Author: Jiang Guoping
In Ningyuan, the most popular delicacy is the blood duck. Locals invite guests, blood duck is an indispensable dish, if there is no blood duck, the effect will be greatly reduced, and even fall into the "equal to no guest" words.
Ningyuan blood duck, made of local hemp duck. Hemp ducks are free-range farmers, ducks are placed in the fields, ponds, ditches, rivers during the day, automatically foraging for grass, fish and shrimp, insects, snails, etc., at dusk by the owner to rush home, feed some grain, natural growth for several months and then out of the pen, each weighs about three pounds, the meat is tender, it is a good ingredient.
Ningyuan Ma Duck
Ningyuan Blood Duck
Ningyuan Blood Duck received the honor
Wang Shixiong of the Qing Dynasty wrote "Diet Recipes with Food and Diet, Hairy Feathers, Ducks", which records: "(Duck) nourishes the yin of the five viscera, purifies the heat of vain labor, replenishes blood and water, nourishes the stomach and nourishes the stomach, and stops coughing and breathing" "His blood is hot to drink, save the evil from drowning, and take gold and silver danshi... That is to say, duck meat has a tonic effect, and duck blood has the effect of saving emergency and detoxification. The blood duck, which integrates the effects of duck meat and duck blood, is actually a good food supplement, allowing people to nourish the body while enjoying the food, and is welcomed by Ningyuan people.
In local ancient texts, the earliest record of ducks is found in the Ming Dynasty's "Longqing Yongzhou Fuzhi": "The feather belongs to the four chickens and geese and the ducks and pigeons." "It shows that during the Ming Longqing period, raising ducks in Yongzhou has become a common practice."
The Chronicle of Yongzhou Prefecture in Longqing is a record of ducks
In the Yongzhou area, the favorite to eat blood duck is Still Ningyuan, and Ningyuan Blood Duck has long been famous. According to the "Lingling District Chronicle of Commerce", during the Republic of China, blood duck and Dong'an chicken were representative dishes of the Yongzhou region. Perhaps because of the geographical environment, Ningyuan people have a special love for blood duck, and generations of Ningyuan people have continuously studied the cooking skills of blood duck, making Ningyuan blood duck a business card of Ningyuan cuisine. The "Chronicle of the Lingling Area", published in 2001, records the entry of "Ningyuan Blood Duck".
The Chronicle of the Lingling Region records the Ningyuan Blood Duck
In the era of material scarcity, Ningyuan people will kill ducks every New Year's Festival, generally boiled with soybeans, when frying blood ducks, they should put a lot of lard, pour duck blood into the pot when they are about to come out, stir-fry quickly, and make blood ducks. Now, the days are better, and you can eat blood ducks at any time. Although they can eat blood ducks from time to time, Ning Yuan's love for blood ducks has never diminished. When booking a meal, the invitee will generally add a sentence: "There are too many dishes, and you will get a duck." "Ning Yuanren's love for the blood duck can be seen from this.
Ningyuan blood duck material
Fried blood duck
A pot of blood duck, a barrel of shochu, a group of Ningyuan people can drink for half a day, drink the five masters can not recognize the six masters, because eating blood ducks, everyone thinks that they are the happiest people in the world.