Everyone is familiar with riding an elephant to school, eighteen eccentrics in Yunnan, poppies, marriage, aborigines walking around and peacocks. ......

Don't you forget that Yunnan still has these reputations: animal kingdom, plant kingdom, treasure house of medicinal materials, hometown of spices and natural gardens? ......

Yunnan, located in the southwest border of China, is one of the important birthplaces of human civilization.

There are 56 ethnic groups in China and 52 in Yunnan. In addition to the Han nationality, there are 25 ethnic groups with more than 5,000 people and some inhabited areas, mainly living in Pingba, border areas, river valleys, mid-levels and mountainous areas.

These unique reputations and unique geographical environment have created the unique taste of Yunnan.

Yunnan is remote, with vast territory, rich natural resources and many special cuisines. You must not miss a trip to Yunnan.

Yunnan red meat

Why red meat? Because foreigners are not used to it. Fresh pig blood and cooked pork are red inside and out, which makes some people feel scared. Actually, it tastes very good. In addition to pig blood, olive bark, ginger, garlic, pepper and coriander were added.

Some people think red meat is unsanitary. In fact, pig blood is fresh pig blood, which must be quarantined without any disease. Moreover, spices such as pepper and pepper also play a bactericidal role during the mixing process, so red meat can be safely eaten. The people who eat this dish the most are Pu 'er people, and basically authentic Pu 'er people have eaten this dish.

Yunnan bone health

Bones are also called pickled bones. Chop some fresh and fleshy pork ribs, skulls and spines again and again with a bone chopper, and then add salt, ginger, onion, garlic, tsaoko powder, pepper powder, star anise powder, Chili powder, corn wine and so on. After mixing evenly, put the bone paste into a washed pottery jar, seal it by hand, and eat it after one month.

Bones are fragrant, sour, sweet and spicy, and are rich in calcium, protein and fat, which can promote the healthy growth of children and treat rickets. Usually used for stewing meat or eating directly.

Yunnan Wa nationality mouse porridge

Eating mice and insects is a dietary custom of the Wa people. Many frontier nationalities have the habit of eating rats, but the rats they eat are mainly squirrels, burrowing rats and voles in the mountains. Select disease-free mice to pluck their hair and remove their bellies, wash them and cook them with rice, chicken, coriander, salt and pepper.

Mouse meat is tender and delicious. It is better to cook porridge with dried mice than with fresh mice.

Yunnan bee pupa

Bee pupae are generally the larvae and pupae of wasps, wasps, black bees, ground bees and other wild bees. These bees belong to Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespa and other families. Bee pupa is nutritious, crisp and tasty, and it is a truly pure natural delicious food.

After boiling in boiling water, remove the black substance of bee pupa, and then fry it with a small amount of salt and ginger, which becomes a suitable appetizer of Yunnan fairy level.

Bamboo insects in Yunnan

Bamboo worms, also known as bamboo bees and bamboo maggots, eat tender bamboo shoots to absorb nutrients. Within 20 days, it grows from the size of rice grains to the size of fingers, parasitizes in bamboo tubes, eats one by one from bamboo tips, and finally hides in the roots, stops eating and prepares to break out of cocoons. Bamboo worms are rich in high protein and amino acids. Look at the bamboo worms. It is fat and white, about 3 cm long, spindle-shaped, round, with thin eyes and a small black mouth. Some people praise it as cute, others hate it. But bamboo worms are sweet and fragrant, as if they taste like cream.

Bamboo worms only need to be fried with a little salt, which is delicious, nutritious and delicious.

Yunnan ant eggs

Ant egg is a traditional dish of Dai people, which is not only delicious, but also has high nutritional value. However, although ant eggs are delicious, they are extremely rare. Edible ant eggs are all produced by rhubarb ants that grow on trees. When climbing trees to get eggs, it is inevitable to be bitten by ants, so among the Dai people, it has long been said that "you can eat ant eggs only if you are strong."

Ants are "advanced nutrition treasure house of micro-animals", "natural medicine processing factory" for supplying human nutrition, and beneficial friends for human health. Ant is a hot topic in the medical field at home and abroad in the 1990s, and it is the most valuable health care treasure today. In Compendium of Materia Medica, Zhou Li Tian Gong and Notes on Internal Principles, it is recorded that a special person collected ants and ant eggs for the emperor's sacrificial banquet.

Toona yunnanensis

In Yunnan, we feel that Toona sinensis exudes a unique fragrance, while outsiders feel that it exudes an unpleasant smell. Toona sinensis can eat Toona sinensis buds. Every time before and after Grain Rain, fresh Toona sinensis buds are picked, cleaned, blanched with water and seasoned, and delicious food can be made. Moreover, many people will mix Toona sinensis buds with pickles, which is also delicious.

Toona sinensis is pickled like pickles, which is most suitable for eating, especially glutinous rice.

Yunnan cattle spread skin

Its cooking method is very special. It is necessary to kill cattle on holidays or happy events. After the cattle are slaughtered, the tenderloin is taken out and roasted with torches, then cut into filaments, mixed with the cooked tripe, added with spices such as ginger, garlic, pepper, peanut-flavored noodles, Zoko, etc., and then mixed with boiled and filtered beef powder intestinal water or bile.

"Beef skimming" is characterized by delicate and delicious taste, pure fragrance and attractive color. It has the functions of invigorating stomach, eliminating dryness and heat, and stimulating appetite, and is deeply loved by people. It is special because it uses a unique seasoning-something that has been mixed with gastric juice in the stomach of cattle, but has not been digested and absorbed. It sounds incredible, but without it, cows can't be called cows.

Where else have you eaten strange food when you came to Yunnan?