Section 381: Roast whole sheep
Fairy Mountain is so tranquil and so otherworldly, it deserves to be called the second Shangri-La. However, we rode our horses and whipped our horses, and we rode our horses freely on the prairie, and everyone jumped off the horses and roosted on the endless lawn. However, the birdsong mountain is more secluded, on the fairy mountain, it is not silent, silent, there is no sound at all, but there are all kinds of sounds, but it is more like the cicada noise forest is more quiet, and the birdsong mountain is more secluded. Listen carefully, you can faintly hear the sound of the jingling mountain spring in the distance, the creaking and grazing sound of the cattle and sheep strolling leisurely, and the cheerful chirping of the cuckoo cuckoo one after another. There are also many wild interests here, you will find that the mountains are full of rose-red dotted wild strawberries, only the size of soybeans, it is wrapped in a red and bright coat, exudes a charming fragrance, smell, sniff, make people refreshed. There are also many colorful and gorgeous pheasants in the forest, inadvertently jumping out of the wild grass and jumping out of the grass, giving us a surprise. As far as the eye can see, on the left are a series of rolling hills, while on the right are endless grasslands. Carpet-like meadows spread out on the earth, decorating the beauty of the earth, and beyond that, there is an endless primeval forest, becoming one with the sky.
We lay down on the lawn leisurely to rest, refreshed, looking up at the sky, looking at the blue sky of the flowing clouds, the clouds are rolling up, blowing the refreshing breeze of autumn, feeling that everything is so relaxed and comfortable, as if coming to the paradise that is indisputable with the world, I feel that the grass is so soft, the air is so fresh, and the sky is so blue.
Hu Jiaojiao suddenly shouted excitedly: "Hurry up and cross this hillside, you can slide down from these grasses to play, it's so fun, full of speed and passion, I've just been happy to play it several times." "It occurred to me that the most interesting thing in the modern world is grass skiing, which is an avant-garde sport, just like skiing, and can bring movement and excitement to athletes. Especially for people in areas with less snow, grass skiing is newer, but it is more entertaining than skiing, and you can experience the harmony between man and nature. Because the site required for grass skiing is large, and even occupies the entire hillside, Fairy Mountain, which has 100,000 acres of alpine grassland, is a rare place for grass skiing in autumn.
As soon as we heard that there was fun, we were interested, we stopped on the lawn to leisurely look at the clouds, grass, and the rest of the sky, all climbed up the steep hillside, we lifted our feet, two feet moved forward quickly, and then slid down the high hillside, everyone slid down the empty prairie like a gust of wind, a lightning gallop, it was so fun, everyone was excited to dance and dance, and at the same time feel the speed of the wind and appreciate the beauty of nature. If they were lucky enough to be able to return to modern society, it would be even more fun. However, Xiaofei and I also took advantage of everyone to get carried away, and when we laughed, we used the instruments we carried with us to explore everywhere, and we were disappointed again, and still didn't get anything, we found nothing, it seems that this thing is not in Fairy Mountain.
However, everyone was exhausted and hungry, and suddenly saw the smoke curling in the distance, and smelled the fragrance in the distance, and we hurriedly strode towards that side. It turned out that there was a farmer in the mountains in the distance who was making dinner, we carefully knocked on the door to inquire, the farmer opened the simple door, after a simple conversation, he and his family warmly invited us to eat, he also told us that we came a little earlier, if it is the vast winter, the fairy mountain will be sprinkled with snow one after another; the fairy mountain after the snow, the heaven and the earth are boundless, the snow is white, the silver makeup is wrapped, and the snow scenery makes people worship blood. The snow scene is the best landscape of the Fairy Mountain, the average daily temperature of the Fairy Mountain in winter is below 0 °C, the boundless forest sea and the mangyuan are shrouded in ice and snow, showing the holy beauty of the forest and sea snow field, the snow is covered with snow, and the fog pine and ice waterfall make people feel the tide. Snow-covered grasslands and forests, horseback riding on winding jungle trails, navigating through snowy fields, or gliding through the snow are all about the charm and excitement of snow sports. That's something special.
We saw him roasting something on a blazing fire using a pile of dried larch sawdust, and we couldn't help but ask him what it was? He said that we were so lucky, they were eating roast whole sheep today. Then he and his family took out the cleanly washed sheep and cut a number of small cuts with a knife in the belly cavity and the thick flesh on the inside of the hind legs. Put the green onion, ginger slices, Sichuan pepper, spices, cumin powder into the lamb belly, and rub it with refined salt to taste, the knife edge on the inside of the lamb leg, use seasoning and salt to taste. Hang the whole lamb belly up in the oven that is heated in advance, cover the mouth of the stove tightly with an iron pot, seal it with yellow mud, and prepare an iron box under the stove to hold the mutton fat that flows out during baking.
