Herdsmen usually make a large amount of milk skin in late autumn when their livestock are fattening, because at this time, the milk is more oily, the milk skin is thick and oily, and it is easy to store.

However, in the Chahar area, sheep and goat milk are mainly used to make milk skin in spring. In summer, cream is usually skimmed because it is not easy to condense. By adding milk and setting the heat appropriately, you can take out the thicker milk skin

The milk skin

If the fire is small, the skin of the milk will be thin, but if the fire is high, the taste will be burnt. When boiling naipizi, sometimes you have to put a little sugar in the pot.

Sit the iron pot on the fire, pour in the newly squeezed raw milk, boil it with cow dung, and use a spoon to repeatedly lift the milk. After raising the milk for half an hour, slowly reduce the heat and slowly stop raising the milk. After the fire has subsided, put a wooden stick on the pot and put the lid on it. The purpose of setting up wooden sticks is to let the heat escape. Generally, people boil milk skin after dinner. When they get up the next morning, a thick and wrinkled skin will form on the boiled breasts. This is milk skin. When boiling the milk skin, sprinkle one or two sides or a little sugar into the pot from time to time to make the milk skin thicker and sweeter. Use an iron spoon to slit the milk skin from the edge of the pot, and use a thin wooden stick to pick it up so that the milk skin is folded into a semicircle. Place it in a cool and ventilated place (avoid the sun) to dry. The grass in summer contains a lot of water, and the quality of the milk is poor. The resulting milk skin will be wet and should not last forever. Generally, in late autumn, when livestock are fattening, large quantities of milk skins are made, and they are placed in a specially woven semicircular basket for consumption in winter and spring. Naipizi is not produced in large quantities and is often placed on the table in front of guests. Milk skin is rich in nutrients, sweet and greasy, can nourish the body, regulate qi and blood, and make people radiant.