Genghis Khan fought in countless battles all his life, leaving the Mongolian grassland, heading for northern China and crossing Central Asia to Europe. He traveled all over Korea, Japan, Annan, Zhancheng, Myanmar and other places, and established the Four Great Khan States, which is a veritable overlord of the world empire. ?
However, this "grassland hero" and "world conqueror" came from a declining Mongolian aristocratic family and lost his father at the age of 9. When he is hungry, he can only collect wild fruits, shoot birds and animals with a bow, and even dig grass seeds by hand to satisfy his hunger. ?
His childhood memories full of hunger deepened his awe and admiration for food. It is said that Genghis Khan not only loves to eat, but also can eat. Many ancient delicacies in China were related to him, and instant-boiled mutton was a delicacy he invented on the battlefield. ?
There are footprints of Genghis Khan and many food legends on the grassland. ?
Have you had the most delicious meal since you were eighteen?
Genghis Khan loved food, especially mutton. ?
According to legend, Mongolian sheep is one of the Mongolian Nine Treasures that Genghis Khan ate when he married his wife in Hulun Lake. On the whole sheep dining table in 99, the dishes are fragrant and the mutton is mouth watering. Genghis Khan even praised it after tasting it, calling it "the most delicious meal I have eaten since I was eighteen." ?
The Mongolian sheep here are mutton from Xinbaerhu Right Banner. Hu Ba is the name of a Mongolian tribe in Khalkha, Mongolia. The tribe is stationed in Hulunbeier, where soldiers participate in grazing, and it is divided into left and right wings. The "right" here means the west in Mongolian. ?
Most Mongolian troops who fought all the year round used horse milk or slaughtered sheep as rations, and the material conditions were quite poor. In a difficult environment, in order to boost morale, gourmets delayed by the war invented a delicious dish that has been handed down to this day-boiled mutton. ?
Once, the Mongolian army marched to the dangerous Jiufeng Mountain and trudged through the rain and fog. The soldiers were afraid of an ambush and did not dare to act rashly. Genghis Khan ordered to stop on the spot and light a bonfire, which can be used for both heating and picnic. ?
Genghis Khan had a whim when he saw the soldiers roasting the mutton black. He took off his helmet and put it on the fire, poured it into the mountain spring, then cut the burnt mutton into thin slices like cicadas with a waist knife and threw it into the boiling army helmet with the herbs in his skin. A steaming mouthful of grassland wild mutton entered the intestines, and the soldiers were flushed and high-spirited, and marched forward with great enthusiasm. ?
Many people don't know that Genghis Khan, who has been a soldier all his life, is still a gourmet. ?
Is the nomadic legacy in the north the smell of boiling more than 800 years ago?
"Hundred Smells of the Ancient City" says: "Mutton pot is the most common food in cold years." ... this way of eating is the research and evolution of the nomadic heritage in the north and has become a special flavor. " Boiled mutton has evolved with the development of history, and now it has become a fat sheep hot pot that gurgles on thousands of tables. However, what foodies admire is still the pure taste cooked more than 800 years ago. ?
The unique quality and taste of boiled mutton with clear water comes from its unique natural pasture, especially the special climate and geological environment in Xinbaerhuyouqi. ?
Xinbaerhuyouqi, located in the depths of Hulunbeier grassland, is far from modern civilization and urban pollution, but it has also survived the devastation of war. The grassland ecology in Genghis Khan's era was largely continued. Similar to neighboring Russia and Mongolia, it is also a vast, sparsely populated, natural and original land with one of the best-preserved pure grasslands in the world today. ?
Here continues the grassland ecology of Genghis Khan's era. ?
Grassland soil and water are rich in mineral elements. Forage absorbs and enriches these minerals, but it is also rich in vitamins. Mongolian sheep that have eaten these natural pastures are regarded as delicacies by local people. People here say, "Five kinds of animals on the grassland in Qi Xinyou eat Chinese herbal medicine and drink mineral water". ?
What's more commendable is that this natural grassland, which is known as "Paradise Grassland" and "Green Pure Land", still follows the natural grazing method hundreds of years ago, without adding feed and additives, and no serious epidemic has ever occurred. Sheep run freely on the grassland all year round and eat freely like wild animals, which can be said to be "wild animals with owners"?
To this day, the mutton we can eat in Xinbaerhu Right Banner is still as natural as it was hundreds of years ago. ?
Nature is a necessary condition for good mutton. ?
The troubles of grassland herders?
On average, 22 mu of grassland can only feed one sheep, and a ewe can only give birth to one fetus and one lamb every year. The herdsmen on this grassland still adhere to the ancient nomadic tradition. ?
But in recent years, their persistence has become more difficult. First of all, there has been drought for many years, and the number of grass has been decreasing, especially this year, which is the worst drought in 60 years; Second, although the way of grazing in the wild is of high quality, the yield is extremely low. In addition, simple nomadic people also lack mature market channels, but the best quality mutton can not be sold at a fair price. ?
This delicious top food in the world, this group of hard-working nomads who inherit the Millennium tradition, are treated indiscriminately in the market. Some modern animal husbandry around the pasture is also squeezing the living space of nomadic people. ?
Between natural gifts and human intervention, we need to adopt an appropriate and moderate attitude. All people who are diligent in farming, willing to contribute and content with stability also need a channel to keep the public appetite. This pure taste that has been passed down for thousands of years should not disappear. ?
The vast grassland and pure taste should not disappear. ?
During the preparation of Hulunbeier Manor in Leling, Leling was shocked and moved by the plight of local herders, so he decided to help these herders who were still grazing diligently and build a free supply platform. This is also the original intention of Leling and Airuntala Ranch in Xinbaerhu Right Banner to jointly launch the "Leling Agricultural Assistance Plan". ?
Reserve wild sheep directly from pastoral areas and supply them to consumers at a fair price, so as to meet the demand of urban people for high-quality mutton and help herders solve the problems of fair price and market. ?
More and more people agree with the life philosophy that "every penny you spend is to vote for the world you want", which is a new way of life that the "Old Age Helping Agriculture Program" is trying to create. If you also want to help the herdsmen in Hulunbeier grassland together with the Leling Agricultural Assistance Program, please click "Read the original" to get a fresh channel for the direct supply of wild sheep in the grassland to the government. ?
From the natural grassland to the urban kitchen, all the persistence along the way is devoted to the aspirations of the Xinbaerhu herders who insist on raising sheep in the traditional way. They all hope that high-quality mutton and simple customs will not disappear from history and can come down in one continuous line. ?
There is a complete and permanent existence in outer Mongolia. However, this treaty has not been effectively implemented, outer Manchuria is still in the hands of Russia, and outer Mongolia finally becomes independent.