Nowadays, in our country, and even in some parts of the world, many of the dishes mentioned in 'shabu lamb' are already familiar, but few people think that the origin of shabu lamb is actually related to spices, and today we will talk about this interesting history.
Regarding the origin of shabu lamb, there are now three more common theories, one is that it originated during the march of Kublai Khan in the Yuan Dynasty, one said that it originated in the Song Dynasty, and the last one said that it originated at the Qing Dynasty's Thousand Birthday Feast. Among the three theories, Xiaoming believes that the most unreliable is the one that originated in the Qing Dynasty, and the most based one is that it originated in the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty document "Mountain Family Qing Offering", there is a description of shabu mutton, and among the ancient tombs excavated during this period, there are also depictions of shabu mutton.
During the Liao and Song dynasties, there were three main ethnic regions in China where mutton was the main food, including Hui compatriots in Ningxia, Uyghur and Kazakh brothers in Xinjiang, and finally Mongolian brothers who were active in the north during this period. Mutton is born with a shy taste, which greatly affects the feeling of eating, and the two regions that also eat mutton as the main food in this period have their own solutions, the Hui compatriots in Ningxia use cumin to restrain, and the ethnic minority brothers in Xinjiang use cumin to hide their taste, so the Mongolians are distressed. As the Mongols gradually expanded, they finally gradually entered the vast Central Plains, when a spice called "Gagula" appeared in their eyes.
Why did the strange-looking plant fruit of "Gagula, black wrinkled skin, and many seeds in the end" arouse the interest of the Mongols? Because that's exactly what they dream of improving the taste of lamb and cooking lamb spices that are different from other regions. What exactly is Gagula spice? This question was not explained until later in the Ming Dynasty.
It turns out that Gagula is the grass fruit that we are familiar with now, and in the many ancient books that followed, it is often seen that "the Yuan Dynasty's food and meals were all made of grass and fruit as the upper offering". Thanks to the inhibition effect of grass and fruit on the smell of mutton, the Mongols finally no longer have to worry about the unpleasant smell of mutton, and the in-eaten method of shabu lamb is gradually formed, which exerts the tenderness of mutton to the extreme. Subsequently, the Yuan Dynasty unified the country, and the way of eating shabu lamb was widely circulated, so it is said that shabu lamb can have today's popularity can not be separated from the credit of grass and fruit. #涮羊肉 #