Chapter 60: The Chef Strikes
Now Lao Liu, the four of them can really be regarded as a complete insight.
If it weren't for such a detailed explanation by Sister Zhuoma, who would have thought that these poops from Uncle Niu would be so important to Tibetan compatriots!
This is really one side of the water and soil to feed one side of the people!
Lao Liu also knows some about the situation in the grasslands of northern Tibet, and he knows very well that there is not a single tree on the plateau of northern Tibet, which is nearly 1,000 kilometers wide from Dangquka County to the north to the Kunlun Mountains.
Until now, there is a reward in Heishui City, if anyone can plant a tree in the area under the jurisdiction of Heishui, a reward of 300,000 yuan will be rewarded!
It's not nonsense, it's true.
The absence of trees means that herders do not have fuel, and they cannot use wood for heating or cooking.
But this did not stump the industrious and intelligent herdsmen, who used Jiuwa as fuel to ensure a life for thousands of years!
In addition to marveling at the important role of Jiuwa, Lao Liu and the four of them were also impressed by the pure original ecology here.
The weather here is more blue than in Dangquka County, and the terrain here is also flatter. Herdsmen like Dunzhu Zhuoma's family have lived here for generations for an unknown number of years.
Perhaps in the past, they lived on water and grass, and there was no fixed place to live, and a tent made of yak skin was their home. When the cattle and sheep are transferred, all the families gather together and put them on the back of the yak, and the younger children are also put into the rattan basket on the yak's back, and then the family drives the cattle and sheep to the pastures with abundant water and grass......
But when the state began to help the herders build settlements and invested a lot of resources in them, the hard days of the herders and their lack of shelter were gone.
After the state helped them build houses, divide pastures, help them carry out scientific grazing, and buy their cattle and sheep at high prices, the herdsmen in the plateau are living better day by day.
A family can only be called a real family if it is completely settled down and has a place to live!
It is as if in such a high-altitude and cold region, if it had been left before liberation, it would have been impossible to form such a natural village. But now, natural villages like this, consisting of a few or a dozen households, can now be seen everywhere on the plateau.
These small natural villages are like pearls sprinkled on the huge plateau, adding countless vitality to the empty and lonely plateau.
Although there are only eight families in this small village, it covers a large area. Lao Liu, under the leadership of Sister Zhuoma, walked around the village, and it took more than half an hour.
So Lao Liu proposed to go back and help cook, after all, there are two professional chefs here.
Back at Dolma's house, when Dolma proposed to his parents that Lao Liu wanted to help, Dolma's parents did not object.
Now it's not like before, in the past, guests were not allowed to do their own thing, but now some customs have changed a lot, and thanks to the information explosion, even Tibetan compatriots in remote areas are slowly being affected.
Seeing that the master agreed, Mo Long and Big Bullshit took down some of the things they brought.
Among them, there are Tianqu's local specialties, such as Tianqu's well-known grilled chicken, jujubes, and a kind of ham as thick as an adult's forearm and some dried fruits that Lao Liu specially purchased before his departure.
Originally, the big dog wanted to take some dry seafood, but Lao Liu stopped it.
Dunzhu Zhuoma was standing on the side, and Lao Liu asked her: "Sister Zhuoma, is it taboo for you to eat chicken and seafood here?"
Lao Liu knew that Tibetan compatriots were very particular about eating, and there were many things that could not be eaten. For example, horse meat, donkey meat, mule meat, dog meat, birds, and fish are never eaten. In addition, chickens and even eggs and seafood are not eaten among the older generation of Tibetan compatriots.
Even beef and mutton have to be left for a day after slaughter before they can be eaten. Tibetans do not eat cattle and sheep slaughtered that day, because Tibetans believe that although cattle and sheep and other livestock have been slaughtered, their souls are still there, and they will not disappear until a day later......
Many of these souvenirs brought by myself are taboo things for Tibetan compatriots to eat, and if you don't say hello, it will not be good to take them out.
Dunzhu Zhuoma asked curiously, "What good things did you bring?"
Lao Liu asked the big dog to take down the big bag containing local products. Lao Liu bought these souvenirs for Wang Chaoyang, Tenzin Jebu and Tashi Dawa and they originally bought a lot of them at that time, and now they come to Zhuoma's house as a guest, and it doesn't matter if they take out some of them.
"Wow, this is your famous grilled chicken? This is okay, although my grandparents don't eat it, my parents and my brothers and sisters eat it. Well, some neighbors will come today, and they are not taboo either. Hey, and dried seafood, that's no problem. We don't have as many rules on our side as there are in Gar. Besides, it's a new era, and some things need to be changed. ”
Hearing Zhuoma say this, Lao Liu relieved himself to take out all the food he could take out.
Of course, as chefs, Big Dog and Uncle also came up with some condiments, such as cumin, chili noodles and the like.
The big dog and the uncle don't know anything about cooking this side of the dishes, but there is no shortage of beef and mutton here, so as chefs, they have come up with the skill of "nothing can't be grilled"!
So, the carbon box that had been with the white lion in the trunk was also taken out. According to the uncle, this is his housekeeper, and his family of three usually lives by pointing to this barbecue box......
The altitude here is higher, and the cooking method of stewing won't work without a pressure cooker. However, cooking methods such as frying, salting, and grilling are no problem.
Everyone was busy working together, busy for two hours, and when it was a little faster, a small twenty people gathered in the open space in front of Zhuoma's house, and the rich smell of food wafted around, and the white lion led five or six Tibetan mastiffs to the side, but the hara at the corner of the dog's mouth had completely betrayed them......
This meal can be described as a combination of Han and Tibet, and the food contributed by Zhuoma's family includes essential butter tea, tsamba, milk tea, barley wine, stewed mutton, stewed beef, bar cake and mutton blood sausage, Lao Liu and the four of them contributed grilled chicken, ham, four salt-baked mackerel made by his uncle, a few cold vegetables, and of course, the highlight is the barbecue made by the big dog.
To be honest, the taste of Tibetan food is really pulling the national average. This can't be helped, the plateau is the most difficult place in the country, most of the Tibetan compatriots living here before the liberation can't even fill their stomachs, who cares about the taste of food?
Coupled with the high altitude here, many foods can be cooked in very limited ways, which has led to a great reduction in the taste of traditional Tibetan food.
So, when the two chefs from Dongshan showed off their skills, everyone was feasting.
PS: Bow and thank the big guy "mimi4153" for the tip!