Guizhou Qiandongnan’s characteristic "Niuqi Soup" is extremely nutritious. Why do many outsiders dare not eat it?

Some people say that cow dung soup is boiled cow dung. This is neither right nor wrong. It is indeed a product of the digestive system but has not yet been excreted. To be precise, it smells like rotten grass before being cooked. It smells like cow dung when boiled. It smells slightly bitter when you first enter the mouth. After eating, you realize that it is the aroma of vegetables. Having said that, I really can’t enjoy this kind of food. I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect, but now that I think about it, I feel that strong smell coming to my nose again.

Niuban, also known as "Baicao Soup", is a unique food in southeastern Guizhou. It is deeply loved by the Dong and Miao people and is regarded as a top treat for guests by the ethnic minorities in southeastern Guizhou.

The production process of "ox flat" is complicated. After people slaughter the cow, they take out the undigested contents of the cow's stomach and small intestine, squeeze out the liquid, add cow bile and seasonings and put it in Simmer slowly in the pot, and after boiling, filter the foam on the surface of the liquid before eating.

The production process of "Niuban" hot pot is relatively complicated. Before slaughtering the cow, the cow is first fed with some Chinese herbal medicine that the cow likes to eat. , such as Polygonum multiflorum, kudzu root, mung bean, ginseng, angelica root, buckwheat, etc., plus some fresh grass, feed the cow for about half an hour, then take out the Chinese herbal medicine that the cow has just eaten and has not yet digested it, and squeeze it out. Remove the liquid and add ox bile and seasonings such as pepper, ginger, tangerine peel, vanilla, etc. However, many outsiders are not used to it and dare not eat it.