Why does China like to drink mutton soup in Shandong?

When it comes to mutton, the first thing that comes to mind is roasted mutton in Xinjiang, which is grasped by hand, but many people should know it, but as long as there is a food street, you will definitely see Xinjiang mutton skewers. But when it comes to mutton soup, there should be no province in China that tastes better than Shandong. Shandong people's habit of drinking mutton soup has penetrated into the bone marrow.

One: One of the best mutton soup. Shanxian Mutton Soup was first established in 1807. At that time, it was founded by Xu, Dou and Zhou Sanjia, and it was called "Sanyichun" mutton restaurant. The establishment of Sanyichun, a mutton restaurant, caused a great sensation in the catering industry at that time and left a deep impression on diners, laying a solid foundation for the future of Shanxian mutton soup. Shanxian mutton soup is boiled with groundwater, which is white and milky, blended with water and fat, pure, fresh but not greasy, fragrant but not greasy, rotten but not greasy, and has a unique style. The mutton soup in Shan County is called "the first soup in China" by Chinese people.

Two: if you don't drink mutton soup for three days, you will definitely panic. In Shandong, especially in southwest Shandong, there has been a saying: "If you don't drink mutton soup for three days, you will panic." The famous mutton soup in Shandong pays attention to cooking first, and there is almost no blending phenomenon. Generally, the environment of mutton soup kitchen is a wide table and bench, full of antique charm, which is very suitable for Shandong people to drink a steaming bowl of mutton soup.

Three: the eating form of mutton soup conforms to the true temperament of Shandong people. Most of the mutton in Shandong mutton soup is large. Sheep soup is usually divided into three types: white soup (minced mutton), clear soup (stewed mutton) and red soup (Chili oil). Although the name is different and the taste is different, the form of eating is the same: big sesame seed cake+big bowl of mutton soup, and tableware is also very different from small dish and small bowl.

Most northerners like mutton, just as some people in the south like dog meat and cat meat. Long-term habits are hard to change.