Yanggao mutton offal soup

Yanggao people have a long history of eating mutton offal soup, which can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, Yanggao area was occupied by ethnic minorities such as Lin Hu and Lou Fan, who lived by grazing and shooting. In the 3rd century BC, King Wuling of Zhao used force to expand his territory and built Yunzhong, Yanmen and Daijun before the agricultural production in the Central Plains was spread here. However, in actual farming, King Wuling of Zhao found that the climate in Yanggao was dry, cold and windy, and the land was barren. Many crops were not suitable for planting, but pasture was very strong, so he advocated the development of animal husbandry. Sheep are the main livestock that people raise, so mutton has become the main food on people's table. At that time, Yanggao was an area where Han and ethnic minorities lived together, and the habit of eating mutton was different. Ethnic minorities only eat mutton and throw all the sheep into the water. However, the Han people live a simple life and think it is a pity to throw the sheep into the water. Therefore, after eating mutton, they should also wash the sheep's head, sheep's hoof, sheep's heart, sheep's liver, sheep's lungs, sheep's intestines and sheep's blood, cook and chop them up, and cook them with seasonings such as onion, garlic, ginger, pepper and salt to make soup. Because there are all kinds of things in it, it is called mutton offal. Later generations became more and more refined, and yam vermicelli, a local specialty, was added to the mutton offal soup. The vermicelli tastes stiff and shaky, and the mutton offal tastes spicy and fragrant. Together, the two are like icing on the cake, so it is called mutton offal noodle soup. Mutton offal noodle soup is good in meat, oily but not greasy, mellow and delicious, steaming when taken out of the pot, and delicious when eaten in the stomach. It has obvious effects of dispelling cold, warming the stomach and relaxing the body, and is a better health food, just like "mutton in soup" in Xi 'an and "Qingheyuan brain" in Taiyuan.
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