This year's New Year's Day, is the third or fourth year that I have gone to the same friend's house to eat pig rice in a row, I have been a bit silly and unclear, I remember the first time I went to this friend's house was the year she got married, and I really felt the hospitality of my Yi friends. In the following years, I also went to eat rice. It is also a coincidence that in recent years, the place where I live can contact some of the Yi ethnic minorities in Yunnan, so I have the opportunity to experience and observe the life atmosphere of some ethnic minorities, and it is not enough to understand it in depth, but their hospitality, optimism and cheerful attitude to life are still obvious to all, which can set off the atmosphere.
Today, I would like to talk about the "pig killing rice" in Yunnan. China from the south to the north, each place, there are different New Year customs, and in most places in Yunnan, there is a "pig killing rice" saying, as the saying goes, "the people take food as the sky", killing pig rice, it is related to eating, in the countryside full of farm fun, each family in the waxing moon, will choose a good day to kill the New Year pig, and invite relatives and friends to come to the home to taste, pig rice is a happy thing for the whole family to mobilize, will also invite neighbors and friends to help, a big family early in the morning to get up busy, chase pigs, kill sheep, Preparing dishes and cooking, the sound of the board of "bang bang bang" is accompanied by people's laughter and laughter, in the cooking smoke, looking for the long-lost human touch and new year's taste.
This is a season to share the joy of harvest, is the most lively day before the Spring Festival, but also a leisure time for friends and relatives to chat and nag to enhance friendship, simply put, it is empty-handed "rubbing rice to eat", this is the only day of the year that there is no reason to buy a banquet, no need to wrap red envelopes, no need to accompany the money, of course, guests will also symbolically bring boxes of fruits, a few pieces of milk drinks, buy a dress for the baby, buy some snacks and toys, give a pressure on the old money, everything, after all, the host family is kindly invited, warm hospitality, Naturally, we will not really go empty-handed, and we will take more and less according to our hearts.
Pig killing rice is generally built for the open air stove, the farmer is born with a bold and enthusiastic personality, the dishes cooked out have a little more than the smell of fireworks that the city has not had, the cauldron is high stove, the high firewood is full, the chef rolls up his sleeves, the knife swings the board, everyone can be a chef, the rural people do things diligently, clean and neat, and the scene of "sharpening the knife to the pig and sheep" is very lively, some people cut meat, some people clean the intestines, some people remove the bone, some people pick vegetables and wash vegetables, no one directs but cooperates with tacit understanding, orderly, Home-grown pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese, green original melons, fruits and vegetables, simple dishes, coupled with authentic methods, absolutely green and healthy, comparable to the carefully prepared mountain delicacies.
Farmers' pig-killing rice, all poultry are all home-fed, specially only feed melons, fruits and vegetables, grains and grains, free-range in the forest, so as to ensure that the taste of pork is pure and authentic, feeding feed pork chicken mutton taste is far from the same, friends this year killed two pigs, a sheep, chicken and duck, in addition to the banquet guests, pig's hind legs to be marinated into ham, part of the pork belly to be cured into such as bacon, smoked meat, as well as sausages, glutinous rice intestines, etc..... These pickled products became the host's family's feast for guests and their own families to enjoy, the remaining meat was used to entertain the guests, and every part of the pig was brought to the extreme: ham, bacon, sausage, rice enema, bone ginseng, blood tofu... There are also well-known pig arches, pig ears, pig head meat, pig tongue, pig elbows, pig trotters, pig tails, pig hearts... There are many processes: frying, boiling, stir-frying, stewing, braising, steaming, returning to the pot, crispy meat, marinating... The finished products are also varied, all of which are authentic home cooking: such as stir-fried pork blood, small stir-fried meat, boiled meat slices, steamed pork ribs, stewed ribs, thousands of pieces of meat, braised pork, braised pork trotters, sandwich meat, sweet and sour tenderloin, water balls... The feeling of a table full of Han chinese, pig slaughter is not only a carnival feast for meat, but also a good wish for people to have no worries about food and clothing in the coming year.
One of the dishes is the least generous, but it is the essence, as if it is called raw liver or liver raw, the steps are particularly complicated:
1) First select the most tender lean meat (some are pig blood, pork belly, small intestine) patiently cut fine, carefully chop, cut the fat and fascia inside all, and then fry the lean meat with a high heat, just cook it thoroughly, put it on the plate to cool and set aside;
2) Then select the fresh pork liver, use a sharp kitchen knife to repeatedly cut, from top to bottom to force evenly, so that the juice is more delicate than the minced meat, like red mud.
