of why Cantonese people love to eat it may be the episode of the Hong Kong movie Low Comedy in which Chung Kei Cheng says something classic: "How many cows would I have to kill before I could stir-fry you a dish of Beef Joy!" Because of this movie, the segment of Cantonese people eating cow rejoice has spread all over the country.

According to insiders, the location of the filming of "Low Comedy" is actually a store in Guangzhou, which is real. That little store not only has cow rejoice, but also pig rejoice, which is mainly paired with salted sauerkraut. In Cantonese folklore, it's standard to eat beef delight fried with salted pickles and pig delight fried with Dutch beans.

There is another way to make beef jubilation more delicious, which is called fried beef jubilation with popping sauce. The cow cheerfully with boiling water to scald a hair, and then clean water after slicing. Put a moderate amount of oil in the pot, pour in chili, crushed ginger, and then into the pickled beans and cattle joy, stir-fry over high heat, pour in soy sauce, add salt, add a small amount of water, stir-fry dry stir-fry fragrant sprinkled with green onions can be discharged into the pot plate. This practice is similar to the practice of sautéing large intestine with popping sauce, but the beef jubilation tastes better and is more crispy,

The beef jubilation is also a popular ingredient in the classic Chaoshan beef hot pot. The restaurant cuts it into flowers for diners to eat. The most important part of eating beef rejoicing in the hotpot is the dipping sauce. Because the beef rejoicing has been processed and has little original flavor, it tastes especially good when dipped in salsa or soybean sauce. The hot pot restaurant doesn't serve much beef jubilee, so if you want to eat it, it's best to call ahead and make a reservation.

The first time I had beef jubilation was in Qinzhou, Guangxi. Qinbei Defense, once part of Guangdong, has close eating habits. I was wandering around the streets of Qinzhou with some friends that night, and my friend suggested going to a big stall, so I came to a small street-side restaurant that deals in barbecue and stir-fry. My friend said I should try something special, so I ordered a few skewers of pork whip barbecue and a pickled vegetable stir-fry with beef jubilation. The pork whips were spiral shaped, with circles, and tasted crispy and refreshing. The beef jubilee was also smoother, crispy, juicy and in some cases crunchy. The store handled the beef jubilee well, and it tasted free of off-flavors, with sauerkraut and an unknown kind of sauce that gave it a savory feel.

However, it's hard to get beef jubilee in Zhanjiang, whether it's in a fancy restaurant or a street stall, you basically haven't seen it. I think there are three reasons. One is that people in Zhanjiang like the original flavor, but the processed beef jubilation has lost its own flavor, most people do not like it too much; two is that Zhanjiang's beef jubilation may have been acquired by wholesalers in the Pearl River Delta and the Chaoshan area, because a cow only has a beef jubilation, not enough for stir-frying or hitting the side of the stove, and since the Pearl River Delta and the Chaoshan love to eat this, it must have been the whole province and the surrounding area to acquire a large number of to be able to do so; three is that the local beef jubilation in Zhanjiang The third is that Zhanjiang local cattle joy is not much left, do not have to get to the market to sell, has been internal digestion.

So, whether Guangdong people love to eat cow joy, may have to be divided into regions to see. The Pearl River Delta, Chaoshan area does have the habit of eating beef jubilation, it is said that in the ancient Guangdong Guangfu culture area, beef jubilation is rare, in short supply, only the upper class aristocrats can eat, there is a dish of beef jubilation in the banquet, the guests are often full of praise, highlighting the hosts of the taste and class. And ordinary people even hard to eat beef once, not to mention the cow rejoice.

Except for the Pearl River Delta and Chaoshan, other parts of Guangdong are less likely to eat beef jubilation. Especially in areas rich in seafood resources, accustomed to the original flavor of seafood, less acceptance of the flavor of heavy food. Though it is rare to see cow rejoicing in Zhanjiang city, there are some unique ingredients, such as sandworms, mud ding and horseshoe crabs, which look odd and taste delicious, and foreigners are afraid to look at them. Zhanjiang's white-cut dog meat is also delicious, but also incomprehensible in the eyes of dog lovers.

"Guangdong people eat everything" this paragraph of the historical reasons, one is with the Baiyue ethnic eating habits, the ancient ethnic minorities are not good at farming and trespassing hunting, catching what wild animals are trying to eat, in order to satiate the stomach, and then the Han people into Guangdong, also affected by the formation of the habit of eating wild game; two is with the Cantonese people "Dare to be the first" character traits related to the Guangdong since ancient times, developed commercial port, people dare to venture into the strong sense of courage to fight, to try new and strange food has become the Guangdong people's habit of life.

But the truth is, Cantonese people don't eat everything, especially Zhanjiang people, who are very picky about food. In Zhanjiang, even in a big stall, diners' demand for ingredients must be absolutely fresh. As long as the diners frowned: "boss, fruit fish is not good fresh Oh ......" boss taste, immediately have to be free of this dish single or change dishes. In addition, if there are some vegetables or meat that are considered to have an effect on the body, Cantonese people are not accustomed to eating. For example, the northern popularity of the "through the heart of the vegetable", in Guangdong is not popular, it is said to eat the back pain. If you're not feeling well, you should avoid eating it, or even just drink salt congee.

So, eating cow rejoice not because it is which part of the cow body, the focus is on the freshness of this ingredient and taste. Even if something is nutritious, if it is not fresh or tastes bad, Cantonese people cannot accept it. You could say that Cantonese people are more emotional when it comes to eating.

In recent years, Niu Huanxi has become an Internet sensation again, with specialized Niu Huanxi hot pots launched in Guangdong and even across the country, attracting the attention of young people. There are a lot of couples come to taste test, after eating also sun microblogging and circle of friends, have said that the taste is good, some also said that the shape to make up for the shape, eat on the woman's body is good, good skin. From a scientific point of view, the cow joy with tender cowhide or cow but similar, the main components are fat, protein (including collagen), eat the skin does have a certain nourishing effect, but the nutritional value may not be as lean beef.

What do you think about beef jerky? Do you dare to eat it?