The delicacy in the New Year goods - beef and mutton

Bacon

"Near the wind and snow, when the idle house is frozen..." The Tang Dynasty poet Du Xunhe's "Chang'an Winter" gives people a scene of the cold winter moon in ancient Chang'an, and now, the people of Xi'an City not only do not "sit in the idle house" like the ancients, but also enjoy the New Year goods. When it comes to New Year goods, many people will think of the same indispensable delicacy, that is, bacon, for Shaanxi people, bacon and mutton is the best choice, its delicious taste is not available in other regions, so every New Year, the memory of old Xi'an is always indispensable to the figure of lak beef and mutton.

Beef and mutton are rare in other places, but they are not unusual in Xi'an, and they are absolutely authentic local meat in Xi'an. Xiyang Market in Xi'an's North Guangji Street is a famous Muslim settlement, where many authentic old shops selling beef and mutton are gathered. From the North Guangji Street "Huifang" archway to the inside, on the west side of the road there is a large plaque hanging in front of the door, on which the gold characters on a black background read "The Old Boy's Home of the Slope", which is the old Boy's home, it is said that there is a story in this golden signboard.

According to the introduction of "Lao Tong Jia Lamb" in the "Xi'an Chronicle" (Xi'an Publishing House, August 1996, 1st Edition), it is recorded that "the Old Tong Jia Mutton Shop is located at the mouth of Guangji Street on West Avenue, built during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty... Cixi during the refuge in Xi'an, once took the Yuyuan Road through Guangji Street Entrance, smelled the incense and stopped to inquire, knew that the old boy's family was cooking meat, after tasting it, praised, at that time, the shop was tied to the slope road, the attendants named it 'RenZhipo', and then the calligraphy master book 'Renzhipo Laotongjia' gold plaque hung the head of the door... "The old Tongjia as an old shop, its production process of wax beef and mutton has also been passed down to this day, according to the inheritor Tong Xin, "Renzhipo" Old Tongjia's wax beef and mutton selection is fine, the craftsmanship is exquisite, mainly based on fresh bone meat, with green salt , glauber's salt, star anise, cinnamon, peppercorns, grass fruits, cumin and other accessories, after cutting, curing, ingredients, cooking, coloring and other processes. The selection of sheep to high-quality sheep hind legs, the use of ancient well water in the water tank will be selected meat with bone salting, good water quality plus Shaanxi's good beef and mutton, with complete accessories, fire work properly, coupled with muslim production methods, the production of beef and mutton texture is particularly crisp, not wood is not greasy, the color is delicious, the meat taste, aroma, gas are complete, unique flavor, well-known throughout the country.

Liu Jixiao La beef and mutton shop not far from the old boy's home is also hot business, people who come to buy meat are endless, one of the customers who queued up to buy meat introduced that the cold winter season is the best season to eat baht and mutton, at this time, people's bodies are prone to cold hands and feet, poor circulation of qi and blood, bacon is sweet and not greasy, warm and not dry, there is a warm in the cold, warm to replenish the blood, appetizing and strengthening the spleen, so eating bacon in winter, both to resist wind and cold, but also to nourish the body, is a beautiful thing to kill two birds with one stone.