There is a saying in Lingnan, China that "eat a mouse as three chickens", which describes that voles have higher nutritional value than chicken. In Guangdong, some people call voles turtles and field fish, and there are 10 ways to eat them, such as boiled rat meat, steamed rat meat, fried rat slices, asparagus fried rat slices, braised rat pot and so on.
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Before the outbreak of SARS, voles were sold in restaurants in Guangzhou, which was a very popular dish, and there was even a nine-course vole banquet. After SARS, Guangzhou reluctantly fasted on rat meat.
In Guangdong and Guangxi, Fujian people eat live voles in winter and dry voles in summer, because voles in winter are fat and suitable for living. In summer, voles are thinner, so they are dried and made into voles to eat.
Ninghua dry vole is actually a dry vole, which is processed from artificially captured voles. When catching voles, first remove the hair, then remove the intestines. After washing, smoke and bake with rice husk or rice sugar until yellow. Dried voles are not only delicious, but also rich in protein and nutrition.
Almost all local people regard eating dried mice as a kind of enjoyment. Cooking methods are often accompanied by pork, winter bamboo shoots, garlic, ginger and water wine, fried and eaten. Especially those who love drinking, regard it as the top grade of wine.
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