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When it comes to eating Chaoshan beef hotpot, there are two questions that bother us: First, there are so many beef hotpot restaurants in China, how to judge whether a hotpot restaurant is good or bad?

2. For the same plate of beef, other people’s beef is very tender, but mine is not very tasty. What’s the problem?

GIF Speaking of these two points, a certain Chaoshan netizen will talk about an incident that happened in other places before: It was a weekend afternoon when I got together with a friend A. During dinner, he suggested finding a restaurant nearby to eat.

Chaoshan beef hotpot.

I opened a group and chose the nearest Chaoshan beef restaurant. The reviews were good, so we went directly to the address.

Not long after I walked into the store, A suddenly whispered to me: "Forget it, try another restaurant. The beef here doesn't look very tasty." I asked: "Why?" He said without thinking.

: "First, there are no raw beef balls here; second, there is no open stall in this store; third, the meat is dark red, it shouldn't be too fresh." I thought for a while and said: "Don't think too much, eat

If you think about the meal so much, it shouldn’t be a problem if it’s delicious.” He smiled and said, “It’s up to you. Do you want to make a bet? If you think it’s not delicious, you can give me two hundred yuan.”

I ordered a plate of tender meat, a plate of hanging dragon, a plate of pork tendons and a plate of beef balls.

The ending was that while I was eating, I exploded: "The meat will be so good that no one will die, and it will be so sour. Even the beef balls don't taste like beef." He smiled and said, "Here's the money, two hundred." It was indeed too unpalatable.

Sorry, I'm embarrassed to say it's delicious without my conscience.

I asked him: "How do you know that the beef here is not delicious?" GIF He said: "First of all, the beef balls are all cooked. Stores that are a little better should have their own raw meatballs. Because a cow only costs 30

More than 60% of the meat can be used to make hot pot, and more than 60% of the meat and leftovers are left, most of which must be made into beef balls or beef tendon balls, otherwise the rest will be lost in Chaoshan.

It is difficult to digest it elsewhere, and this store does not make pills by itself, and cannot find raw pills, so I am thinking that this store does not kill its own cattle, and its meat is probably sold by others.

It's not fresh, it's overnight meat. Secondly, there's no open stall, which makes this problem even bigger. Chaoshan beef hotpot restaurants that don't have open stalls are all being dishonest because the meat is served from the back kitchen.

There is something fishy about it. GIF Finally, when we entered, the beef ordered by the table next to the door was dark red. The color of fresh beef was red, but it was not dark red, which means it was not very fresh.

So based on the above three points, I think the beef in this store is inferior, and it’s okay to deceive outsiders. Or it’s okay to deceive Chaoshan people like you who don’t know how to eat.” I still refused to accept it, and continued.

Question: "Then why do you think so? Many beef hot pot ball restaurants in our hometown are small shops. They don't make their own beef balls. Why does the beef taste so fresh and sweet?" He said: "That's because Chaoshan has formed a

In the complete industry chain of eating beef, there are many factories that make beef balls that can digest meat that is not suitable for hot pot. However, in other places, except for a few big chain brands that can process this meat through self-built channels, most stores cannot do it.

As long as those who are paying "one cow a day", they have to take pills themselves." Then, A told me a lot, and I paid the two hundred yuan as tuition, which was actually quite worth it.

He summarized for me how to avoid making mistakes when eating beef hot pot. In his words, the first is choosing a restaurant, which is the problem mentioned above, the second is temperature, the third is time, and the fourth is order.

The first step to eating beef is to choose a good restaurant. The most basic thing about a good restaurant is that its beef needs to be fresh.

According to industry standards, the time from slaughtering to cooking should not exceed 4 hours.

As for how to tell whether beef is fresh or not, Chaoshan gourmet Zheng Yuhui gave three identification methods on "how to tell the quality of beef."

First, look at the color.

The muscles of fresh beef are uniformly red and shiny, and the fat is white or milky yellow; the muscles of sub-fresh meat are slightly darker, and the cut surface is still shiny, but the fat is dull; the muscles of spoiled meat are dark red and have no luster.

luster, the fat is dark; if the fat appears green, the meat must be smelly.

Second, smell.

Fresh beef has a natural and unique fishy smell, but it is very light, while stale beef smells sour.

Third, look at the touch.

The surface of fresh beef is slightly dry or has an air-dried film, and is not sticky when touched, and the dents after finger pressure can be restored immediately; the surface of sub-fresh meat is dry or sticky, and the dents after finger pressure recover slowly and cannot be completely restored; spoiled meat

The surface is extremely dry or sticky, and the depression after acupressure cannot be restored.

"So choosing a reliable restaurant is the beginning of a pleasant beef hotpot meal. This is the first key element.