Xinglong blood sausage

Xinglong County, located in the hinterland of Yanshan Mountain, has the most distinctive food custom: "eating blood sausage". The so-called "eating blood sausage" is actually a humble word for inviting people to eat meat. Blood sausage is a way of eating pig blood in pig intestines. "Slight cold, slaughter pigs for the New Year." When killing a pig, be sure to keep the pig's blood pure, and add all kinds of condiments such as spiced powder, pepper noodles, sesame oil, chopped green onion, salty salt, etc., stir evenly to prevent it from solidifying, and then tie the intestines and cook. The whole process is very particular: the salt must be put in the right amount, and the heat should be mastered when cooking. The time is short and it cannot be cut; Boiling is old and loses its freshness. The measure of a pig butcher's skill here is not only his quick movements and clean shavings, but also his enema skills. Whoever is invited more will prove that he has high skills and good popularity. The people here are simple and generous, without hypocrisy or exaggeration. Whoever slaughters a pig should put the whole pork tenderloin, ribs and pig intestines into the pot to attract guests, which is called "eating the whole pig". The master had asked his children to invite their neighbors and relatives long ago. Elders must be invited. If the invited person says "no", the invited child will cry, beg, pull and push, and make every effort to invite him to the party. When the guests arrived, the host held a banquet, and the first dish served was the cut blood sausage. Generally, housewives speak first: "invite aunts and aunts, there is nothing to eat, try our blood sausage." Then, stew, ribs, boiled liver, etc., big plates and big bowls, served together, hot. Eat and break up. If there is any dispute over words and phrases in this year, someone will say, "No one is a saint, it is inevitable to do something wrong. Let bygones be bygones." That's it. Eating blood sausage often makes the neighbors in mountain villages more intimate and United.
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