Dog urine is a delicacy in Qinghai.

For those who are new to Qinghai, they really don’t know what “dog peeing” refers to. They only know that it is a kind of pancake, but they don’t know why it has such an “indecent” name.

Affected by the geographical conditions and climate of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai's food crops are mainly wheat and highland barley. Therefore, the local people's diet is mainly pasta, and "dog urine" is one of them.

Although this "dog pours urine" has an inelegant name, it does not affect its popularity in the local area.

You know, it is a well-known delicacy.

Why is a pancake called "dog piss"?

There is a saying that it comes from its special production method.

When baking "dog urine", you need to pour a little green oil (rapeseed oil produced locally in Qinghai, Qinghai people affectionately call it "clear oil") around the pot while baking, and you need to pour the oil repeatedly. This action is

It looks like a dog peeing, so some people jokingly call it "dog peeing".

The legend about the origin of dogs pouring urine: Speaking of the origin of dogs pouring urine, it is also related to an aunt of the Tu ethnic group.

Once upon a time, a new daughter-in-law came to the house. According to tradition, she had to show her hand at breakfast the next day. However, there was a new daughter-in-law who forgot to bring delicious food from her parents' house and had to rush into the kitchen.

She prepared the noodles and oil and placed them on the stove panel. Just as she was about to knead the noodles, a puppy jumped on the stove and kicked over the oil pot. The clear oil flowed everywhere on the chopping board.

what to do?

The new daughter-in-law quickly poured the flour on the chopping board to absorb the oil.

Then knead it into an oily dough, sprinkle with couscous bean powder, pour a little clear oil and spread evenly, roll it into a long roll, then make it into a screw shape in the direction of the roll, cut it into small sections, and roll it into a thin cake.

Pour about half a ounce of clear oil into the hot pan, put the pancake in, pour a circle of clear oil along the edge of the pan, and keep turning the pancake to make the color even.

When the pancake is on fire, quickly turn it over, pour a circle of clear oil along the edge of the pan, and keep turning the pancake until it is cooked and removed from the pan.

The hot pancakes were brought to the table. After everyone tasted them, they all said they were very delicious and asked the new wife how they made them. She couldn't tell her about the dog that kicked over the oil pot, so she said the dog had poured urine on it.

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Therefore, people called this kind of pancake "dog urine".

Some people also say that when the new daughter-in-law is making this kind of cake, she puts one foot on the stove, then holds a small oil pot and pours oil while frying the cake.

The neighbor next to her saw it and jokingly said that she looked like a dog peeing, so the cakes she baked were called dog pee.

Of course, the most convincing explanation is that because oil was very precious at that time, people were reluctant to use more oil. When frying pancakes, the action of pouring oil along the edge of the pot with a small oil pot was like a dog peeing on the wall, so it was called "dog".

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