Scorpion is a Shandong dish, and the main ingredient is a complete sheep spine with a loin and spinal cord. Because it looks like a scorpion, it is commonly known as the sheep scorpion. Sheep and scorpions are often used to make broth hotpot, which tastes delicious.

Yangxiezi has a long history, which is related to Su Shi, a writer in Song Dynasty. Su Shi, a great writer in Song Dynasty, was demoted to Huizhou because of political struggle. The local market is scarce and commodities are scarce, but he kills a sheep every day. Because Su Shi is a prisoner on death row, he dare not compete with local dignitaries for good mutton. So Su Shi privately told the man who killed the sheep to leave him the backbone of the sheep that no one usually wanted, with a little mutton between these bones.

After Su Shi took it home, he cooked the sheep's spine first, then poured it on the bones with wine, added a little salt, baked it with fire, and ate it after the flesh and blood were slightly burnt. Su Shi picks minced meat among sheep bones all day, claiming to eat seafood, shrimps and crabs. Su Shi ate the sheep's spine every once in a while and mocked his younger brother Su Zhe in a letter at home. You are lucky. After years of eating and drinking at public funds, your teeth have sunk in and you can't touch sheep bones. How can you understand this delicious food?

At the end of the letter, Su Shi said humorously that this way of eating is good, but every time he picks out the meat on the bone, the dogs around him are very unhappy.

Scorpion is a traditional food in China, which can occupy a place in the highly competitive Beijing catering market. The reason is:

(1) 1. Mutton is a warm food, which belongs to the best nourishing food in winter, and the meat on the bones is also the best meat.

(2) Second, sheep scorpion hot pot is suitable for different people, and it is economical, so it can be said that different people can eat it. Eating scorpions with friends, relatives and friends is also fun.

(3) Thirdly, the practice in sheep scorpion hot pot has been improved in recent years, and the flavor and variety have been expanded. White soup, red soup, spicy and other different flavors are suitable for different people.

(4) In addition, compared with beef, mutton is a safer food and is not easy to make people fat. Sheep scorpions are not as greasy as ribs.

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