About Yunnan

We are all familiar with "riding an elephant to school", "the eighteen monsters of Yunnan", "poppies" and "the peacock". The "walking marriage", "indigenous", "peacock everywhere" ......

Have you forgotten that Yunnan is also known as the "Kingdom of Animals", "Kingdom of Plants", "Treasure Trove of Medicines", "Home of Spices", "Natural Gardens", "The World's Most Beautiful City", "The World's Most Beautiful City", "The World's Most Beautiful City" and "The World's Most Beautiful City"? ""Natural garden"" ......

Yunnan, located in the southwest border of China, is one of the important birthplaces of human civilization

There are 56 ethnic groups in China, and 52 in Yunnan. In addition to the Han Chinese, there are 25 ethnic groups with populations of more than 5,000 and a certain number of settlements, which are mainly located in the flat dams, borders, river valleys, semi-mountainous areas, and alpine areas.

These unique reputation and unique geographical environment, creating a unique Yunnan flavor.

Yunnan is remote and vast, there are many specialties, you must not miss to travel to Yunnan.

Yunnan red meat

Why red meat, because outsiders are not accustomed to eating it. Fresh pig's blood together with boiled pork, the surface of the red, some people will feel scared to see, in fact, its flavor is particularly good, which in addition to raw pig's blood will also be added to the olive tree bark, ginger, garlic, chili peppers and cilantro and so on.

Some people will feel that the red meat is not hygienic, in fact, the pig's blood must be quarantined no disease fresh pig's blood, and then, mixing the process of chili peppers and peppercorns and other spices also played a role in sterilizing the red meat can be eaten without fear. The most popular dish is the Pu'er people, basically the authentic Pu'er people have eaten this dish.

Yunnan bones raw

Bones raw, also known as bone marinade raw, some fresh meaty pork ribs, skull, spine bone, the bone with a machete will be turned over and over the bones chopped finely into kernels, and then put on the salt, ginger, green onion, garlic, grass powder, pepper, anise powder, paprika, corn wine and so on pinch and mix evenly, will be put in the bone sauce into the washed ceramic pots in the hand pressure tightly sealed, and leave it for a while. Then put the bone sauce into a washed earthenware jar and seal it tightly with hand pressure and leave it for one month.

Bones raw both fragrant, sour, sweet, spicy and other flavors, rich in calcium, protein and fat, can promote the healthy growth of children, the role of the treatment of cartilage disease. It is usually used in stews or directly under the rice

Mouse Rice for Wa People in Yunnan

Eating mice and worms is the dietary practice of the Wa people. Many border ethnic groups have the habit of eating rats, but the rats they eat are mainly squirrels, mice and voles in the mountains. The rats are plucked from their bellies and washed, and then cooked with chicken, cilantro, salt and pepper, etc. The rats are also cooked with rice.

Mouse meat is more tender, eat flavorful, with roasted dried mouse rice, than with fresh mice cooked out of the rice is more delicious.

Bee Pupae in Yunnan

Bee Pupae are generally the larvae and pupae of wild bees such as hornets, wasps, black bees and earth bees, which belong to the class of insects, the order of Hymenoptera, the hornets and other families of insects. Bee pupae are rich in nutrients and have a crispy, tender and crunchy flavor, making them a truly natural and delicious food.

After cooking in boiling water, the black substance of the bee pupa is removed, and then deep-fried with a little salt and ginger, which makes it a great Yunnan wine dish.

Yunnan bamboo worms

Bamboo worms, also known as bamboo bees, bamboo maggots, which eat young bamboo shoots to absorb nutrients, from the size of a grain of rice to the fingertip of a thick, parasitic in the bamboo, from the tip of the bamboo section by section down to eat, and finally hidden in the root, the body fat, stop eating, ready to break out of the chrysalis. Bamboo worms are rich in protein and amino acids. Look at the appearance of bamboo worms, fat, white, about 3 cm long, body fusiform, round, round, small black mouth with fine eyes, some people praise it lovely, some people are sick of it. However, the bamboo worm is sweet and fragrant, and seems to have the flavor of cream.

Bamboo worms only need to be fried with a little salt is a delicious, nutritious flavor.

Yunnan ants eggs

Ant eggs in the Daijia is a traditional dish, not only flavorful, but also has a high nutritional value. However, although ant eggs are delicious, they are extremely rare. The edible ant eggs are produced by the yellow ants that grow on the trees. Climbing up the tree to get the eggs, inevitably have to bear the pain of ants bite, so in the Dai folk, there has long been "not strong, do not want to eat the ants eggs," said.

The ant is a supply of human nutrition, "micro-animal advanced nutritional treasury" and "natural drug processing plant", is a beneficial friend of human health. Ants are the hotspot of domestic and foreign medicine in the nineties, and they are the most valuable health care treasures nowadays. In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Rites of Zhou - Heavenly Palace" and "Zaji - Nei Zi", it has been recorded that there are special people to collect ants and ant eggs for the emperor's sacrificial banquet with the description.

Toon in Yunnan

In Yunnan, we feel that the toon exudes a unique flavor, while outsiders feel that it exudes a foul smell, the toon can be eaten is the toon buds, every time before and after the rain is the best time to pick fresh toon buds to clean, and then blanch with water once again and then put on the seasoning, so that the delicious delicacy can be made finished. Delicious delicacies can be made completed, in addition to many people will be the toon buds and pickles modulation up this is also more delicious.

After the toon pickled, it is like a pickle, the most suitable for rice, especially under the glutinous rice.

Yunnan beef sausage skimming

It's cooking method is more special, Chinese New Year festivals or events, to kill the cow, the cow slaughtered, take out the cow's spine meat with the fire it roasted yellow, and then cut into thin shredded meat, mixed with boiled tripe miscellanea, put ginger, garlic, chili, peanuts and other spices such as crushed noodles and zorkorko, and then boiled and filtered cow Vermicelli water or bile mix, can be eaten.

"Cow Sa skimming" is characterized by delicate and tasty, pure aroma, attractive color, with stomach, eliminating dryness and heat, increase appetite function, loved by people. The reason why it is special is because of the unique condiment it uses - something in the cow's stomach that has been mixed with the gastric juice but has not yet been digested and absorbed. It may sound unbelievable, yet without it, beef sausage skimming would not be beef sausage skimming.

What other places have you eaten in Yunnan?