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Dried meat: there are dried beef and sheep and all kinds of dried meat. This is a traditional food method formed by the economic characteristics of grazing and hunting. In pastoral areas, livestock are weak and emaciated in winter and spring and cannot be slaughtered. Herdsmen slaughter a large number of meat livestock before and after Eid al-Adha, which is between light snow and heavy snow. First, it can reduce the number of livestock in stock and ensure the female livestock to survive the winter; Second, it can ensure the best quality of beef and mutton. In the past, a large number of slaughtered livestock were only stored in natural cold storage after being sealed in winter, but could not be preserved in spring. Herdsmen will dry part of it into dry meat. Because hunting is divided into seasons, the number of prey is uncertain, and the meat is dried for later use.
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