The Traditional Food Tour of Inner Mongolia

Mongolian Food

Hunger breeds discontent. Mongolian food culture has a long history, it is an important part of national culture, but also the Chinese ancient culture. Mongolia had earlier engaged in hunting, mainly hunting for food materials. After engaging in animal husbandry, hunting things both to eat, eat animal meat and milk. "Marco Polo" reads: "Tatars entirely to meat and dairy products for food, all food sources are the product of their hunting."

For a long time, especially in pastoral areas of traditional Mongolian food is mainly meat, dairy foods and beverages. Meat, Mongolian called "Ulan Freud," which means red meat, the variety is also very rich, mainly hand Grilled meat, sheep back son, roast whole and so on. It is said that in the era of Genghis Khan, Mongol soldiers during the march, with the iron frame, the whole sheep to eat barbecue, roast whole is now perhaps the prototype. Milk and food color white, symbolizing purity, the Mongols to the white-respect, as the noble and auspicious things as milk, said milk food for the parasites. Mongolian for "Tsagaan Freud" o The main categories of butter, Naipi son, cheese, milk, tofu, butter and so on. In the Qing Dynasty, the Qing imperial Chahar Banners milk food processing base, the milk curd is designated tribute to the Qing court's milk food. To the traditional drink of milk produced mainly tea, yogurt, and milk wine. Mongolian like tea, especially the hi drink milk tea, tea is a blend of brick tea and milk products, milk tea, also known as Mongolia.