Eating is easy and difficult these days. Say it is easy, there must be a restaurant a hundred meters away, with everything you need to order food and drink; say it is difficult, because people are tired of eating chicken, duck, fish, delicacies from the mountains and seas, and are tired of eating rural farmhouses, so they can find special dishes to eat , and it is by no means an easy task. A sentence I often hear is the boring "What should I eat?" So the operators also follow suit, rack their brains, and do everything possible to make it novel and delicious. All kinds of weird and weird ways of eating are blooming everywhere. The cultural heritage of Zhengding is deeper than that of Zhuangli, and so is its food culture: Majia chicken, Liujia chicken, Haojia pork ribs, Shijia hot meatballs, steamed pork elbows, and even a small oven-fired pancake and a piece of marinated tofu. , the taste is more pure than the star-rated hotels in the village. The Cow Head Feast is an example. I have long heard about Zhengding’s Niutou Feast and coveted it, but I have never had the chance to taste it. At noon on Saturday, it was drizzling. At the invitation of Fu Zhiwei and his wife, bloggers who own a bookstore in Zhengding, a group of friends drove from Zhuangli across the Zilong Bridge and came to an inconspicuous Muslim restaurant on the west side of East Outer Ring Road in Zhengding. Shop and taste the "Nutau Feast". As the "instructor" of this group of gourmets, Qiu Shui tasted such delicious food for the first time. In addition to humans not eating human flesh, most animals and plants probably cannot escape human teeth. "Food is our nature!" It is said that only Beijing and Zhengding in the north can make this bull-head feast, and it is an authentic halal food. Several large pots are used to cook the meat at the same time, and it takes more than six hours to cook a cow head. This requires a considerable technological process. It is not easy to absorb all the flavors of a huge cow head. To come here to eat the Cow Head Feast, you have to make a reservation in advance, and you have to cater for a large table of people to eat together. Otherwise, you will have to walk around without being able to eat. Haha, we just walked away. First, there are six to eight small cold dishes for drinking: grilled cakes, tomatoes mixed with sugar, fried peanuts, cucumbers, and shredded tofu. The host opened a box of liquor and several ladies sipped their drinks. Everyone exchanged greetings and looked forward to the arrival of the cow head. I originally imagined that the cow head that was served must be like a sacrificial tribute, with teeth bared and a ferocious face. A vegetarian like me who usually does good deeds could not bear to eat chopsticks. After thirty years of wine and five flavors of food, my eyes lit up, and the beef head made its debut: half of the steaming beef head was served in a stainless steel tray, covered with lush green onions and rapeseed, like a half-covered beauty holding a pipa. Come. A tempting plate of delicious food! Guests flocked to the restaurant, don't get it wrong, it wasn't just a storm, but they picked up their cameras and cell phones and started flashing, as if they were holding a press conference for a new dish! If you are quick, you will have already broadcast it on Weibo! These days, it's not easy to get a starting spot. The owner was busy cutting it with a knife, "The cowhide is not just for bragging!" Even the cow's skin is half an inch thick! Pull off a piece and take a bite. It is smooth and refreshing, fat but not greasy, and has no strange smell at all. Beef brain, tongue, eyes, but no horns. While everyone was toasting each other, I searched for the parts I like to eat. The flesh under the eyes is thin and silky; the skin on the face is thick and the glue is beautiful; the flesh on the tongue is tender... "Let me see what you pinched." Meat?" Mrs. Fu Zhiwei next to me said in surprise. "Ah, it's the Heavenly Ladder!" "The Heavenly Ladder is a piece of meat under the tongue of the cow. It's the best piece of meat in the Cow Head Banquet! It's said that if you eat it, you can get promoted and make a fortune!" "Haha, I'm about to retire. After eating the Heavenly Ladder, Can you achieve success? Let's save it for the next life." I thought to myself, but I couldn't help but feel happy for a while. This is the advantage of not drinking. Why are there so many Hui people in Zhengding? After returning to the village, I sent a note to County Magistrate Fan Xiufeng to seek answers, but to no avail, so I had to go online to Baidu's "Zhengding County Chronicle": Zhengding County has a long history, and humans have lived here as early as the Neolithic Age. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Xianyu Kingdom established its capital here, and later it belonged to the Jin Dynasty. Zhengding is located at a strategic location, a battleground for military strategists of all ages. Some ethnic minorities in the Eastern Jin Dynasty fought repeatedly here. During the Tang Dynasty's pacification of the Anshi Rebellion and the separatist rule of vassal towns, this was the main battlefield that determined victory or defeat. The Khitan entered Zhengding (True Ding) several times, and fought here during the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Shankun, a native of Dashi, served as the tax collector on Zhending Road and moved his family to Zhending. The Hui people began to appear in Zhending County. In the early Ming Dynasty, the Hui people surnamed Di, Zhao and Wu from Jiumen, and the Hui people surnamed Ma, Bai and Li from Dingzhou successively moved to Zhending to do business, selling cattle, sheep, chicken and sticky cakes. Later, they moved in and multiplied one after another, and the population increased. The nine gates of Sicheng are the settlements of the Hui people. One of my colleagues lives in Jiumen, and his grandfather is the imam there. He said the barbecue there is very authentic. Do you want to go eat together? If you want to go, send me a note!