Xiao Fei whispered to me: "Do you know, this roasted whole sheep really has a long history, according to archaeological discoveries, in the area near the discovery of the tooth fossils of the Hetao people and Ordos people, the ashes of ancient humans using fire have been found; The ancients were ripe and sacrificed, and when sacrificing, "take the scarf and carry the burnt and the fire." To prosper the heirs. "Iron, i.e. ram. 軷, i.e., peeling, refers to peeling the skin of a sheep. contains, is a mood particle. Burnt, that is, the meat is burned in a fire. Mao Chuan: Penetrate it to the fire. The meat is skewered and grilled over the fire. Xing, that is, prosperity. The next year, that is, the coming year. The modern translation of this poem is: take a ram, skin it, skewer the mutton, and roast it on the fire. What is the purpose of this? It is to pray for a good harvest next year, that is, to prosper the heirs, and it is also recorded that in the 12th century, the Mongols dug the ground to burn meat, and by the 13th century, during the Yuan Dynasty, the methods of eating meat and drinking had been greatly improved. "Pu Tongshi Willow Lamb" made a more detailed record of roast mutton: there were willow lambs in the Yuan Dynasty, three feet of furnace on the ground, and the surrounding fire was burned, so that the whole was red, and the sheep was served with an iron grate, and the seal was covered with willow on it, and it was cooked as a degree. Not only is the production process complicated and exquisite, but also a special oven is used. In the Qing Dynasty, almost all Mongolian royal palaces in various places entertained guests with roasted whole sheep banquets. And our current Da Song uses a natural charcoal fire, this kind of roasted whole sheep is the healthiest, most environmentally friendly and greenest food, we really enjoy the treatment of royal nobles. ”
The farmer told us that the last ten minutes is the key to the whole barbecue process, to adjust the temperature of the fire to be higher, larger, only in this way can the surface of the roast sheep crispy and fragrant, such as the fire is small and the temperature is low, it will cause the roast sheep surface moisture to be excessive, the surface of the tendons, the meat is aging, the color of the roast sheep is golden and bright, the aroma of the lid is opened, and the scapula is cut back to open the exposed bones, the shoulder blades are deeply cross-cut, from the knife edge to the neck bone up to the two sides, at the waist three horizontal strokes to break the spine, in the chest and the shoulder blade combined with a homeopathic knife to open the shoulder blade, so far the roast sheep operation with a knife is completed。 Brush with oil, sprinkle an appropriate amount of powder inside, reverse the surface and sprinkle a little coarse paprika and fried peeled white sesame seeds. Finally, stuff chopped chives into the knife edge and turn the surface to the fire to bake. Finally, when the sheep is roasted to seven or eight medium cooked, the farmer carefully brushes a layer of golden sesame oil and sprinkles with good-smelling spices, and the sesame oil and mutton fat dripping on the roaring firewood make a sizzling sound, and the aroma suddenly comes to the nose, making people salivate.
After the sheep was roasted slowly and leisurely on the charcoal fire for more than 2 hours, the sheepskin was roasted until it was yellow and crispy, the meat was tender and ripe, the surface was burnt yellow, the oil droplets were extravagated, the fragrance erupted, the inside and outside were cooked, and the meat skin was beautiful and tender and had no smell。 Especially to see the roast whole sheep appearance golden butter bright, the outer meat is brown and crispy, the internal meat is soft and tender, the mutton flavor is fragrant and fragrant, unique, beautiful and delicious, the attractive color, gluttonous aroma attracts us to salivate, saliva flow, everyone can't wait to pick up the glittering knife and cut it, and the mountain people are very bold, a person with a knife, around the hot stove, seven hands and eight feet on the roast sheep to choose the favorite red fluttering skin open meat of the mutton, relish, gobble, chew up and chew upIn particular, the bold and rough farmer lost no time in taking out his own carefully made and sealed for more than ten years of mellow wine to entertain us, it really complements each other, everyone eats meat together, drinks wine in a big bowl, and those numb, spicy, dry, fragrant these delicious foods rise on the tip of our tongue, dance, it is really delicious on the tip of the tongue, the ultimate experience on the tip of the tongue, we greedily enjoy the delicacies of this fairy mountain, happy and forgetful.