Frozen meat

"Frozen meat" The winter in the south is always wet, and it is difficult to resist the invasion of the cold with no amount of clothes. Therefore, people there are always "hungry" this season and always want to eat something oily. Shaoxing's "frozen meat" is such a traditional dish that is deeply loved by local people. What is "owl"? In short, it is a salted fish after pickling and air drying. "Frozen meat" generally adopts "white fish" or "yellow croaker fish", and its preparation method has been handed down from ancient times to the present. "The meat is simmered first, then put it in a table and simmered together, and the fish can be eaten when it is cooked thoroughly. In winter, it is called freezing. " The "frozen meat" cooked by slow fire is compatible with the frozen meat, which is salty and fresh, fresh, crisp and waxy, red and bright, oily but not greasy, and has a special flavor after being frozen in winter. According to legend, there was a farmer whose mother-in-law was mean and her daughter-in-law was virtuous. On New Year's Eve, when she was having dinner, her mother-in-law deliberately burned the head without meat into the frozen meat for her daughter-in-law. When the brother-in-law saw this, he criticized his mother, while the daughter-in-law smiled and said, "My uncle was wrong about her mother-in-law's kindness, and her mother-in-law wanted her sister-in-law to get lucky. This year, she will have a proud head, and next year she will enjoy it even more." The daughter-in-law's words broke the embarrassment, and her mother-in-law was deeply moved. From then on, the family was harmonious and the days were getting better and better. As a result, "frozen meat" with auspicious colors has become a necessary dish for Shaoxing folk New Year's Eve.
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