There are many kinds of cuisines with distinctive features in Haidong. All restaurants and food stalls in Haidong can enjoy Qinghai-style cuisines, such as haggis, sweet queen, steamed buns, stuffed skin, hand-grabbed meat and other local snacks. You can also taste a wide variety of pasta, such as fried noodles, braised noodles, sausage noodles, glutinous noodles, braces, dumplings, dog urine, pots and so on. In addition, honey tenderloin, assorted ginseng fruit, dried plate fish, braised lamb and so on are also very special local dishes, and gluttonous people should not miss them. 1, dog urine
clear oil frying system, uniform color, fragrant and crisp. According to whether yeast is added or not, there are two kinds of dead noodles and half-dead noodles. In the past, people in Qinghai made dog-watered oil cakes, and many small oil pots made of pottery were used to hold green oil. When making the cakes, in order to make them evenly colored, it was necessary to pour oil along the pot. Because the action of pouring oil was like a dog peeing against the wall, the locals nicknamed it? Dog watering the urine? . 2, pot couch
In the fermented noodles, oil is added to dilute, bitter bean powder and red yeast are added to make steamed bread, and steamed with slow fire. When eaten, it is soft and delicious, and has a unique flavor. Can be made of various food crops, such as highland barley, wheat, corn, buckwheat, bean flour and so on. ? Pot couch? , is a major pasta for people in Qinghai. Its preparation method is as follows: firstly, highland barley flour or wheat flour, even soybean flour, corn flour and buckwheat flour, are fermented, and after they are tender, vegetable oil is injected to dilute them, bitter bean flour, red yeast and the like are added, and they are made into steamed buns, put into a pot, put a straw ring on the mouth of the pot, tightly seal it with a lid, and then barbecue intermittently with slow fire. After about one hour, the pot couch is finished. The bottom of the pot bed was branded as a yellow hard bottom, and the upper part was fluffy and soft like steamed bread. Some handy women also make it into a variety of flower shapes, such as many small flower rolls, and connect them with chopsticks to form a group of large pots and pans with unique shapes. Pot couch is bright in color and delicious, and it is the first-class staple food for Qinghai people to respect guests. 3, cook rice
cook rice, stew with broth. In the soup of cooked meat (mutton soup is the best), add boiled radish slices, vermicelli, cooked potato blocks, small pieces of mutton, pork, fried meatballs, etc., add seasonings such as salt, pepper powder, ginger powder and spiced powder, and boil to serve. ? The cooking in Qinghai is well matched with nutrition. ? Mutton is warm, and it is easy to get angry when eaten often. Does Chinese medicine pay attention to it? Hot is cold? The dietotherapy method. Therefore, when eating mutton, it is necessary to match cool and sweet vegetables, which can play a role in cooling, detoxifying and removing fire. People in Qinghai cook meals, which are usually accompanied by cool foods such as radish and tofu. When cooking with radish, it can play the role of benefiting qi and tonifying deficiency, reducing qi and resolving phlegm; Coupled with tofu, it can not only supplement a variety of trace elements, but also play a role in clearing away heat and purging fire, removing annoyance and quenching thirst. 4. Sweet Sugar
There is a folk proverb in Xining that says: To satisfy one's craving, sweet sweets come first. ? Sweet candied fruit is a kind of sweet food loved by local people in Xining. Sweet and fragrant, delicious, mostly made of jade wheat (that is, naked oats) and highland barley. It can not only adjust the diet, but also provide for guests. The brewing process pays attention to cleanliness and hygiene. Eating it in summer can clear the heart and refresh the mind, and remove the irritability and tiredness caused by the heat. Eating in winter can warm the heart and nourish the stomach, strengthen the body and increase appetite. 5. Grasping mutton by hand
As the name implies, you need to eat mutton by grasping, tearing or cutting with a Tibetan knife. Although this method is no longer used with the development of the times, the name is still popular today. Xining hand-grabbed mutton is red and white, fat but not greasy, oily and crisp, tender and soft, and very delicious. The meat is delicious. You can try it if you don't particularly like mutton. There is no heavy smell of mutton. Hand-grabbed mutton, no matter how it is eaten or its color and flavor, represents the simple, unrestrained and hospitable character of Qinghai people to a certain extent, which is quite popular with tourists from all over the world.