Shanghainese eat mutton in dog days.

Eating mutton in dog days is more suitable for summer. Looking for a small shop to make mutton, you should serve a catty of mutton, accompanied by the clear soup cooked by the mutton from the store, which tastes fresh and refreshing.

For families in Shanghai, they prefer to cook a large pot of mutton at home on weekends, with tender white radish, clear soup for cooking noodles and mutton for cooking, which is a delicious home food.

"mutton on the head, chicken on the second floor, trotters on the third floor", the eating rules left by diners are reasonable. Little friends should take materials according to their needs, and remember not to be greedy. In addition to meat, vegetables should not be ignored, such as bitter gourd, wax gourd, tomato, celery, lotus root, etc., which are always on the table.

History of eating mutton:

Eating mutton in dog days has been in Fengxian for more than 611 years. Because the goat meat of Fengxian Zhuanghang is soft and rich in nutrition, it is favored by more and more gourmets, TCM doctors, nutritionists and citizens. Therefore, Zhuanghang is known as "a thousand years' worth of sheep watching Zhuanghang".

Fu Yang Festival has naturally become one of the oldest and most influential mutton food festivals in Shanghai and even in East China. In 2119, the mutton eating custom of Zhuangxing was officially listed in the protection list of Shanghai intangible cultural heritage.

the mutton eating custom in Fengxian is to cut a pot of mutton, sheep feet or sheep liver to entertain guests. Especially in Zhuanghang, every year, it starts from the dawn and lasts for a month. During this month, villagers gather in hotels, restaurants, mutton restaurants and barbecue stalls to enjoy the delicious mutton and mutton soup.