Hand-grabbed mutton is a representative dish in Linxia. There is a saying: "Speaking of grabbing, I think of Linxia", "When guests come, it's a waste of time to come to Linxia without grabbing". Therefore, grasping mutton by hand has almost become a masterpiece of Hezhou food culture. According to textual research, Linxia was called "_ Han" in ancient times, and Hezhou sheep was also called "Zhanyang", which was once a tribute of the imperial court and "Zhanhan red-pithed mutton", and it has always been famous. Dongxiang Autonomous County in our state is deep in the mountain valley, dry and short of rain, with low water content, fat and rich nutrition. Therefore, Dongxiang mutton is tender in fat, with little and delicate fiber, rich in protein and various trace elements, which can strengthen human body's resistance and immune function after long-term eating, and has the functions of warming kidney, strengthening culvert, strengthening body's refreshing, invigorating spleen and stomach, beauty beauty and prolonging life. It is said that Hezhou girl's skin is delicate, beautiful and colorful, and her face is dewy, "red in red and white in white", which is related to eating mutton since childhood.
Hand-grabbed mutton generally has bones, and it is mostly cut into strips or blocks, so it is named after grasping food directly with hands. Most sheep used to make hand-grabbed mutton choose Jie sheep, and Jie lamb is the best. There are many ways to eat mutton by hand, each with its own characteristics and different flavors. The most famous are Dongxiang finger food, barrel meat, preserved mutton and so on. When entertaining guests, if the local ethnic flavor is highlighted, a series of hand-grasping is generally used, and if a single plate is served, sheep ribs are generally used.
territorial scope
Suonan, Chuntai, Liushu, Dashu, Beiling, Longquan, Dongling, Kaule, Yanling, Wangji, Gaoshan, Fengshan, Chejiawan, Mianguchi, Pingzhuang, Nale Temple, Zhaojia, Wujia, Orchard, Baihe, Guanbu, Dongyuan, Hetan, Tangwang and Dale in Dongxiang Autonomous County of Gansu Province.
Specific quality
Dongxiang mutton is not only nutritious, nourishing, warming the middle warmer, strengthening bones and strengthening yang, but also tender, not greasy, mellow and delicious.
Cultural allusions
Dongxiang mutton is very famous in history. It was a tribute of the emperors as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a record of "87 sheep in tribute soup" (the record of Hezhou in Ming Jiajing 1), which was called "_ Hanchisui Jieyang", also known as "_ Diyang", that is, _ county territory (including Dongxiang area today) Dongxiang sheep is also called "_ local sheep", from which it comes.