There are many dairy products in Menyuan County, there are many kinds of milk, yellow milk, yak milk, and milk from raising dairy cows... Dairy products are yogurt, ghee, cheese, the most famous is the milk skin of Menyuan, there is a small shop in the county town to buy milk skin, specializing in the sale of local milk skin, ghee, looks very good, full of milk aroma, this season is sold frozen.
Menyuan specialty milk skin
The owner is a Hui aunt, she said that the milk skin is the traditional craft of the local Hui people, with the local yellow milk slow boiling, processed with special craftsmanship, until the milk moisture gradually evaporates, the milk surface will form a layer of book covered with honeycomb milk skin, and then with a wooden stick gently picked up, cooled into a thin layer of milk skin, this process was recognized as a national geographic indication product in 2017, is a famous local specialty, soaked in milk or tea, the taste is beautiful!.
Yak milk is also a specialty of Menyuan, with a high cream content, suitable for making ghee,
Ghee made from yak milk
The ghee sold by the hostess is handmade from her own pasture milk, the price is 45 yuan / jin, and there is a price of 60 yuan / jin, which is pure yak milk made of ghee made by traditional hand separation, wrapped in tripe into a pound for sale, golden yellow ghee emits a unique taste, ghee and butter is actually a thing, ghee deodorization is the best butter, is the original product of the grassland. Tibetan rice dumplings can not be separated from ghee, the real taste of the grassland.