Where does the dog Li come from?

Dog meat plum is a snack with vegetables as the main raw material. Yangjiang people especially like to eat in summer, which has the function of eliminating dampness and clearing heat. This snack is called dog _ zai, because it is shaped like a dog's tongue (Yangjiang dialect calls all animals' tongues _), and because it functions like a dog _, it can dissipate heat. Puppies used to be made only at home, but now they are served as refreshments in major hotels.

In the past, in the seasons of natural disasters 1 and epidemics, Yangjiang people were popular to make dogs and puppies, which were tasted by the whole family and even shared with neighbors. It is said that dogs and puppies can ward off evil spirits. Although superstitious, from the perspective of Chinese medicine, several Chinese herbal medicines on dogs and puppies do have epidemic prevention and treatment effects on some diseases caused by wind, evil and dampness.

In Yangjiang dialect, "_" means tongue. Dog _ son, that is, the dog's tongue. If you look closely at the puppy, you will find that its shape is very similar to the puppy's tongue. This kind of dim sum is rarely tasted elsewhere. It takes vegetables as the main raw materials, and can also add plants such as Paederia, Pod White and Zanthoxylum nitidum. These ingredients are mashed, kneaded into balls with rice flour, then kneaded into dog tongues and steamed. Speaking of dogs, I have to mention vegetables. In Yangjiang dialect, "_" means thorn, and _ dish is a dish with thorns. _ food can only be eaten at the top of light green, and the thorns in other parts are too hard to eat. The peak season of new branches of vegetables is around Tomb-Sweeping Day, and this season's vegetables are also the most fragrant and delicious. _ This dish has a unique taste and a special fragrance. Just like the well-known coriander, if you are not used to eating it once, you will be fascinated if you eat it twice.