3) Finally, stir, pour the mud-like pork liver juice into the cold lean meat, and suddenly the lean meat becomes bright red, plus a variety of condiments, such as pepper, pepper, pepper, onion, ginger and coriander, etc., so that the original raw liver is ready.
An authentic raw liver is placed on the table, the guests have different looks, distant guests may not dare to put down chopsticks, the bold people carefully taste a little, while the locals are like seeing the taste of the world, enjoying the delicious spread on the tip of the tongue, flowing in the heart.
As a Yunnan person, the scene of questioning others has long been strange, Yunnan people eat things that foreign guests dare not try easily, such as bee pupae, silkworm pupae, bamboo insects, grasshoppers, dragonflies, ant eggs and other kinds of "bug feasts"; as well as various wild mushrooms "test poison conference" every year; various ingredients are strange raw eating methods, such as Mao Blood Wang, Heqing Blowing Liver, Dali Raw Skin... Yunnan people cook, pay attention to the wild, material wild, method wild, eat law wild, bold wild, and are not afraid of others to question the eyes!
The only fly in the ointment is that Yunnan people do not pay attention to the number of dining seats, do not pay attention to the shape of the plate, the dining environment is also simple, so the visual effect of the pictures you see is not so exquisite, but the taste is absolutely authentic, and it is precisely this grounded and humane atmosphere that everyone can drink and chat freely, speak freely without restraint, do not have to worry about whether they have done the wrong position, or moved the wrong chopsticks, eat meat in large mouths, drink in large bowls, so that everyone's taste buds and emotions are mobilized and set up.
Busy all day, a table of steaming pig-killing rice is done, about 8-12 dishes, not to the number of dishes and pomp, more is to pay attention to the quality of the dishes, each dish is the real essence, such as the fried meat you eat, absolutely thin slices of meat, fat meat to pick away, Yunnan people pay attention to the real amount, tube you eat the belly round and slippery, go out to the wall to walk, the aftertaste is endless, and we eat outside the restaurant meat less ingredients more dishes are completely heaven and earth grade. The complex process, coupled with the brewing of time, contains the nourishment of enthusiasm and evolves into a human taste.
This is the kite in the hands of parents who are worried about their children, the taste of homesickness of the wanderers who are struggling outside, and the sustenance of strong nostalgia!
Since the ancient Yi family has many fine wines, the Yi family is hospitable, the heroic and cheerful Yi family Hanzi draws fists and drinks, and the graceful and colorful Yi family girls can sing and dance, dressed in national costumes, hold fine wine in their hands, cross the three strings obliquely, and sing the Yi family toast song. The rustic and enthusiastic host is afraid that the guests are not enough, the rice is not enough, the top of the dish has just moved a little, the host family immediately added a full spoon, the rice in the bowl has not been eaten, the host is immediately full again. This simple pig-killing meal is not only the taste of the year, delicious, but also the taste of humanity, but also the taste of life.
As a Yunnan native, in my hometown, there is actually no "killing pig rice", which is a pity, as for when I wrote this article, I was salivating, and the more I wrote, the hungrier I became. When I want to ask my friends and relatives to come to my house for a small gathering during the New Year's Festival, my mother will throw me a sentence: "Don't bark, the trouble is dead." Buying vegetables and cooking is indeed too troublesome, but the scene of everyone working together is also valuable, and now that mobile phone communication is so developed, how many people are willing to get together for thousands of miles, sit down and promote a long talk on their knees, and talk about wine?
Long time no see, another year, may you get together at the moment to put down the mobile phone that makes you silent, do not talk about troubles, do not compare, and relatives and friends nagging, occasionally listen to the nagging of parents, care about each other's body, greet each other warmly, cherish the time of reunion.
Write at the end:
Yunnan pig-killing rice is delicious, it is the taste of the Year, it is also a strong sense of humanity, and it is a faint taste of nostalgia!
Cherish the Yunnan people who told you to eat pig-killing rice this year!
After all, pork is so expensive this year;
After all, every slice of pork is genuine;
After all, it has been going for several years in a row;
It's all free-range pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and geese
Seemingly simple, in fact, the process is complex, fresh and delicious, authentic characteristics;
After all, in this era when everyone is not willing to bother to toss their own hands, they are still insisting on this precious friendship!
When you are wandering and working outside, when you see this article, do you remember the taste of your hometown?
(This time the fly in the ointment, forgot to take a picture of the food, the quality of the picture is not high, will look at it!) ）