"Dong people can't live without acid" is a popular saying among Dong people, which means that Dong family's diet can't live without acid. The Dong family not only has vegetables, but also pork, beef, duck, fish and goose, which are preserved in jars. Guests came to the home, and they took out bitter wine brewed with glutinous rice (slightly sweet but not bitter) and pickled meat, which was the most enthusiastic expression of the Dong family.
The sour water eaten by Dong family is homemade. The production of sour water is like this: pour clean rice-washing water into a earthen jar beside the kitchen pond, and after three to five days, it will become sour water, which has the fragrance of glutinous rice. Cooking vegetables with these sour water will make people appetite. Every Dong family has an acid altar, which includes pottery jars and wooden barrels. Vegetarian acid generally uses pottery jars, and meat acid uses pottery jars and wooden barrels. When the distinguished guests come, take out the aged pickled products, which are mellow and delicious and have a unique taste. They are excellent dishes for hospitality.
No matter the season, the pickling of Dong family is continuous all the year round. In March, vegetables grow fast and can be pickled. August flower fish fertilizer, can marinate fat fish; Duck can be salted in autumn; Slaughtering pigs can cure meat during the Spring Festival ... Therefore, the table of the Dong family has never been "sour".
Dong food snacks recommended:
1, cow flat
Cool and delicious, open the stomach, and increase the appetite. Dong family members said: cattle eat herbs, herbs are used as medicine, and people eat cows, which can prevent and treat diseases. It is true that all the Dong people here are strong and healthy. In the same way, goats can also be made into sheep shriveled, which has a different flavor.
2, ruined
When the Dong people celebrate festivals and hold happy events to kill pigs, they should invite guests to dinner. This meal is called "soaking in water". Stir-fry a special dish to eat "soaking in water" The owner cut off several kilograms of pork and a part of various internal organs such as pig's stomach, large intestine, small intestine, heart, liver and lung, boiled them in water, cut them again, then fried them with pepper, served with spices such as ginger and garlic, and finally poured them into pig's wet blood for boiling. Guests come to eat "soaked in water", and pork and various internal organs are eaten, indicating the host's respect for the guests.
3. Sanjiang beef jerky
Sanjiang County has a small number of mountains and abundant pasture, which is suitable for developing beef cattle. In addition, Dong and Miao people have a fine tradition of loving and respecting cattle, and their wealth and poverty are proved by the number of cattle on hand. Therefore, beef cattle in Sanjiang County have developed rapidly. Sanjiang beef jerky is delicious and fresh in color, among which "Bridge" beef jerky and "Dongpo" brand beef jerky are the most famous. They are all made of high-quality local wild cattle beef and baked by the long-established Dong folk method. Rich in fragrance and nutrition, it is really a good gift.
4. Sanjiang Camellia oleifera
The people in Sanjiang have the custom of playing camellia oleifera, especially the Dong and Miao people. For example, grass seedlings should drink camellia oleifera at least three times a day, drink camellia oleifera before going to work in the morning, drink camellia oleifera before lunch when they come back from work at noon, and drink camellia oleifera before cooking for dinner. Dong people like to drink Camellia oleifera, which has a history of thousands of years. Drinking camellia oleifera is the main way of breakfast for Dong people, and it is usually accompanied by glutinous rice. It is a traditional drinking method in Sanjiang to soak camellia oleifera in cold rice and glutinous rice. According to a scientific theory, because Dong people have lived in cold mountainous areas for generations, Dong Camellia oleifera can keep out the cold and prevent diseases, and it also has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, refreshing the mind and relieving fatigue. Because of its slightly bitter taste, it is also called "Dong coffee".
5, Dong sour fish, sour meat
The preparation method of sour fish and sour meat is as follows: clean the fish and meat to be salted, remove the internal organs, mix well with salt, marinate for three to five days, take out and let the air dry the water vapor, or dry it, then mix with sweet wine and glutinous rice, put them into jars and barrels one by one, cover them with a layer of distiller's grains or glutinous rice, or add some seasonings such as pepper and ginger, and finally compact and seal. Generally, after three to five months, it can be taken out to eat. Some pickled products can be stored for decades, and the longer they are, the better they taste.
There are different ways of pickling sour fish in Dong areas, but generally, the viscera-removed carp is wrapped in steamed glutinous rice, mixed with red pepper and spices and spread in the jar layer by layer to seal it. It can be eaten after several months, and it will be sweeter after a long time.
There are many different ways to eat Dong's sour fish, which can be eaten raw or baked and fried. Different ways to eat them have different feelings. Because most Dong villages in Guizhou are located in high mountains and deep valleys and areas with inconvenient transportation, the taste of Dong sour fish used to be "it is not bad to raise it in a boudoir".
6, purple blood
Purple blood is a special dish that the Dong people in Sanjiang like. It is made by roasting the essence parts (heart, liver, etc.) of pig, sheep, duck and other animals with medium fire, cutting them into pieces, adding pig's blood and vanilla ingredients, and loading them into dishes. It tastes fresh, fragrant and delicious.
7. grasshoppers
Sanjiang Dong grasshopper eating method, mostly adopts the method of frying, so that the food made is not only crisp and fragrant. When it's really a good dish to drink. But also rich in nutrition, and has the effects of beautifying and strengthening the body. Fried grasshopper is a very famous insect feast in Dong family, which is crisp and refreshing.
While you are still young, you should experience more different customs and taste different foods, or you will live in a small place all your life and miss too much fun. The life of ethnic minorities in China is very interesting, so we must find opportunities to experience it.