At the junction of the two provinces of Henan and Anhui, there is a saying, "Gu Zhou family dog meat in the town is ten miles fragrant". Because dog meat has the function of warming the stomach, it can cure rheumatoid arthritis and other functions, and it is delicious and fresh. With the people's demand for healthy eating, from the original dog meat not on the table, to now entertain guests a must-have delicacy.
But where dog meat is prevalent, it is often the "land of Hanxing". Zhenli Guxiang is very close to the two counties of Fengpei in Jiangsu Province, and the natural town of Guxiang has a long history of eating dog meat, especially the spiced dog meat cooked by the descendants of Qiuzhuang Zhoujia Zhoumao Palace.
The Zhou family in Guxiang, The Town, who migrated from the Fengpei area, has lived on both sides of the Honghe River for generations, and because of its remote location and sparse population, almost every family has dogs to take care of the home.
Due to the strong fertility of dogs, in less than a few years, all parts of the town were "overcrowded". To this end, the ancestors of the Zhou family in Guxiang Township began to make articles on dogs. At that time, the town was still in a barbaric place, and when dogs were mostly troubled, they thought of cooking with dog meat. The taste of dog meat is too beautiful, and eating dog meat in winter is not afraid of cold, strong bones. Soon, the Zhou family dog meat in Guxiang Town became a delicacy.
China is one of the earliest ancient countries in the world to enter the agricultural civilization, and since the domestication of dogs, the history of eating dog meat has begun. The Chronicle of History, vol. 95, "The Biography of Fan Duo": "Marquis Fan of Wuyang, Pei Ren also slaughtered dogs. Zhang Shoujie's "History of Justice": "When people eat dogs, they are also the same as sheep, so they slaughter them and sell them." According to legend, before Han Gaozu's ancestor Liu Bang began his career, he became acquainted with Fan Duo, who made a living by slaughtering dogs, and married as a brother.
Regarding the dog meat of the Zhou family in Guxiang Township, there are many stories that have been widely spread in the local area. Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty had a bad stomach, and after a member of the Zhou family of Guxiang in the palace who served as a royal bodyguard knew about it, he recommended the Dog Meat of the Zhou Family in Guxiang, Zhenli, to the Imperial Dining Officer. After the Guangxu Emperor ate the dog meat of the Zhou family in Guxiang, The stomach disease was much better. Since then, Guangxu and Baiguan have a special love for the dog meat of the Zhou family in Guxiang Township.
Born in the 1920s and 1930s in Jingzuka Village (now Qiuzhuang) in Guxiang Township, Zhenli Township, Zhou Jianan Ding followed Jiang Jiabin's troops to the Sulu Yuwan area, and in the early days of liberation, Jiang Jiabin led the troops to garrison Wangchang Village in Ligu Township, Ligu Township, smelled the smell of meat wafting from the south of the ditch, inquired and learned that it was the Zhou family in Guxiang Qiuzhuang in zhenli who cooked dog meat, and there were zhou family descendants in the army who entertained the officers and men of the army with dog meat.
In 1939, Peng Xuefeng led his troops to the ancient city of Yucheng County to convey to Li Fuchun, secretary of the Yu County PARTY Committee, who insisted on guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines, the instruction to reorganize the local armed forces into the Eighth Route Army and go north to resist Japan. After receiving the notice, Jiang Mingsheng, a subordinate of Wang Changcun, specially arranged for his subordinate Wang Mingsheng to go to the zhou dezhao family in Jingzuka Village, Guxiang Township, to buy dog meat, to attend a meeting attended by Li Fuchun in the ancient city of Yucheng, and to entertain the Zhou family with zhou family dog meat during the banquet. After the founding of New China, Li Fuchun still did not forget the zhou family dog meat in Guxiang, and when he was vice premier of the State Council, he also entertained foreign guests with the dog meat of the Zhou family in Guxiang. At first, the foreign guests did not dare to chopsticks when they looked at the tender dog meat, but the aroma still seduced him. After tasting a few pieces, he couldn't help but praise the dog meat. Since then, the Zhou family dog meat in Guxiang town has not only been listed as a famous dish in Yucheng, but also on a famous Chinese recipe.
The cooking method of Zhoujia dog meat in Guxiang Township has been pioneered by the Ancestral Mao Palace, and has been passed down for eight generations for 200 years, refining a set of mature secret recipes. Now the Guxiang Zhou family in the town to burn dog meat is usually taken 18-26 pounds of dog strips (just matured) peeled and killed, take out the internal organs and wash it, chop the dog meat into cubes, put in the earth stove large iron pot into the octagon, orange peel, cinnamon and other eighteen ingredients with chopped wood stew and then slowly simmer, a fragrant ten miles of guxiang Zhou family dog meat in the town guxiang zhou family dog meat in the crowd of salivating on the table.
"Dog meat rolls three rolls, the gods are unstable", after the star anise, cumin, cloves, white root, grass fruit and other ingredients cooked out of the dog meat, is even more fragrant, let people can't help but taste a few more bites! (Yang Aiwei)